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From: "Roz Bellis" <>
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Hunterdon.Migrants-- Cincinnati
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 20:00:22 -0800
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Sylvia/Linda,

Our ancestors seemed to have had similar migration patterns... There were
BELLIS (BELLESFELTs) in Symmes Purchase (Cincinnati) circa 1790 but they
were from Somerset Co NJ; and BELLIS were in Mercer/Garrard Co. KY as early
as 1782, from Hunterdon Co NJ. I too have wondered whether the NJ folks
tried KY first and then moved to Cincinnati, or vice-versa. Seems to me,
the KY folk would have preferred coming down the Shenandoah Valley, but then
again, the Ohio River seems like it'd be "faster", but I'm not sure it would
have been safer (from the Indians). Many of the early pioneers to KY (circa
1782) were there with George Rogers Clark, who himself went to Redstone to
recruit soldiers to fight with him. This webpage lists some of the people
living in the Redstone area in 1772, many of whom end up in northern KY:
http://www.genealogymagazine.com/sompenin17.html

Linda, where in Virginia did your ancestor move prior to going to Red Stone?

Roz BELLIS
Alexandria, VA


-----Original Message-----
From: Walker, Linda [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 5:38 AM
To:
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Hunterdon.Migrants.


Hello Sylvia,

Just happened to read your email - I am in Cincinnati - a descendant of
Absolom Smith who was born in Amwell, Hunterdon Co. and fought in the
Revolution. Here is his abbreviated story for what it's worth . . .
According to his Rev. War pension testimony (in his own words), he left NJ
after the war, moved to Virginia and then to Red Stone Old Fort PA. and from
there in @1798 to Columbia (outside of Cincinnati where Lunken Airport now
is) where he lived for three years. He then moved to Clermont Co. Ohio where
he claimed his land. He had a brother, John, who settled in Butler Co.
Apparently Red Stone Old Fort was a place where they built the flatboats
used to come down the Ohio River. Columbia was the settlement of choice
before Cincinnati.

As for the name Sutton - there is a Sutton Avenue in Mt. Washington and a
log cabin still standing (rehabbed and the logs now visible) just off that
street. If I remember correctly, it was the log cabin of a John or a David
Sutton (can't remember which!) - who may be a relation to yours - built
around 1798.

Linda Smith Walker
Cincinnati




-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 8:21 AM
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Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Hunterdon.Migrants.


I have Sutton's who migrated about 1795 to Deerfield, (now South Lebanon)
Warren County, Ohio (originally Hamilton County until 1803). On General
David
Sutton's tombstone it states that he was a native of Hunterdon County, NJ.
He
would have been born about 1766 and at the time of his death was married to
a
woman named Mary. This was the David Sutton who was the first Clerk of
Courts
of Warren County, Ohio and led troops in the War of 1812. He was part of
the
migration that settled in the Symmes Purchase area of Southwest Ohio. My
question is: Did he come directly from NJ to Ohio or did he live in Northern
Kentucky for a time before crossing the Ohio River to settle? Needless to
say,
tracing the "David Sutton" name is quite a challenge since there were so
many of
them.
Sylvia Outland
Lebanon, Ohio




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