Researching Amos Sutton
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The name Amos means "To be troubled" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Amos Sutton on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Amos Sutton and the Sutton Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sutton Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sutton family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Amos Sutton at Find My Past.
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Sutton Genealogy Databases
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Sutton Forums
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Miscellaneous Sutton Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Amos Sutton. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Amos Sutton
Amos Sutton
Amos Sutton (1802 in Sevenoaks in Kent – 17 August 1854 in Cuttack, Odisha) was an English General Baptist missionary to Odisha, India, and hymn writer. He published the first English grammar of the Odia language (1831), a History (1839), and Geography (1840), then the first dictionary of Odia (1841–43), as well as a translation of the Bible (1842–45). He also composed a hymn to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne": "Hail, sweetest, dearest tie, that binds" and wrote a History of the mission to Orissa: the site of the temple of Juggernaut (1835).
Source: Amos Sutton, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Sutton
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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