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Samuel Sutton – by Ron Sutton July 2009 EPG Gazette
Claremont Pensioner Guard Village October 2010 and July 2011 EPG Gazette
| Name | SUTTON – Samuel |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Marines Chatham Division 37th and 89th Company |
| Regiment Number (s) | 6572 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 19th September 1830 / 19 years 11 months / Head Quarters Finsbury Kent England Stocking Weaver |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 ½ in Fair / Hazel / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC Service afloat 4 years 11 month and 6 days Ships Donegal, Rhadamanthus, Inconstant Service ashore 12years 1 month 15 days |
| Length of Service | 17 years 21 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 11th November 1847 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Leicestershire England |
| Pension Districts | 1847 Leicestershire 1850-1891 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | £13/12/0 per annum |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March 1850 Portsmouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 13th October 1810 Loughborough Leicestershire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | SUTTON Samuel b c1787 |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | COX Sarah b c1787 |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | TWINNING Ann c1811 Wales |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 31st May 1841 St Mary Pembroke Pembrokeshire Wales |
| Children by 1st Wife | Sarah Ann B c1841 Not yet known M JONES Jonathon James 1869 D 13th May 1897 Beverley Western Australia Charles Samuel Bp 21st June 1846 St Mary Magdalene Greenwich Kent Frances Twining B c1848 Bp 6th August 1848 St Mary Magdalene Woolwich Kent England D 13th April 1850 at sea aboard Scindian Benjamin B 11th September 1850 Claremont Western Australia M PROPERJOHN Margaret J. 29th April 1877 Busselton Western Australia D 29th April 1930 Busselton Western Australia Bur Busselton Cemetery WA Charles B 1852 Western Australia D Lost at sea on the Emma 1867 Frances Twining B 1853 Western Australia M JONES Walter Llewellyn 31st May 1869 Western Australia D 31st May 1938 East Guildford WA Bur Karrakatta Cemetery WA |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | TWINING Benjamin |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 10th July 1867 page 2 Wreck and passenger list of the Emma Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth WA) Wednesday 10th March 1886 page 4 Death of Ann Sutton The Inquirer and Commercial News Perth Funeral Notice 20th February 1891 Daily News Perth Death Notice 11th March 1886 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 10th July 1867 page 2 Wreck and passenger list of the Emma Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth WA) Wednesday 10th March 1886 page 4 Death of Ann Sutton The Inquirer and Commercial News Perth Funeral Notice 20th February 1891 Daily News Perth Death Notice 11th March 1886 The West Australian Wednesday 2nd June 1897 page 4 Death notice Sarah Jones South-Western News (Busselton WA) Friday 2nd May 1930 page 4 Obituary Benjamin Sutton |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 20th February 1891 Guildford Western Australia 21st February 1891 Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 2nd March 1886 Freshwater Bay Western Australia bur 3rd March 1886 Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | Cons 3403 1891/1008 3rd June 1886 Samuel Sutton made his will “whereby I bequeath the whole of my personal property of whatever nature and kind to my daughters Sarah Jones the wife of Jonathon Jones of Beverley farmer and to Fanny Jones the wife of Walter Jones of Guildford labourer in equal shares. I devise my lands at Freshwater Bay known of Swan location P253 and P256 unto and to the use of my son Benjamin Sutton of the Vasse district police constable. I devise my land at Butler’s Swamp known as Swan location 232 unto and to the use of my said two daughters the said Sarah Jones and Fanny Jones.” He appointed Walter Jones as executor. |
| Further Information | 1841 Census Samuel Sutton is at the Royal Marine Barracks St Mary Pembroke Pembrokeshire Wales Discharge due to hernia right hand side After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation: Private Samuel Sutton, general labourer, £13/12/0, 17th January, married 2 children 25th April 1871 Samuel Sutton applied to purchase Freshwater Bay allotments P253, P154 and P255 of 1½ acres at forty shilling per acre. (Adjoining blocks to P256 his original grant) Son Charles was engaged as a servant to Resident Magistrate Scholl during the Camden Harbour expedition of 1864 unfortunately he was one of the passengers on the ill fate Emma that went down with all passengers and crew during a storm off Dirk Hartog Island in 1867. Further newspaper articles available through Trove |