Pheasanton Southerland Sugg was born 1805 in Edgecombe County, NC, the 2nd of 4 known children (3 boys/1 girl) born to farmers, Redding Sugg and wife, Margaret Mary Southerland (a/k/a/ Sutherland).

He was grandson of Lemuel Sugg and Mary S. Davis; and great-grandson of Captain Aquilla Sugg and Elizabeth Battle, who was a merchant and one of the "Founding Fathers" of Tarboro, NC having arrived from Norfolk, VA in the early 1730's. Aquilla Sugg married four times, and Phesanton is descended through his 2nd wife Elizabeth Battle.

Dr. Sugg married Lucinda Pender on January 9, 1827 when she was 18 years old, and he 22. They became parents to at least 14 known children. (see wife for names).

Dr. Sugg and his family once owned "Penny Hill" on Highway 33 near the Pitt/Edgecombe County line, a community of which little remains today. Once called Winona, and later simply Hill, this community was the ancestral home of the Thigpen family. The doctors James Thigpen III and IV and James Thigpen V and VI all raised the families in Penny Hill. After this, the land and house changed hands to become the possessions of Dr. Phesanton S. Sugg and his son, Dr. George C. Sugg. Their land totaled over 2500 acres. These two gentlemen sold the land to Charles W. Smith who in time sold it back to a Thigpen. Captain James R. Thigpen bought the land and house from Mr. Smith in January 1873. In 1894, after finally reclaiming their ancestral home, the Thigpens lost their land and house again. Dr. James R. Thigpen was forced to sell it because of debts. The land thereafter was divided up, and this ended the Thigpen legacy in Penny Hill.

Dr. Pheasanton Sugg died in 1855 at age 49. His wife of 28 years survived him another 20 years, passing in 1876 at age 66.

The family Bible - containing names, dates, locations, scans and other information can be found on the website below:
https://www.biblerecords.com/sugg.html