When John Allen Sutton was born on 16 November 1834, in Leire, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Sutton, was 27 and his mother, Ann Allen, was 26. He married Eliza Billingham in 1854, in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 11 May 1913, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Sutton, named with Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The English surname is also common in Ireland (Wexford, Kildare), where it has been established since the 13th century and Gaelicized as de Sutún.
Jewish (from the former Ottoman Empire, including Syria): unexplained.
English: topographic name from Middle English (bi) suthentune ‘(at the place to the) south of the village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThe following story came from a journal written and kept by our Grandfather, John Allen Sutton, Sr. The story itself was recorded from this journal by his daughter, Margaret Sutton Budge, and his …
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