Sutton (Mass. : Town)

Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts is one of the oldest towns in the county, and it originally comprised what is now Millbury (incorporated as a separate town in 1813) and portions of several other adjoining towns that were subsequently incorporated separately. The original territory was purchased from John Wampus and a band of Nipmuc Indians. The purchasers' title was confirmed by the General Court in 1704, and the town was incorporated under the name Sutton in 1715. The early settlement was primarily due to the efforts of the proprietors of the township who, in 1715, granted four thousand acres of land to the first thirty settlers on the condition that they begin work on the land within six weeks.

From the description of Records, c. 1683-c. 1868; 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191259794