Rebecca Sutton born Moor, of Newcastle

O40. REBECCA SUTTON born MOOR

Rebecca Moor was born about 1734.¹

She married [O20] David Sutton on the 14^th April 1768, at the meeting house in Newcastle, where she lived at that date (at some stage she was described as "of Wheelbarrow Hall", which is in Scotby, Cumbria); a spinster, her parents are not named. Their children were: William (1770–1791), Thomas (1771 – before 1828), and [O19] Deborah (1773–1848).²

She attended monthly meetings in 1772, 1781 and 1782 (at least), as her signature is to be found on on testimonies to the life of deceased friends.³

She died at Newcastle on the 1^st January 1783, and her body was buried in Newcastle Friends' burying ground on the 5^th.⁴

1 TNA: RG 6/485, /1150. Possibly she was the Rebekkah Moor baptised in Tynemouth on the 13^th May 1739, but even if this is correct it takes us no further forward, as no parents are named ("England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975", database, FamilySearch: 5 February 2023, Rebekkah Moor, 1739).

2 RG 6/1011, /1260; Tyne & Wear Archives Service 1441/89; Ruth Sansbury (1998) Beyond the Blew Stone. 300 Years of Quakers in Newcastle. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Preparative Meeting

3 RG 6/485, /1150; Sansbury (1998)

4 Tyne & Wear Archives Service 1441/89; RG 6/485, /1150; Newcastle Courant, 1783-01-04

Suggestions for further research

The next step has to be locating the birth/baptism and parentage of [O40] Rebecca Moor.

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