Hailing from Bertie County, N.C., the Herrings were among the first early settlers and landowners of Bucklesberry. Brothers Abraham, John, Sr., and Samuel Herring were issued land patents and surveys from 1738 to 1747 that totaled 1,525 acres.
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Bucklesberry, Back in the Day: Early Settlers–The Herrings
The proven patriarch of generations of present-day Suttons in Lenoir County was John Sutton (1720/30-bef. 1773). An early settler of Bucklesberry, he arrived around 1745-1750. Not the only settler, though, nor the first, evidence suggests that ancestors of the Herring family line of Lenoir County preceded John Sutton's arrival.
Bucklesberry, Back in the Day: Early Settlers–The Suttons (Part 2)
John Sutton, Sr. (1720/30–bef.1773) was the first of his paternal line to migrate from Bertie County, NC to Bucklesberry in the mid-1700s. Several documents in the Clellan Sutton Collection prove his rightful status as an early settler.