WILLIAM RICE born 1805 married Parmelia ? They lived in Cape May County according to the 1850 Cape May Census.I am trying to find out who the parents were of both of these people. They had two children: William RICE b. April 24, 1831 and Parmelia (born approximately 1835).

WILLIAM RICE married Theodosia Hand (born May 1, 1834). Can anyone tell me who Theodosia's parents were?

Hello grice182,

I believe I have the information you are looking for, although, you may not agree with me.

Checking the Cape May County Marriage book by Craig, I came across two marriages for William Rice on page 58.

The first one, which is for William Rice (Sr.), is a marriage between William Rice and Amelia Godfrey, dated 7-31-1830. It is my belief that Amelia Godfrey is Parmelia. My reason for thinking this is because on the 1870 Census, William Rice (Sr.), age 70, is listed with an Amelia Young,age 30. As there are no relationships shown on this census, I feel that Amelia is William, Sr's daughter, and that she is possibly the wife or widow to a man with the surname of Young. You mentioned that William and Parmelia had a daughter named Parmelia, born approximately 1835. Amelia Young's approximate birthdate is 1840. All the ages on the census records that I found for William, Sr. were different. Errors on census records for age, birth place and name spellings are common. So it seems that the marriage info. that I found on Amelia Godfrey & William Rice and that of Amelia Young, the likely daughter of William & Parmelia Rice; both being named Amelia from Parmelia, possibly a nickname. There are also many Godfreys listed in Dennis Township and Upper Township of Cape May County. Another reason is the William (Sr.) & Parmelia's son, William Rice (Jr.) was born about 1831. The marriage between William Rice (Sr.) and Amelia took place in 1830; so the year of marriage is right with the birth of their first-born, William Rice (Jr.).

On the 1850 Census for William and Pamelia Rice, residing in Dennis Township of Cape May County, NJ, there were two more children listed along with William, so there were more then two children born to William and Parmelia, although Parmelia, their daughter was not on the 1850 census. Besides William Rice (Jr.), the other two children named were Joseph T. Rice, b. abt. 1841, and Mary Rice, b. abt. 1843. Mary is also seen with her father on the 1860 census at age 17. William was apparently widowed by the 1860 census.

The second marriage I found in the Cape May County Marriage book was that of William Rice (Jr.) and Theodocia, but her maiden name was Sutton, not Hand. They were married 2-5-1853. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Maiden name unknown) Sutton of Dennis Township, Cape May County, NJ. I found Theodocia Sutton on an 1850 Census with her parents and several siblings, namely Alexander, Elizabeth (II), Mary, William (II), Melinda, Lydia, Amelia, & Jacob. Two other young men with the same Sutton surname were listed at the end, possibly nephews of William Sutton, named Joseph & George. All were born in NJ, including Theodocia. Approximate birth date of this Theodocia Sutton was 1833. You gave her birth date as May 1, 1834. That's close enough.

I also found a 1900 Census with William Rice (Jr.) and Theodocia Rice and her birth date was given as May 1834 and his was given as April 1831.

Hope this helps.

Thank you so very much for all your help. I will enter this information into our file on the RICE family.

You're welcome.

Was Susan SUTTON who was born Dec 1806 of Dennis Twp, NJ who married John WILSON/WILLSON 9 25 1830 listed as Cape May, NJ, related to

William and Elizabeth SUTTON, mentioned in your post above???

Is there a place to do lookups for marriage records in Cape May, NJ on line?? that is, without paying a membership fee.

thank you.

Am just curious if this SUTTON family is related to the William SUTTON - Damaris BISHOP family as well.

Thank you.
I have Susan SUTTON married John WILSON/WILLSON from anew file I discovred today.
On that file as well in the same family group, Naomi BISHOP who married Robert WILLSON,11 14 1798 also listed as Cape May, NJ.
Thank you.

I'm afraid I don't know anything about the Sutton family--only what sonja 9 replied to my query. I do marriage lookups on the Cape May County Marriages book which you can order from the Cape May County Historical & Genealogical Society. Hope this helps.

I have tried clicking on every one of the links I found doing a search for the Cape May His and Gen Society and all of them are coming up as INVALID.
Not sure if it is a problem with AOL tonight or just what exactly.

I will attempt to post the query once more under New Jersey and the various surnames, maybe some one of the family knows the information of which I am asking.

thank you for your assistance.

No one seems to have parents for Susan SUTTOn who married Mr. WILSON/WILLSON, on rootsweb or gencircles.com as of today.

Try reaching the Cape May County Historical and Genealogical Society at 609-465-3535. Their email address is www.cmcmuseum.org.

Dear ChekWriter,
I have found the information you are looking for on SUSANNA's parentage. Source: The Cape May County New Jersey Magazine of History & Genealogy, Vol. IX, No. 4, Dated 1990, Pub. by CMCHGS, Cape May Court House, NJ; Page 311 - 335, Article: Sutton Genealogy by Frederick Lee Carman. I have put asterisks before the names that are your SUSAN/SUSANNA (Sutton) WILSON's line.
Gen. I: *ISAAC Sutton, d. ca. Sept. 2, 1785, married *CHRISTIANNA (Maiden name unknown). ISAAC Sutton had two brothers, AMOS Sutton, m. SARAH CRISSE, b. 1788, daughter of ISRAEL & SARAH (Maiden name unknown) CRISSE. Source of AMOS & Sarah's marriage taken from the book, Cumberland County New Jersey Genealogical Data, Records Pertaining to Persons Residing in Cumberland County Prior to 1800; Pg. 41 under CRISSE, and 2nd brother of ISAAC was OZWELL Sutton.
Children: 1. *JOSEPH Sutton, SR., b. February 23, 1778, d. August 5, 1854, married April 24, 1802, *HENRIETTA TOMLIN, daughter of *SAMUEL TOMLIN & *RACHEL GOSLING. *HENRIETTA was b. August 11, 1781, d. February 8, 1865. Note: *JOSEPH Sutton, SR. was a Farmer in the 1850 Census: Family was on the same 1850 Census page as their daughter & son-in-law, *SUSAN (Sutton) & *JOHN WILSON were. They resided in Dennis Township, Cape May County, NJ.
2. HANNAH Sutton, married JOSEPH DILLEY, SR. & had JOSEPH DILLEY, JR., b. 1809, d. ca. February 9, 1861, buried Cohansey Baptist Church, Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ.
3. SARAH Sutton, married SAMUEL SCUDDER; he d. by March 8, 1796.
4. Unknown Daughter Sutton, married JOEL BATEMAN.
Children of *JOSEPH Sutton, SR. & *HENRIETTA TOMLIN were:
1. ISAAC Sutton, b. September 13, 1789, m. at 1st. Presbyterian Church in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ, RUTH HUSTED. They lived in Delaware.
2. MARY ANN or MARY ANNA Sutton, b. April 24, 1803, d. July 15, 1804.
3. ELIZABETH "ELIZA" ANN Sutton, b. November 29, 1804, married first, her 3rd cousin, REUBEN TOMLIN, he d. in October 1844, lost at sea. TOMLIN children & grandchildren mentioned in this article. ELIZA married second, LEVI D. LEWIS. They resided in Springfield, Illinois.
4. *SUSANNA Sutton, b. November 22, 1806 in NJ (1860 Census for Dennis Twsp, Cape May County, NJ, says she was born in PA), d. August 25, 1890, married first, on February 8, 1825, STACEY McCARTY, b. February 28, 1802. Had LYDIA McCARTY, b. March 13, 1828, who married Capt. HUGH NICKLESON and had 4 children, & MARY ANN McCARTY, b. February 15, 1826, who married WILLIAM R. WENTZEL and had two daughters. *SUSANNA Sutton, b. November 22, 1825 in NJ (1860 Census for Dennis Twsp., Cape May County, NJ, says she was born in PA), married second, in 1830, *JOHN WILSON, b. 1809. Children of SUSANNA Sutton & JOHN WILSON were: (Note: Children in this article are not in the same birth order as those on the 1850, 1860 & 1870 Census records for Dennis Township (PO for 1860 Census was West Creek [which I believe is now Eldora]& PO for 1870 Census was East Creek; therefore I used the census records for the correct birth order with approximate birth years.)
a1. CHARLES B. WILSON, (1850 Census: b. abt. 1831 in NJ, Laborer).
a2. JOSEPH R. WILSON, (1850 Census: b. abt. 1833 in NJ, Wheelwright. Married EMILY BENNETT. They had 1a. STEPHEN WILSON, m. LILLIE SMITH & had LEROY WILSON & 2a. CLEMENTINE WILSON, who m. Unknown JOHNSON.
a3. ELIZABETH "ELIZA" WILSON,(1850 Census: b. abt. 1836 in NJ), married WILLIAM CHAMPION.
a4. SAMUEL WILSON, (1850 Census: b. abt. 1838 in NJ).
a5. HENRIETTA WILSON (1850 Census: Had her out of birth order; b. abt. 1841 in NJ). Married JEREMIAH VOSS.
a6. STACEY WILSON (1830 Census: Male child, b. abt. 1844 in NJ), no wife was named in article, but their child was RALPH WILSON.
a7. JOHN WILSON, JR.(1850 Census: b. abt. 1846 in NJ).
a8. ISABEL "BELLE" P. WILSON, (1860 Census: b. abt. 1851 in NJ), married an Unknown DAMM.
a9. Unknown Daughter WILSON mentioned in the article; don't know her correct birth order.
Note: *JOHN WILSON was a Merchant on the 1850 and 1860 Census records in Dennis Township and was a House Carpenter on the 1870 Census record in Dennis Township.
5. SAMUEL Sutton, b. September 24, 1808, married on January 30, 1841, EMELINE TOMLIN, daughter of ALMARINE TOMLIN & RHODA SMITH. They had 8 children mention in this article.
6. MARYANN or MARYANNA Sutton, b. January 12, 1812, d. February 19, 1888, buried Bethel Cemetery, Pleasant Mills, Cartwright Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, married first on Septmber 22, 1833, JOHN (JEHU) TOWNSEND, b. ca. 1812, son of ELIJAH TOWNSEND & ELIZABETH DICKINSON. JEHU was lost at sea, September 1844. Article mentions they had 3 children. MARYANN, b. January 12, 1812, married second, on September 29, 1852, JONATHAN NOTTINGHAM - No issue from this marriage.
7. JOSEPH Sutton, JR., b. October 25, 1814, d. August 2, 1896, buried Cold Spring Cemetery, Cold Spring, Lower Township, Cape May County, NJ, married in Philadelphia, PA on December 2, 1841, ELIZABETH DAWES MASSEY, b. in Newark, Delaware on August 20, 1815, d. May 23, 1883, buried Cold Spring Cemetery, Cold Spring, Lower Township, Cape May County, NJ.
8. HENRIETTA Sutton, b. January 4, 1816, married WILLIAM CHESTER.
9. RACHEL Sutton, b. March 21, 1821, d. December 6, 1873, married LUDLAM MATTHEWS. Had three children in this article.
10. SABILLA Sutton (Spelled SYBILLA in the 1850 Dennis Township, Cape May County, Census, b. January 24, 1823, d. March 11, 1898, married THOMAS H. HOFFMAN. Had four children mentioned in this article. They lived in East Creek, NJ.
There are many more names mentioned in this article.