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LINEAGE-INDEX (name) (page) STURGEON: Samuel (the father of:) 7 Q) William (n> Jeremiah ÇIÎ) Samuel QV Henry Qf) Peter (Vil Robert VÏH John I 8 (Â Jeremiah I. 10 ( 1 / Jeremiah II 13 fa> Jeremiah III 15 b. Elijah 15 c. Wesley 15 "¿T. Willis 15 e,. Richard Henry 16 I William Absolum. 48 II Henry Vardaman 71 III George Washington 84 IV Sarah Isabell 89 V Charles Mintor 93 VI Jeremiah Riley 99 VII Martin 106 VIII Otto J08 IX Susan 109 X Curtis. Ill XI Graydon. 112 (jj George Washington. 117 I Martha Jane 118 II John Henry 118 III Mary E. 122 IV Cornelous 122 V Wm. ; . 122 VI David 124 VII A varilla 125 VIII Richard 126 IX Price. 126 X B. F. 126 XI Emma 126 XII Atcha . 126 XIII Anna D 127 'g", Susan 15 iENEALOGJC/M DEPARTMENT . CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS LINEAGE-INDEX (page) STURGEON CONTINUED h. Peter 15 ?i. Averilla 15 © Elijah 129 @. Jeremiah 129 <& Wm. Henry 129 Q. Cyrus 129 @. Alexander , 129 Q. John Thomas e 130 © Emily 130 (g> George Washington 130 Rebecca 12 Matthew 12 § John 12 @ John II 131 CÙ David 131 (2 Nathan 132 G5 John in 133 @ Tamar 133 © Robert 134 Q Samuel 134 (D Robert 134 (Q/ James 135 Q). Jeremiah 136 <2>. James II 138 @. John 139 ®. Squire 142 ©. Obediah 142 © Traux 144 Q). Roily 144 ®. Ransom 144 WEBSTER FAMILY 147 BRUMBACK FAMILY 159 Cornelius Daniel Webster b 17bU-176U Vardaman Webster 1 b 1776-1778 Webster Polly (Mary) ? 5 18U8 Jane (Jenny) Webster i b. 1852 Martin Brumback Peter Brumback Mary E. Webster Martin Brumbacl b. 1750 Emily Brumback Sarah BrumbackJ William Simpson b ca\l800 Elizabeth Simpson Richard Sturgeon b. 1767 b. ca 1830 ? Lettice Lunsford John Sturgeon George Sturgeon "bTTOT Jeremiah Sturgeon Jeremiah Sturgaon John Henry H. S_turgeon b. 1855 John Melton Sarah Jane Melton b. 1833-4 Cornelius Webster Martha Webster (see above) b. 1794 Study this chart and notice that you have double portion of some ancesters. TO THE STURGEON FAMILY This family history has been written at your request. Although I am a "Sturgeon" by marriage and not by birth, I have been very interested in this genealogy and so many of you have asked for the information that I have found, that I felt that it should be printed. Puting a family history together is like working a giant jig-saw puzzle, except that there is never an end. Many of the parts are missing, but I intend to keep searching and I am sure that more information will sur face, so keep in touch with me. As I researched this family, I tried to find a marriage license, or other information to provide documented proof of the relationship of each an cestor and their descendants. However, the Sturgeons were found to be a long line of pioneers who went very early into unsettled territories. For that reason, I have had to rely, in some cases, on curcumstantial evidence or go through the process of eliminating other possibilities in order to reach the conclusions. I will try to explain each of these sit uations as they appear. Please let me know when you can correct any thing or add to what I have. I hope you will enjoy getting acquainted with your ancestors and cousins as much as I have enjoyed finding them for you. Sincerely, Mrs. Charles (Maxine) Sturgeon 123 S. McKinley Enid, Oklahoma 73701 1 CHARACTER AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STURGEONS. As I have seen and know the Sturgeons, there seem to be two distinct types of them that appear to be almost racial. The one is tall, athletic, fair complexioned, with blue eyes and brown hair—Celtic. The other heavier built, red and full fleshed, light haired—Teutonic. But there ar : many traits and peculiarities of character which belong to both. They, as a rule, are conservative, unsentimental, and undemonstrative. They are thrifty, indus trious and honest. They are independent in thought and do not easily change their purposes, plans, or habits. Isaac Hughes Sturgeon, comparing his father's people with his mother's people, the Hunes, found them to be "less inclined to social amenities and duties and to be satisfied if they had plenty of hog. hominy, raiment, and shelter." The women are domestic and make fine wives and good housekeepers, and are especially benevolent and kind to the poor. No poor neighbor will suffer so long as they have anything in their larder. The Sturgeons are inclined to be religious but not devout, although there have been several of the family in the ministry.' Few beggars, paupers or criminals are found of the name. They were originally Presbyterians and Democrats, but there have been many lapses in later years in both their Church and political affilia tions. They have strong vitality and many of them, as will be observed in following out their lives, have lived to good old years. There are two danger points for them; one is the early forties and the other in the early sixties. If they pass these safely, they are likely to go to well advanced years. But their wives and daughters are frequent widows. from "Sturgeons of North America" by Mc Coy 2 €oat of Arms sturgeon "Az three sturgeons naiant in pale or fretty gu"with " a sturgeon fretty gu" above 3 BRIEFLY The family name of "Sturgeon" is not a common name. A large majority of those who have this name in the United States are descendants of Samuel Sturgeon who xmmxgrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania in 1730 withTIT^ eight sons and probably a wife and some daughters. The youngest son was John Sturgeon, born in 1722. John evidently took part in the Revolutionary War but there is no official record. Sometime before 1780, he and his brother Robert, brought their families to north central Kentucky, a land where Daniel Boone had led the first settlers only a few years before. Or perhaps they came along with Boone. John's son, Jeremiah, married and settled down in this area. On today's map of Kentucky, the border of Harrison and Pendleton Counties would be about where they lived. John and his other sons and daughters soon left to live in Shelby County, Kentucky. Some of these, including John, went on south to claim land in Hart County. Others were among the first settlers across the Ohio River into Crawford County, Indiana. Even though the Sturgeon brothers were settled in different areas by 1800. there is much evidence that the family ties were very strong. We find them moving back and forth to live near uncles and cousins. Even the cousins who were raised back in Pennsylvania came later to live near the other Sturgeons in Kentucky and Indiana. Basically, this history concerns the Jeremiah who stayed in the Pendle ton County, Ky. area. His son, Jeremiah , was born in Kentucky in 1780. As explained on page 10, these Jeremiah's will be referred to as Jeremiah I and Jeremiah II. You will notice that there were many other Jeremiah Sturgeons in this family. They loved that name J I Jeremiah Sturgeon II also stayed in northern Kentucky. There is no record of him filing a deed to any land that I have found. It seems that he moved often but not far. His name is found on the county tax list every year, but in different counties from year to year. Each of these ^records say "no land. " In this unsettled area, he could just live there without filing claim and no doubt did. I am thoroughly convinced that Jeremiah Sturgeon II was the father of Wil lis, Richard, George W. , Peter, Susan and possibly others. The following pages will explain why I arrived at this conclusion. 4 THE STURGEON FAMILY BEFORE 1730 Every Sturgeon researcher is indebted to Claudius T. McCoy whose book, "Genealogical History of the Sturgeons of North America" was written in 1926. The following is taken from this book: There is a well diffused tradition among the Sturgeons that their for bears came from Holland to England and thence to Ireland and that the name in Holland was STEER JON, which, by anglicization in England, became Sturgeon. It is also claimed that the linen industry was brought by the Sturgeons from Holland and introduced by them to Ireland, and some of the Sturgeons are said to have old flax hackles, which, they as sert, are heirlooms from their ancestors in Holland. " (There is a will left by a John Sturgeon in 1780 that mentions this - "I give to my wife Saley the woolen wheels and cards and one best flax wheel and hackle. ") ". There is a tradition, that the Sturgeons were originally French Huguenots. ...in 1524, at "Babergh Hundred," there was a settlement of aliens and one Thomas Sturgeon was designated as a Frenchman. This was in Suffolk Co. , England, the home of the Sturgeons, and some of them might well have gone over into Ireland, as the tradition af firms. But the majority of the traditions of the family favor Holland as the ancestral home. The settlement of the Sturgeons in Ireland does not long antedate their migration to America. There were Sturgeons in Dublin in the early part of the seventeenth century and Sturgeons in the counties of Wexford Down, Armagh, Fermanagh, and Monaghan in 1641. " The "Susquahanah and Juinita Valleys in the Revolutionary War, " a book which contains some Sturgeon biography, has this to say: "The Sturgeons were a numerous race in Old Lancaster, (Pa.) settling there, tradition says, between the years 1720 and 1730, three emigrant brothers, William, Jeremiah and Samuel.