Bounty Land and Migration West — William Sutherland

B. about 1742 in King William County, Virginia¹
M. about 1766 in (probably) Virginia²
Wife: Mary Polly Owen
D. after 22 Jun 1803, Lincoln County, Kentucky³

The story of William Sutherland was similar to many of his generation: serving as a soldier in the American Revolution led to the westward movement of his descendants. William was born in King William County, Virginia in about 1742,¹ and he was believed to be the oldest son of Fendall Sutherland (also spelled Southerland or Sutherlin) and his first wife, an unnamed daughter of John Chiles.⁴ The details of his childhood and siblings are sketchy because an 1885 courthouse fire destroyed nearly all of the records of King William County. William did seem to have at least two younger brothers, and three younger half-sisters.

At some point, William struck out on his own, settling in an area of Virginia which was near the present-day border with North Carolina.¹ He married a young woman named Mary Polly Owen in about 1766,² and they started a family which would include 10 known children. The Piedmont region where William lived as an adult was somewhat different from where he was born. This wasn’t the Virginia tidewater country with its rich soil that was ideal for growing tobacco. Instead, farms produced smaller crops — a mix of corn, wheat, and other vegetables, along with some tobacco. Unlike his father, William owned no slaves,⁵ so he worked his land himself. Many of his neighbors were of Scots-Irish or German descent, recent immigrants who had migrated into western North Carolina on the Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania. 

Clearing the land in the North Carolina Piedmont.

There is evidence that William served in the American Revolution, and a muster roll dated June 1, 1777 under Captain George B. Wallace of Virginia lists a William Sutherlin.⁶ With a common first name, this may have been another William, but a gap in his children’s ages fits the narrative that he served as a soldier for a time (fifth child Susannah was born about 1776, and sixth child Owen, was born in about 1781).

Also supporting the fact that William served in the American Revolution is a land grant dated May 20, 1793.⁷ In lieu of money after the war, soldiers were offered large tracts of land in designated areas on the western frontier. This record stated that William was a private in the Continental Army, but that he was assigning the land for Captain Tillman Dixon, an officer who served in a North Carolina regiment. We know that William lived in North Carolina around this time because three years earlier he was listed in the 1790 U.S. Census in Burke County.⁸

The land granted to Dixon amounted to 640 acres near present-day Nashville, Tennessee, and William must have received something in return for it, because he seems to have purchased a large amount of land in Lincoln County, Kentucky. In 1801, a Lincoln County tax list described that William owned 350 acres and 5 horses.⁹ Sons William and Fendall were also listed, and youngest son George was implied to be in his household. 

1801 tax list of Lincoln County, Kentucky.

William didn’t live long in Kentucky, because on June 22, 1803, he made out his will.³ Already “weak of body,” he bequeathed his land to his sons, with Fendall receiving 150 acres, and the other three 50 acres each. William noted that sons William and Owen already lived on the land they were to receive. The will was likely proven within a short time, and Mary Sutherland was listed as a landowner in 1804,¹⁰ which almost certainly meant that William had died by that date.

The sons and daughters of William Sutherland continued a progress to the west. Three of his sons, plus youngest daughter Nancy, ended up in Putnam County, Indiana. William’s widow Mary went with them, dying in 1834 at the age of 88.¹¹ Later generations would settle in Missouri, Kansas, and other places to the west; grandson John Franklin Sutherlin would found the town of Sutherlin, Oregon.¹² You could say that it all traces to land acquired by William because of his service in the War of Independence, which began the flow of migration to the west.

Children:
1. Fendall Sutherlin — B. 25 Dec 1767, (probably) North Carolina;¹³ D. 19 Feb 1834, Putnam County, Indiana;¹³ M. Lydia Franklin (1774-1869)¹³

2. William Sutherland — B. about 1770, (probably) North Carolina;¹⁴ D. after 1 Jun 1830, (probably) Putnam County, Indiana;¹⁵ M. Mary Polly Franklin (~1770-?), about 1788, Lincoln County, Kentucky¹⁶

3. Bethany Sutherlin — about 1773, (probably) North Carolina;¹⁷ D. 1839, Jackson, Tennessee;¹⁷ M. James S. Hawkins (1764-1822), about 1791, North Carolina¹⁸

4. Millicent Sutherlin — about 1775, (probably) North Carolina;¹⁹ D. 10 May 1852, Bullitt County, Kentucky;¹⁹ M. Samuel Goldsmith (1776-1850)¹⁹

5. Susannah Sutherlin — about 1776, (probably) North Carolina;¹⁸ M. William Harper (1773-?), about 1798, Burke County, North Carolina¹⁸

6. Owen Sutherlin — about 1781, (probably) North Carolina;²⁰ D. 1858, Casey County, Kentucky;¹⁸ D. about 1866, Casey County, Kentucky; M. Mary Vandeveer (1785-1840), 22 Nov 1802, Lincoln County, Kentucky²¹

7. Mary Polly Sutherlin — about 1783, Burke County, North Carolina; D. 22 Oct 1810, Kentucky; M. Jonathan Jones (1782-1853), 7 Dec 1801, Lincoln County, Kentucky

8. George W. Sutherlin — B. 1787, Burke County, North Carolina;²⁴ D. 1841, Jackson Township, Putnam County, Indiana;²⁴ M. Elizabeth Miller (1790-1877), 1806, Kentucky²⁴

9. Nancy Sutherlin — 2 Jun 1784, Burke County, North Carolina;²⁵ D. 23 Apr 1831, Orange County, Indiana;²⁵ M. Jonathan Jones (1782-1853), 27 Jun 1811, Casey County, Kentucky²⁵

10. Jenny or Jane Sutherlin — about 1781, Burke County, North Carolina;²⁵ M. Claiborne Harris, after 1810, (probably) Kentucky²⁵

Sources:
1    Sutherlands and Their Tangled Branches, Robert J. Walsh, 1985, p. 23
2    Sutherlands and Their Tangled Branches, p. 29
3    Probate record of William Sutherland, Lincoln County, Kentucky, 22 Jan 1803, FamilySearch.org
4    There are strong indicators that William’s father was somehow connected to the Chiles family of Virginia. In March 1763, Fendall Sutherland was administrator of the estate of Walter Chiles, and the name Chiles also turned up on two land sales involving Fendall. Many have assumed that Chiles was the maiden name of Fendall’s first wife, but elsewhere there is a document that John Chiles (~1666-~1723) had two daughters, one of whom married a man named Sutherland, and the age of John Chiles suggests the mystery groom was Joseph Sutherland, not Fendall. John Chiles was the father of the Walter Chiles of the 1763 record, and Fendall would therefore be Walter’s nephew, the sort of relation for an estate administrator (Walter had no children of his own).
5    Tax lists of Lincoln County, Kentucky, 1792-1803, FamilySearch.org
6    Pay roll of Capt. George B. Wallace’s company in the Virginia Regiment, 1 Jun 1777
7    Land grant to William Sutherland, a private in the continental line of North Carolina, 20 May 1693
8    1790 U.S. Census, Burke County, North Carolina
9    1801 personal property tax list of Lincoln County, Kentucky, FamilySearch.org
10  1804 personal property tax list of Lincoln County, Kentucky, FamilySearch.org
11  Find-a-Grave listing of Mary “Polly” (Owen) Sutherlin
12  Find-a-Grave listing of John Franklin Sutherlin
13  Find-a-Grave listing of Fendel Sutherlin
14  William Sutherlin’s birth year estimate based on ages of his children
15  1830 U.S. Census, Putnam County, Indiana
16  William’s marriage year estimate based on ages of his children
17  Find-a-Grave listing of Bethernia “Thenie” (Sutherland) Hawkins
18  Sutherlands and Their Tangled Branches, p. 31
19  Find-a-Grave listing of Millicent “Milly” (Sutherland) Goldsmith
20  1850 U.S. Census, Casey County, Kentucky
21  Marriage record of Owen Sutherland and Mary Vandeveer, Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850, Ancestry.com
22  Sutherlands and Their Tangled Branches, p. 32
23  Marriage record of Jonathan Jones and Mary Southerland, Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marraiges, 1802-1850, Ancestry.com
24  Find-a-Grave listing of George W. Suthelin
25  Sutherlands and Their Tangled Branches, p. 33

On Land Between Two Muddy Rivers — George Sutherland

B. about 1660 in (probably) New Kent County, Virginia¹
M. about 1680 in (probably) Virginia¹
Wife: Elizabeth (possibly) Norment
D. before June 1699 in (probably) King and Queen County, Virginia²

To tell the story of George Sutherland, what we know is almost entirely contained in a series of documents about his estate after he died. But by putting the established facts into the context of history and geography, it’s possible to understand a little more about who he was.

George is thought to have been born in Virginia in about 1660 to Alexander Sutherland (also spelled Southerland), a man from Scotland;¹ George’s mother is completely unknown. Many researchers have claimed that Alexander’s pedigree connects to Scottish royalty, and this seems to be fraudulent, or at the very least unlikely. More probable is that Alexander came from more humble roots that are impossible to trace — his only appearance on a document is in a passenger list for a ship that arrived in York County, Virginia on November 1, 1654.¹ That puts him near the land his supposed son George later claimed. This fact, plus that the name Sutherland is less-than-common, makes a case that Alexander was the father of George.

After George came of age in around 1680, he married a woman named Elizabeth (her last name is thought to be Norment).¹ The couple had at least three sons, and possibly other children. Sometime during the 1680s or 1690s, George acquired land from some Indians, apparently giving them money or goods in return. This wasn’t a valid transaction in the eyes of the colony because legally, the King of England owned the land, and only he or his representatives could grant it to an individual. The title wasn’t disputed, though, until after George died.⁴

George’s land was located in a place described as Pamunkey Neck,² which was a geographic feature formed by two small rivers (the Pamunkey and Mattaponi) coming together to form a larger river (the York). It was these inland waterways that gave the Virginia Tidewater its climate, which in turn gave the colonists their livelihood. The rivers wide enough to be navigable supplied a way for planters to transport their tobacco to the ports where it could be shipped around the world. Deposits of the rivers made the soil very rich along the riverbanks, and this was the land granted to the wealthier settlers who came over from England.⁵ 

Map of where George had his land.

Places that weren’t along the water’s edge weren’t nearly as good for growing tobacco. “Neck” land was described as being “thin and barren.”⁵ This is probably the type of acreage George got in his deal with the Indians. Land of this type was said to be worth as low as “5 shillings an acre,” compared to the “rich bottom land” typically valued at £5 an acre.⁵ Perhaps this is why even without proper documentation, the courts posthumously cleared up the title and allowed his sons to inherit the land.

Since the single known record identifying George seems to suggest that he died at age 40 or younger, it leads to the question of how he died. The answer may lie in the climate of the region. The heat and the swampy nature of the Virginia Tidewater meant that mosquitos were a huge presence, and with that came diseases like malaria, typhoid fever and dysentery.⁵ This is pure speculation, but George may have been the victim of one of these illnesses. His death date is unknown, but it was before June of 1699.² It’s unknown when his wife Elizabeth died.

Children:
1. Joseph Sutherland — B. about 1680 in (probably) King and Queen County, Virginia;¹ D. about 1739, King William County, Virginia;¹ M. _____ Chiles, before about 1718, (probably) Virginia⁶

2. Phillip Sutherland — B. before June 1799 in (probably) King and Queen County, Virginia²

3. George Sutherland — B. before June 1799 in (probably) King and Queen County, Virginia²

Sources:

1    Sutherlands and Their Tangled Branches, Robert J. Walsh, 1985, pp. 12-13
2    English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, 1958, p. 62
3    “Southerland Famiy of King William County, Virginia,” Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, Clayton Torrence, 1927, pp. 389-394
4    Journal of the House of Burgesses, Vol. 3, page 283
5    Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America, David Hackett Fischer, 1989
6    There is a string of evidence that points to a Miss Chiles being the wife of Joseph. (1) In 1763, Fendall was executor to the probate of a man named Walter Chiles, implying a close relationship. (2) Walter Chiles had two sisters, one of whom married a Mr. Sutherland (Reports of Cases in the General Court of Virginia, 1829, p. 133). (3) The age of Walter Chiles and his sisters would put them on the generation of Fendall’s father, Joseph.

Man With Almost No Paper Trail — “James” Fleming

B. about 1778 in Virginia^1,2
M. before 24 Jun 1802 in (probably) Washington County, Kentucky³
Wife: ______ Hand
D. before 1830 in Ohio or Indiana⁴

James Fleming is the speculative link to the paternal ancestors of Mary Fleming (1819-1907). The details which are written here are based on much circumstantial evidence and my own DNA test results.

There are several facts that are certain about the father of Mary. His last name was Fleming, he was born in Virginia (possibly the part that’s now West Virginia),² and since Mary was born in Ohio in 1819,^2,5 we can place him there. He was also married to a woman born in New Jersey² — a less-than common combination of husband and wife birthplaces in early 19th-century America. 

1880 U.S. Census showing Mary (Fleming) Sutherlin and birthplaces of her parents.

Mary first appears in records in Parke County, Indiana, where she married in 1838.⁶ We know that she had a brother Eli who was born in 1804,^7,8 and that two other men also appear to be brothers, James (born 1802)^3,9 and Henry (born 1810).¹⁰ I share various segments of DNA with a few descendants of all three. While these men showed up in records in Parke County, no potential father lived among them, which suggests that their father was deceased by 1830. Also significant is that while the older two brothers were born in Kentucky, Henry was born in Ohio. (There is also a possible sister Susannah who was born in 1823, but it’s uncertain if she might be the daughter of Eli.¹³)

The migration of the Fleming family emerges led by the unnamed father: Virginia to Kentucky to Ohio to Indiana. My DNA results show clustered matches with descendants of another couple who had a similar path, Eli and Jane Hand, except that they wound up in Illinois instead of Indiana.¹⁴ What’s more is that Jane’s maiden name was Fleming, and in 1840, one of her children had a farm sandwiched between two of the Parke County Flemings.¹⁵ We have to assume they were closely related. 

1840 U.S. Census showing George W. Hand between son and son-in-law of Mary Fleming's brother James.

Eli Hand and Jane Fleming were married on July 14, 1804 in Washington County, Kentucky, and accompanying their marriage license was an affidavit verifying the bride’s age signed by James Fleming.¹⁶ Family stories among Eli Hand descendants suggest that this was Jane’s brother.¹⁷ There are also Washington County tax lists between 1796 and 1800 naming a James Fleming, possibly the same man from the marriage record.¹⁸ Jane Fleming said her family had moved to Kentucky during the 1780s, and had been born in Virginia.¹⁷ 

1804 marriage record of Eli Hand and Jane Fleming showing her brother James as witness.

It was said that Jane’s father had served in the American Revolution as a colonel, then went west after the war;¹⁷ this was a typical migration for former soldiers who were paid with bounty land instead of money. Washington County was one of the places many veterans ended up. It was a remote environment to grow up, making social connections often challenging, and some families experienced multiple marriages between two families. And my DNA suggests that this happened between the Flemings and the Hands, because I show strong matches with descendants of Eli Hand’s brother, George Callahan Hand. Through detailed study of my DNA, I’ve determined that James Fleming must have been married to an unnamed sister of Eli.¹⁹

More proof of this is that the Hand family came from New Jersey,²⁰ which was also the birthplace of Mary Fleming’s mother. Also the second son in the family that ended up in Parke County, Indiana was named “Eli H. Fleming,”²¹ and the first born son of Eli Hand was named “James Fleming Hand,”¹⁷ adding more merit to the idea that there was a strong relationship between the two families.

By 1810, the family of Eli Hand moved to Ohio (they would eventually settle in Illinois).²² That same year, Henry Fleming was born in Ohio, then his sister Mary in 1819. The family moved to Indiana within the next ten years, but unfortunately, the name James Fleming isn’t found in records either in place. The younger James Fleming and Eli Fleming were both listed in the 1830 census for Parke County. Eli had an adolescent girl in his household who was too old to be his daughter, and therefore could be his sister Mary. He also had a woman in her forties, who could be his mother as a widow. That would mean James Fleming had died before 1830.³

Will there ever be a paper trail to validate the identity of Mary Fleming’s father? Probably not, what is shown here falls short of the threshold of genealogical proof. Still, it’s worth presenting, especially since the people and scenario I have named here offer an explanation to the unusual migration pattern of Mary Fleming’s parents, and at the same time, fits with my DNA results.

Children:
1. James Fleming — B. 24 Jun 1802, (probably) Washington County, Kentucky;³ D. 10 Nov 1858, (probably) Polk County, Iowa;³ M. Catherine ______ (~1803-?)⁹

2. Eli H. Fleming — B. 16 Feb 1804, (probably) Washington County, Kentucky;²³ D. 6 Sep 1876, Humboldt, Kansas;²³ M. Sarah ________ (~1810-?)⁸

3. Henry Harrison Fleming — B. about 1810, Ohio;¹⁰ D. after 16 Jan 1876, (probably) Humboldt County, California;²⁴ M. (1) Nancy ______ (~1810-?);¹⁰ (2) Nancy Jones (1829-1905), 20 Aug 1854, Clackamas County, Oregon²⁵

4. Mary Fleming — B. 16 Aug 1819, Ohio;^2,5 D. 31 Mar 1907, Grady County, Oklahoma;⁵ M. Jackson Sutherlin (~1815-1878), 17 Jan 1838, Parke County, Indiana⁶

5. (possibly) Susannah Fleming — B. about 1823, Indiana;¹³ D. after 1875, (probably) Allen County, Kansas;¹³ M. John R. Butler (1814-1901), 15 Feb 1841, Daviess County, Missouri²⁶

Sources:
1    The approximate birth year for James Fleming is based on the age of his oldest known child.
2    1880 U.S. Census, Everett, Kansas (showing birth places of daughter Mary’s parents)
3    Find-a-Grave listing of James Flemming (this is James’ son) 
4    1830 U.S. Census, Parke County, Indiana
5    Find-a-Grave listing of Mary Sutherlin 
6    Marriage record of Jackson Sutherlin and Mary Fleming, Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, Ancestry.com
7    Local news paragraph in newspaper Humboldt Union (Kansas), 26 Sep 1907
8    1860 U.S. Census, Allen County, Kansas Territory
9    1850 U.S. Census, Polk County, Iowa
10  1850 U.S. Census, Holt County, Missouri
11  1840 U.S. Census, Parke County, Indiana (showing Eli and James Fleming)
12  Document regarding purchase of public land by Henry Harrison Fleming, Parke County, Indiana, 30 Sep 1834
13  1875 Kansas State Census, Allen County (listing shows Susan age 52 in household of Eli Fleming age 71)
14  1850 U.S. Census, Crawford County, Illinois
15  1840 U.S. Census, Parke County, Indiana (showing Henry Evans, George W. Hand and Asa Fleming)
16  Marriage record of Eli Hand and Jane Fleming, Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Ancestry.com
17  Hand Family Scrapbook, compiled by Margaret Smith Isaac, 1986, pp. 43-44
18  Washington County, Kentucky Tax Books, 1797-1875, FamilySearch.org
19  Joining Hands: Using My DNA to reunite a Midwest family named Hand, Laura Mitchell, 2024
20  Hand Family Scrapbook, compiled by Margaret Smith Isaac, 1986, p.1
21  Document regarding purchase of public land by Eli H. Fleming, Parke County, Indiana, 10 Sep 1838
22  Hand Family Scrapbook, compiled by Margaret Smith Isaac, 1986, pp. 37-39
23  Find-a-Grave listing of Elijah H. Fleming 
24  1876 voters in Humboldt County, California, California, U.S., Voter Registers, 1866-1898
25  Marriage record of Henry H. Fleming and Nancy O’Connor, Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011, Ancestry.com
26  Marriage record of John Butler and Susannah Fleming, Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, FamilySearch.org

The Legacy of a Slaveholder — Fendall Sutherland

B. about 1718 in King William County, Virginia¹
M. (1) about 1740 in (probably) King William County, Virginia²
Wife: UNKNOWN
M. (2) about 1757 in (probably) King William County, Virginia²
Wife: Mary Coleman
D. before 1790 in (probably) King William County, Virginia³

In looking at the life of Fendall Sutherland, it’s hard to overlook the fact that he owed his wealth to the labor of many enslaved people. Rather than glossing over this history, it’s better to tell it head on.

Fendall was born in about 1718 in King William County, Virginia, the son of Joseph Sutherland.¹ Fendall’s mother’s first name is unknown, but she was a daughter of John Chiles.⁴ Why was he given the unusual name of Fendall? It was likely chosen to honor Josias Fendall, an early governor of Maryland who led a 1660 rebellion against Lord Baltimore. He was a folk hero to some people for many years to come, and perhaps to Fendall’s parents at the time of his birth. Fendall was known to have had one brother named John who seems to have died in 1771.⁵

As with most Virginia families of this period of time, the records are incomplete; many were destroyed in courthouse fires during the Civil War or later. Various sources have identified six children for Fendall, and it’s believed they were from two wives, with the second one named Mary Coleman.² It’s likely that Fendall married his first wife in about 1740,² and she died during the late 1750s, but we have no information about who she was. His second marriage was in about 1757;² only one daughter, Anne, has a known birth date of October 21, 1769.⁵

Fendall’s second wife Mary.

Living in Tidewater Virginia in the mid-18th century meant that your livelihood almost certainly involved tobacco — growing it, harvesting it, and selling it. We know that on June 14, 1739, Fendall was granted 200 acres in King William County which was part of some land from his grandfather’s original claim.⁵ By 1782, he lived on a plantation of 1,359 acres in another county in Virginia: Amelia.⁵ And along with his land, Fendall had a substantial amount of slaves.

How Fendall came to have so many slaves may have been as a result of his inheritance from an uncle. Walter Chiles was the brother of his mother, and when he died in 1760, he left no descendants. Chiles’ vast holdings were therefore divided between the children of his two sisters. Fendall was said to have bought the shares of his siblings, so he seems to have acquired half of the Chiles estate, including numerous slaves.⁶

A tax list from 1778 in King William County reveals that 52 slaves were in Fendall’s household.⁷ In 1782, a personal property list recorded in Amelia County showed a total of 34 slaves.⁸ This implied that he sold off 18 people between those years, possibly breaking up families; sadly, this was a common thing during that time. The 1782 document listed each of his slaves by name (all but one of these unfortunate people were probably never documented anywhere else): Peter, Jack, Tom, Cain, Gloster [?], Hannable, Jemimy, Jinney, Molly, Armeca, Flora, Hanna, Cate, Charles, Hall, Sam, Tom, Amy, Lucy, Patt, Delilah, Betty, Jinney, Martin, Phill, Daniel, Phillis, Moses, Molly, Surah, Lewis, Judy, Ivy and Sue. 

Fendall’s listing in the 1782 Amelia County, Virginia personal property book.

One of the people in the list was mentioned in a Virginia publication dated July 10, 1784: “Fendall Southerland, Sen., living in King William County, advertises for a runaway Negro lad named Martin. He ran away last year and passed by the name of Reuben Gun, and fell in at Petersburg with George Oast who kept him as a waiting man, and after being advertised in the Virginia Gazette, was apprehended in Petersburg by Alexander Gordon.”⁹

Fendall continued to appear in tax lists in William County until 1785,⁷ then there’s a gap in the records until 1790. That year listed his wife Mary as a widow, so Fendall died by that date.⁷ Mary, who was much younger than Fendall, lived for many years more, and passed away on January 16, 1818.⁵ As for Fendall’s legacy of slaveholding, this wasn’t passed along to at least some of the next generation. His sons William and Uriah moved near the Green River in Kentucky by 1801, and neither had any slaves.¹⁰

A record of the enslaved
The Amelia County, Virginia 1782 personal property book is a snapshot of who lived there at the time, and a sickening document to read. It’s 92 pages listing the heads of households followed by the names of the people they “owned” (one individual had a list of over 250 names after his own). The names of the enslaved bring the dry facts to life because you can almost picture them. And knowing that this was several generations before the Civil War, these people were likely doomed to being enslaved for the rest of their lives. History such as this should be remembered, and that’s why I do so here — even when it involves my own ancestor.

Children (possibly) by first wife:
1. William Sutherland — B. about 1742, King William County, Virginia;¹¹ D. after 22 Jan 1803, Lincoln County, Virginia;¹¹ M. Mary Polly Owen (1746-1834), about 1766, Virginia¹¹

2. Fendall Sutherland — B. about 1745, King William County, Virginia;¹² D. about 1791;¹² M. Catherine _____, about 1766¹²

3. Uriah Sutherland — B. about 1755, King William County, Virginia;¹³ D. 22 Aug 1804, Lincoln County, Kentucky;¹⁴ M. Rebecca Bentley, 19 Feb 1787, Frederick County, Virginia¹⁵

Children (possibly) by Mary Coleman:
1. Elizabeth Sutherland — B. about 1758, King William County, Virginia;¹² D. about 1810;¹² M. Isaac Quarles, 5 May 1774¹²

2. Sarah Sutherland — B. about 1763, King William County, Virginia;¹² D. after 1789;¹² M. Roger Gregory¹²

3. Anne Sutherland — B. 21 Oct 1769, King William County, Virginia;¹² D. 28 Oct 1841, (probably) King William County, Virginia;¹⁶ M. William Gregory (1767-1849), 27 Oct 1785¹²

Sources:
1    Sutherlands and Their Tangled Branches, Robert J. Walsh, 1985, pp.19-20. (Fendall first appeared in a 1739 document which suggested he was of age, putting his estimated birth by 1718.)
2    Ibid. (Evidence suggests Fendall was married twice, which is explained on page 19.)
3    1790 personal property tax lists of King William County, Virginia, FamilySearch.org
4    There is a string of evidence that points to a Miss Chiles being the mother of Fendall. (1) In 1763, Fendall was executor to the probate of a man named Walter Chiles, implying a close relationship. (2) Walter Chiles had two sisters, one of whom married a Mr. Sutherland (Reports of Cases in the General Court of Virginia, 1829, p. 133). (3) The age of Walter Chiles and his sisters would put them on the generation of Fendall’s father, Joseph.
5    “Southerland Family of King William County, Virginia,” Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, Clayton Torrence, 1929, pp. 394-400
6    Reports of Cases in the General Court of Virginia, 1829, p. 133
7    1782-1790 personal property tax lists of King William County, Virginia, FamilySearch.org
8    1782 personal property tax list of Amelia County, Virginia, FamilySearch.org
9    The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, 1986, p. 312
10  1801 personal property tax list of Lincoln County, Kentucky, FamilySearch.org
11  Sutherlands and Their Tangled Branches, p. 23
12  Sutherlands and Their Tangled Branches, p. 29
13  Unsourced information on WikiTree listing for Uriah Sutherland 
14  Probate record of Uriah Sutherland, Lincoln County, Kentucky
15  Marriage record of Uriah Sutherland and Rebecca Bently, Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901, FamilySearch.org
16  Find-a-Grave listing of Anne (Southerland) Gregory