I represent James Sutton. I was a resident of Pensacola during the British colonial period. I was married to Elizabeth Sutton, and we had four children: Jane (baptized October 9, 1768); Edmund William (Baptized October 9, 1768; buried March 8, 1769), John (baptized as infant November 4, 1769; died November 5, 1769), and James (born November 26, 1770; baptized January 22, 1771). I was given at least two grants of land, one encompassing “three acres and three roads” west of the town of Pensacola; and one for Lot 70 and its garden lot on October 1, 1765. This grant identified me as a cooper. Coopers could make a good living in a British colony – everything that went on a wagon or a ship needed a barrel to go into. We were granted Lot 70 in Pensacola, on Pitt Street near Lindsey – Government Street near Reus, today. An unsourced story says that Sutton’s Lagoon (Bayou Chico) was the eventual site of our house, large and white and called “the White House” by the British.
Sources: 1, 2, 8, 12, 37, 39, 116