James Sutherland and Hannah Orcutt Stephenson Click to view the family tree

Unsual Relation

New Brunswick Royal Gazette:
Married in Oromocto, Sunbury County, 05 Jan 1837 by Rev. Henry Daniel, Wesleyan Minister, John Lincoln and Miss Sarah Stephenson, daughter of Collin Stephenson, and married the same day by same were James Sutherland and Miss Hannah Orcutt Stephenson, the second daughter of Collin Stephenson.
Witnesses to the marriages were uncles of the brides, Samuel and William Kimball, and their brother, William G. Stephenson. No witness represented the Sutherland family.

Husband:   James Sutherland

Born: 1812
Died: Dec-1871
Father: Robert, Jr Sutherland
Mother: Nancy Ann McCleod
Other Spouses: Moranda Sanders


Source Lowell Watson, ggrandson;
James lived in Oromocto and later in Fredericton. He was a tanner and courier of leather. He became a wealthy man at the time. He owned a large establishment in Fredericton, having a shoe shop and a harness makers shop. The he had a general store which dealt with mercantile business. He furnished lumber camps in which he had an interest.
The big crash came in 1843. Lumber was no longer in demand and the lumber camps failed. James suffered heavy losses, too.


Wife:   Hannah Orcutt Stephenson

Born: 9-Nov-1819
Died: 12-Jan-1866
Father: Collins Stephenson
Mother: Rebecca Kimball Stephenson


 


Female  Child 1:   Hannah Rebecca Sutherland

Born: 1820
Died: 1-Dec-1933
Spouse: Abert Taylor
Children: Phebe Sutherland, Rhoda Taylor, Sutherland, Myrta Helen Sutherland, Martha Taylor, Rachel Taylor, Ralph Taylor


 


Female  Child 2:   Sarah (Sister) Sutherland

Born: 1840
Died: Jan-1912
Spouse: Thomas E.  Reeves
Children: Hannah Alfa Reeves, Sarah Emaline Reeves, Elspa Phillena Reeves, Seth Reeves, Leah Medelia (Babe) Reeves


 


Female  Child 3:   Elspa Philena Sutherland

Born: 8-Jul-1842
Died: 27-Jun-1922
Spouse: Seth S. Phelps
Children: Ellen Elspa Phelps, Nancy Hannah Phelps, Seth James John Phelps, George Robert Phelps, Jessie Elvira Phelps, Joseph Dewitt Phelps


 


Male  Child 4:   Robert (NMI) Sutherland

Born: 12-May-1844
Died: 28-Dec-1906
Spouse: Dorinda Nickerson Smith
Children: Stephen James Sutherland, William G. Sutherland, Robert Guy Sutherland, Helen Ivy Sutherland

Occupation: Blacksmith, mechanic
 

Master Mason


Female  Child 5:   Zaresh Vashti Sutherland

Born: 1848
Died: 12-Jan-1854
Spouse:
Children:


 


Male  Child 6:   Colin Stephenson Sutherland

Born: 1851
Died: Dec-1884
Spouse: Charlotte House
Children: Stewart, Hattie, Colin

Occupation: Teacher in country schoools. Elected Portage County Superintendent of Schools in 1878-79 and was a school principal in Appleton from 1881 till his death at the age of 36.
Attended Lawrence University in Appleton, WI as well as another in WI.


Female  Child 7:   Pamela Elizabeth Sutherland

Born: 28-Mar-1853
Died: 20-Oct-1853
Spouse:
Children:


 


Female  Child 8:   Abigail Nancy Sutherland

Born: 1856
Died:  
Spouse: Guy ? Stoddard
Children:


 

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Female  Child 9:   Phebe Sutherland

Born: Jan-1860
Died: 1956
Spouse: Robert Fuller
Children: Ellen


 

Phebe (Sutherland) Fuller


Female  Child 10:   Leah Mae Sutherland

Born: 1861
Died:  
Spouse:
Children:

Occupation: Schoolteacher
 

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