John Sutherland and Mrs. Gordon Sutherland

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Husband John Sutherland ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - Scotland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1826 - West Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - West Alexander Cemetery, West Alexander, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: John Sutherland (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage:  - Scotland

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   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      ) - Scotland

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   Other Spouse: Margaret Morrow (      -1836) 2 - America

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Wife Mrs. Gordon Sutherland ²

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Children

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1 M George Sutherland ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1769 - Scotland 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Sep 1848 - West Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - West Alexander Cemetery, West Alexander, Washington Co, PA

         Spouse: Charlotte McCoy (      -1840) 1 2
           Marr: 1795 - Washington Co, PA 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Sutherland

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He was a Scotchman, who in 1772 emigrated to Bladensburg, Maryland. In 1786 he came into Washington County, Pennsylvania, locating upon land on the waters of Chartiers Creek. In 1800 he purchased one hundred and six acres of land of Shields and Hollingsworth, in West Finley township, and located there. [HWC 1882, 980]

In 1772 he came with his wife, son George and one daughter, Barbara, to America, and on arrival bound himself to a planter in Maryland, near Bladensburgh, working for him four years in order to pay his and his family's passage out. His occupation there was overseer of slaves, about three hundred in number, and he was never known to strike or abuse any of them; on the contrary, he treated them with uniform kindness. At the termination of the four years he came to Washington County, Pennsylvania, with his family, the journey across the mountains being made in wagons. They made a settlement first in Chartiers township, and then in 1800 moved to West Finley township, where they remained until the death of the head of the family, which occurred in 1826.
They were members of the "Three Ridges" Presbyterian Church, later known as the West Alexander Church, and in politics he was an Old-line Whig.
The farm on which they settled covered 106 acres, nearly all wild land, which was thereafter improved from time to time by the family; it was eventually occupied by Joseph Sutherland, the great-great-grandson of the pioneer settler.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 980.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 758.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1234.