EDWARD STURGIS OF YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS 1613-1695
AND HIS DESCENDANTS
ROGER FAXTON STURGIS, EDITOR
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ADDENDA AND ERRATA. EDWARD STURGIS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
RocrnR FAXTON STURGIS, Editor. p. 22 In thinl line of third paragraph strike out "name m1kn0wn" brackets and substitute "Wendall." p. 22 In reference to Samuel Sturgis (D) strike 011t all after the date 1751 the third paragraph and substitute the following: - ''Fora third wife he marrh•d Abigail Otis a11d had a s011 J (E) born Ot:tuber l':I, 17::i7 aml a daughter l,ncretia CE) l November 11, 1758 (B. '.r. R. 2-275). Administration was grar upon his estate April 25, 1762, he being described as "of llarm:ta gentleman," to .Joseph Otis (his brother-in-law) and to his wi< .Abigail (B. 1'. C. vol. 10, p. 101). His estate was insolve11t am mention is made of children." p. 22 Strike out the reference to Prince Stnrgis (DJ aml sul.JstitutP following paragraph: - " Prince Sturgis (D), the fourth son, married October 12. 1 ElizalJelh Fayerweather and died at Dorchester, Massaeh11se 1779. There was one daughter of this marriage, ElizalJeth lJaptized February 7, 1740 and married December 2fl, liGl, Art Savage. They had five children. The eldest, Faith or Fidt married lkv. Hichard Munkhouse. Tlle others dir,d unmarrirc pp. 22 & 23. Strike out the reference to f-;anrnel (E) beginning at the foo µage 22 and substitute the following: - " Samnel (E), the other so11, married Lydia Crocker, daugl of Cornelius a11d Lydia (.J enkius) Crocker, aml had one child Sn (F) born November 8, 17G0 (4 B. 'f. R. 4H). He diecl in 1762 in twenty-sixth year and administration was grantee\ to his fat! in-law Septern ber 7, 1762. The widow Lydia, who Ii ved to eighty-six years old, dying April 9, 182G, was prominent in the t< and town meetings were frequently held at her \1ouse (B. T. 'l'he daughtPr 8(1,rah or Sally married November 6, 1784, Da Crocker, who died at HarnstalJle, April 22, 1811." p. 4G For "Edward William Balfour" read "Edward William St.n Balfour." p. 55 For" Mary Eveleen Meredith" read '' Marie Eveleen Meredith." p. 62 In the twenty-seventh line strike out "October 11 '' arnl in "November 28." p. oi In the sixth line strike ont '' .Frn11cis Codman Stnrgis" anrl in "Frances Codman Sturgis." p. ui For" Mary Eveleen Meredith" read" Marie Eveleen Meredith." p. 65 For" Ash be\ Ellice" read "Ishbel Ellice." p. 66 For" Elizabeth Mary Bonhom" read" Elizabeth Mary Bonham." u. 67 For "'\Vild. nrew &, (;o." rmul "\\'11l INTRODUCTION. IN the early spring of 1912, in connection with some business in the Probate Court, I passed some hours in the Barnstable Court House and to pass the time when not in court looked up the wills and administrations upon the estates of the early settlers of our name. I found much that was interesting and was particularly struck by the will of my great, great grandfather Thomas Sturgis (1722-1785). In it he named his six sons, all of whom survived him, and I realized that four of these sons had left families and that many of their descendants were well known, and some very prominent in the busi ness and social world both in this country and in Eng land. Finding a wealth of material in the possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society I there examined the Plymouth Colony Records, the Barnstable Town Records and other sources of information and with the assistance of J. Gardiner Bartlett, Esquire, obtained what I believe to be practically complete data as to our branch of the Sturgis family in the early Colonial times. I owe also to Mr. Bartlett the data with regard to the parents of Edward Sturgis in Kent. My branch of the Sturgis family is descended from Thomas Sturgis, the youngest and only surviving son of Edward Sturgis, the first settler. I have traced the de scendants of the other sons of Edward Sturgis, Samuel and Edward Jr., to some extent but have devoted my attention chiefly to the descendants of Thomas. Coming to th~ four sons of Thomas (grandson of the first Thomas), William, Russell, Thomas and Samuel, I have succeeded in obtaining a substantially complete record of the de scendants of William, Russell and Thomas down to the present time, including the tenth generation from the 1 first Edward. The line from Samuel is complete with the exception of the later descendants of a few of Samuel's children. For the descendants of William and Thomas I am in debted to Mrs. Thornton K. Lothrop and Miss Louisa Hooper in the case of William, they being his great granddaughter and great great granddaughter, respect ively, and to Miss Fanny Torrey Sturgis of Boston and Francis K. Sturgis, Esquire, of New York in the case of Thomas, they being his grandchildren. For the descend ants of Russell Sturgis, practically all my information was obtained from the "Descendants of Nathaniel Russell Sturgis" edited by Francis Shaw Sturgis of Boston. With out his work I could not have traced the largest branch of the family. For the descendants of Samuel Sturgis, I am indebted to Miss Sarah R. Sturgis of Winthrop, Massa chusetts, and for the descendants of his daughter, Mrs. Joshua Bates of London, to the Honorable Oliver Brett of England. ROGER FAXTON STURGIS BOSTON, AUGUST 1, 1914 2 EDWARD STURGIS OF YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, WHO CAME TO AMERICA IN 1634 AND DIED IN SANDWICH, MASSACHUSETTS, IN 1695. SOMERBY AND OTHER RECORDS THE name of Sturgis, spelt in various ways, appears in English records in different parts of England. In the 2nd Volume of Bridge's History of the County of Northhampton, London 1791, there is a reference to Frat. Tho. Sturges unde,r date of November 1450 as an "encumbant" of the Church at Remington. According to the Somerby Manuscripts (N. E. Gen. Hist. Society), it appears from the Subsidy Rolls, Time of Edward, 1327, that a family of Turgis was seated in North hamptonshire at that time in the village of Finedon and in a work published by the Public Record Commission ers, entitled "The Abbreviation of the Pleas," i+ appears that in the 22nd year of the reign of E STURGIS GENEALOGY According to the generally accepted Sturgis genealogy the Sturgis family of Yarmouth and later of Barnstable, Massachusetts, are supposed to be descended from Roger Sturgis of Clipston, presumably the Roger Sturge of the Phillimore list, whose will was dated November 15, 1530. He married Alice and had Richard, Robert, Francis, Ellen and Agnes. Richard Sturgis had Roger Sturgis, John Sturgis and Thomas Sturgis. Roger Sturgis married Agnes and had Robert Sturgis of Faxton and John Sturgis. Robert Sturgis of Faxton (comp. Phillimore list) left a will, dated April 9, 1610, proved September 19, 1611, the deceased being buried at Faxton, January 2, 1611. He had a son Philip Sturgis of Hannington, whose will was dated May 26, 1618 (comp. Phillimore list), proved July 2, 1618, the deceased being buried at Hannington, June 18, 1618. 6 Philip Sturgis by a first wife had Edward Sturgis, Robert Sturgis and Elizabeth Sturgis and by a second wife, Anne Lewes, Alice, baptized January 16, 1608; Anne, baptized September 29, 1609; and William, baptized October 10, 1611. Edward Sturgis, the son of Philip, married Alice and had Alice, baptized December 23, 1619; Mary, baptized October 2, 1621; Edward, baptized April 10, 1624, who according to the tale went to New England with his father; Rebecca, baptized February 17, 1626; and, as the tree reads, "other children born in this country." A copy of this tree is on file in the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Even if we assume that there was an Edward, son of Philip, who married Alice and that the line of the family down to that Edward is correct, it is impossible to main tain the proposition that the Edward Sturgis who came to this country and first appears in New England in 1634 at Charlestown, Massachusetts, was that Edward. The Edward Sturgis who came to Charlestown, Massa chusetts, in 1634, where on January 10, 1634-5 he re ceived a grant of four acres of land (Charlestown land records in New England Register, Vol. 20, page 110), lived a long life and appears frequently in the Records of the Plymouth Colony, dying in Sandwich, Massachu setts, in 1695. If his son Edward, his third child, born in 1624, according to the tree, came with his father to this country, the senior Sturgis lived to be at least one hun dred years old and, moreover, the wife of Edward Sturgis in America was named Elizabeth and not Alice. More over it is clear from the Province records that Edward Sturgis did not return to England and yet we find in All Saint's Church at Holdenbury a tablet to the memory of Alice Sturgis, wife of Edward Sturgis, who died Jan uary 20, 1659, and Edward Sturgis, her husband, of West Haddon, who died October 22, 1670 (Baker's His tory of the County of Northhampton). The will of Philip Sturgis devised lands in West Haddon to his son Edward. There can be no doubt that this Edward to whom the tablet was erected was the son of Philip and not the Edward Sturgis who came to Charlestown in 1634. 7 RECORDS OF THE COUNTY OF KENT It is well known that many of those families settling on Cape Cod in the second quarter of the seventeenth cen tury came from Kent and a partial examination of the records of East Kent reveals a possible source from which our Edward Sturgis sprang. It appears in the Worth Transcripts that "John Sturgis the son of Edward Sturgis was crystned the XXVIJth of Aprill, 1578." Assuming that this John was the eldest son, Edward Sturges was born probably about 1557. He is called "Edward Sturges alias Turges" in the marriage license of his daughter Elizabeth (supra). From 1581 to 1595 he ap pears in the registers of W oodnesborough and from 1596 to 1622 in those of Tilmanstone. In the license for his last marriage he is called of Eastry (Canterbury Marriage Licenses, April 17, 1623), but later in that year he removed to Sturry where he was buried January 23, 1624/5. His will, dated January 13, 1623/4 mentions lands in Bar ham and was proved February 9, 1624/5 (Arch. Cant., vol. 67, fol. 380). Woodnesborough, Tilmanstone and Eastry are adjoining parishes about ten miles east of Canterbury, while Sturry is two miles north o'f it. In his will Edward Sturges described himself as "the elder of Sturry, co. Kent, yeoman" and left to his son John one shilling and to Edward Sturges, son of John, forty shill ings when 18 years old. The name of John Sturges ap pears at various times in the registers of Tilmanstone, W oodnesborough and Eastry. He married first, by· li cense, at Tilmanstone, November 28, 1608, Margaret Austin (Tilmanstone Register). She was buried at Eastry, April 3, 1622 (Eastry Transcripts)_. Of this marriage there were four children: - 1. Margaret, baptised at Tilmanstone June 3, 1610, who probably died young. 2. Edward, baptized at Woodnesborough, January 30, 1613/14 (Woodnesborough Transcripts). He was given a bequest of 40 shillings to be paid him when 18 years old by the will of his grandfather Edward Sturges (supra). 8 3. Elizabeth, baptized at Woodnesborough, May 10, 1618. 4. Andrew, baptized at Eastry, March 31, 1622. The examination of the records in East Kent disclosed but two later mentions of the name Edward Sturges and neither seems to apply to this Edward Sturges, son of John. If he was the Edward Sturges who emigrated to America, as seems probable, he would have been 21 years old when he received his grant of land in Charlestown (supra). THE CONNECTICUT BRANCH About 1660 a John Sturges appears in Fairfield, Con necticut, but there seems to be no connection between him and Edward. The name John Sturges appears fre· quently in the records of East Kent and it may be that he was a kinsman of Edward. For the Connecticut branch reference is made to Solomon Sturges and His Family, Grafton Press,' New York, 1907. 9 FIRST GENERATION EDWARD STURGIS (A) IN NEW ENGLAND In 1639, the Town of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, was founded and shortly afterwards, in the same year, Ed ward Sturgis became one of the first settlers, for in April of that year his name appears in an address to the Gov ernor of the Province (Savage, Vol. 4, page 229). The first direct mention of him in the Plymouth Colony Records (Vol. 2, page 9) is under date of March 2, 1640-1 when he was elected Constable for Yarmouth. This must have been Edward the elder for at this time, if his son Edward was born in 1624, the boy was only sixteen years old. On March 7, 1642-3 (Vol. 2, page 52) Edward Sturgis was among those propounded to take up their freedom at the next court, that is, to be admitted to full rights of citizenship. In August 1643 lists were made in every town in the Colony of all males able to bear arms from sixteen to sixty years of age. Among the fifty-two names in Yarmouth appears Edward Sturgis (Vol. 8, page 194) and had there been an Edward Sturgis, Junior, born in 1624, he would have been on this list. As Edward Sturgis is not called "Senior" on the list it is evident that there was no other Edward Sturgis then in Yarmouth unless a child. - The Plymouth Colony Records are full of entries re lating to this Edward Sturgis. He seems to have been a man of education and was very active in the affairs of the Town and of the Colony and it was said that he had more plate in his house than all the rest of Yarmouth (Swift's History of Yarmouth, page 53). On June 2, 1646 he was made a Surveyor of Highways for Yarmouth (2-102). On the 7th of July 1646 (2-105) 10 he was "lycensed to keep an ordinary and draw wyne at Yarmouth, provided Mr. Thacher draw out his." It seems that in those days it was rather a distinction than otherwise to be selected for a license and Edward Sturgis did not apparently always conduct his business in a way to meet with Puritan approval as will be seen. On June 4, 1650 (2-155) he was created a member of the Grand Inquest. The parsons of the day needed de fenders for on March 4, 1650-1 (2-165) Edward Sturgis as a member of the Grand Inquest "presents Emanuell White of Yarmouth for villifying of Mr. John Miller, minister of aforesaid Towne, and Robert Allen of Yar mouth for villifying of Mr. John Miller's ministry." On June 5, 1651 (2-156) Edward Sturgis was admitted freeman and sworn and on the same day was created Surveyor of Highways in Yarmouth. June 8, 1655 we find him again appointed a member of the Grand Inquest (3-78) and on June 5, 1658 (3-146) he was appointed to represent Yarmouth in a dispute with the Indians. An amusing entry is found under date of October 2, 1658 (3-150) "Mr. William Hedge being psented for threatening to have the blood of Edward Sturgis upon some smale difference betwixt them the Court do censure him to pay to the countries use the sum of ten shillings." On June 3, 1662 (4-15) he was again appointed Con stable of Yarmouth. FrnsT MARRIAGE OF EnwARD STURGIS As this brings us down to the point where his sons first appear, it seems well here to take up the question of his marriage, of which there is no record, but judging from the age of his children it seems reasonably clear that he married first early in 1640, soon after he had gone to Yarmouth. The name of his first wife was Elizabeth, who seems to have been Elizabeth Hinckley, baptized at Harrietsham, County Kent, England, 20 September 1617, the daughter of Thomas and Anna Hinckley and niece of Samuel Hinckley, who came from Harrietsham to New England in the spring of 1635 with his wife and four 11 children, settled first at Scituate and late in 1639 moved to Barnstable, the adjoining town to Yarmouth (New England Register, Vol. 65, pages 317, 319). I have it on the highest authority from one who has actually seen the ship's list that Elizabeth, a niece of Samuel Hinckley, came out with him and his family. She was in his house hold at Scituate, and I believe continued in it there, and at Barnstable for five years until the spring of 1640, when she met Edward Sturgis and married him. That this marriage took place is supported by the fact that among the children of Edward and Elizabeth we find first the name Samuel, the name of Elizabeth Hinckley's uncle and foster father, her own father having died in 1634 in England, a son Thomas named for Elizabeth's own father, a daughter Hannah (same as Anna) named for Elizabeth's own mother, and Sarah named for Elizabeth's foster mother, the wife of Samuel Hinckley. Moreover, Gov ernor Thomas Hinckley, first cousin of Elizabeth was selected, as will appear later, to act in the settlement of the estates of two of the sons of Edward Sturgis. FIRST REFERENCE TO EDWARD STURGIS, JOINTLY WITH His SoNs In the Plymouth Colony Records for 1663 (4-52) there is the first reference to Edward Sturgis jointly with his two sons Samuel and Edward Jr., Edward being referred to for the first time as Senior, and he is always afterwards referred to as Senior and his son Edward as Junior down to the date of the death of Edward Jr. at Yarmouth, December 8, 1678. The entry in question gives the par ticulars of liquor brought into the Town of Yarmouth since May 1663 and invoiced: Edward Sturgis Sr., 10 gallons of sack and 12 pounds of lead; Samuel Sturgis, 10 gallons; Edward Sturgis Sr., 10 gallons; Edward Sturgis Jr., 10 gallons; Mr. Hedge, Edward Sturgis Sr. and Samuel Sturgis, 17 gallons. In Plymouth Colony Records (4-54) there is an inter esting minute: "In regard to much abuse of liquors in the town of Yarmouth this court doth call in any lycence formerly 12 given to Edward Sturgis Seni' and do require that bee for bare to draw wine or liquors for the future without further order from the court." This does not seem to have affected the standing of Edward Sturgis for on the 8th of June following he was elected a Deputy to the General Court, and again in 1666 and 1667. In 1667 he was also appointed a Selectman of Yarmouth. In 1668 there seems to have been a new move against the traffic in liquor (4-183): "Memorandum; that Samuel Sturgis, Edward Stur gis, Elisha Hedge, Thomas Starr, John Crow Juni'r, Abraham Hedge, John Mocoy and Marke Redly be sent for to the next court to give a reason of their bringing in such great 011° ·.v~aies of liquor iuLo the Colonie." In 1670 Edward Sturgis was again appointed a Select man (5-35) and his son Samuel Sturgis, Constable (5-36), and on July i:ith of that year (5-43) "Edward Sturgis Seni• is allowed to keep an ordinary att Yarmouth and requirPd to keep good orders in his house in that respect, that rude fellows be not found or suffered there to misde mcan themselves." From that time on for a number of years Edward Sturgis acted as Selectman, Surveyor of Highways, and in 1672 was again Deputy to the General Court. He was in all a Deputy for five years (Free man's History of Cape Cod). In 1676 after the death of Samuel we find Edward Sturgis Senior and Edward Stur gis Junior among the larger taxpayers, the first paying £7-11-3, and the second £6-14-1 (Freeman, p. 195). 13 SECOND GENERATION CHILDREN OF EDWARD AND ELIZABETH STURGIS I. Samuel (B) born probably late in 1640 or early in 1641, first appears in the Colony Records March 3, 1662-3 when fined with Elisha Hedge for a misdemeanor and gave bond for good behavior; a carouse apparently, for he and Hedge were declared not so guilty as the others (4-31). He was Constable in 1670 (5-36). On March 4, 1673-4 he was appointed temporary administrator on the estate of John Gray, who had married his sister Hannah Sturgis, and that he was appointed rather than his brother Edward Jr. seems to establish the fact that Samuel was the eldest. Samuel died at Yarmouth, November 3, 1674 and on March 1, 1674-5 administration on his estate was given to his widow Mary Sturgis, Elisha Hedge, a brother of the widow, Edward Sturgis Jr., John Free man and John Miller, assisted by the advice of Mr. (Thomas) Hinckley who was then Governor of the Col ony (5-160). Samuel Sturgis married about 1667 Mary Hedge, born in Yarmouth in 1648, daughter of Capt. William Hedge Sr. who in his will, dated June 30, 1670, mentions his daughter Mary Sturgis (N. E. Register, Vol. 7, page 235). She married a second time at Yar mouth, October 1, 1679, Major John Coggeshall of New port, R. I., being his third wife (Austin Gen. Diet. of R. I., page 49). II. Edward Jr. (B) was born probably in 1642 and is first referred to in the Plymouth Colony Records in March 1663 when the amount of liquor imported by Edward Sturgis and his two sons is mentioned (4-52), the terms Senior and Junior indicating that Edward, the son, had then grown to manhood. From 1663 to 1678 Edward Sturgis Jr. is mentioned in various records until his death 14 December 8, 1678. About November 12, 1678, he made a nuncupative will which was written down on November 15, 1678 and witnessed by his mother, Elizabeth Sturgis, John Sunderland and Joseph Gorham and on June 3, 1679, was probated, these three making oath to the above facts. This will gave one third of his estate to his wife and two thirds to be equally divided among all his children except that his son Joseph Sturgis was to have £20 more than the rest, and his daughter Desire Sturgis was to have hie silver tankard. His property was inventoried at over £900 (Plymouth Colony Record). On March 2, 1679-80 Mr. (Thomas) Hinckley, Mr. Barnabas Lothrop and Mr. John Miller were appointed to divide the estate among the widow, Temperance Baxter, and the children, the widow to have one third and two thirds equally to the children, except the eldest son to have £20 more (Plym. Col. Rec., Vol. 6, pages 32, 33). It is to be noted that here again, as in the case of Samuel, Governor Hinckley is brought in to superintend the administration of the estate, certainly strong evidence of relationship as he does not appear to have acted in that capacity for other families. In 1690 under the new charter granted by William and Mary, the province of Massachusetts Bay was created and the General Court moved to Boston, and at that time the Plymouth Colony Records came to an end. Shortly afterwards the Probate Courts were established and the probate records of Barnstable County begin. On the 5th of April 1694 partition of the real estate of Edward Sturgis Jr. was made between his four sons, Joseph, Ed ward, James and Samuel, the land being said to contain about 100 acres (Barnstable Probate Records, Vol. 1, page 98) and the commissioners were Mr. Jeremiah Howes, Mr. John Miller, Joseph Rider, John Rider Sr. and Jon athan Hallett. Edward Sturgis Jr. (B) married about 1663 Temper ance Gorham, born at Marshfield, May 5, 1646, daughter of Capt. John and Desire (Howland) Gorham. She re mained a widow for a brief space and at Yarmouth, Jan uary 27, 1679-80 married Thomas Baxter, by whom she had three sons, and died March 12, 1715. 15 III. Mary (B) baptized at Barnstable June 1, 1646, who probably about 1665 married Elisha Hedge. IV. Elizabeth (B) born April 20, 1648, who probably married William Hedge Jr. V. Joseph (B) born April 61 1650 and died April 16, 1650, aged ten days. VI. Hannah or Anna (B) born probably early in 1654, married for her first husband in 1670 John Gray of Yar mouth and had a son John Gray, who was born in July 1671 and died March 31, 1732, aged sixty years, nine months, according to his gravestone in Brewster. As has been seen, administration was granted on the estate of John Gray to Samuel Sturgis (B). For her second husband Hannah married in 1676 Jabez Gorham in Bristol, R. I., and had eleven children (See N. E. Regis ter, Vol. 54, page 168; also "Gorham Wast Book" in Mayflower Descendants, Vol. 5, page 180, which states that Jabez Gorham married widow Gray, sister to Sarah Sturgis). VII. Sarah (B) born about 1656, married in 1678 Joseph Gorham of Yarmouth (Gorham Wast Book). They had eight children, the oldest Sarah, born January 16, 1678-9 and the youngest, Josiah, born December 2, 1692 (N. E. Register, Vol. 52, pages 358, 359). VIII. Thomas (B) born in December 1659, died at Barnstable, June 30, 1708, aged 48 years, 6 months, (gravestone). He married about 1681 Abigail Lothrop, born December 18, 1660, eldest daughter of Barnabas Lothrop, son of Rev. John Lothrop, and Susanna, daugh ter of Thomas Clark (Harris). There may have been two other children, one born in 1644, who died young, and another in 1652, who may have been the John Sturgis who was in Rhode Island in 1672 (Savage). SECOND MARRIAGE OF EDWARD STURGIS, SENIOR His first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1679, and in 1692, when he was 79 years old, he married Mary Rider, a widow, and a marriage agreement was drawn up and signed by Edward Sturgis Sr. April 20, 1692 (B. P. C., 16 Vol. 2, page 14). The intent of the agreement was ap parently to assure to the widow Rider the preservation of her property. The address is interesting:- " To all people to whome these presents shall come, Edward Sturgis Senr of Yarmouth in ye Colony of New Plimouth in New England in America Yeoman sendeth Greeting, ss. Know ye that whereas there is a mar riage by ye Grace of God shortly to be had and solemn ized between me ye said Edward Sturgis and Mary Rider widow and Relict of Zechariah Rider late of Yarmouth aforesaid deceased. In consideration whereof and for divers other good causes and considerations me hereunto especially moving as well for our better sup port and stay of livelyhood during ye coverture if said marriage take effect as for her support afterwards in case she should survive me. I ye sd Edward Sturgis do therefore by these presents" etc. It is interesting to note that Sturgis is spelt "is" in the record. The same spelling is found in the probate proceedings on the estate of Edward Sturgis Jr. in the Plymouth Colony Records and in the partition proceed ings already referred to in the Barnstable Probate Court, although in these last proceedings the commissioners in concluding spelt the names of the sons "es." There is in the rooms of the New England Genealogical Society an original deed of real estate, dated February 5, 1688, said to have been drawn by Colonel John Thacher, signed by Edward Sturges and Thomas Sturges, his son, each with great care spelling the name "es," showing that the same men sometimes spelt the name one way and sometimes another. DEATH OF EnwARD STURGIS, SENIOR It will be seen that Edward Sturgis Sr. outlived his sons Samuel and Edward Jr. but his youngest son Thomas survived him and was appointed administrator of his estate. There is an entry in the records of the Town of Yarmouth in October 1695 to the effect that Mr. Edward Sturgis of that town had died in Sandwich, which was 17 55 years after his first election as Constable of Yarmouth. If we are right in our surmise that Edward Sturgis was the son of John Sturges of Woodnesborough in Kent and was baptised there January 30, 1613/14, he was 81 years old at the time of his death. November 9, 1695 administration was granted by the Probate Court upon the estate of Edward Sturgis to Thomas Sturgis (B), his son, and John Miller (B. P. C., Vol. 2, page 11). The appointment of administrators was apparently in those days preceded by the filing of the inventory. This was filed and sworn to by the widow, Mary Sturgis, before the Judge of Probate, November 5, 1695 (B. P. C., Vol. 2, page 10) and things apparently went badly for the first Edward Sturgis in his later years for we do not find any of the plate attributed to him in his more prosperous days. His estate was much involved, as appears from a release signed by his second wife (B. P. C., Vol. 2, page 15) in which she released all inter est in her husband's estate to his administrators for £23. The release recites the marriage agreement of 1692 (supra) and recites that, "for as much as ye said Edward Sturgis is departed this life and hath left ye said Mary his wife ye surviviour and ye sd Mary taking into her consideration that ye estate of her deceased husband ye said Edward Sturgis is much entangled in debts and shee not being willing to take ye trouble that may accrue about ye premises and willing to be in quiet hath with ye advice & council of ye said John Miller and Joseph Rider afore sd received and excepted of Twenty and three pounds in silver money in full satisfaction for her part of and in ye estate of her deceased husband ye sd Edward Sturgis." 18 THIRD AND LATER GENERATIONS OF DESCEND ANTS OF SAMUEL STURGIS (B) AND EDWARD STURGIS JR. (B). DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL STURGIS (B) AND MARY HEDGE. The eldest son, Samuel (C) born about 1669, married October 14, 1697, Mrs. Mary Oris, widow of Nathaniel Oris. They had Nathaniel (D) born January 8, 1699 and died in 1711; John (D) born June 6, 1701; Solomon (D) born September 25, 1703; Mary (D) born February 14, 1706; Moses (D) born June 18, 1708; Jonathan (D) born November 1, 1711; and Nathaniel (D) born Feb ruary 2, 1714. This Samuel Sturgis (C) lived in Barn stable while his first cousin of the same name, son of Edward Sturgis Jr. (B) (infra), lived in Yarmouth. He lived to a great age for his will was not probated until March 2, 1762 (Book 12, p. 255). He refers to his sons, John (D), Solomon (D) and Jonathan (D) as having deceased. He lived in Boston about 1750 according to a London letter of April 3, 1750 to Samuel Sturgis Esqre., Boston (Bourne Papers). There is no record of John (D), the second son, nor of Moses (D), the fourth son. On October 10, 1744 (Vol. 6, page 383) administration was granted on the estate of the third son, Solomon (D) to his father Samuel Sturgis (C) and the estate was in solvent. On June 13, 1752 (7-254) administration was granted upon the estate of Dr. Jonathan Sturgis (D), presumably the fifth son, to Chillingsworth Forster Jr. (sic), black smith. The estate was insolvent and an allowance was granted to the widow. There was no mention of chil dren. 19 The youngest son, Nathaniel (D) born 1714, an older son of that name having died in 1711, is undoubtedly the Nathaniel Sturgis "of Barnstable, Yeoman," whose will was proved July 10, 1780 (11-158). He left a widow, Abigail Sturgis, two sons, Jonathan (E) and Ebenezer (E), and two daughters, Elizabeth Sturgis (E) and Abigail Childs (E). This Ebenezer Sturgis (E) married Thankful -- and had (4 B. T. R. 97) Abigail (F) born December 26, 1778; Lucy (F) born November 21, 1781; Hannah (F) born November 22, 1784; Nathaniel (F) born August 12, 1786; Susanna (F) born March 12, 1789; David (F) born January 17, 1792; and Betsy (F) born September 28, 1794. The father, Ebenezer (E), died June 1, 1824 and the mother, Thankful, May 2, 1824. His name appears on the pay roll of Captain George Lewis' company of militia in Col. Freeman's regiment on the alarm at New Bedford, Dartmouth and Falmouth in the service of the State in September 1778. Of these children, David (F) married Hannah Cobb (5 B. T. R. 215) and had Benjamin Cobb (G) born De cember 2, 1814, who died in infancy, Benjamin Cobb (G), second, born December 6, 1816, Caroline (G) born No vember 23, 1820, died August 12, 1821, and by a second wife Eliza he had Hannah Eliza (G) born July 16, 1836, died August 20, 1836, Eben (G) born 1837, died 1839, and Hannah E. Howes (G) born 1839. The wife Eliza died January 5, 1845. Betsy (F), the youngest daugh ter, married in 1812 Thomas G. Estabrook. The second son, John (C), of Samuel Sturgis and Mary (Hedge) Sturgis, died December 6, 1713, aged forty one years, nine months, according to gravestone in Barn stable, but no administration appears to have been taken out upon his estate. DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD STURGIS JR. (B) AND TEMPERANCE GORHAM Joseph (C), the eldest son, born in 1664, married about 1693 Hope (name unknown) and had issue. April 8, 1747 his will was proved, in which he described himself 20 as "of Yarmouth, Cordwainer," the will being dated in the 15th year of his Majesty's Reign. He gave a legacy to his daughter Thankful (D) (sic) and the residue to his daughters Hannah (D) and Fear (D) and made them his executrices. In 1690 he was a member of Sir William Phipps ex pedition to Canada (Petition to Governor & Council, June 12, 1735). Samuel (C), the second son, born about 1666, married Mercy Howes, October 17, 1700 and had Sarah (D) born March 24, 1703; John (D) born November 16, 1704; Samuel (D) born October 28, 1706; Thomas (D) born November 25, 1709; Hannah (D) born January 1, 1711; and Prince (D) born September 11, 1715. This Samuel (C) has been described by Alden as "Esquire Sturgis an eminent merchant." After 1718, when he was town clerk of Yarmouth, he entered his family on the records, stating he married October 17, 1700 in his 35th year, Mercy Howes, then in her 19th year. In 1717 he was with two others appointed by the General Court "a committee to determine the controversy and settle the bounds between the said town and the Indians" (Free man's History of Cape Cod, page 353). In 1726 there was apparently much ecclesiastical discontent. The Rev. Mr. Greenleaf, the minister of the western precinct of Yarmouth, complained to the Court of General Sessions relative to his salary, but the appeal to the General Court through Mr. Samuel Sturgis, the town's agent, was sustained (Same Reference, page 362). In 1705 this Samuel Sturgis was a Deputy to the General Court and again from 1725 to 1732. On February 18, 1736 the will of this Samuel Sturgis, in which he described himself as "of Yarmouth, Esquire," was probated (Barnstable Probate Records, Vol. 5, page 283). It appears from the probate records that he left four sons, John (D), Prince (D), Thomas (D) and Samuel (D) and one daughter, Hannah Quinsey (D), wife of Josiah Quinsey. It is to this branch of the Sturgis family that the Quincy and Adams families belong. Josiah Quincy in a speech made August 2, 1854 said that Chief Justice Quincy advised his son Josiah "to go straight way down to Yarmouth and 21 inquire for the house of one John Sturgis and make him self as agreeable as he could to Miss Hannah Sturgis." The oldest daughter, Sarah (D), apparently died before her father. The wife Mercy Howes died August 28, 1723, ages 42 years (Yarmouth gravestone). Thomas Sturgis (D), the son of Samuel and Mercy Howes, died testate and his will, in which he described himself as "of Yarmouth, shopkeeper," was probated April 25, 1739. He left a widow Rebecca Sturgis and an only child Mary Sturgis (E) (Barnstable Probate Records). A son Prince (E) died June 8, 1738, 10 months, 3 days (Gravestone). John Sturgis (D), another son, who was in the Class of 1723 at Harvard College, A.M., died testate, describing himself as "of Barnstable, Esquire," and his will was proved September 21, 1759 (Barnstable Probate Records, - Vol. 9, page 406). He left three daughters, Rebecca Otis (E), Hannah (E) and Sarah (E), and two sons, John (E) and Samuel (E). Samuel Sturgis (D), the third son, was a member of the Harvard class of 1725 A.M. and married Lucretia (name unknown) and had, Abraham (E) who died Jan uary 18, 1736, aged 2 months, 26 days, and Lucretia (E) who died February 3, 1737, aged 2 months, 13 days, (Yarmouth gravestones). He apparently married for a second wife Olive Allen, who died May 14, 1756 leaving a child Abigail (E) born October 13, 1755. For a third · wife he married Abigail (name unknown) and had a son John (E) born October 13, 1757 and a daughter Lucretia (E) born November 11, 1758 (B. T. R. 2-275). Samuel apparently moved to Barnstable for we find from the Barnstable Probate Records that on September 7, 1762 administration was granted upon the estate of Samuel Sturgis to Cornelius Crocker. I do not find any record of the death of Prince Sturgis (D), the fourth son, nor of his descendants, if he had any. Born in 1715, supra, he was twenty-one years old at the time of his father's death. Of the two sons of John (D) of the class of 1723, John (E) the eldest son, was a member of the Harvard class of 1750 and died in 1752 (Rec. Coll. Fae 1, p. 249). Samuel 22 (E), the other son, married Abigail Otis and administra tion was granted upon his estate, he being described as "of Barnstable, gentleman," April 25, 1762 (B. P. C., Vol. 10, page 101) to Joseph Otis (his brother-in-law) and to bis widow Abigail. His estate was insolvent and no mention is made of children. James Sturgis (C), the third son of Edward Sturgis Jr. (B) and Temperance Gorham, born 1668, married Re becca Thacher, died January 3, 1717-18 (Gravestone) and administration was granted on his estate to his widow Rebecca (Barnstable Probate Records, Vol. 3, page 441). Edward Sturgis (C) of Yarmouth, a younger brother, was appointed guardian of a son James Sturgis (D) February 2, 1721-22 (Vol. 4, page 41) and this James (D) was drowned when 17 years of age, January 8, 1724 (Vol. 4, page 172 and gravestone in Ancient Cemetery in Yar mouth). John Thacher, a brother-in-law, was appointed guardian of a minor daughter, Elizabeth (D), (Vol. 4, page 43). It is stated that James (C) and Rebecca Thacher had seven children but apparently only James (D) and Elizabeth (D) survived him. Desire Sturgis (C), the fourth child, born about 1666 and probably twin of Samuel (C) married first about 1685 Capt. Thomas Dimmock and had five children, the oldest Mehitable, born in October 1686. She married a second time at Barnstable, November 10, 1698, Col. John Thacher. She died March 29, 1749, aged 83. Fear Sturgis (C). A Fear Sturgis married at Westerly, R. I., November 1, 1698, Joshua Holmes and had nine children. It is possible that she was a daughter of Edward Sturgis Jr. (B) and Temperance Gorham. Thankful (C), a third daughter, born about 1675, married about 1693, Peter Thacher, who in his will in 1735 men tions "mother Baxter." She died May 1, 1745, aged 70. Edward Sturgis Jr.'s widow married January 27, 1679- 80, Thomas Baxter, supra. Edward (C), the youngest son of Edward Jr. (B) and Temperance Gorham, born in either 1672 or 1673, died June 1, 1738 in his 66th year according to gravestone (Yarmouth). He married November 25, 1703, Mehitable Hallett, who died January 20, 1745. They had, Abigail 23 (D) born October 25, 1706; Temperance (D) born October 29, 1708; Edward (D) born July 24, 1710; Jonathan (D) born December 15, 1714; Jerusha (D) born February 21, 1716; Mehitable (D) born February 16, 1718; Benjamin (D) born July 1, 1721; Mary (D) born March 8, 1722; and Mehitable (D), second, born November 17, 1723. (Sturges Genealogy by Alonzo W. Sturges.) There were no probate proceedings having to do with the estate of this Edward Sturgis (C) but the will of his widow Mehitable Sturgis, describing herself as "of Yar mouth, innholder," was proved February 13, 17 44 (Vol. 6, page 495). By her will she left a silver tankafd to her son Edward (D) and £30 in money and presumably neither Jonathan (D) nor Benjamin (D) survived her. She makes bequests to her daughters, Abigail Sturgis (D), Jerusha Hawes (D), Mary Gorham (D) and Mehitable Hinckley (D). Edward Sturgis (D) of Yarmouth, born July 24, 1710, only surviving son of Edward Sturgis (C) and Mehitable Hallett, married Thankful Hedge, February 3, 1730, and had, Temperance (E) born June 23, 1731; Elizabeth (E) born August 11, 1734; James (E) born August 23, 1735; Edward (E) born July 27, 1737; Abigail (E) born January 17, 1739; Samuel (E) born December 11, 1742 (Sturges Genealogy by Alonzo W. Sturges). The will of this Edward Sturgis (D), describing him self as "of Yarmouth, yeoman," was probated February 9, 1773 and he mentions his daughters, Temperance Taylor (E), Elizabeth Matthews (E) and Abigail Gorham (E), and one son, Edward Sturgis (E), so apparently James (E) and Samuel (E) both died before him. Edward Sturgis (E), the sole surviving son of Edward Sturgis (D) and Thankful Hedge, born July 27, 1737, married January 28, 1767, Mary Bassett, born January 20, 1744, and they had, Mary (F) born December 12, 1767; Abigail (F) born January 1, 1770; Samuel (F) born April 15, 1772; Thankful (F) born April 12, 1775; James (F) born October 6, 1776; David (F) born January 10, 1779; Olive (F) born December 13, 1780; Jonathan (F) born November 26, 1782; Lucy (F) born August 5, 1786; and Heman (F) born November 9, 1789. 24 I do not find any record of what became of the son, Samuel (F), born April 15, 1772, but James (F), David (F), Jonathan (F) and Heman (F) went to Vassalboro, Maine, with their parents in 1795 (Alonzo W. Sturges' Genealogy) and from them the Maine branch of the family is descended. 25 DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS STURGIS (B) AND ABIGAIL LOTHROP THIRD' GENERATION FROM EDWARD STURGIS, SENIOR Thomas Sturgis (B), the youngest and only surviving son of the first Edward Sturgis, born in December 1659, died at Barnstable, June 30, 1708, aged 48 years, 6 months (gravestone). He married about 1681 Abigail Lothrop, who was born December 18, 1660, and they had, Edward (C) born December 10, 1684; Thomas (C) born April 4, 1686; Hannah (C) born September 18, 1687; Susanna (C) born about 1688; John (C) born December 2, 1690; Elizabeth (C) born December 25, 1692; Abigail (C) born October 28, 1694; Thankful (C) born March 18, 1697; Mercy (C) born about 1699; and Dinah (C) born about 1700. This Thomas Sturgis (B) was for nine years a Deputy to the General Court at Plymouth (Freeman's History of Cape Cod) and was appointed to seat persons in church, an important function. His name appears from time to time in the Barnstable Probate Records; April 5, 1701 as a witness to a will (B. P.R. 2-69); August 8, 1705 as a witness to a settlement agreement (B. P. R. 2-200); as an appraiser (B. P. R. 2-245). Administration on the estate of this Thomas Sturgis (B), described as "of Barnstable," he having moved there from Yarmouth, was granted to Abigail, his wife, "the ninth day of July In the 7th year of her Majtees Reign, Annoque Domini 1708" (Vol. 2, page 350), and Barnabas Lothrop was appointed commissioner to divide his estate. To the widow, Abigail Sturgis, he gave £66--13-4, being one third of the personal estate, and the own use and benefit of the dwelling house of the deceased for life, all 26 of which was for her right of dower. The report of the commissioner proceeds as follows: "And for M much as Edward Sturgis (C), the eldest son of said deceased, being sensible that for some good causes his father's mind was that he should have but single portion or share equally with the rest of the children, hath therefore declared before myself that he doth accept of a single share or portion accordingly." The commissioner therefore awarded to each of the children of the deceased, naming them, Mercy Sturgis (C), Su.sauna Sturgis (C), Thomas Sturgis (C), John Sturgis (C), Hannah Sturgis (C), Abigail Sturgis (C), Thankful Sturgis (C) and Dinah Sturgis (C), each £36-14-0. The dwelling house occupied by Edward Sturgis (C), the son, was awarded to him and certain land to the other son Thomas (C), each giving bond to pay in the value thereof. Abigail Sturgis, the widow of Thomas, left a will which was proved October 28, 1723 (Book 4, page 146), in which she speaks of her daughters Hannah Sturgis (C) and Dinah Sturgis (C), Mary Lewes (C), Susannah Taylor (C) and Abigail Hunt (C). Of the daughters Thankful alone had died since the death of her father. All three sons, Edward (C), John (C) and Thomas (C), are referred to as living. Edward Sturgis (C), son of Thomas and Abigail, died in Barnstable intestate and administration upon his estate, he being described as "Gentleman," issued March 15, 1748 to David Gorham, administrator, and the inventory of his estate shows £2,069-0--6d. John Sturgis (C), third son of Thomas and Abigail, died in Barnstable intestate in 1731 and administration was granted upon his estate to Edward Sturgis (C) and Thomas Sturgis (C), his brothers, and Mrs. Susanna Sturgis, widow. No mention is made of any children. Of the daughters, Mary or Mercy (C) married James Lewes December 15, 1720; Susanna (C) married Seth Taylor, May 20, 1721 (B. T. R.). 27 FOURTH GENERATION CHILDREN OF THOMAS STURGIS (C) AND MARTHA RUSSELL, HIS WIFE Thomas Sturgis (C), second son of Thomas and Abigail, born April 4, 1686, married December 26, 1717 Martha Russell of Barnstable, daughter of Mr. Jonathan Russell, Minister, (B. T. C. 2-26), and died December 18, 1763. The following data with regard to the children is taken from an old manuscript in the possession of Miss Fanny T. Sturgis of Boston, presumably written by Mrs. Thomas Sturgis (Elizabeth Jackson) whose husband was a grand son of this Thomas and one of the six sons of Thomas Sturgis as will appear later (Vide also B. T. R. 1-303). Martha Sturgis (D) was born at Barnstable, Wednesday, November 19th, 1718 and died March 9, 1743 on Wednes day about 8 or 9 evening. Elizabeth Sturgis (D) was born June 12, 1721 at 1 o'clock at night and died 22nd of August 1721 about 4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Thomas Sturgis (D) born a Sabath (sic) day on July 22, 1722. Elizabeth Sturgis (D) was born a Thursday on August 26, 1725, was married to Thomas Allen of Barnstable April 19, 1752; April, Friday, 16, 1753, she was brought to bed with a daughter, the child expired a few minutes after it came into the world. She was brought to bed with her second daughter Susanna (E) and on November 3rd, 1755 she was brought to bed with her third daughter Elizabeth (E), which died in about seven weeks after it was born. Her daughter Suse Allen (E) died August 18, 1756. The mother of them died March 19, 1757, aged 31 years, 6 months and 24 days. Truljr a pathetic tale (Ed.). 28 Rebecca Sturgis (D) was born a Monday morning in October 9, 1727 and died a Monday about 12 o'clock in July 21st, 1729. Jonathan Sturgis (D) was born a Wednesday on June 17, 1730 and died at Sea November 12, 1751, of the small pox on his passage from London, had been out about 15 days when he broke out with it. Left two small children, Catherine Sturgis (E) born October 17 48 and Jonathan (E) born December 1750. His first child was apparently born when he was about 18 years old. (Ed.). Abigail Sturgis (D) was born a Saturday night July 22, 1732. From another source it appears that she died December 4, 1751 (Ed.). Hannah Sturgis (D) was born on Sabbath Day on August 24, 1735. There is no record of her death (Ed.). WILL OF THOMAS STURGIS Thomas Sturgis (C), the father, left a will (B. P. R. 13, page 8), dated November 21, 1763, twenty-seven days before his death, and this will is so full of interest in showing the nature of the man, his property and his children, that it is well worth setting out at length. It. will be seen that he was survived by his widow, his son Thomas (D) and his daughter Hannah (D) and that he provided for the widow of his deceased son Jonathan (D) who was Hannah Jennings and for their two children. The will is as follows: - " In the Name of God, Amen, I, Thomas Sturgis of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable, Merchant Dealer, being advanced in years tho' by the Goodness of God of sound and Disposing mind & memory Calling to mind the mortality of my Body, Do this 29th day of November 1763 make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament That is to say Principally and first of all I commit my soul to God in Jesus Christ and my Body I commit to the Earth in Decent burial, and Touching the Worldly Estate that God hath Blessed me withall, I give and Demise and Dispose thereof in the following manner and form. And first my Will is that 29 all my Just Debts & Funeral charges shall be first paid by my Executor hereafter Named out of my Personal Estate. Item. My Will is and I Do hereby Give and Be queath to my Loving Wife Martha Sturgis in Lieu of her Dower, One Third of my Real and Personal Estate to be Improved by her During the Continuance of her natural Life and Fourteen pounds Lawfull money to be paid her by my son Thomas in two years after my Decease which sum if not paid to her shall be paid to my Daughter Hannah Bourn the one half and my said son Thomas shall have the other half. Item. I Give and Bequeath to my said wife the use and Improvement of my Clock and my Negro Woman Tamer and my Negro Boy Pompe said Tierm, and at my Wives Decease said N egros to be Reccon' d as Per sonal Estate & Dividable as my other Personal Estate in two parts and I hereby Give and Bequeath said clock to my son Thomas saving sd Improvement to my said Wife. Item. I Give and Bequeath to my son Thomas Sturgis to his heirs and assigns forever all my Real Estate of all kinds whatsoever saving the Improvement to my sd wife and for a Tierm to my Daughter Hannah Bourn of part as hereinafter mentioned, On Condition he pay sixty five pounds Legacies in Two years after my Decease as herein hereafter Expressed further I give and bequeath to my sd son Thomas my Pools Annotations and my wearing apparel and my will is that he be Discharged from all Demands of money that it may appear he has Receivd. as part of his portion that may be due from him to my Estate and as a condition of the above Grant of Real Estate he is to make No Demand on my Estate for keeping my son Jonathans Widow or Children, and my will is that my sd son Thomas shall use and Improve the Estate herein anyways Given to my son Jonathans children till they shall arrive to Lawfull age allowing them the Interest till paid. Item. I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Bourn Twenty five pounds Lawfull money to be paid 30 by my son Thomas within two years and my Great Bible & Mr Flavil on the Method of Redemption & Mr. Willards Sacramental Meditations and Mr. Wil lards Body of Divinity on the Cathechism. Item. I give and Bequeath to my sd Hannah Bourn in case she remain single until after her mother's Decease During her sd single Condition y 0 Improve ment of my N orwest front Room, One front garden, one Bedroom that she shall Choose with a Common Privil edge in the Kitchen, Cellar, at the well & oven and about the House and Liberty to get wood for one fire off the Lot I bought of Shobael Lewis & priviledge of a cow kept Winter & Summer by my said son Thomas which I enjoyn my said son to do for my sd daughter on condition of the before granted Real Estate my will is that whatsoever my said Daughter Hannah Bourn has al ready Received in my lifetime and charged on my Book it shall not be reconed as part of what I have by this Will given her. Item. I give and Bequeath to my Daughter in Law Hannah Jennings six shillings Lawful money to be paid by my son Thomas within two years. Item. I Give and Bequeath to my grandson Jonathan Sturgis son of my son Jonathan Sturgis Deceased, Ten pounds Lawfull money to be paid to him with Lawful! Interest for the same when he shall arrive to the age of Twenty-one, and I give him a small Bible by my son is to pay said money. Item. I Give & Bequeath to my Grandaughter Catharine Sturgis Daughter of my son Jonathan Sturgis Deed Five pounds Lawfull money to be paid him with Lawfull Interest for the same, when she shall arrive to the age of eighteen to be paid by my son and I give her a small Bible. Item. I further Give and Bequeath to my Loving Wife Martha Sturgis Ten pounds fourteen shillings Lawfull money to be paid to her by my son Thomas Sturgis as she shall have occation for it. And I give her half my horse & half the Chais during her Natural Life to Improve and my Will is that my son Thomas shall get hay Sufficient yearly off the meadow that I 31 have given him to keep one Cow & half an horse for his mother During her natural Life on his own cost. Item. My will is that after all my just debts be paid if there be any Personal Estate be left it be Equally Divided into three part, between my Wife my son Thomas & my Daughter Hannah Bourn And my will is that my said son Thomas being Discharged of all Demands that may be against him, be only with Re spect to what may appear he has Receiv' d: as part of a.portion all other accompts and Demands of what Nature soever be setled and Finished In common form his Executorship Notwithstanding. Item. I constitute make and appoint my said son Thomas Sturgis Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament Revoking other and former Wills & Testa ments Ratifying & Confirming this to be my Last Will and Testament. In witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21st day of November A.D. 1763. Signed sealed Published Pronounced and Declared by the sd Thomas Sturgis to be his Last Will & Testa ment in presence of us the subscribers. DANIEL CROCKER OTIS LORING THOMAS STURGIS SOLOMON OTIS. (L. S.) FIFTH GENERATION CHILDREN OF THOMAS STURGIS (D) AND SALLY (PAINE) STURGIS, HIS WIFE Thomas Sturgis (D), sometimes called Thomas Sturgis Jr., born July 22, 1722, married January 24, 1745 Sarah or Sally Paine of Eastham (B. T. R. 2-275), daughter of William Paine and Sarah Bacon. Their children were, Martha (E) born November 6, 17 45; William (E) born February 19, 1748; Russell (E) born August 27, 1750; Abigail (E) born August 3, 1752, married November 25, 177 4 Christopher Lovell and left issue; Thomas (E) born April 5, 1755; John (E) born August 15, 1757; Elizabeth (E) born December 13, 1759; Samuel (E) born September 28, 1762; and Josiah (E) born September 19, 1767. This Thomas Sturgis (D) is the common ancestor of what may be called the William Sturgis, Russell Sturgis, Thomas Sturgis and Samuel Sturgis branches of the Sturgis family. These four sons each left many de scendants, some of whom attained prominence, and it will be my aim from this point to bring the descendants of these four down to the present day. Thomas Sturgis (D), the father, was apparently promi nent in the rising of the inhabitants of the Counties of Barnstable, Plymouth and Bristol, known as the "Body of the People." On September 27, 1774 they marched to Barnstable and Thomas Sturgis was appointed one of the committee to represent the town on the general com mittee (Freeman, page 434). He died in 1785 and his will, in which he described himself as "of Barnstable, yeoman," was proved November 9, 1785 (B. P.R.). The important paragraph in his will reads: - 33 "Imprimis: I give to my six sons, William, Russell, Thomas, John, Samuel and Josiah, twenty shillings each." He left two daughters, Abigail Lovell and Elizabeth Sturgis, and named his sons William, Russell and Thomas, the three oldest, as his executors. MARTHA STURGIS Martha Sturgis (E), the eldest child, born November 6, 1745, presumably died young for there is no mention of her in correspondence nor record of her marriage. She died before her father. WILLIAM STURGIS William Sturgis (E), the eldest son, born February 19, 1748, was on the pay roll of Captain James Davis' com pany, November 1, 1775, and on the pay roll of Captain George Lewis' company of militia in Col. Freeman's regiment on the alarm of New Bedford, Dartmouth and Falmouth in the service of the State in September 1778. This William Sturgis married first, Sarah Burdick, Sept ember 1, 1771 (Boston Marriage Records). Of this mar riage there was a daughter Sarah or Sally who afterwards married a Pope of Sandwich, and was later known in that community as the Widow Pope and to her grand nephews and nieces, grandchildren of Captain William Sturgis, a son by the second marriage, as Aunt Pope. One of these grand-nieces is Mrs. Thornton K. Lothrop of Boston, who remembers the close bond of affection between her grandfather and her great-aunt. Mrs. Pope had one daughter who married a Loring of Sandwich with whom Mrs. Pope lived during the latter years of her life. This Mrs. Loring had a son and daughter but both died without issue. For his second wife William Sturgis married Hannah Mills, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Jonathan Mills, a graduate of Harvard and settled at Harwich, and lived in Barnstable in the house now used as the "Sturgis Library," which was originally the parsonage of the Rev. 34 John Lothrop, grandfather of the wife of the first Thomas Sturgis (B) (Hon. William Sturgis by Charles G. Loring). He was a sea captain and died abroad in 1797 after his vessel had been captured and plundered by piratical privateers in the West Indies (same reference). Of this marriage there were probably several children but only a son William (F) born February 25, 1782 and a daughter Hannah (F) survived their father and left descendants. RUSSELL STURGIS Russell Sturgis (E), the second son, born August 27, 1750, was brought up in Barnstable and on November 13, 1773 married Elizabeth Perkins, who was the eldest daughter of James Perkins and Elizabeth Peck, daugh ter of Thomas Handasyd Peck, a prominent merchant and fur trader of Boston who lived on King Street, now State Street. This Elizabeth Perkins was born Jan uary 18, 1756 and at the time of the Boston Massacre in 1770 stood in the window of her grandfather's house with her little brother Thomas Handasyd Perkins and wit nessed the Massacre (Life of Thomas Handasyd Perkins by T. G. Carey). Her father James Perkins was an ardent patriot and was one of the petitioners to the Governor to convene the Assembly as a remonstrance against Governor Hutchinson accepting salary from the King. He had but lately returned from England where it is likely that he acted as an informal agent of the Boston malcontents. Soon after his return he rode. on horseback to Barnstable, where it appeared that, in com pany with his friends James Otis and Paul Revere, he was many times at the house of one Marston, a large land owner and mill owner and a keen patriot. A small bay and creek allowed boats to come up nearly to the house, and it is not unlikely that arms were landed there (Books and Papers of Russell Sturgis by Julian Sturgis). Following his death in 1771 Mrs. Perkins thought it best to retire from Boston, and moved with her eight chil dren to Barnstable. Squire Bacon wrote that he had a house with twenty rooms in it, and she and her children should live there until times were better. It was there 35 that her eldest daughter Elizabeth met and married Russell Sturgis (Books and Papers of Russell Sturgis by Julian Sturgis). Russell Sturgis and his wife moved to Boston before 1777, for he wrote to Mr. Bourne from Boston giving a description of the soldiers of Burgoyne's army arriving there after Saratoga. He engaged in the hat and fur trade, and appears in the first Boston directory published in 1789. He was successful as a merchant and lived for many years in Tremont Row in the next house to that of Samuel Parkman, whose daughter Susan his son Nathaniel Russell Sturgis afterwards married. Russell Sturgis was a close friend of Stuart's who painted three portraits of him. He died September 7, 1826. His widow survived him and died September 18, 1843, eighty-seven years old. She bore him sixteen children. They were: - James Perkins (F) born October 21, 1774, sailed for San Domingo in November or December 1790 and neither he nor the ship in which he sailed was ever heard of again; Elizabeth Peck (F) born April 22, 1776, died August 11, 1776; A second Elizabeth Peck (F) born June 13, 1777; died October 11, 1778; Nathaniel Russell (F) born February 17, 1779, died September 27, 1856; Thomas (F) born August 16, 1781, died August 11, 1782; Elizabeth Perkins (F) born April 9, 1783, died August 27, 1783; Charles (F) born August 19, 1784, died September 20, 1801; Sarah Paine (F) born April 18, 1786 and died June 12, 1855. She married Elisha Pope of Sandwich and had children who died young. A second Elizabeth Perkins (F) born April 27, 1787, died February 10, 1788; Elizabeth (F) born December 30, 1788, died March 20, 1873 unmarried and known to her brother's children as Aunt Betsy. 36 Henry (F) born February 13, 1790, died in Macao, China, April 11, 1819; James Perkins (F) born July 9, 1791, died August 24, 1851. He went to China when a young man, on the Ship Atahualpa, the captain being his first cousin Wil liam SturgiR, and took part in a famous sea fight with the pirates off Macao, which will be described later. He lived in the Suy Hong at Canton for about twenty five years, being United States Consul there, and was well known to all the China merchants of the time. From Canton he moved to Macao, where he lived for eighteen years. He died on shipboard on his way home; George Washington (F) born October 5, 1793. He went to China as a young man and came home in 1824. He married Mary A., daughter of Dr. Walter Channing and died September 5, 1826; Ann Perkins (F) born January 31, 1795, died February 6, 1795; Ann Cushing (F) born April 30, 1797, died January 4, 1892; Mary Perkins (F) born May 14, 1800, died September 2, 1801. Two children only of this great family left issue who have descendants living today; Nathaniel Russell, the fourth child, who married Susan Parkman, and Ann Cushing, the fifteenth child, who married Frederick William Paine of Worcester. ABIGAIL STURGIS Abigail Sturgis (E), the fourth child of Thomas Sturgis and Sarah Paine, born August 3, 1752, married November 25, 1774 Christopher Lovell and died October 24, 1793 leaving issue. THOMAS STURGIS Thomas Sturgis (E), the fifth child, born April 5, 1755, like his brother William remained in Barnstable and with him was on the pay roll of Captain George Lewis' com- 37 pany in 1778 and also on the pay roll of Captain Micah Hamlin's company of Col. Simeon Carey's regiment March 30, 1776. He married March 25, 1786 Elizabeth Jackson, born in Plymouth, February 10, 1768. They lived in Barnstable and like his brother William he was a sea captain. He died September 16, 1821 and the wife died November 21, 1844. They had:-Nancy (F) born December 27, 1786, died in New York, November 20, 1866 unmarried; Hezekiah Jackson (F) born December 1, 1789, died unmarried April 29, 1829; Thomas (F) born May 6, 1781, died September 6, 1792; Elizabeth Jackson (F) born March 10, 1793, died April 20, 1870, married Russell Freeman of Sandwich and left no issue; a second Thomas (F) born June 24, 1795, died January 20, 1835 and left no issue; Martha Russell (F) born March 21, 1797, died June 8, 1846 unmarried; Catherine (F), born· April 20, 1801, died October 30, 1880 un married; Russell (F) born December 6, 1804, died a resident of New York, May 7, 1872; William (F) born September 1, 1806, died a resident of New York, Jan uary 10, 1895; Frances (F) born August 1, 1808, died August 17, 1808; Esther Frances (F) born May 6, 1810, died unmarried September 13, 1896. Of the above children only Russell and William, the eighth and ninth children, left descendants. JOHN STURGIS John Sturgis (E), the sixth child, born August 15, 1757, was married April 17, 1794 by the Rev. Caleb Prentice to Rebecca Simpson of Reading, Massachusetts. The Simpsons were a well known family in Reading but no information is obtainable about the couple or their de scendants, if any. ELIZABETH STURGIS Elizabeth Sturgis (E), the seventh child, born De cember 13, 17 59. She survived her father but I can find no record of her marriage or death. 38 SAMUEL STURGIS Samuel Sturgis (E), the eighth child, born September 20, 1762, moved to Boston as a young man, and was there, like his brother Russell, engaged in the hat and fur trade. He married March 23, 1786, Lucretia Jennings of Boston, who was born January 17, 1764, the daughter of Levi Jennings, "a Revolutionary soldier." They lived in Boston, but after her death, December 12, 1811 he went to Winthrop, then a part of Chelsea, Massachusetts, where he died November 13, 1825. Their children were: Thomas (F) born in Boston, March 29, 1786, was lost at sea on his passage to the Isle of France in the ship Pandora, Captain Grafton, November 17, 1805; Lucretia (F) born July 15, 1788, married November 21, 1811, Joshua Bates of Weymouth, Massachusetts, who was later the Ameri can partner in Baring Brothers & Company, London, England, and died in London, June 22, 1863; Nancy (F) born July 17, 1789, married Philip Tewksbury of Chelsea, April 8, 1819 and died February 3, 1857; Samuel Jr. (F) born March 28, 1791, was drowned in crossing the Fox River in Illinois in 1822; Hannah Bourne (F) born in 1793, died in 1803; Josiah (F) born June 3, 1794, was prominent in the United States Revenue Service and never married. He entered the service and was com missioned first lieutenant, June 4, 1832, was made captain, February 13, 1839, and died on board the Revenue Cutter Hamilton, while in command of that vessel, June 28, 1850. Abigail Lovell (F) born July 11, 1795, married in 1820 John Tewksbury of Point Shirley, Massachusetts, and died November 3, 1875; Eliza (F) born February 12, 1797, married December 16, 1821 Barnabas Turner Pratt of Chelsea and died October 3, 1875, he dying December 5, 1842; Harriot Hinckley (F) and Mary Paine (F), twin sisters, were born April 15, 1798, Mary Paine was drowned near Point Shirley, May 29, 1819 and Harriot Hinckley lived until November 1, 1877 when she died in her 80th year; John (F) born May 29, 1799, died November 1, 1851 without issue; Sally Hill (F) born November 17, 1800, married S. Tewksbury and died January 23, 1879; Charles Russell (F) born April 4, 1803, married Mary J. 39 Gray and died at Winthrop, Massachusetts, February 10, 1870; Hannah Bourne (F) born May 1, 1805, married Thomas Floyd. JOSIAH STURGIS Josiah Sturgis (E), the ninth child, born September 19, 1767, married first, Esther Doubleday in Boston on Sept ember 10, 1795 (Boston Marriage Records). He married second, Esther Perkins, younger sister of the wife of Russell Sturgis. He was a merchant in Charleston, South Carolina, having a place of business at Craft's Wharf and resided at 40 Church Street. In 1807 he was in business with J. Lovell under the firm name of Sturgis & Lovell and seems to have been a pros perous merchant. In 1810 Josiah Sturgis wrote from Charleston under date of February 3rd to his sister-in law Mrs. Russell Sturgis in Boston of the death of his wife, a very pathetic letter, beautifully written and ex pressed. In this letter he refers to a son who must have been a lad under fifteen years of age, and was apparently at this time staying with his uncle Russell in Boston, but the boy's name is not mentioned and he must have died young. Between 1816 and 1831 Josiah Sturgis was living at No. 6 South Bay in Charleston, and married for a third wife Mary Johnston, daughter of Charles Johns ton and Mary Mackenzie of Charleston, and died intestate May 19, 1835, Charles Macbeth, the husband of a sister of the third wife being granted administration. The in ventory of his estate showed little or no property and presumably he was carried down in the Panic of 1835. His widow Mary Sturgis died in 1856 testate and was ap parently a person of property. Her will. was proved February 15, 1856 (Charleston P. C., Book L, Page 432). Miss Elizabeth Sturgis (F), daughter of Russell Sturgis (E) and therefore her husband's niece, was named as a legatee in the will. 40 WILLIAM STURGIS (E) LINE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM STURGIS (F) AND ELIZABETH MARSTON DAVIS Sixth Generation William Sturgis (F), only son of William Sturgis (E) and Hannah Mills, attained great prominence, and, with Russell Sturgis of London ranks as one of the two most distinguished members of the family. He lived to an advanced age and stood preeminent in the Boston world of trade. He was born February 25, 1782 and in the year 1796 came to Boston and entered into the counting house of his uncle Russell Sturgis, and eighteen months later became connected with James and Thomas Handa syd Perkins at that time engaged in trade with the north west coast and China. After the death of his father in 1797 his family were left in straitened circumstances, and he decided "to follow the sea." At the age of nine teen with less than four years experience he became master of the ship Caroline upon the death of the captain. He had gone out as a boy before the mast and returned to Boston in five years as the master of a ship with an established reputation. In 1809 he sailed from Boston in command of the Atahualpa upon a direct voyage to Canton (Hon. William Sturgis by Charles G. Loring). When after a long voyage Captain Sturgis reached Macao Roads he anchored in a dead calm. Presently he saw a fleet of junks floating down on him. To satisfy a pas senger who showed some anxiety he ordered a shot to be thrown across the bow of the leading junk, which he took to be the first of a fleet of peaceful fishermen. On 41 came the Beet of Chinamen for they were the supporters of a famous pirate. The cable was slipped and the Ata hualpa began to move shoreward before a light breeze which had sprung up, but the junks were upon her and from the first of them the swarming savages tried with long poles and the pilot's hook to catch the end of her spanker boom, and only just failed. Then at close quar ters the captain worked his four small cannon and every musket on board; while the pirates crowded about his ship with fearful yells, firing jingalls and fire balls upon her deck. The cruelty of these Chinese pirates was well known; and Captain Sturgis had a barrel of powder ready with which he told his crew he would blow them all up if the pirates once got possession of the ship. In the meantime he plied their crowded junks at short pistol shot with cannon and musketry with deadly effect. Slowly his ship moved landward with its swarm of savage enemies until it was within range of the Macao forts, which began to throw their shot also among the eager pirates. These, for all their eagerness, had had enough of the peaceful merchant captain, and with their swarm ing junks crowded with dead and wounded they drew away while the Atahualpa drifted into harbor. (Books and Papers of Russell Sturgis by Julian Sturgis.) Captain Sturgis returned to Boston in April 1810, gave up the sea, and entered into copartnership with Mr. John Bryant under the firm name of Bryant and Sturgis. This co partnership continued for more than fifty years and was terminated only by the death of Captain Sturgis. From the year 1810 to 1850 more than half of the trade carried on with the coast of the Pacific and with China from the United States was under their direction. In 1810 Captain Sturgis married Elizabeth M. Davis, daughter of John Davis, Judge of the United States Dis trict Court. He took great interest in public affairs, and between 1814 and 1845 was for the greater portion of the time a member of the Massachusetts House or Sen ate. He died October 21, 1863 at the age of 81 years (Hon. William Sturgis by Charles G. Loring). Captain William Sturgis (F) and his wife Elizabeth M. Davis had: William Watson (G) born in Boston in 1810; 42 Ellen (G) born in 1812; Anne (G) born December 29, 1813; Caroline (G) born August 1819; Mary Louisa (G) born in 1821; Susan (G) born in February 1825. Seventh Generation CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM STURGIS AND ELIZABETH M. DAVIS His W1FE AND THEIR CHILDREN William Watson Sturgis (G) eldest child, born in 1810, died in Provincetown in 1826. Ellen Sturgis (G), second child, born in 1812, married September 25, 1837, Robert William Hooper, M.D., who died April 13, 1885. They had: Ellen Sturgis Hooper (H) born July 19, 1838; Edward William Hooper (H) born December 14, 1839; Marian Hooper (H) born September 13, 1843. Anne Sturgis (G), third child, born December 29, 1813, married June 14, 1832, Samuel Hooper, who died Feb ruary 14, 1875. She died August 28, 1884. They had: William Sturgis Hooper (H) born March 3, 1833; Anne Maria Hooper (H) born December 10, 1835; Alice Stur gis Hooper (H) born April 4, 1841. Caroline Sturgis (G), fourth child, born in August 1819, married in 1847 William Aspinwall Tappan. She died October 20, 1888.. The husband died May 25, 1905. They had: Ellen Sturgis Tappan (H) born Feb ruary 11, 1849; Mary Aspinwall Tappan (H) born Feb ruary 15, 1851. Mary Louisa Sturgis (G), fifth child, born in 1821, married Robert Gould Shaw Jr. in November 1841. She died at Bethlehem, New Hampshire, in August 1870. They had one daughter: Mary Louisa Shaw (H) born in Boston in August 1842. Susan Sturgis (G), sixth child, born in February 1825, married in May 1848, Henry Jacob Bigelow, the famous surgeon, and died June 9, 1853. Dr. Bigelow died Octo ber 10, 1890. They had: William Sturgis Bigelow (H) born April 4, 1850. 43 Eighth Generation CHILDREN OF ELLEN STURGIS (G) AND ROBERT WILLIAM HOOPER, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Ellen Sturgis Hooper (H), eldest child, born July 19, 1838, married October 4, 1868 Ephraim Whitman Gurney, for many years Professor of History at Harvard, and died without issue November 19, 1887, Professor Gurney hav ing died September 12, 1886. Edward William Hooper (H), second child, born De cember 14, 1839, married July 6, 1864, Fanny Hudson Chapin, who died February 25, 1881. Mr. Hooper was for many years a member of the Corporation and Treas urer of Harvard College and died June 25, 1901. They had: Ellen Sturgis Hooper (I) born November 12, 1872; Louisa Chapin Hooper (I) born May 4, 1874; Mabel Hooper (I) born June 26, 1875; Fanny Hooper (I) born August 7, 1877; Mary Hooper (I) born March 25, 1879; all of whom are now living and, with the exception of Louisa Chapin Hooper (I), are all married. Marian Hooper (H), third child, born September 13, 1843, married June 27, 1872, Henry Adams, son of our Minister to England during the War of the Rebellion, and himself an historian and writer of note. She died December 6, 1885 without issue. CHILDREN OF ANNE STURGIS AND SAMUEL HOOPER, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN William Sturgis Hooper (H), eldest child, born March 3, 1833, married October 6, 1857 Alice Mason and died September 24, 1863. She died in January 1913. They had: Isabella Weyman Hooper (I) born January 7, 1859. Anne Maria Hooper (H), second child, born December 10, 1835, married April 30, 1866, Thornton Kirkland Lothrop and is now living. Mr. Lothrop died November 2, 1913. They had: Mary Buckminster Lothrop (I) born July 15, 1867; Amy Peabody Lothrop (I) born March 28, 1869; William Sturgis Hooper Lothrop (I) 44 born June 19, 1870; Thornton Kirkland Jr. (I) born November 23, 1872. Alice Sturgis Hooper (H) third child, born April 4, 1841, died unmarried September 23, 1879. CHILDREN OF CAROLINE STURGIS AND WILLIAM ASPIN WALL TAPPAN HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Ellen Sturgis Tappan (H), eldest child, born February 11, 1849, married April 15, 1875, Richard Cowell Dixey. They had: Arthur Sturgis Dixey (I) born November 21, 1880; Rosamond Sturgis Dixey (I) born June 10, 1887. Mary Aspinwall Tappan (H), second child, born Feb ruary 15, 1851 and is now living and unmarried. CHILDREN OF MARY LOUISA STURGIS (G) AND ROBERT GouLD SHAW JR. HER HusBAND Mary Louisa Shaw (H) born in Boston in August 1842, and died unmarried at Nice in the winter of 1873/4. CHILDREN OF SUSAN STURGIS (G) AND HENRY J. BIGELOW, HER HUSBAND William Sturgis Bigelow, M.D. born April 4, 1850, is now living in Boston and is unmarried. Ninth Generation CHILDREN OF EDWARD WILLIAM HOOPER (H) AND FANNY HuDsoN CHAPIN His WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Ellen Sturgis Hooper (I), eldest child, born November 12, 1872, married September 20, 1908, John Briggs Potter. They had: Ellen Sturgis Potter (J) born July 7, 1909; Mary Frances Potter (J) born July 31, 1911; both now living. Louisa Chapin Hooper (1), second child, born May 4, 187 4 and is unmarried. Mabel Hooper (I), third child, born June 26, 1875, married September 8, 1898, John Louis Bancel LaFarge. They had: Louis Bancel LaFarge (J) born May 17, 1900; 45 Edward Hooper LaFarge (J) born June 6, 1901; Henry Adams LaFarge (J) horn May 27, 1902; Thomas Ser geant Auguste Mathilde LaFarge (J) born September 5, 1904; and all now living. Fanny Hooper (I), fourth child, born August 7, 1877, married April 26, 1904 Greely Stevenson Curtis. They had: Greely Stevenson Curtis Jr. (J) born October 30, 1905; Fanny Chapin Curtis (J) born January 11, 1908; Marian Adams Curtis (J) born August 14, 1911, and all now living. - Mary Hooper (I), fifth child, born March 25, 1879, married August 4, 1906, Roger Sherman Warner. They had: Roger Sherman Warner Jr. (J) born June 12, 1907; Rachel Warner (J) born July 22, 1910; William Sturgis Warner (J) born February 9, 1914; all of whom are living. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM STURGIS Hoo PER (H) AND ALICE MAsoN, His W1FE AND THEIR CHILDREN Isabella Weyman Hooper (1), only child, born January 7, 1859, married in October 1879 Edward Balfour of Scotland. They had: Alice Georgina Balfour (J) born in August 1880; Robert Frederick Balfour (J) born in March 1883 Captain in the Scots Guards, killed in bat tle in France, October 28, 1914; Edward William Balfour (J) born in December 1884; Eva Catherine Balfour (J) born in September 1888; John Balfour (J) born in April 1896. CHILDREN OF ANNE MARIA HOOPER AND THORNTON KIRKLAND LOTHROP AND THEIR CHILDREN Mary Buckminster Lothrop (I) eldest child, born July 15, 1866 and is unmarried. Amy Peabody Lothrop (I), second child, born March 28, 1869, married December 15, 1896, Algernon Cool idge, M.D. They had: Anne Coolidge (J) born Novem ber 4, 1897; Algernon Coolidge Jr. (J) born May 24, 1900; Thornton Lothrop Coolidge (J) born October 11, 1906; all of whom are living. 46 William Sturgis Hooper Lothrop (I), third child, born June 19, 1870, married October 15, 1891, Alice Bacon and died April 5, 1905. They had: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (J). born July 6, 1892; William Sturgis Hooper Lothrop (J) born August 9, 1893, died May 29, 1894; Sturgis Lothrop (J) born August 3, 1897, died August 28, 1910; Francis Bacon Lothrop (J) born August 3, 1898. Thornton Kirkland Lothrop (I) fourth child, born No vember 23, 1872 and is unmarried. CHILDREN OF ELLEN STURGIS TAPPAN AND RICHARD COWELL DIXEY AND THEIR CHILDREN Arthur Sturgis Dixey (I), eldest child, born November 21, 1880, graduated from Harvard College and died in Seoul, Korea, where he had gone on a government mission, July 26, 1905. He was unmarried. Rosamond Sturgis Dixey (I), second child, born June 10, 1887, married June 7, 1913, Gorham Brooks, son of Shepherd Brooks of West Medford, Mass. They had: Shepherd Brooks 2nd (J) born May 6, 1914. 47 WILLIAM STURGIS (E) LINE (Continued) DESCENDANTS OF HANNAH STURGIS (F) AND lsAAc HINCK.LEY Sixth Generation Hannah Sturgis (F), sister of Captain William Sturgis (F) and second child of William Sturgis (E) and Hannah Mills, married October 22, 1805, Isaac Hinckley of Hing ham (4 B. T. R. 231), son of Richard Hinckley and Elizabeth Knight and grandson of Isaac Hinckley who graduated from Harvard in 1740. Isaac Hinckley and Hannah Sturgis (F) had: William Hinckley (G) born Octo ber 6, 1806, married Charlotte Andrews and died in 1846; Ann Hinckley (G) born October 13, 1807, died July 1835; Elizabeth Hinckley (G) born June 25, 1809, who married William Sturgis (F), a son of Thomas Sturgis (E) and therefore first cousin of his wife's mother, the wife Eliza. beth dying in 1848, and the descendants of this William Sturgis (F) and Elizabeth Hinckley (G) will be found among the descendants of Thomas Sturgis (E) infra. Isaac Hinckley and Hannah Sturgis (F) also had: Thomas Hinckley (G) born in 1811, died in 1835; Hannah Hinck• ley (G) born in November 1813, married James Flye and is buried in Hingham; Isaac Hinckley Jr. (G) born in October 1815, married Julia Randolfe Townsend and is buried at Hingham. Seventh Generation Of the above, William Hinckley (G) had one son, William Hinckley (H), who died unmarried; Ann Hinck ley (G) never married; Elizabeth Hinckley (G) had seven children and reference is made to the descendants of Thomas Sturgis (E); and Thomas Hinckley (G) and Hannah Hinckley (G) bad no children. 48 Eighth Generation Isaac Hinckley (G), sixth child of Hannah Sturgis (F) and Isaac Hinckley, born in October 1815, who married Julia Randolfe Townsend, had: William Hinckley (H) born 1842, died 1843; Wallace Hinckley (H) born 1844, died 1863; Herbert Lee Hinckley (H) born 1847 and died unmarried; Julia Randolfe Hinckley (H) married first Moses Goodwin by whom she had one son, Roland Good• win (I) who later changed his name to Porter. She married second H. C. Porter and had one daughter Helena Porter (I); Howard Hinckley (H) who is now alive and married; Ann Gore Hinckley (H) who died young; and Helen Wallace Hinckley (H) who is married and lives in Australia. RUSSELL STURGIS (E) LINE DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIEL RUSSELL STURGIS (F) AND SusAN PARKMAN Sixth Generation Nathaniel Russell Sturgis (F), fourth child of Russell Sturgis (E) and Elizabeth Perkins, born February 17, 1779, married September 11, 1804 Susan Parkman, daugh ter of Samuel Parkman of Boston and granddaughter of Ebenezer Parkman of West borough. The wife died October 16, 1827 and the husband September 27, 1856. He, like his father, was a merchant in Boston. In 1803, before his marriage, he travelled in Europe. They had: Nathaniel Russell Jr. (G), whose name was changed by decree of the Middlesex County Court to Russell, born July 7, 1805; Henry Parkman (G) born October 13, 1806; Samuel Parkman (G) born February 18, 1808; Elizabeth Perkins (G) born August 30, 1809 Susan Parkman (G) born December 3, 1810; Sarah Blake (G) born December 4, 1812, died October 11, 1814; Charles James (G) born March 13, 1814, was drowned by breaking through the ice when skating December 30, 1823; Sarah Blake (G) born August 31, 1815; George (G) born April 22, 1817; Harriett Tilden (G) born November 8, 1820; James (G) born August 21, 1822; Robert Shaw (G) born August 29, 1824. Seventh Generation CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL RUSSELL STURGIS AND SusAN PARKMAN, His WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Russell Sturgis (G), eldest son, born July 7, 1805, was with Captain William Sturgis better known than any other member of the family. He was educated at Har- 50 vard College, receiving his degree in 1823. As a young man in Boston he was much in the world of fashion, and a contemporary often described to the writer in his youth, his appearance escorting the beautiful Emily Marshall down Beacon Hill. On April 3, 1828, he married Lucy Lyman Paine, who died August 23, 1828, and on Septem ber 1, 1828, he sailed for Liverpool for a brief European tour, travelling in England, France, Switzerland and Italy. Upon his return to Boston he practiced law for a time, and on September 28, 1829 married Mary Greene Hub bard. In October 1833 he went to China, taking with him his wife· and two children, remaining in the East for ten years, part of the time in China, and part of the time in Manila, as partner in the firm of Russell & Sturgis, of Manila, and Russell, Sturgis & Co. of Canton, until 1840, when the latter house was incorporated with the more famous Chinese house of Russell & Co. His second wife died in Manila, September 17, 1837, and in 1844 he returned, a prosperous and respected merchant, to his native Boston. In 1849, having married a third time, he left Boston once more, intending to return to China but in London was invited to join the firm of Baring Brothers & Co. and in 1873 on the death of Mr. Thomas Baring, he became the senior partner of the house and at the end of 1882 he retired from the firm and gave up business. By his second wife he had: Russell (H) born August 3, 1831; Lucy Lyman Paine (H) born March 13, 1833; John Hubbard (H) born August 5, 1834; Mary Greene (H) born June 18, 1837, died April 28, 1838. Russell Sturgis (G) married for his third wife June 4, 1846, Julia 0. Boit, who died May 1, 1888. They had: Henry Parkman (H) born March 1, 1847; Julian Russell (H) born October 21, 1848; Mary Greene Hubbard (H) born February 2, 1851; Howard Overing (H) born No vember 8, 1855. Russell Sturgis (G) died November 2, 1887. Henry Parkman Sturgis (G), second son, was born October 13, 1806, and wben a young man went to Manila and there established the house of Russell & Sturgis. He married there, March 5, 1835, Mary Georgianna Howard, daughter of an English officer. She died February 25, 51 1850. They had, all born in Manila, George Robert Russell (H) born May 25, 1836, died December 11, 1865 unmarried; Mary Howard (H) born December 8, 1837, died December 12, 1837; Henry Howard (H) born No vember 5, 1838, married November 5, 1863, Caroline Augusta Manson and died without issue January 31, 1881, his wife having died October 31, 1880; James Per kins (H) born October 29, 1839, died September 8, 1840; James Perkins (H) born October 14, 1841, died unmar ried January 2, 1864; Charles Edward (H) born July 31, 1843, died August 4, 1843; Frederick Russell (H) born July 7, 1844, for many years a distinguished physician in New York, now retired and living in Paris, married April 6, 1870, Martha De Wolf Hazard, and has no chil dren; Mary Trinidad Howard (H) born July 26, 1845, married April 18, 1881 Samuel George Chetwynd Middle more of London and died without issue February 11, 1890, her husband dying January 27, 1890. After the death of his wife Henry Parkman Sturgis (G) returned to Boston with his children and married for his second wife August 14, 1851, Elizabeth Orne Paine, his first cousin, daughter of Frederick William Paine and Ann Cushing Sturgis, infra. He died December 15, 1869. The wife died April 25, 1911. There were no children. He was in business in Boston, and was for a time Presi dent of the Somerset Club. Samuel Parkman Sturgis (G), third child, born Feb ruary 18, 1808, died February 18, 1877, never having married. Elizabeth Perkins Sturgis (G) fourth child, born Aug ust 30, 1809, married December 3, 1832 Henry Grew, and died January 27, 1848. The husband died January 16, 1892. They had: Henry Sturgis Grew (H) born June 23, 1834; Charles Sturgis Grew (H) born January 14, 1836; Edward Sturgis Grew (H) born March 10, 1842; Eliza beth Perkins Grew (H) born July 14, 1845. Susan Parkman Sturgis (G), fifth child, born December 3, 1810, married November 26, 1835 John Parkman, her first cousin. She died January 11, 1869. Her husband died September 24, 1883. They had: Theodore Park man (H) born June 22, 1837; Mary Russell Parkman (H) 52 born August 8, 1838; Susan Parkman (H) born Novem ber 6, 1839; Alice Parkman (H) born May 6, 1844; Bertha Sturgis Parkman (H) born September 30, 1849. The sixth and seventh children died early and their dates are given above. Sarah Blake Sturgis (G), eighth child, born August 31, 1815, married June 9, 1835 Francis George Shaw, son of Robert G. Shaw of Boston, and her half first cousin. They lived for many years on Staten Island. She died a resident of New York, December 29, 1902, surviving her husband almost twenty years. They had: Anna Shaw (H) bJrn April 7, 1836; Robert Gould Shaw (H) born October 10, 1837; Susanna Shaw (H) born May 31, 1839; Josephine Shaw (H) born December 16, 1843; Ellen Shaw (H) born June 1, 1845. George Sturgis (G), ninth child, born April 22, 1817, was connected with the house of Russell & Sturgis in Manila, and married there April 22, 1849 Josefina Borras and died July 7, 1857. The wife died a resident of Boston, February 5, 1912. They had: Joseph Borras (H) born March 8, 1850, died October 8, 1852; Susan Parkman (H) born June 6, 1851; Josefina Borras (H) born June 29, 1853; Robert Shaw (H) born November 21, 1854; James Victor (H) born October 18, 1856, died May 27, 1858. Harriett Tilden Sturgis (G), tenth child, born Novem ber 8, 1820, married May 7, 1846 William Abijah White, brother of the late Mrs. A. L. Devens of Cambridge, and of the wife of the late James Russell Lowell. The wife died March 12, 1850 and the husband October 10, 1856. They had: William Howard White (H) born February 21, 1847; Amy White (H) born September 25, 1848. James Sturgis (G), eleventh child, born August 21, 1822, was throughout his life a resident and merchant in the City of Boston. He married October 8, 1845 Mary Catherine Townsend, who died November 15, 1887. He died January 21, 1888. They had: Susan (H) born September 7, 1846; Charles Wilkins (H) born May 29, 1849; Francis Shaw (H) born August 15, 1853. Robert Shaw Sturgis (G), twelfth child, born August 29, 1824, first entered the office of Robert G. Shaw in Boston, but when 20 years old went to China, where he 53 entered the house of Russell & Co., following in the foot steps of his oldest brother Russell. He was successful as a merchant, staying in China twelve years, becoming head of the house of Russell & Co. In 1857 he left China, and at his brother's house in London met Susan Brimmer Inches, daughter of Charles Inches of Boston and Harriet A. Boit, whom he married in Boston October 4, 1858. After two years in England and Europe they returned to this country and settled in Philadelphia, where he died April 2, 1876, never having engaged in business since his marriage. The wife died November 3, 1900. They had: Robert (H) born June 27, 1859; Charles Inches (H) born July 21, 1860; Roger Faxton (H) born March 21, 1862; Henrietta Auchmuty (H) born March 11, 1864; Elizabeth Perkins (H) born December 18, 1865; Susan Brimmer (H) born August 29, 1869; Mary Howard (H) born March 25, 1872. Eighth Generation CHILDREN OF RUSSELL STURGIS (G) AND MARY GREENE HUBBARD, His SECOND WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Russell Sturgis (H), eldest son, born August 3, 1831, married January 10, 1856 Susan Welles, who died Decem ber 12, 1862. They had: Russell (I) born December 16, 1856; Susan Welles (I) born July 11, 1858; Richard Clipston (I) born December 24, 1860; William Codman (I) born November 15, 1862. For a second wife Russell Sturgis (H) married May 29, 1866 Margaret McCulloh and they had: Sullivan War ren (I) born April 24, 1868; Edward (I) born April 24, 1868; James McCulloh (I) born November 13, 1872; Lucy Codman (I) born February 11, 1876. Russell Stur gis (H) died October 14, 1899. Lucy Lyman Paine Sturgis (H), second child, born March 13, 1833, married February 28, 1856 Charles Rus sell Codman of Boston and died January 22, 1907. They had: Mary Greene Sturgis Codman (I) born January 30, 1857; Charles Russell Codman (I) born July 17, 1858; Lucy Sturgis Codman (I) born April 3, 1860; Russell 54 Sturgis Codman (I) born October 20, 1861; Anne Mac master Codman (I) born November 11, 1864; Susan Welles Codman (I) born December 30, 1866; John Sturgis Codman (I) born February 25, 1868; Julian Codman (I) born September 21, 1870; Paul Codman (I) born November 24, 1873, died August 6, 1875. John Hubbard Sturgis (H), third child, born August 5, 1834, was a leading architect of Boston and married September 14, 1858 Frances Anna Codnian. He died February 14, 1888 and his widow May 16, 1910. They had: Julia Overing (I) born August 6, 1859, died Janu ary 24, 1861; John Hubbard (I) born October 11, 1860; Gertrude Gouverneur (I) born February 3, 1862; Frances Codman (I) born November 7, 1863; Mabel Russell (I) born July 17, 1865; Alice Maud Russell (I) born June 4, 1868; Charles Russell (I) born April 9, 1871; Evelyn Russell (I) born October 4, 1872. CHILDREN OF RussELL STURGIS AND JULIA OVERING Bo1T, His THIRD WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Henry Parkman Sturgis (H), eldest son, born March 1, 1847, went to England with his father at an early age, be came naturalized and was a member of the House of Commons in Gladstone's last ministry. He married October 2, 1872, Mary Cecelia Brand, daughter of the Speaker of the House of Commons. She died June 20, 1886. They had: Margery (I) born June 21, 187 4; Rachel (I) born February 6, 1876; Olive (I) born April 24, 1878; Henry Russell (I) born October 25, 1879; John Bryan (I) born June 22, 1881; Mary (I) born June 17, 1886. For a second wife Henry Parkman Sturgis (H) married July 17, 1894 Mary Eveleen Meredith, daughter of George Meredith, the poet and novelist. They had: Joan Meredith (I) born July 24, 1895; Dorothy Mere dith (I) born January 26, 1897. Julian Russell Sturgis (H), second child, was born October 21, 1848 and was well known in England as a novelist. He married November 8, 1883 Mary Maud Beresford. They had: Mark Beresford Russell (I) born July 10, 1884; Gerard Boit (I) born September 12, 1885; 55 Roland Josselyn Russell (I) born January 9, 1888. The father died April 13, 1904. Mary Greene Hubbard Sturgis (H), third child, born February 2, 1851, married July 5, 1871 Leopold Richard Seymour, who died May 30, 1904. They had: Mildred Seymour (I) born August 14, 1872; Conway Russell Sey mour (I) born June 24, 1874; Richard Sturgis Seymour (I) born September 21, 1875; Edward Seymour (I) born February 10, 1877; Beauchamp Seymour (I) born October 6, 1878; Ethel Seymour (I) born January 17, 1881; Lionel Seymour (I) born February 24, 1889. Mrs. Seymour for a second husband married July 18, 1906 Bertram Godfrey Falle. There are no children of this marriage. Howard Overing Sturgis (H), fourth child, born Novem ber 8, 1855, lives at Windsor, England, and is unmarried. He is the author of Tim, Belchamber, and other novels. None of the children of Henry Parkman Sturgis (G} and Mary Georgianna Howard left descendants, and their names and dates are not therefore repeated. CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH PERKINS STURGIS AND HENRY GREW, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Henry Sturgis Grew (H), eldest child, born June 23, 1834, in early life went with his wife, Jane Norton Wiggles worth, whom he married in Boston December 20, 1863, to China, where he was a partner in Russell & Co. Re turning to Boston after a few years, he became widely known for his good works. They had: Henry Sturgis Grew (I) born July 22, 1865, died August 20, 1866; Edward Wigglesworth Grew (I) born June 26, 1867; Jane Norton Grew (I) born September 30, 1868; Eliza beth Sturgis Grew (I) born April 29, 1871; Henrietta Marian Grew (I) born December 20, 1872; Robert Stur gis Grew (I) born April 27, 1878, died March 2, 1879. Henry Sturgis Grew (H) died February 7, 1910. Charles Sturgis Grew (H), second child, born January 14, 1836, died March 17, 1850. 56 Edward Sturgis Grew (H), third child, born March 10, 1842, married November 26, 1867 Annie Crawford Clark. They had: Robert Sturgis Grew (I) born September 1, 1871, died August 10, 1872; Randolph Clark Grew (I) born September 21, 1873; Henry Sturgis Grew (I) born November 1, 1875; Joseph Clark Grew (I) born May 27, 1880; Eleanor Jackson Grew (I) born September 14, 1882. Elizabeth Perkins Grew (H) fourth child, July 14, 1845, died unmarried, January 16, 1889. CHILDREN OF SUSAN PARKMAN STURGIS (G) AND JOHN PARKMAN, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Theodore Parkman (H), the eldest son, was born June 22, 1837 and was killed in battle December 16, 1862. Mary Russell Parkman (H), second child, was born August 8, 1838, is now living in Belmont, Mass. and is unmarried. Susan Parkman (H), third child was born November 6, 1839 and died June 3, 1850. Alice Parkman (H), fourth child, born May 4, 1844, married January 7, 1878 William Smith Carter and they had Theodore Parkman Carter (I) born April 4, 1880. Bertha Sturgis Parkman (H) fifth child, was born Sep tember 30, 1849 and died unmarried October 141 1875. CHILDREN OF SARAH BLAKE STURGIS AND FRANCES GEORGE SHAW, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Anna Shaw (H), eldest child, born April 7, 1836, mar ried November 28, 1856 George William Curtis, the well known author and political essayist, who died August 31, 1892. They had: Francis George Curtis (I) born December 5, 1857; Elizabeth Burrill Curtis (I) born April 15, 1861; Sarah Shaw Curtis (I) born May 17, 1863. Robert Gould Shaw (H), second child, born October 10, 1837, married May 2, 1863, Anna Kneeland Haggerty, and was killed in battle while leading the assault on Fort Wagner July 18, 1863. His statue by St. Gaudens now faces the Massachusetts State House. His widow died March 17, 1907. Susanna Shaw (H), third child, born May 31, 1839, 57 married October 31, 1862 Robert Bowne Minturn, a member of the firm of Grinnell, Minturn & Co. of New York, who died December 15, 1889. They had: Robert Shaw Minturn (I) born August 21, 1863; Sarah May Minturn (I) born September 3, 1865; Edith Minturn (I) born June 20, 1867; Francis Minturn (I) born June 1, 1871; Gertrude Minturn (I) born June 25, 1872; Mildred Minturn (I) born November 19, 1875; Hugh Minturn (I) born September 20, 1882. Josephine Shaw (H), fourth child, horn December 16, 1843, married October 30, 1863 Charles Russell Lowell, who was killed in battle October 20, 1864. They had: Carlotta Russell (I) born November 30, 1864. Mrs. Lowell was noted for her philanthropy and public spirited work in New York, and died October 2, 1905. Ellen Shaw (H), fifth child, born June 1, 1845, mar ried October 24, 1867 General Francis Channing Barlow, who died January 11, 1896. They had: Robert Shaw Barlow (I) born July 4, 1869; Charles Lowell Barlow (I) born October 10, 1871; Louisa Shaw Barlow (I) born July 27, 1873. CHILDREN OF GEORGE STURGIS (G) AND JOSEFINA BoRRAs, Hrs WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Joseph Borras Sturgis (H) the eldest son died in his third year, supra. Susan Parkman Sturgis (H), the second child was born June 6, 1851, married November 26, 1892, Celedonio Sastre and is now living in Spain. She has no children. Josefina Borras Sturgis (H) the third child, was born June 29, 1853, is unmarried and is now living with her sister in Spain. Robert Shaw Sturgis (H), fourth child, born November 21, 1854, married April 9, 1890 Ellen Gardner Hodges, daughter of Dr. Richard M. Hodges of Boston. They had: George (I) born May 31, 1891; Winthrop (I) born September 15, 1892; Mary Donnison (I) born February 25, 1894; Josephine (I) born May 11, 1896. A fifth child James Victor Sturgis (H) died in his second year, supra. 58 CHILDREN OF HARRIETT TILDEN STURGIS (G) AND WILLIAM ABIJAH WHITE, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN William Howard White (H), efdest child, born Feb ruary 21, 1847, married October 8, 1878 Margaret Howard Parker of New York and died December 11, 1895. The wife died June 20, 1912. They had: Joseph Lowell White (I) born May 14, 1880; Theodore Parkman White (I) born August 12, 1882; Sarah Harriett White (I) born April 14, 1887. Amy White (H), the second child, was born September 25, 1848 and is unmarried. CHILDREN OF JAMES STURGIS (G) AND MARY CATH ERINE TOWNSEND, Hrs WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Susan Sturgis (H), eldest child, born September 7, 1846, married January 16, 1867 Henry Horton McBurney, who died February 10, 1875. They had: Mary McBurney (I) born October 26, 1867; Thomas Curtis McBurney (I) born October 7, 18'70; Margaret McBurney (I) born Sep tember 6, 1873. Susan Sturgis (H) married for her second husband May 3, 1876 Henry Bigelow Williams, who died N ovem ber 14, 1912. They had no children. Charles Wilkins Sturgis (H), second child, was born May 29, 1849, never married and died February 26, 1913. Francis Shaw Sturgis (H), third child, was born Aug ust 15, 1853, is unmarried and lives in Boston. CHILDREN OF ROBERT SHAW STURGIS (G) AND SusAN BRIMMER INCHES, His WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Robert Sturgis (H), eldest son, born June 27, 1859, married June 14, 1888 Marion Sharpless, daughter of Henry H. G. Sharpless of Philadelphia. Robert Sturgis (H) died a resident of New York, May 3, 1900, well known as a lawyer. They had: Mary Lyman (I) born February 14, 1890; Henrietta Howard Boit (I) born October 29, 1896. 59 Charles Inches Sturgis (H) second child, born July 21, 1860, married June 6, 1893 Margaret Noble of Chicago. They had: Robert Shaw (I) born April 4, 1894; Frank Noble (1) born January 9, 1897. He is a resident of Win netka, Illinois, and is General Auditor of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. Roger Faxton Sturgis (H), third child, born March 21, 1862, married October 7, 1893 Mildred Frazer of Coving ton, Kentucky. They had: Susan Brimmer (I) born November 11, 1894; Roger (I) born February 10, 1896; Anita (I) born June 15, 1898. He is a lawyer and re sides in Boston, Massachusetts. Henrietta Auchmuty Sturgis (H), fourth child, born March 11, 1864, married December 23, 1886 Charles Edward Ingersoll of Philadelphia. They had: Anna Warren Ingersoll (I) born September 30, 1887; Harry Ingersoll (I) born May 27, 1890; Robert Sturgis Ingersoll (I) born December 16, 1891; Charles Jared Ingersoll (I) born February 11, 1894; Susan Brimmer Ingersoll (I) born February 19, 1896; John Hobart Warren Ingersoll (I) born October 27, 1899. Elizabeth Perkins Sturgis (H), fifth child, born December 18, 1865, married June 2, 1885 James Potter of Bal timore, later of Philadelphia. They had: Elizabeth Stur gis Potter (I) born July 9, 1886; John Hamilton Potter (I) horn June 13, 1888, who is unmarried; Robert Sturgis Potter (I) born December 20, 1889, who is unmarried; Alice Beirne Potter (I) born July 14, 1892, died April 12, 189::t Susan Brimmer Sturgis (H), sixth child, born August 29, 1869, married June 27, 1898 Antonio Yznaga Stewart of Philadelphia. They had: Susan Brimmer Stewart (I) born :March 2, 1900; Mary Howard Stewart (I) born October 13, 1901; William Hood Stewart 2nd (I) born May 16, 1903; Elizabeth Potter Stewart (I) born Novem ber 4, 1904; Antonio Yznaga Stewart Jr. (I) born July 8, 1906. Mary Howard Sturgis (H), seventh child, born March 25, 1872, married February 28, 1898 Edgar Thomson Scott of Philadelphia, son of Thomas A. Scott, formerly President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. They had: Ed- 60 gar Thomson Scott Jr. (I) born January 11, 1899; War wick Potter Scott (I) born April 16, 1901; Anna Dike Scott (I) born June 5, 1907; Susan Brimmer Sturgis Scott (I) born November 22, 1908. Ninth Generation CHILDREN OF RussELL STURGIS AND SusAN WELLES, Hrs FmsT WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Russell Sturgis (1), third of the name and eldest child, born December 16, 1856, married March 30, 1880 Anne Outram Bangs of Boston and died July 17, 1899. They had: Russell (J) born December 31, 1880, who now lives in Keokuk, Iowa, and is unmarried; Anne Outram (J) born March 25, 1882, married April 8, 1901 Sidney Archer Lord; Susan Welles (J) born January 4, 1885, married April 4, 1905 George Clymer; Beatrice Outram (J) born August 7, 1886, married January 22, 1907 Andrew Hope well Hepburn; Gertrude (J) born June 20, 1889, married April 24, 1912 Dexter Parshall Cooper of Keokuk, Iowa; Carolyn (J) born June 16, 1891, married June 15, 1911 Theodore Townsend Scudder; Frances (J) born Novem ber 27, 1893, married January 19, 1914, Franklin Haven Clark Jr. Susan Welles Sturgis (I), second child, born July 11, 1858, married October 26, 1886, John Preston and died February 18, 1888, without issue. Richard Clipston Sturgis (I), third child, born Decem ber 24, 1860, a resident of Boston, President of the Ameri can Institute of Architects, married June 22, 1882 Esther Mary Ogden of Troy, New York. They had: Richard Clipston Jr. (J) born March 17, 1884, died October 18, 1913; George Ogden (J) born August 10, 1889, died August 11, 1889; Dorothy Margaret (J) born July 28, 1891, married June 1, 1912, Lester William Harding of Boston. William Codman Sturgis (I), fourth child, born N ovem ber 15, 1862 and now a resident of Cambridge, married April 4, 1889 Carolyn Hall. They had: Norman Rom ney (J) born February 3, 1890, married November 6, 1911 61 Hariette Appleton Woods; Alan Hall (J) born April 29, 1892, who is unmarried; Margaret (J) born March 1, 1894, married March 22, 1913, John W. Suter Jr. of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Julia (J) born May 23, 1898. CHILDREN OF RussELL STURGIS (H) AND MARGARET McCuLLOH, His SECOND WIFE, AND THEIR CHILDREN Sullivan Warren Sturgis (I), eldest son, born April 24, 1868, married July 26, 1899 Edith Barnes of New York. They had: Susan Bainbridge (J) born August 2, 1900; Edith (J) born April 16, 1903; Somers Hayes (J) born October 14, 1904; Warren (J) born November 26, 1912. Edward Sturgis (I), second son, born April 24, 1868, married June 14, 1902 Josephine Putnam, daughter of George Putnam of Boston. They had: Edward Jr. (J) born July 25, 1904; George Putnam (J) born July 23, 1905; Howard (J) born September 9, 1906; Harriet Lowell (J) born February 15, 1908; Josephine Lowell (J) born February 22, 1910; Charles Russell Lowell (J), born February 8, 1912. James McCulloh Sturgis (I), third child, born N ovem ber 13, 1872 and Lucy Codman Sturgis (I), fourth child, born February 11, 1876 are both unmarried. CHILDREN OF Lucy LYMAN PAINE STURGIS (H) AND CHARLES RussELL CoDMAN, HER HusBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Mary Greene Sturgis Codman (I), eldest child, born January 30, 1857 and died Ol!tt!b@r :H, 1877, unmarried. Charles Russell Codman Jr. (I) second child, born July 17, 1858 and died October 11, 1877. Lucy Sturgis Codman (I) third child, born April 3, 1860 and died February 4, 1866. Russell Sturgis Codman (1), fourth child, born October 20, 1861, married August 4, 1891 Anna Kneeland Crafts. They had: Charles Russell Codman Jr. (J) born Feb ruary 22, 1893; Russell Sturgis Codman Jr. (J) born June 15, 1896. Anne Macmaster Codman (I), fifth child, born N ovem ber 11, 1864, married November 15, 1892 Henry Bromfield 62 Cabot, son of Walter C. Cabot of Brook.line, Massa~ chusetts. They had: Henry Bromfield Cabot Jr. (J) born December 7, 1894; Powell Mason Cabot (J) born December 20, 1896; Paul Codman Cabot (J) born Octo ber 21, 1898; Charles Codman Cabot (J) born November 22, 1900; Anne Macmaster Cabot (J) born May 13, 1903; Susan Mary Cabot (J) born February 27, 1907. Susan Welles Codman (I), sixth child, born December 30, 1866, married May 19, 1896 Redington Fiske, son of Francis Fiske of Milton, Massachusetts. They had: Red ington Fiske Jr. (J) born December 3, 1898; Francis Fiske (J) born November 26, 1900; Lucy Codman Fiske (J) born September 22, 1902; Robert Francis Fiske (J) born December 22, 1903; John Codman Fiske (J) born February 8, 1910. John Sturgis Codman (I), seventh child, born Feb ruary 25, 1868, married April 25, 1901 Susan Sargent Codman, daughter of Richard Codman of Boston. They had: Rachel Sturgis Codman (J) born June 21, 1909. Julian Codman (I), eighth child, born September 21, 1870, married April 29, 1897 Norah Chadwick, daughter of Dr. James R. Chadwick of Boston. They had: Lucy Sturgis Codman (J) born May 5, 1907; Hester Schuyler Codman (J) born April 17, 1909. A ninth child Paul Codman Sturgis (I) died in his second year, supra. CHILDREN OF JOHN HUBBARD STURGIS (H) AND FRANCES ANNE CoDMAN, His WIFE AND TnEIR CHILDREN Julia Overing Sturgis (I) the eldest child died in her second year, supra. John Hubbard Sturgis (I), second child, born October 11, 1860, after graduating from Harvard in 1881, lived for some years in the west, but is now living in Cam bridge, Massachusetts, and is Treasurer of the Franklin Institution for Savings in Boston. He married July 19, 1898 Kate Hosmer of Keokuk, Iowa. They had: Ger trude Gouverneur (J) born July 5, 1899; John Hubbard Jr. (J) born November 17, 1900, died September 10, 1909; 63 Children of Henry Parkman ~~urgis (H) , a~d Mary Eveleen Meredith, His Second \\ 1fe, and Children ~f .r ulian Russell Sturgis and Mary :Maud Beresford, I-~ 1s "\Vife ehould appear in their order on page 65, after hst uf Children of Henry Parkman Htnrgis (II) and Mary Cecelia Brand, His First Wife. Frances Anne (J) born October 30, 1903; Katharine (J) born October 17, 1904. Gertrude Gouverneur Sturgis (I), third child, born February 3, 1862, married August 29, 1889, Francis Welles Hunnewell and died, without issue, March 15, 1890. Francjs Codman Sturgis (I), fourth child, born Novem ber 7, 1863. Mabel Russell Sturgis (1), fifth child, born July 17, 1865. Alice Maud Russell Sturgis (1), sixth child, born June 4, 1868. Charles Russell Sturgis (1), the seventh child, born April 9, 1871, married April 13, 1909, Alice Rathbone Bowditch, daughter of Edward Bowditch of Albany, New York, and died without issue October 2, 1909. Evelyn Russell Sturgis (I), the eighth child, born Octo ber 4, 1872. The four sisters live together at 63 Beacon Street, Boston and at Manchester, Mass. CHILDREN OF HENRY PARKMAN STURGIS (H) AND MARY EVELEEN MEREDITH, HIS SECOND WIFE Joan Meredith Sturgis (1), the eldest child was born July 24, 1895 and is unmarried. Dorothy Meredith Sturgis (I), the second child, born January 26, 1897. CHILDREN OF JULIAN RUSSELL STURGIS (H) AND MARY MAUD BERESFORD, Hrs WIFE Mark Beresford Russell Sturgis (I), the eldest son, was horn July 10, 1884, and married July 9, 1914, Lady Rachel Stuart Wortley, daughter of the Earl of Wharncliffe. Gerard Boit Sturgis (I) the second child was born September 12, 1885 and is unmarried. Roland Josselyn Russell Sturgis (I) the third child, was horn January 9, 1888 and is unmarried. 64 CHILDREN OF HENRY PARK.MAN STURGIS {H) AND MARY CECELIA BRAND, Hrs FIRST WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Margery Sturgis (I), eldest child, born June 21, 1874, married January 21, 1900, W. Ellice of England. They had: James Ellice (J) born June 4, 1901; Cecelia Ellice (J) born July 19, 1906; Aline Ellice (J) born July 9, 1909. Rachel Sturgis (I), second child, born February 6, 1876, married September 8, 1898, Aubry Price, of Eng land. They had: Margaret Rachel Price (J) born No vember 15, 1899; Trevor Price (J) born March 12, 1901. Olive Sturgis (1), third child, born April 24, 1878, mar ried October 18, 1901, George Frederick Barnard liankey, of England. They had: Hans Mark John Barnard Han key (J) born August 17, 1905. Henry Russell Sturgis (I), fourth child, born October 25, 1879, married April 28, 1912, Violet Milne. They have no children. John Bryan Sturgis (1), fifth child born June 22, 1881, married February 19, 1914, Jshbel Ellice. Mary Sturgis (1), sixth child, born June 17, 1886, mar ried February 17, 1910, William Basset. They had: Nancy Ursula Basset (J) born November 12, 1910; Rich ard Thurstine Basset (J) born April 27, 1913. CHILDREN OF MARY GREENE HUBBARD STURGIS (H) AND LEOPOLD RICHARD SEYMOUR, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Mildred Seymour (I), eldest child, born August 14, 1872. She is unmarried. Conway Russell Seymour (I), second child, born June 24, 1874, married May 27, 1897, Louisa Mary Street. They have no children. Richard Sturgis Seymour (I), third child, born Sep tember 21, 1875, married April 20, 1911, Victoria Alex andra Fitzroy. They had: Leopold Richard Seymour (J) born September 23, 1912 and Alexandra Victoria Seymour (J) born May 24, 1914. Edward Seymour (I), fourth child, born February 10, 1877, married July 29, 1905, Lady Blanche Frances Con- 65 yngham. They had: Verena Mary Seymour (J) born May 24, 1906. Beauchamp Seymour (I), fifth child, born October 6, 1878 and is unmarried. Ethel Seymour (I), sixth child, born January 17, 1881, married May 23, 1910, Eric Henry Bonham. They had, Elizabeth Mary Bonh\m (J) born July 10, 1914. Lionel Seymour (I} the seventh child, born February 24, 1889, married October 28, 1909, Catherine Wooding Docking. They have no children. CHILDREN OF HENRY STURGIS GREW (H) AND JANE NoRTON WIGGLESWORTH, His WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN The eldest son, Henry Sturgis Grew Jr. (I) died in his second year, supra. Edward Wigglesworth Grew (I), second child, born June 26, 1867, married April 16, 1901 Ruth Dexter. They had: Ruth Dexter Grew (J) born February 25, 1902; Jane Norton Grew (J) born October 5, 1903; Helen Grew (J) born May 6, 1905; John Grew (J) born June 23, 1907; Edward Wigglesworth Grew Jr. (J) born September 7, 1909; Esther Grew (J) born September 10, 1911. Jane Norton Grew (I), third child, born September 20, 1868, married December 11, 1890, John Pierpont Morgan, son of J. Pierpont Morgan of New York and now head of the house of J. P. Morgan & Co. They had: Junius Spencer Morgan (J) born March 15, 1892; Jane Norton Morgan (J) born November 14, 1893; Frances Tracy Morgan (J) born January 17, 1897; Henry Sturgis Morgan (J) born October 24, 1900. Elizabeth Sturgis Grew (I), fourth child, born April 29, 1871, married October 4, 1893, Boylston Adams Beal of Boston. They had: Elizabeth Sturgis Beal (J) born July 4, 1899. Henrietta Marian Grew (I), fifth child, born December 20, 1872, married September 18, 1895, Stephen Van Ren:s- 66 sellaer Crosby, formerly of New York but now living in Boston. They had: Henry Grew Crosby (J) born June 4, 1898; Katharine Schuyler Crosby (J) born February 27, 1901. Robert Sturgis Grew (I), a sixth child, died when less than a year old, supra. CHILDREN OF EDWARD STURGIS GREW (H) AND ANNIE CRAWFORD CLARK, HIS WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Robert Sturgis Grew (I), the eldest child, died August 10, 1872, when less than a year old. Randolph Clark Grew (I), the second child, born Sep tember 21, 1873, is a member of the firm of Wild, Grew & Company, of Boston and is unmarried. Henry Sturgis Grew (I), third child, born November 1, 1875, is President of the National Union Bank of Boston, married November 17, 1897 Ethel Gertrude Hooper, daughter of James R. Hooper of Boston. They had: Agnes Hoppin Grew (J) born November 13, 1898; Henry Sturgis Grew (J) born March 31, 1901; James Hooper Grew (J) born December 16, 1906; Ethel Hooper Grew (J) born October 1, 1911. Joseph Clark Grew (I), fourth child, born May 27, 1880, is now first secretary of the American Embassy at Berlin. He married October 17, 1905 Alice de Verman dois Perry. They had: Edith Agnes Grew (J), born September 24, 1906; Lilla Cabot Grew (J) born Novem ber 30, 1907; Anita Clark Grew. (J) born May 27, 1909; Elizabeth Sturgis Grew (J), born April 25, 1912. Eleanor Jackson Grew (I), fifth child, born September 14, 1882 and is unmarried. CHILDREN OF ALICE PARKMAN (H) AND WILLIAM SMITH CARTER HER HUSBAND Theodore Parkman Carter (I), born April 4, 1880, is unmarried and lives with his parents in New York. 67 CHILDREN OF ANNA SHAW (H) AND GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Francis George Curtis (I), eldest son, born December 5, 1857, is a physician practicing in Newton, Massachu setts. He married February 21, 1887 Ruth Weatherbee Davison. They had: Francis Shaw Curtis (J) born June 10, 1888; Margaret Burrill Curtis (J) born April 27, 1890; Edward Davison Curtis (J) born December 20, 1891; George William Curtis (J) born March 29, 1895; all unmarried. Elizabeth Burrill Curtis (I), second child, born April 15, 1861 and died March 6, 1914, unmarried. Sarah Shaw Curtis (I), third child, born May 17, 1863 and died April 11, 1874. CHILDREN OF SusANNA SHAW (H) AND RoBERT BOWNE MINTURN, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Robert Shaw Minturn (I), eldest child, born August 21, 1863, married January 22, 1906, Bertha Howard Potter. They have no children. Sarah May Minturn (I) second child, born September 3, 1865, married November 7, 1895 Henry Dwight Sedg wick, author of A Short History of Italy. They had: Henry Dwight Sedgwick (J) born September 6, 1896, died May 2, 1914; Robert Minturn Sedgwick (J) born January 27, 1899; a daughter born and died October 31, 1901; Francis Minturn Sedgwick (J) born March 13, 1904. Edith Minturn (I), third child, born June 20, 1867, married August 21, 1895, Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes. They have no children. Francis Minturn (I), fourth child, born June 1, 1871, died January 6, 1878. Gertrude Minturn (I), fifth child, born June 25, 1872, married November 14, 1900 Amos Richards Eno Pinchot of New York. They had: Gifford Pinchot (J) born July 2, 1902; Rosamond Pinchot (J) born October 28, 1904. Mildred Minturn (I), sixth child, born November 19, 1875, married October 30, 1907, Arthur Hugh Scott of 68 England. They had: Honoria Renee Minturn Scott (J) born July 6, 1908; Leslie Francoise Minturn Scott (J) born May 28, 1912; and Christopher Minturn Scott (J) born June 19, 1914. Hugh Minturn (I), seventh child, born September 20, 1882, is now practising law in London. He married June 25, 1910, Ruth Winsor, daughter of Alfred Winsor of Brookline, Massachusetts. They had: Robert Bowne Minturn (J) born May 2, 1911; Hugh Minturn Jr. (J) born December 28, 1912. CHILD OF JOSEPHINE SHAW (H) AND CHARLES RUSSELL LOWELL, HER HUSBAND Carlotta Russell Lowell (I), only child, born November 30, 1864, is now living in New York and is unmarried. CHILDREN OF ELLEN SHA w (H) AND FRANCIS CHANNING BARLOW, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Robert Shaw Barlow (I), eldest son, born July 4, 1869, is now practising law in Boston and is unmarried. Charles Lowell Barlow (1), second child, born October 10, 1871, is now practising law in Boston and is unmarried. Louisa Shaw Barlow (I), third child, born July 27, 1873, married November 23, 1897 Pierre Jay of New York. They had: Ellen Jay (J) born August 23, 1899; Anna Maricka Jay (J) born June 19, 1900; Frances Jay (J) born December 27, 1904; Louisa Jay (J) born May 3, 1908. CHILDREN OF Ro BERT SnA w STURGIS (H) AND ELLEN GARDNER HonoEs, His WIFE George Sturgis (I), eldest child, born May 31, 1891, and is now living in Boston. He is unmarried. Winthrop Hodges Sturgis (I), second child, died Aug~ ust 3, 1893 in his first year. Mary Donnison Sturgis (I), third child, born February 25, 1894, died December 23, 1903. Josephine Sturgis (I), fourth child, born May 11, 1896 and is now living with her parents in Boston. 69 CHILDREN OF WILLIAM HOWARD WHITE (H) AND MARGARET HowARD PARKER, His WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Joseph Lowell White (I), eldest child, born May 14, 1880, married September 29, 1910, Ola Storey Rogers. They had Margaret Rogers (J) born May 23, 1913. Theodore Parkman White (I), second child, born Aug ust 12, 1882, married November 14, 1908, Mary Pauline Fisher. Sarah Harriett White (I) third child born April 14, 1887, married January 31, 1914, Varick Day Martin. CHILDREN OF SusAN STURGIS (H) AND HENRY HORTON McBuRNEY, HER FIRST HusBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Mary McBurney (I), eldest child, married November 6, 1889 Frederic Parker of Bedford, Massachusetts. They had: Frederic Parker (J) born September 20, 1890; Eliza beth Parker (J) born November 17, 1891; Henry McBur ney Parker (J) born April 11, 1893; Thomas Parker (J) born April 20, 1898, died August 30, 1898; Mary Parker (J) born October 4, 1899. Thomas Curtis McBurney (I), second child, born October 7, 1870, died September 29, 1874. Margaret McBurney (I), third child, born September 6, 1873, lives in Lausanne, Switzerland, married June 1, 1892 Henry Remsen Whitehouse, formerly of New York. They had: Beatrix Whitehouse (J) born July 9, 1893, married April 29, 1913 Francis Burky and is now living in Rheims, France. CHILDREN OF ROBERT STURGIS (H) AND MARION SHARPLESS, HIS wIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Mary Lyman Sturgis (I), eldest child, born February 14, 1890, married April 23, 1912 Armitage Whitman, son of Dr. Royal Whitman of New York. They had: Royal Whitman (J) born February 3, 1913. 70 Henrietta Howard Boit Sturgis (I), born October 29, 1896 and now living with her mother in New York. CHILDREN OF CHARLES INCHES STURGIS (H) AND MARGARET NoBLE, His WIFE Robert Shaw Sturgis (I), eldest child, born April 4, 1894 and now a student at Harvard University. Frank Noble Sturgis (I), second child, born January 9, 1897 and now living with his parents in Winnetka, Illinois. CHILDREN OF ROGER F AXTON STURGIS (H) AND MILDRED FRAZER, His WIFE Susan Brimmer Sturgis (I), eldest child, born Nov. 11, 1894. Roger Sturgis (I), second child, born February 10, 1896, and now a student at Harvard University. Anita Sturgis (I) third child, born June 15, 1898. CHILDREN OF HENRIETTA AUCHMUTY STURGIS (H) AND CHARLES EDWARD INGERSOLL HER HUSBAND Anna Warren Ingersoll (I), eldest child, born Sept 30, 1887. Harry Ingersoll (I), second child, born May 27, 1890. Robert Sturgis Ingersoll (1), third child born December 16, 1891. Both recent graduates of Princeton University. Charles Jared Ingersoll (I), fourth child, born February 11, 1894 and is now a student at Princeton University. Susan Brimmer Ingersoll (I), fifth child, born February 19, 1896. John Hobart Warren Ingersoll (I), sixth child, born October 27, 1899. CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH PERKINS STURGIS (H) AND JAMES POTTER, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Elizabeth Sturgis Potter (I), eldest child, born July 9, 1886, married January 27, 1908 Frank Lyon Polk, now Corporation Counsel of the City of New York. They had: John Metcalfe Polk (J) born November 18, 1908; 71 Elizabeth Sturgis Polk (J) born July 31, 1910; Frank Lyon Polk (J) born November 3, 1911. John Hamilton Potter (I), second child, born June 13, 1888, is in business in Philadelphia and is unmarried. Robert Sturgis Potter (I), third child, born December 20, 1889, is in business in Boston and is unmarried. Alice Beirne Potter (I), fourth child, died April 12, 1893, in her first year. CHILDREN OF SUSAN BRIMMER STURGIS (H) AND ANTONIO YZNAGA STEWART, HER HUSBAND Susan Brimmer Stewart (I), eldest child, born March 2, 1900. Mary Howard Stewart (I), second child, born October 13, 1901. William Hood Stewart 2nd (I), third child, born May 16, 1903. Elizabeth Potter Stewart (I), fourth child, born No vember 4, 1904. Antonio Yznaga Stewart Jr. (I), fifth child, born July 8, 1906. CHILDREN oF MARY HowARD STURGIS (I) AND EDGAR THOMSON SCOTT, HER HUSBAND Edgar Thomson Scott Jr. (I), eldest child, born January 11, 1899. Warwick Potter Scott (I), second child, born April 16, 1901. Anna Dike Scott (I), third child, born June 5, 1907. Susan Brimmer Sturgis Scott (I), fourth child, born November 22, 1908. 72 RUSSELL STURGIS LINE, CONTINUED. DESCENDANTS OF ANN CUSHING STURGIS (F) AND FREDERICK WILLIAM PAINE Sixth Generation Ann Cushing Sturgis (F), fifteenth child of Russell Sturgis (E) and Elizabeth Perkins, born April 30, 1797, married May 5, 1822, Frederick William Paine of Worces ter, who died September 16, 1869, the wife dying Janu ary 4, 1892. They had: William Russell Paine (G) born January 26, 1823; Elizabeth Orne Paine (G) born March 27, 1826; James Perkins Paine (G) born December 16, 1827; Mary Pickard Paine (G) born March 13, 1830; George Sturgis Paine (H) born June 4, 1833; Ann Cush ing Sturgis Paine (G) born March 5, 1836. Seventh Generation CHILDREN OF ANN CUSHING STURGIS (F) AND FREDERICK WILLIAM PAINE, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN William Russell Paine (G), eldest child, born January 26, 1823, married April 12, 1855 Frances Thomas Crocker, who died October 16, 1874. The husband died January 9, 1877. They had: Lillie Crocker Paine (H) born May 11, 1856, died February 19, 1905 unmarried; Mary Pickard Paine (H) born December 5, 1858, died April 28, 1859; Frances Thomas Paine (H) born September 6, 1861; Eliza Sturgis Paine (H) born December 15, 1862; Fred erick William Paine (H) born February 22, 1866, married November 2, 1910, Elizabeth Harriett Pegram. Elizabeth Orne Paine (G), second child, born March 27, 1826, married August 14, 1851, her first cousin Henry 73 Parkman Sturgis (G), supra, she being his second wife, and died without issue April 25, 1911. James Perkins Paine (G), third obild, born December 16, 1827, married May 11, 1865, Sarah Loring Turner, who died August 13, 1906. The husband died March 13, 1910. They had: Lois Orne Paine (H) born March 6, 1866; Rose Chandler Paine (H) born December 31, 1868; Russell Sturgis Paine (H) born June 6, 1871; Alice Paine (H) born August 5, 1874. Mary Pickard Paine (G), fourth child, born March 13, 1830, married May 3, 1851 Allyn Weston and died Sep tember 2, 1853. The husband died May 12, 1869. They had one daughter, Annie Sprague Weston (H). George Sturgis Paine (G), fifth child, born June 4, 1833, died unmarried August 2, 1908. Ann Cushing Sturgis Paine (G), sixth child, born March 5, 1836 and died unmarried November 19, 1873. 74 THOMAS STURGIS (E) LINE Sixth Generation Only the eighth and ninth children of Thomas Sturgis (E) and Elizabeth Jackson, left descendants. Russell Sturgis (F) born December 6, 1804, the eighth child, early became a resident of New York City and on December 21, 1835, married Margaret Dawes Appleton. He died in New York May 7, 1872 and his widow surviv ing him died January 2, 1882. Their children were: Russell (G) born October 16, 1836; Appleton (G) born June 2, 1842; Edward (G) born in November 1845. Seventh Generation CHILDREN OF RUSSELL STURGIS (F) AND MARGARET DAWES APPLETON, His WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Russell Sturgis (G), eldest child, born October 16, 1836, married May 26, 1864 Sarah Maria Barney. He died February 11, 1909 and his widow surviving him died May 1, 1910. Their children were: Margaret Barney (H) born April 2, 1865; Danford Newton Barney (H) born October 29, 1866; a twin brother of this Danford died in infancy; Beatrice Cynthia Barney (H) born February 6, 1868; Sarah Barney (H) born March 29, 1871; Lyman Barney (H) and Edward Barney (H), twin brothers, born March 24, 1873. Appleton Sturgis (G), second child, born June 2, 1842, married June 4, 1870 Emily Lamb Eliot of New Bedford, who died November 22, 1892. He died in New York August 21, 1900. Their children were: Elizabeth Man dell (H) born October 13, 1871; Russell (H) born De cember 28, 1873; Dawes Eliot (H) born November 1, 1875; Arthur Barney (H) born November 16, 1878. 75 Edward Sturgis (G), third child, born in November 1845, was killed in battle in May 1864 being only eighteen years old. Eighth Generation CHILDREN OF RUSSELL STURGIS (G) AND SARAH MARIA BARNEY, His WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Margaret Barney Sturgis (H) the eldest child, born April 2, 1865, married May 21, 1896, Hector W. Thomas. They have no children. Danford Newton Barney Sturgis (H), the second child, born October 29, 1866, married September 4, 1899, Minna Washington Thomas and died August 19, 1911, his widow surviving him. They had no children. A twin brother, third child, died in infancy. Beatrice Cynthia Barney Sturgis (H), fourth child, born February 6, 1868, married May 10, 1892, Philip Golden Bartlett of New York. Their children are: Pris cilla Alden Bartlett (I) born January 22, 1895; Russell Sturgis Bartlett (I) born September 25, 1896; Julia McMahon Bartlett (I) born May 4, 1898; Philip Golden Bartlett Jr. (I) born November 21, 1904; Sarah Barney Bartlett (I) born November 2, 1907. Sarah Barney Sturgis (H), fifth child, born March 29, 1871 and is unmarried. Lyman Barney Sturgis (H) and Edward Barney Sturgis (H), sixth and seventh children, are twin brothers, born March 24, 1873. The former married September 28, 1905, Agnes Hedley Hazard and has no children. The latter is unmarried. CHILDREN OF APPLETON STURGIS (G) AND EMILY LAMB EuoT, His WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Elizabeth Mandell Sturgis (H), eldest child, born October 13, 1871 is a physician by profession and is un married. Russell Sturgis (H), second child, born December 28, 1873, married January 15, 1901, Lynda Belle Hicks of 76, Brooklyn. They have one daughter, Helen Elizabeth (I) born January 25, 1905. Dawes Eliot Sturgis (H), third child, born November 1, 1875, married first Ellen Katharine Stewart, May 12, 1903. They had three daughters, Daisy Eliot (I) born January 19, 1904; Ellen Katharine (I) born March 26, 1905; Frances (I) born March 12, 1906. The first wife died April 29, 1910 and Dawes Eliot Sturgis (H) married for his second wife on June 25, 1913, his former wife's first cousin, Frances Alma Bryan. There are no children of this marriage. The family live in Houston, Texas. Arthur Barney Sturgis (H), fourth child, born No vember 16, 1878, is now known as Arthur Sturgis, having dropped the name Barney. He is a civil engineer in Boston with a residence in Brookline. He married Emily Francis Dodge of New Bedford on October 24, 1903. They have three children: Arthur Sturgis Jr. (I) born December 7, 1904; Anna Dodge (I) born February 28, 1906; and Mary Eliot (I) born July 29, 1907. DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM STURGIS (F) AND ELIZABETH KNIGHT HINCKLEY Sixth Generation William Sturgis (F), ninth child of Thomas Sturgis (E) and Elizabeth Jackson, was born September 1, 1806 and early became a resident of New York. He married for his first wife at Hingham, Mass., December 8, 1831, Elizabeth Knight Hinckley, who was the daughter of Hannah Sturgis (F), sister of Captain William Sturgis (F), and Isaac Hinckley, this William Sturgis (F) being the first cousin of his wife's mother. The wife died September 17, 1849. Their children were: Helen Russell (G) born November 20, 1832; Annie (G) born September 4, 1834; Elizabeth Jackson (G) born January 10, 1837; Charlotte Hinckley (G) born June 16, 1841; William (G) born December 3, 1842; Thomas (G) born April 30, 1846; Francis Knight (G) born September 19, 1847. 77 William Sturgis (F) married for a second wife Catherine Gore Torrey in Boston, December 23, 1857. She died September 12, 1863. Their children were: Fanny Tor rey (G) born April 12, 1859; Elliot Torrey (G) born September 12, 1863. William Sturgis (F) married for a third wife Jane Lay McChesney, June 26, 1873. She died September 30, 1876. There was no issue of this marriage. William Sturgis (F) died in New York, January 101 1895 in his eighty-sixth year. Seventh Generation CHILDREN OF w ILLIAM STURGIS (F) AND ELIZABETH KNIGHT HINCKLEY His FmsT WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN Helen Russell Sturgis (G), the eldest child, born No vember 20, 1832, died May 19, 1844. Annie Sturgis (G), the second child, born September 4, 1834, married in December, 1870, Pliny Freeman of New York and died without issue June 26, 1882. Elizabeth Jackson Sturgis (G), third child, born Jan uary 10, 1837, married June 1, 1864, Newcomb Cushman Barney. Their children were: Newcomb Sturgis Barney (H) born April 29, 1865; Elizabeth Cynthia Barney (H) born February 16, 1868; Sturgis Barney (H) born No vember 5, 1870; Danford Newton Sturgis Barney (H) born February 6, 1876. Mrs. Barney died October 8, 1905. Charlotte Hinckley Sturgis (G) fourth child, born June 16, 1841. Married June 8, 1870, Francis Parker Sise of New York and died without issue March 20, 1901. William Sturgis (G), fifth child, born December 3, 1842, married February 28, 1888, Anna Louise Sprague. Their children are: - Henry Sprague (H) born March 1, 1892; William Jr. (H) born March 14, 1893; Anna Louise (H) born October 22, 1894; Edythe (H) born January 26, 1897, Elizabeth Hinckley (H) born June 19, 1903. Thomas Sturgis (G), sixth child, born April 30, 1846, 78 was for many years a resident of Cheyenne and after wards moved to New York where he served for a time as Fire Commissioner. He married in New York, June 9, 1880, Helen Rutgers Weir and died February 25, 1914. Their children are: Thomas (H) born July 18, 1881; Helen Rutgers (H) born January 31, 1883; William Bayard (H) born September 7, 1885; Reginald Hinckley (H) born October 15, 1888. Francis Knight Sturgis (G), youngest son, born Sep tember 19, 1847, has been for many years prominent in the social and financial life of New York City, a member of the brokerage house of Strong, Sturgis & Co. and served for many years as President of the New York Stock Exchange. He married October 16, 1872, Florence Lydig. There were three children of this marriage who died in infancy. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM STURGIS AND CATHARINE GORE TORREY, His SECOND WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN. Fanny Torrey Sturgis (G), eldest child, born April 12, 1859, is now living in Boston and is unmarried. Elliot Torrey Sturgis (G), second child, born September 12, 1863, married in Medford, Massachusetts, June 27, 1898, Alice McLeod Burbank. They had: Janet McLeod (H) born July 9, 1903; Elliot Torrey Jr. (H) born August 9, 1906. Eighth Generation CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH JACKSON STURGIS (G) AND NEWCOMB CUSHMAN BARNEY, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Newcomb Sturgis Barney (H) the eldest child, died November 26, 1866, in his second year. Elizabeth Cynthia Barney (H), second child, born February 16, 1868, married May 28, 1895, Dr. John Laidlaw Buel of Litchfield, Conn. Their child is: Kath arine Barney Buel (I) born April 8, 1905. 79 Sturgis Barney (H) the third child died August 27, 1872, in bis second year. Danford Newton Sturgis Barney (H), the fourth child, born February 6, 1876, died in New Haven, Connecticut, May 11, 1897. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM STURGIS (G) AND ANNA LOUISE SPRAGUE, His WIFE Henry Sprague Sturgis (H), eldest child, born March 11 1892. William Sturgis Jr. (H), second child, born March 14, 1893. Both are now students at Harvard University. Anna Louise Sturgis (H), third child, born October 22, 1894. Edythe Sturgis (H), fourth child, born January 26, 1897, died January 19, 1901. Elizabeth Hinckley Sturgis (H), fifth child, born June 19, 1903. CHILDREN OF THOMAS STURGIS (G) AND HELEN RUTGERS WEIR, His WIFE. Thomas Sturgis (H), eldest child, born July 18, 1881. Helen Rutgers Sturgis (H), second child, born January 31, 1883. William Bayard Sturgis (H), third child, born Sep tember 7, 1885. Reginald Hinckley Sturgis (H) 1 fourth child, born October 15, 1888. All are unmarried. 80 SAMUEL STURGIS (E) LINE DESCENDANTS OF LUCRETIA STURGIS (F) AND JOSHUA BATES Sixth Generation Lucretia Sturgis (F), second child of Samuel Sturgis (E) and Lucretia Jennings, born July 15, 1788, married November 21, 1811 Joshua Bates of Weymouth, Massa chusetts, afterwards American partner in Baring Brothers & Co., London, England, and died in London, June 22, 1863. Their children were: - William Rufus Gray Bates (G) born July 11, 1815; Elizabeth Anne Bates (G) born in London, June 25, 1820. Seventh Generation CHILDREN OF LUCRETIA STURGIS (F) AND JOSHUA BATES, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN William Rufus Gray Bates (G), eldest child, born July 11, 1815, was killed near London, December 26, 1834, by the accidental discharge of a gun. Elizabeth Anne Bates (G), second child, born in London, June 25, 1820, married December 16, 1838, Sylvain Van de Weyer, Belgian Minister to England, and died August 24, 1878. He died May 23, 187 4. Their children were: - Victor William Bates Van de Weyer (H) born November 20, 1839; Victoria Alexandrina Leopadoria Van de Weyer (H) born June 25, 1842; Albert Sylvain Bates Van de Weyer (H) born January 25, 1845; Evelyn Elizabeth Sturgis Van de Weyer (H) born October 13, 1847; Louisa Maria Augusta Van de Weyer (H) born January 12, 1851; Alice Van de Weyer (H) born Novem ber 22, 1854; Eleanor Frances Weston Van de Weyer (H) born June 12, 1861. 81 Eighth Generation CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH ANNE BATES AND SYLVAIN VAN DE WEYER, HER HUSBAND AND THEIR CHILDREN Victor William Bates Van de Weyer (H), eldest child, born November 20, 1839, married August 6, 1868, Lady Emily Georgianna Craven and is still living. Their children were: - William John Bates Van de Weyer (I) born December 29, 1870; Brenda Van de Weyer (I) born April 14, 1872; Edward Van de Weyer (I) born March 29, 1874; Bates Grimston Van de Weyer (I) born Feb ruary 22, 1876; Margery Van de Weyer (I) born February 13, 1877; Joan Van de Weyer (I) born November 26, 1879; Jean Bates Van de Weyer (I) born August 9, 1881; Elizabeth Bates Van de Weyer (I) born August 9, 1881. Victoria Alexandrina Leopadoria Van de Weyer (H), second child, born June 25, 1842, married January 21, 1864, Henry Brand, afterward 2nd Viscount Hampden and died July 20, 1865, without issue. Albert Sylvain Bates Van de Weyer (H), third child, born January 25, 1845, died unmarried, December 28, 1874. Evelyn Elizabeth Sturgis Van de Weyer (H), fourth child, born October 13, 1847, died May 9, 1883, unmarried. Louisa Maria Augusta Van de Weyer (H), fifth child, born January 12, 1851, died April 5, 1896, unmarried. Alice Van de Weyer (H), sixth child, born November 22, 1854, married August 15, 1878, Hon. Charles Brand, who died August 25, 1912. Their children were: Eliza beth Brand (I) born July 29, 1880; Ruth Brand (I) born March 14, 1882, Eve Brand (I) born December 24, 1884; John Brand (I) born November 24, 1885. Eleanor Frances Weston Van de Weyer (H), seventh child, born June 12, 1861, married September 24, 1879, Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher. They had: Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett (I) born March 23, 1881; Maurice Vyner Baliol Brett (I) born April 24, 1882; Dorothy Eugenie Brett (I) born November 10, 1883; Sylvia Leonora Brett (I) born February 25, 1885. 82 Ninth Generation CHILDREN OF VICTOR WILLIAM BATES VAN DE WEYER (H) AND LADY EMILY GEORGIANNA CRAVEN, His WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN William John Bates Van de Weyer (I), eldest child, born December 29, 1870, married December 17, 1908, Honorable Olive Elizabeth Wingfield. Their children were: Myrtle Clare Van de Weyer (J) born February 7, 1910; Daphne Joan Van de Weyer (J) born April 7, 1911; Jasmine Mabel Van de Weyer (J) born February 15, 1914. Brenda Van de Weyer (I), second child, born April 14, 1872 and is unmarried. Edward Van de Weyer (I), third child, born March 29, 1874. He married Lily Weaver and has no children. Bates Grimston Van de Weyer (I), fourth child, born February 22, 1876. Margery Van de Weyer (I), fifth child, born February 13, 1877. Joan Van de Weyer (I), sixth child, born November 26, 1879. Jean Bates Van de Weyer (I), seventh child, born August 9, 1881. Elizabeth Bates Van de Weyer (1), eighth child, born August 9, 1881. The last five children are unmarried. CHILDREN OF ALICE VAN DE WEYER (H) AND HoN. CHARLES BRAND, HER HUSBAND Elizabeth Brand (I) the eldest child, born July 29, 1880. Ruth Brand (I), second child, born March 14, 1882, married August 19, 1911, John William Dodson, 2nd Baron Bretton. Eve Brand (I), third child, born December 24, 1884. John Brand (I), fourth child, born November 24, 1885. 83 CHILDREN OF ELEANOR FRANCES WESTON VAN DE WEYER AND REGINALD BRETT, 2ND V1scoUNT EsHER, HER HUSBAND AND TIIEIR CHILDREN Hon. Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett (I), eldest son, born March 23, 1881, married October 1, 1912, Antoinette Heckscher of New York. They had: Lionel Gordon Baliol Brett (J) born July 18, 1913. Hon. Maurice Vyner Baliol Brett (I), second child, born April 24, 1882, married January 23, 1911, Florence Hariette Zena Dones. Their children are: Angela Mariel Baliol Brett (J) born October 24, 1911; Anthony Reginald Forbes Baliol Brett (J) born June 18, 1913. Dorothy Eugenie Brett (I), third child, born November 10, 1883. Sylvia Leonora Brett (I), fourth child, born Febru ary 25, 1885, married February 21, 1911, His Highness Charles Vyner Brooke, Raja Muda of Sarawak. Their children are: Leonora (J) born November 18, 1911; Eliza beth (J) born September 3, 1913. DESCENDANTS OF NANCY STURGIS (F) AND PHILIP TEWKESBURY Nancy Sturgis (F), third child of Samuel Sturgis (E) and Lucretia Jennings, born July 17, 1789, married Philip Tewkesbury of Chelsea, Massachusetts, April 8, 1819, and died February 3, 1857. Their children were: - Nancy Sturgis Tewkesbury (G) born September 23, 1819, married John Stowers of Woburn and died April 8, 1907. Thomas Sturgis Tewkesbury (G) born January 1, 1822, died in March 1895. Philip Tewkesbury (G) born October 27, 1823, married in December 1855, Harriet Richardson and died May 20, 1887. Their children were: Frank E. Tewkesbury (H) born March 4, 1856, married Sarah Louisa Anderson in November 1884, now living in Winthrop and have one son Myron W. Tewkesbury 84 (I); and Herbert W. Tewkesbury (H) who married Laura L. Love and has one son and four daughters. Abigail Tewkesbury (G) born January 6, 1827, married Albert Richardson and died June 14, 1858. Sarah Tewkesbury (G) born January 3, 1830, married Horace Richardson and died March 27, 1910. John Sturgis Tewkesbury (G) born August 18, 1834, married Judith C. Gardiner and died August 10, 1905. DESCENDANTS OF ABIGAIL LOVELL STURGIS (F) AND JOHN TEWKESBURY Abigail Lovell Sturgis (F), seventh child of Samuel Sturgis (E) and Lucretia Jennings, born July 11, 1795, married in 1820, John Tewkesbury of Point Shirley, Massachusetts, and died November 3, 1875. Their children were: - Lucretia Sturgis Tewkesbury (G) born September 4, 1822, married Edward Floyd and died August 28, 1902. Charles Sturgis Tewkesbury (G) born in March 1824, died July 29, 1895. Caroline Sturgis Tewkesbury (G) born May 5, 1826, married Edward Magee and died January 17, 1903. Elizabeth Tewkesbury (G) born January 22, 1833, and now living. DESCENDANTS OF ELIZA STURGIS (F) AND BARNABAS TURNER PRATT Eliza Sturgis (F), eighth child of Samuel Sturgis (E) and Lucretia Jennings, born February 12, 1797, married December 16, 1821, Barnabas Turner Pratt of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and died October 3, 1875, having sur vived her husband almost thirty three years. Their children were: - Mary Elizabeth Pratt (G) born April 29, 1823, died October 4, 1851; Harriet Hinckley Sturgis Pratt (G) born April 13, 1825; Samuel Sturgis Pratt (G) born June 3, 1831, died June 28, 1906; Lucretia Augusta 85 Bates Pratt (G) born March 13, 1835, died November 27, 1892. Mary Elizabeth Pratt (G), eldest child of Eli2.1a Sturgis (F) and Barnabas Turner Pratt, born April 29, 1823, married February 27, 1842, Ensign Kimball and died in Chelsea, October 4, 1851. Their children were: - Edwin Kimball (H) ; Albert Kimball (H) ; Mary Frances Kimball (H). Harriet Hinckley Sturgis Pratt (G), second child of Eliza Sturgis (F) and Barnabas Turner Pratt, born April 13, 1825, married Thomas J. Pishon, October 26, 1845. The date of her death is not recorded. Their children were:- Harriet Elizabeth Pishon (H) born July 10, 1846; Josiah Sturgis Pishon (H) born August 23, 1849; Eva Pishon (H) born August 4, 1853; Lucretia Pisbon (H) born May 20, 1857. Harriet Elizabeth Pishon (H), eldest child of Harriet Hinckley Sturgis Pratt (G) and Thomas J. Pishon, born July 10, 1846, married Charles Winthrop Estabrook in Roxbury, Mass., March 3, 1869, and died December 25, 1913. They bad one child: Thomas Winthrop Esta brook (1) born in Roxbury, May 21, 1880, married at Berlin, New Hampshire, June 20, 1906, Miriam P. Lane. Their children are: - Virginia Lane Estabrook (J) born May 18, 1907, died August 21, 1907; Richard Win throp Estabrook (J) born September 14, 1912. Josiah Sturgis Pishon (H), second child of Harriet Hinckley Sturgis Pratt (G) and Thomas J. Pishon, born August 23, 1849, is engaged in selling investment securi ties in Boston and was for many years treasurer of E. H. Rollins & Sons. He married first Mary Elizabeth Emmett of Fairbault, Minnesota, December 26, 1884. She died November 26, 1912. Their children were: -Sturgis Pishon (I) born May 30, 1888; Emmett Pishon (I) born January 18, 1891; Elizabeth Pishon (I) born September 5, 1892. Josiah Sturgis Pishon (H) married second, Emily Maxim Morgan, October 1, 1913. Eva Pishon (H), third child of Harriet Hinckley Sturgis Pratt (G) and Thomas J. Pisbon, born August 4, 1853 and married December 16, 1897, Isaac Newton Longley. 86 Lucretia Pishon (H), fourth child of Harriet Hinckley Sturgis Pratt (G) and Thomas J. Pishon, born May 20, 1857 and married November 7, 1882, Charles Ellsworth Torrey. Their children were:- Ellsworth Pishon Tor rey (I) born August 26, 1884, died October 1, 1884; Ellsworth Pishon Torrey (I) born February 13, 1889, died January 1, 1896. Samuel Sturgis Pratt (G), third child of Eliza Sturgis (F) and Barnabas Turner Pratt, born June 3, 1831, mar ried first, Amanda Temperance Rogers in 1856. They had one son, Albert Sturgis Pratt (H) born January 7, 1858 and married Anna Maria Frederick. He is an elec trical engineer in Boston. They have no children. Samuel Sturgis Pratt (G) married second, in 1865, Lydia Ann Wood, who died in March 1902. They had: Alice Amanda Pratt (H) born October, 1866, who married John Walter Pierce, January, 1888. They had one child, Edna Dorothy Pierce (I) born May, 1890, died January, 1901. Lucretia Augusta Bates Pratt (G), fourth and last child of Eliza Sturgis (F) and Barnabas Turner Pratt, born March 13, 1835, married her brother-in-law, Ensign Kimball, April 9, 1854. Their children were: -Arthur Leman Kimball (H) who married Maud Pratt; Austin Penniman Kimball (H) who married Jessie Colton; Clara May Kimball (H) who married George A. Gillis of Medford, Mass. DESCENDANTS OF SALLY HILL STURGIS (F) AND SAMUEL TEWKESBURY Sally Hill Sturgis (F), twelfth child of Samuel Sturgis (E) and Lucretia Jennings, born November 17, 1800, married Samuel Tewkesbury of Chelsea, Massachusetts, date unknown, and died January 23, 1879. Their chil dren were:- Russell Tewkesbury (G) born August 26, 1833, married a Miss Fenno of Revere and has one son. Emily R. Tewkesbury (G) born December 23, 1837, married Thomas Haggerston and had one daughter. 87 DESCENDANTS OF CHARLES RUSSELL STURGIS (F) AND MARY J. GRAY Charles Russell Sturgis (F), thirteenth child of Samuel Sturgis (E) and Lucretia Jennings, born April 4, 1803, married Mary J. Gray and died at Winthrop, Massa chusetts, February 10, 1870. Their children were:- Susan Brooks Sturgis (G) born January 6, 1846, died in June 1847. Samuel H. Sturgis (G) born March 30, 1848, was for many years engaged in newspaper work in Boston and died August 16, 1896. Sarah Russell Sturgis (G) born September 3, 1853 and now living in Winthrop, Massachusetts. DESCENDANTS OF HANNAH BOURNE STURGIS (F) AND THOMAS FLOYD Hannah Bourne Sturgis (F), fourteenth and yowigest child of Samuel Sturgis (E) and Lucretia Jennings, born May 1, 1805, married Thomas Floyd, date of marriage and death unknown to the editor. Their children were: - Almira Floyd (G) born April 9, 1833, died June 12, 1907. William Bates Floyd (G) born August 23, 1835. Thomas Floyd (G) born November 3, 1838, died March 9, 1914. 88