First American Sutpen
Character Key Number:
92
Display Name:
First American Sutpen
Sort Name:
Sutpen, First American
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
"The first Sutpen" in North America, according to Quentin's narrative in Absalom!, "probably" arrived in Jamestown on a "ship from the Old Bailey" - i.e. a ship transporting convicted criminals from London to the British colony of Virginia (180).