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Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Massachusetts 1613-1695 EDWARD STURGIS OF YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS 1613-1695 AND HIS DESCENDANTS ROGER FAXTON STURGIS, EDITOR PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION AT THE $tanbope preee BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 1914 (PlPase paste in your copy of Book) 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<l. nrnw& (;o." 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<lward I, 1293, Henry Abbott, Cirencester, Lord of the Manor of Roth­ well, was empleaded by William de Turgis because the said Abbott did not admit the King's brief by right. From the Herald's Visitation of Bedfordshire in 1582, Harleian Manuscript, No. 2109, page 285, the family of Richard de Turgis iippears, who left two daughters. From the Herald':,; Visitation of London in 1633, Harleian Manuscript, No. 1476, page 109, it appears that Thomas Turgis of Petworth, Sussex, and sometimes Mayor of Chich., married twice. By his first wife he had William Turgis who married Thomasine Ebbotts and by his sec­ ond wife he had Thomas Turgis of London, grocer, who was living in 1633 and who left a son Thomas and a sec­ ond son Samuel, who left a son Simon. 3 The two names of Sturgis and Turgis seem to have been separate and distinct long before 1633. For example, Mr. Somerby found in the Abstract of Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury the will of Richard Sturgis, citizen and fish monger of London, dated July 16, 1470. He left a wife Katherine and sons John and William and daughters Elizabeth and Grace. In Kent however the two names appear to have been used to designate the same persons. In Canterbury Marriage License July 19, 1616 the marriage of Elizabeth Sturges alias Turges, daughter of Edward Sturges alias Turges, is recorded. The three names of Turges, Sturges and Spurges appear in Kentish Records. Other data in the Somerby Manuscripts are as fol­ lows: - John Sturgis of Basingstroke died December 30, 1503; wife Elizabeth and son James. Thomas Sturgis of Clipston in N orthhamptonshire, husbandman, left a will dated October 23, 1570, wife Johan and sons Thomas and Roger. The will gives each of his children's children sixpence. Speaks of his lands and tenements at Bosworth. Thomas Sturgis, being beyond the seas in Barbary, nun­ cupative will gives his mother £200, his sister Elizabeth £150, and the residue of his property to be divided among his brethren. The will was proved by his mother, Alice Sturgis, in 1596. John Sturgys, Esquire, prisoner in the Fleet, by will, dated March 17, 1606, gives all to Cicely Collier, his con­ tracted wife. Edward Sturgis of Clipston, County Northhampton, left a will, dated December 12, 1622, and directed that he be buried in the Church. He gave Matthew, son of his brother John, £10, to brother John Chapman of Faxton £10, to brother Robert £5 a year, appoints his brother John and James, the son of said John, executors. Mr. Somerby also found in the Proceedings in Chancery in the time of Queen Elizabeth, deposited in the Tower of London, that Francis Sturgis, Esquire, was Lord of the Manors of Bullrising and Cranworth, both in the County of Norfolk. 4 He also finds that Robert Sturgis, son of Francis Stur­ gis of Cranworth, County Norfolk, aged seventeen, en­ tered Caius College, Cambridge, May 17, 1584. There are also in the Somerby Manuscripts references to the different parish registers: - In that of Foulshaw, County Norfolk, it appears that July 17, 1604 William Sturges and Mary Wilie were married; that John, a son, died October 15, 1604; Ann, a daughter, September 1, 1606; and that April 13, 1606 another daughter Elizabeth was baptized.
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