Dr John Sutton is a retired physician who, as is so typical, developed an interest in family genealogy only after most of his elders had passed. Early investigations, after the death in 1997 of his father Thomas Sutton, documented previously ignored Cork Sutton origins in West Cork and extensive family associations with maritime trade. The second half of the 19 th century found many houses around Wellington Road, St Luke’s and Summerhill Road occupied by Sutton and extended Sutton mariner families. Thomas Sutton, whose grand- father, Abraham G Sutton1842-1906, had lived at Charlemont Terrace (Wellington Road) and later 2 Empress Place (Summerhill), was a man of keen curiosity, who would have greatly enjoyed the product of that research. John has been a contributor to the Clonakilty Historical and Archaeological Journal and authored a book relating to the Cork maritime community, 19 th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews. Son of Dr Thomas Sutton of Sunday’s Well and Shelagh O’Connor of Lancashire, John’s early boyhood was spent Merseyside near Liverpool, where his father was a general practitioner until returning to a position in Killeagh, Co Cork. John was educated at Clongowes Wood College and graduated from University College Cork in 1968, when he moved to Michigan and soon met and married Cynthia Ann Smith in 1969. They made Massachusetts their permanent residence in 1973 and have five children and ten grandchildren. It is noteworthy that Dr Sutton, while having one surviving sister in Cork, has one brother living in Sussex and another residing near Sydney, New South Wales; the three brothers ultimately settled in the familiar emigrant destinations of North America, England and Australia. John Sutton can be contacted at sutt.john45@gmail.com
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