THEY CAME TO STAY, A tour of Historic Durants Neck and old Neck, Perquimans County, NC, 4 May 1991. Sponsored by NC Society Colonial Dames XVII Century and Perquimans County Restoration Association ----- [migrated in 1668, possibly to escape persecution as a Quaker]
George Sutton, not related to John Sutton of Hingham, sailed in 1634 on Hercules as servant in party of Nathaniel Tilden, married within two years Sarah Tilden, about the year 1668 emigrated to North Carolina, d. Perquimans County, NC, 12 Apr 1669, "aged about 56".
George Sutton (ca.1610-1669) "prob." from Tenterden, Co. Kent, England to Boston in Hercules 1634, to Scituate, then to Perquimans Co. NC 1668, m. 1636 Sarah Tilden (1613-1677)