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Author: Gary Baldwin Parriott
John Sutherland (abt 1751 - 1842) came from Scotland when he was eighteen years of age, and he settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania. He was part of the Scots-Irish immigration movement that began in earnest in the early 1700s. John was engaged in farming early on. Farm families, in Pennsylvania, engaged in a plethora of small scale activities, from managing an orchard, to raising feed for farm animals, to making maple sugar or home cured hams. Small self-sufficient farms prevailed from the beginning as had been the case for the Dutch and Swedes that proceeded them. This arrangement was in sharp contrast to the English style village plan envisioned by William Penn. Most landholders purchased tracts of 100 to 300 acres for their farms rather than living in homes grouped in a central village of ten families in a township of 5,000 acres. With the varied task in the smokehouses, poultry houses, potato cellars, summer kitchens, springhouses, and workshops farm activities took up a great deal of family members’ time.
During his marriage to Susannah Norris (1756–1833) they had six children. Their son John Jr was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania and was also a farmer and he served in the war of 1812. John Sr died on Jan 2nd, 1842 and was buried in Cross Creek Cemetery, Cross Creek, Washington County Pennsylvania (Find A Grave Memorial# 16895987)
John Sutherland's American Revolution War record is recorded in the following documents:
Pennsylvania 02d Regiment, 1777-1779 (Folders 15-16) - 5th Regiment, 1776-1780 (Folders 22-23) U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Name John Sutherland Gender Male Military Date Apr 1776 Military Place Pennsylvania State or Army Served Pennsylvania Regiment 2d Battalion Rank Corporal
U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 30.788 Pennsylvania, Pitt John Sutherland, Washington Co in the State of Pennsy (sp) who was a private in the Companies of Captain Wood of the regt- commanded by Col Simpson in the Maryland Line for six months. Inscribed in the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency, at the rate of 20 Dollars – Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Children of John and Susannah Sutherland: John Sutherland 1781–1837 Susannah Sutherland 1787–1827 Vachel "Jacob" Sutherland 1793–1860 George Sutherland 1795–1839 Christiana Sutherland 1797–1883 Alexander Sutherland 1802–1870
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