Edward Sturges, of Yarmouth

Edward Sturges migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 6, p. 588)

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Disambiguation

Not the same as Edward Sturges, of West Haddon. Edward of West Haddon married Alice and had 4 children: Alice (1619), Mary (1621), Edward (1624), and Rebecca (1626). According to a tablet erected in All Saint's Church in Holdenbury, Alice Sturgis the wife of Edward Sturgis died January 20, 1659, and her husband Edward Sturgis of West Haddon died there on October 22, 1670.

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Biography

Edward Sturgis came, perhaps on the HERCULES with Thomas Hinckley, to New England and settled in Sandwich in the Mass. Bay Colony in 1634. He was in Yarmouth, Cape Cod, in 1639, where he was appointed constable in 1640/1, counted as able to bear arms in 1643, a member of the Grand Inquest of the minister [John Miller] on June 4, 1650 & in 1658 when he represented Yarmouth in a dispute with the Indians, committeeman on affairs of the colony in 1657, and deputy to the general assembly in 1672. In 1646, he was "licensed to keep an oridinary (inn)and raw wyne at Yarmouth". In 1663, he was fined for bringing liquor into town without giving notice so that it could be inventoried and his license was revolked.

He married (1) Elizabeth Munnings and (2) Mary, widow of Zachariah Rider on April 20, 1692 when he was 79 yr. of age. A marriage agreement was drawn on April 20, 1692 to assure the widow Rider the preservation of her property.

Children born in New England:

1. Samuel b. 1638 / 1640
2. Edward ll b 10 May 1642 Yarmouth, Mass married Temperance GORHAM
3. Mary bpt. Jan. 1, 1646 m. Benjamin Gorham
4. Elizabeth born at Yarmouth April 20, 1648
5. Joseph buried March 29, 1650, aged 10 days
6. Hannah b 22 Dec 1654 at Barnstable or Yarmouth Plymouth Colony m. first a Gray & 2nd JABEZ GORHAM
7. Sarah Sturgis b 1656 at Sandwich MA m. Joseph Gorham
8. Thomas b Dec 1659

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References

• From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38585623/edward-sturgis (not entirely accurate)
• https://www.google.com/amp/s/minerdescent.com/2010/06/02/edward-stu...

Immigration: 1634 from England to Charlestown, Suffolk County, MA, USA

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Parentage as far as I know has not been confirmed

Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Mass. 1613- 1695 and his descendants (1914) Roger Foxon, Editor ; Desc of Nathaniel Russell Sturgis, with brief introductory sketch of his ancestors in England and the Mas.. Colony (1900)

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Descendants of Nathaniel Russell Sturgis. With a brief introductory sketch of his ancestors in England and in the

Massachusetts Colony. Boston: Privately Published, 1900. First edition. Limited to only 100 copies. 4to (9.5 x 12), 84 pages. With two pages added and inserted (an errata and addenda). There are additions neatly added in ink. Edward Sturgis emigrated to New England about 1635 and settled in Sandwich. His son, also Edward, later settled in Yarmouth. The listing of descendants goes up through 1899.

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Disputed Origins

http://www.rumblefische.com/ancestors/chap_I465.html

I received a partial copy of "The Sturges Family Story" by Arthur Danforth from Neil Zaccari in June of 2008. Unfortunately the sources were listed in the appendix and were not scanned by him. The book was hand typed and found in the Daughters of the American Revolution [Library]. The book supports the claim that John Sturges is the son of Edward of Yarmouth, but makes the following statement:

"There is some dispute whether John was a son of Edward or a brother or a nephew; Amos Otis, the historian, believes and the preponderant opinion seems to be, that he was a son."

He also make the following statement which would be necessary to connect the two Edward's together as one married an Alice and the other Elizabeth Hickley.

"Edward married Alice or Elizabeth Hinchley"

It is increasingly clear to me that the ancestors of John and Edward Sturgis are not known, and are more than likely not Philip Sturgis of Hannington who was the father of a different Edward Sturgis.

The traditional ancestry of John Sturges is that he was the son of Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth who was the son of Philip Sturgis of Hannington, but this has been shown to be false by Roger Faxton Sturgis in his book "Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Massachusetts 1613-1695 and his Descendants". Briefly, In his will date May 26, 1618, Philip Sturgis left lands in West Haddon to his son Edward. Edward was his first son by his first wife, and therefore would have been born about 1600; the third child, first from the second marriage, was born in 1608. Edward of West Haddon married Alice and had 4 children: Alice (1619), Mary (1621), Edward (1624), and Rebecca (1626). According to a tablet erected in All Saint's Church in Holdenbury, Alice Sturgis the wife of Edward Sturgis died January 20, 1659, and her husband Edward Sturgis of West Haddon died there on October 22, 1670.

Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, however, emigrated to Charlestown in 1634, and married Elizabeth Hinckley about 1639. They had 7 children until about 1652. Elizabeth died on February 14, 1691, and in April of 1692, Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth married Mary _____. He died in Yarmouth in October of 1695.

Edward Strugis of Yarmouth mentions only his son Thomas in his will of 1695 implying that all his other sons are dead. Since John Sturges did not die until 1700, he could not be Edward's son.

Also, Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth would have to have been about 95 years old when he died which his highly unlikely for the period, though not impossible.

From Miner Descent

Edward’s father John STURGIS was baptized on 27 Apr 1578 in Worth, Kent, England, a small village near Sandwich. C.S. Forester’s fictional naval hero Horatio Hornblower was born in the village of Worth, He married Margaret AUSTIN on 28 Nov 1608 in Tilmanstone, Kent, England. John was buried on 23 Jan 1624/25 in Sturry, Kent, England, Great Britain.

Edward’s mother Margaret AUSTIN was born about 1576 in , Kent, England, Great Britain. She died in 1622 in Eastry, Kent, England. She was buried on 3 Apr 1622 in Eastry, Kent, England, Great Britain.

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http://www.dartmouth.edu/~jac/cmc/at01/at01_021.htm

Edward Sturgis d. Sandwich, MA in October 1695. bpt. Woodnesborough, Kent, England on January 30, 1614.

He was chosen constable of Yarmouth in 1640. He was reported to be a man of education and was active in the affairs of the colony and it is said that he owned more plate than everyone else in Yarmouth combined. He was Surveyor of Highways in 1646. In July of 1646, he was liicensed to keep a tavern and draw wine in Yarmouth. In 1650, 1655 and 1658, he was a member of the Grand Enquest.

In 1663, the following record appeared in Plymouth, "In regard to much abuse of liquors in the town of Yarmouth, this court doth call in any license formerly given to Edward Sturgis, Sr. and do require that he forbare to draw wine or liquors for the future without further order from the court." He was elected a Deputy to the General Court in 1665, 1666, 1667 and 1672 and was a selectman of Yarmouth in 1667 and 1670, possibly as a credit to his liberality as a tavern keeper. In 1668, he was ordered to come into General Court to "give reason why he was bringing such great quantities of liquor into the colonie." In 1670, "Edward Sturgis Sen'r is allowed to keep an ordinary at Yarmouth and required to keep good orders in his house in that respect, that rude fellows be not found or suffered there to misdemean themselves." In 1676, Edward Sr. and Edward Jr. were among the largest taxpayers of the town of Yarmouth paying 7£-11s-3d and 6£-14s-1d respectively.

His estate was administered by his son Thomas in 1695.

He m. Elizabeth Hinckley about 1640 in Barnstable, MA.

They had the following children:

 i. Samuel  (~1641-1675) 

ii. Edward (~1642-1678)
iii. unamed (Died as Infant) (~1644-)
iv. Mary
v. Elizabeth (1648-)
vi. Joseph (1650-1650)
vii. John? (~1652-)
viii. Hannah (~1654-)
ix. Sarah (~1656-)
x. Thomas (1659-1708)
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History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts edited by Simeon L. Deyo. 1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co

CHAPTER XVII. pages 453-506. Town of Yarmouth. by Hon. Charles F. Swift pg. 457

Edward Sturgis was a man of wealth and social prominence. He was in Charlestown in 1634, and constable in Yarmouth in 1641. He kept an ordinary and sold large quantities of liquors, which our fathers consumed. His residence was northerly of the old burying ground. He died in Sandwich in 1695. Among his descendants are the late President Quincy of Harvard College, John Quincy Adams, and other distinguished personages.

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http://members.cox.net/trm/SturgisJohn.htm

1. JOHN STURGIS (EDWARD1) was born Bef. April 27, 1578 in Worth, Kent, England, and died Bef. January 23, 1624/25 in Kent, England. He married MARGARET AUSTIN November 28, 1608 in Tilmanstone, Kent, England. She was born Abt. 1588 in Woodnesborough, Kent, England, and died Bef. April 03, 1622 in Kent, England.

http://members.cox.net/trm/SturgisEdwardSr.htm

EDWARD STURGIS, Bet. 1640 - 1642, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; b. Bet. 1613 - 1614, Woodensborough, Kent, England; d. October 16, 1695, Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA.

"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 Phillamore 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. 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, batpized 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 maintain 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, Massachusetts, in 1634, where on January 10, 1634-5 he received 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, Massachusets, 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 hundred years old and moreover, the wife of Edward Sturgis in America was named Elizabeth and not Alice. Moreover 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 January 20, 1659; and Edward Sturgis, her husband, of West Haddon, who died October 22, 1670 (Baker's History 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."

"It is well known that many of those families settling on Cape Cod in the second quarter of the seventeenth century 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 appears in the registers of Woodnesborough 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 Barham 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 of 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 shillings when 18 years old. The name of John Sturges appears at various times in the registers of Tilmanstone, Woodnesborough and Eastry. He married first, by license, 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 (wqoodnesborough Transcripts). . . . 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 probably, he would have been 21 years old when he received his grant of land in Charlestown (supra)."

"Edward Sturgis was a man of wealth and social prominence. He was in Charlestown in 1634, and constable in Yarmouth in 1641. He kept an ordinary and sold large quantities of liquors, which our fathers consumed. His residence was northerly of the old burying ground. He died in Sandwich in 1695. Among his descendants are the late President Quincy of Harvard College, John Quincy Adams, and other distinguished personages."

He is listed as literate (1635 pet), with occupation of innkeeper and husbandman. He is listed as a Church Member in Charlestown in 1634 with offices of "const., sm.". He was said to be in Charlestown in 1634, in Yarmouth, 1639.

Edward was the first Tavern Keeper in Yarmouth. This qualifies his descendants for membership in the "Flagon and Trencher - Descendants of Colonial Tavern Keepers".

"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 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 interest in her husband's estate to his administrators for 23 pounds. The release recites the marriage agreement of 1692 (supra) and recited 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 aforesd 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.' "

He has been said to be the son of Philip Sturgis and his 1st wife. Philip is said to have been the son of Robert Sturigs and ?, from Hunnington, England. Philip died June 18, 1618. Will dated May 26, 1613 or 1618. Proven July 2, 1618. Robert was said to be the son of Roger Sturgis and Agnes of Faxton, England. Robert was buried Jan. 2, 1611. His will dated Aprl 9, 1610. Robert was said to be the son or Richard Sturgis and ?. Roger's will was made 9-4-1579.

"Edward Sturgis was of Barnstable and Yarmouth, Mass. From England to Charleston, Mass. about 1634. Removed to Sandwich and then to Yarmouth in 1639. Was Deputy to the Conn. Assembly. Able to bear arms in 1643. Constable at Yarmouth 3-2-1640/1. Freeman in 1643. Surveyor of Highways 6-2-1646. He waas Selectman at Yarmouth several times. Also several times Deputy to the General Court. Estate probated 11-9-1695."

RECORD:

1. Granville Meader, Ancestor and Descendants of Minnie Charlotte Earle, No date Anundsen Publishing Co. Decorah, Iowa, pg. 200-1. "Edward Sturgis perhaps son of John Sturgis of Woodnesborough, Kent baptized there 30 January 1614 died in 1695 administration of his estate granted 9 November. He was one of the first settlers of Yarmouth, mentioned in April 1639 in an address to the govenor of the province. On Mar 1641 he was elected constable. Plymouth Colony records are full of entries regarding him. He seems to have been a man of education and was active in affairs of the town and colony. It was said that he had more plate in his house than all the rest of Yarmouth. On 7 July 1646 he was lycensed to keep an ordinary and draw wyne at Yarmouth, provided Mr. Thacher draw out his'. On 5 Jul. 1651 he was admitted Freeman. On 2 October 1658 'Mr. William Hedge being psented for treating to have the blod of Edward Sturgis upon some smale difference betwict them the court doe censure him to pay to the counties use the sum of ten shillings'. He married 1) Elizabeth Hinckley early in 1640, baptized at Harrietsham Kent 20 Sep. 1617 daughter of Thomas (q.v) and Ann, first cousin to Gov. Thomas Hinckley (q.v.) with whom she had emigrated; died before 1692; 2) Mary Rider, the widow of Zechariah Rider 20 April 1692. Children: Samuel...Edward...Mary...Elizabeth...Joseph...Hannah or Anne...Sarah...Thomas. Yarmouth VR; Savage 229; Pope "Mass." 440; New England Marriage Prior to 1700 (Baltimore 1985) Clarence Almond Torrey; Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Massachusetts 1613 - 1695 and his Descendants (Boston 1914) Roger Faxton Sturgis 10-18."

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"New England Families: Genealogical and Memorial (Volumes I-IV)" (NEF), Cutter, William Richard, 1913, 1915 (GPC, Baltimore Maryland, 1994, 1995) Page: 333

Sturgis: The first mention of this name was in a French volume published by Abbe Mac Groghegan, which reads: "About the year 815, during the reighn of Conor, who reigned fourteen years, Turgesius, a son of a King of Norway, landed a formible fleet on the north coast of Ireland; and again, about the year 835, a fleet commanded by the same man landed on the west sode of Lough Lea, where he fortified himself, and laid waste Connaught, Meath, and Leinster, and the greater part of Ulster, and was declared king. He reigned about thirty years. Finally the people revolted, and under the lead of Malarlin, Prince of Meath, he was defeated by a strategem and put to death." The first authentic mention is in English history, when William de Turges had grants of land from Edward I., King of England, in the village of Turges, county of Northampton, afterwards called Northfield. The coat-of-arms: Azure, a chevron between three crosses crosslet, fitchee or, a border engrailed of the last. Crest: A talbot's head or, eared sable. Motto: Esse quam videre.

(I) Roger Sturges, of Clipston, Northampton, England, married Alice _____. His will was dated November 10, 1530. Children: Richard; Robert; Thomas; Ellen, married a Raullen; Agnes, married a Hull; Clementia, named in will.

(II) Richard, son of Roger Sturges, married in Clipston. Children: Roger; John, had five children, was living in 1579; Thomas, of Stannion, Northampton county, England.

(III) Roger (2), son of Richard Sturges, was of Clipston, He married Agnes _____. His will was dated September 4, 1579. Children: Robert; John.

(IV) Robert , son of Roger (2) Sturges, was buried at Faxon, Northampton county, England, January 2, 1611. He was church warden at Faxon in 1589, and his will was dated April 9, 1610, and proved September 19, 1611. Children: Philip; Alice.

(V) Philip Sturgis, son of Robert Sturges, was of Hannington, Northampton county, England. His will was dated 1615. He married twice, his second wife being Ann Lewes. Children by first wife: Edward; Robert; Elizabeth. By second wife: Alice, baptized January 17, 1608; Anne, born September 29, 1609; William, born October 10, 1611.

(VI) Edward, son of Philip Sturgis, was born at Hannington, England. He came to New England about 1634 and settled at Sandwich, Massachusetts. He was in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1634, and in Yarmouth, Cape Cod, 1639. He married (first) Elizabeth _____, though one genealogist gives her name as Alice. She died February 14, 1691. He married (second) April 20, 1692, Mary, widow of Zephaniah Rider. She was the first female child born of English parents at Yarmouth. Edward Sturges was constable at Yarmouth in 1640-41, member of grand inquest in 1650, and surveyor of highways in 1651. He was admitted freeman, June 5, 1651, and was committeeman on affairs of the colony in 1657. He was constable in 1662, and deputy to the general assembley in 1672. He died at Sandwich in October, 1695, and was buried at Yarmouth. Children, born in England: Alice, December 23, 1619; Maria, October 2, 1621; Edward, April 10, 1624; Rebecca, February 17, 1636-37. Born in New England: Samuel, 1638; Thomas; Mary, baptized at Barnstable, January 1, 1646, married Benjamin Gorham; Elizabeth, born at Yarmouth, April 20, 1648; Sarah, married Joseph Gorham, who was born at Yarmouth in 1653; Joseph, buried March 29, 1650, aged 10 days; Hannah, married (first) a Gray, (second) Jabez Gorham, moved to Bristol, Rhode Island. Otis thought there was a son John, born about 1624, who went to Connecticut.

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Flood Journal

http://home.comcast.net/~davidwilma/family/flood0010.htm#id1099

393. Roger Sturgis married Alice (--?--).He made a will on 10 Nov 1530 at Clipston, County Northampton, England.5700

Children of Roger Sturgis include:

   383  i.   Richard Sturgis 

383. Richardturgis (Roger)resided at Clipston, England

Children of Richard Sturgis include:

   366  i.   Roger Sturgis

ii. John Sturgis
iii. Thomas Sturgis was born at Clipston, England
366. Roger13 Sturgis (Richard,) married Agnes (--?--) He made a will on 4 Sep 1579 at Clipston, England.

Children of Roger Sturgis ) include:

   342  i.   Robert Sturgis

342. Robert Sturgis (Roger) was buried in Faxton. He was appointed church warden at Faxton, County Northampton, England, in 1589.5469 He made a will on 9 Apr 1610 and was proved 19 Sept 1611.

Children of Robert12 Sturgis include:

     i.   Alice  Sturgis 

302 ii. Philip Sturgis
302. Philip Sturgis (Robert,) was born circa 1570 at England. He married Anne Lewes circa 1696.

He made a will in 1613 at Hannington, County Northampton, England

Children of Philip11 Sturgis ( ) include:

    i.   Robert Sturgis  

ii. Elizabeth Sturgis
242 iii. Edward Sturgis
242. Edward Sturgis (Philip,) was born at Hannington, England. He married Elizabeth (--?--) circa 1618 at England.4271 He died in Oct 1695 at Sandwich, Massachusetts.He was also known as Sturges. He immigrated to Sandwich, Massachusetts, circa 1634 from England.He was appointed constable at Yarmouth in

Children of Edward Sturgis and Elizabeth (--?--) were as follows:

     i.   Joseph Sturgis  died on 29 Mar 1650 at Yarmouth aged 10 days.4280 

ii. Alice Sturgis was born on 23 Dec 1619 at England.
iii. Maria Sturgis was born on 2 Oct 1621
iv. Edward Sturgis Jr. was born on 10 Apr 1624 at England. He married Temperance Gorham (1211), daughter of Capt. John Gorham and Desire Howland
v. Rebecca Sturgis 6 was born on 17 Feb 1626/27 at England
168 vi. Samuel Sturgis was born in 1638 at MA. He married Mary Hedge, daughter of Capt. William Hedge and Blanche Hull , circa 1667.3168 He died on 4 Nov 1674.
vii. Thomas Sturgis was born circa 1640.
viii. Mary Sturgis was baptized on 1 Jan 1646 at Barnstable, Massachusetts
ix. Elizabeth Sturgis was born on 20 Apr 1648 at Yarmouth.
x. Sarah Sturgis was born circa 1650.
xi. Hannah Sturgis was born circa 1652

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"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 Phillamore 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. 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, batpized 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 maintain 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, Massachusetts, in 1634, where on January 10, 1634-5 he received 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, Massachusets, 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 hundred years old and moreover, the wife of Edward Sturgis in America was named Elizabeth and not Alice. Moreover 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 January 20, 1659; and Edward Sturgis, her husband, of West Haddon, who died October 22, 1670 (Baker's History 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."

"It is well known that many of those families settling on Cape Cod in the second quarter of the seventeenth century 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 appears in the registers of Woodnesborough 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 Barham 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 of 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 shillings when 18 years old. The name of John Sturges appears at various times in the registers of Tilmanstone, Woodnesborough and Eastry. He married first, by license, 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 (wqoodnesborough Transcripts). . . . 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 probably, he would have been 21 years old when he received his grant of land in Charlestown (supra)."

"Edward Sturgis was a man of wealth and social prominence. He was in Charlestown in 1634, and constable in Yarmouth in 1641. He kept an ordinary and sold large quantities of liquors, which our fathers consumed. His residence was northerly of the old burying ground. He died in Sandwich in 1695. Among his descendants are the late President Quincy of Harvard College, John Quincy Adams, and other distinguished personages."

He is listed as literate (1635 pet), with occupation of innkeeper and husbandman. He is listed as a Church Member in Charlestown in 1634 with offices of "const., sm.". He was said to be in Charlestown in 1634, in Yarmouth, 1639.

Edward was the first Tavern Keeper in Yarmouth. This qualifies his descendants for membership in the "Flagon and Trencher - Descendants of Colonial Tavern Keepers".
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"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 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 interest in her husband's estate to his administrators for 23 pounds. The release recites the marriage agreement of 1692 (supra) and recited 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 aforesd 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.' "

He has been said to be the son of Philip Sturgis and his 1st wife. Philip is said to have been the son of Robert Sturigs and ?, from Hunnington, England. Philip died June 18, 1618. Will dated May 26, 1613 or 1618. Proven July 2, 1618. Robert was said to be the son of Roger Sturgis and Agnes of Faxton, England. Robert was buried Jan. 2, 1611. His will dated Aprl 9, 1610. Robert was said to be the son or Richard Sturgis and ?. Roger's will was made 9-4-1579.

"Edward Sturgis was of Barnstable and Yarmouth, Mass. From England to Charleston, Mass. about 1634. Removed to Sandwich and then to Yarmouth in 1639. Was Deputy to the Conn. Assembly. Able to bear arms in 1643. Constable at Yarmouth 3-2-1640/1. Freeman in 1643. Surveyor of Highways 6-2-1646. He waas Selectman at Yarmouth several times. Also several times Deputy to the General Court. Estate probated 11-9-1695."

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Edward Sturges aka Sturgis, Turges

Born before 30 Jan 1614 in Woodnesborough, Kent, England

Son of John Sturges and Margaret (Austen) Sturgis

Brother of Alexander Austen [half], Margaret Sturgis, Elizabeth Sturgis and Andrew Sturgis

Husband of Elizabeth (Hinckley) Sturges — married about 1638 (to 1 Jul 1679) in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Rider) Sturges — married 20 Apr 1692 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Father of Samuel Sturgis, Alice Sturgis, Edward Sturgis, Mary (Sturges) Hedge, Elizabeth (Sturgis) Hedge, Joseph Sturgis, Hannah (Sturgis) Gorham, Sarah (Sturgis) Gorham and Thomas Sturgis

Died 16 Oct 1695 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Edward Sturges migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Needs Biography

Biography

Name

Edward Sturges

Birth

1603 Hannington, Northamptonshire, England 1613 Hannington, Hampshire, England[1] Baptism

30 Jan 1613/14 Woodnesborough, Kent, England Event

constable, Elected 2 MAR 1640/1 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[2] asked to be admitted as a freeman 7 MAR 1642/3 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[2] was granted a license "to keep an ordinary and draw wyne" 7 JUL 1646 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[3] was created a member of the Grand Inquest 4 JUN 1650 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[3] Freeman 05 JUN 1651[4] admitted a freeman and created as surveyor of highways 8 JUN 1651 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[3] was appointed as a member of the Grand Inquest 8 JUN 1655 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[3] was appointed to represent in a dispute with the Indians 5 JUN 1658 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[3] constable, Elected 3 JUN 1662 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[3] a Deputy to the General Court 8 JUN 1664 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[5] Deputy to the General Court 1672 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[5] a Deputy to the General Court BET 1666 AND 1667 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[5] Occupation

surveyor of highways 2 JUN 1646 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[2] Selectman of Yarmouth by appointment 1667 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[5] Selectman 1670 Yarmouth, Massachussetts[5] Marriage

1640 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts[6] 1642[7] 1 JUL 1692[1] Immigration

1634 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts BEF 1634[1] 1648[8] Death

16 OCT 1695 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts[9][10] Burial

1695 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts[1] 1695 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts[11] Notes

Edward was born about 1613. Edward Sturgis ... He passed away in 1695. One school says Edward Sturgis Sr. was born and married in Northamptonshire and brought children to America. He married an Alice or Elizabeth. The other school says he was born in Kent and married in 1640 in America, the wife being Elizabeth Hinckley, baptized at Harrietsham, County Kent, England, Sept. 20, 1617; daughter of Thomas and Anna Hinckley and niece of Samual Hinckley. Apparently Elizabeth came to America in the spring of 1635 with Samuel, his wife and four children. (Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Mass., and His Descendents.) Nat'l Soc. of Daughters of Am. Colonists Lineage Books, Supplement 2, follows the Kent theory. Says Edward (1671-1679) married Elizabeth Hinkley (sic) in 1640. Adds from Charleston, Mass., and a deputy to the General Court. The Northamptonshire line theory seems to be the most popular. New England Families by Cutter accepts the Northamptonshire theory. Says Edward came to Charlestown, Mass., about 1634 and was in Yarmouth, Cape Cod, in 1639. He was constable in Yarmouth in 1640-41, member of the grand inquest in 1650 and surveyor of highways in 1651. Admitted a freeman June 5, 1651, and was committeeman on affairs of the colony in 1657. He was constable in 1662 and deputy to the general assembly in 1672. When he died, his large estate was heavily encumbered. Because the estate was "much entangled in debts," his widow, Mary, "not being willing to make ye trouble...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...," according to "Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Mass., and His Descendants." Newspaper clipping, titled: "Who Are You? A Sturgis?" the romance of your name by Ruby Haskins Ellis: "The surname Sturgis or Sturges is derived from the Christian name Turgis (Thurgis), as found in an old document dated 1164 called the Pipe Roll. This name also occurs in the Hundred Rolls of Linclonshire, A.D. 1273. The ancestors of the Sturgis family in America to which this coat-of-arms belongs were settled in County Northampton, England, the line beginning there with Roger Sturges, who's will was dated 1530. Through him was descended Philip Sturges or Sturgis, whose son Edward was the first American immigrant of the family. Edward Sturgis settled first in Charlestown, Mass., where he lived from 1634 to 1636. later he located in Yarmouth, where he at once became an active townsman. He served as constable of the town from 1640-1662 and was deputy to the general court in 1672. He died in Sandwich, Mass., in 1695, but was buried in Yarmouth. Edward Sturgis, Jr., son of Edward and Elizabeth Sturgis ws born in England in 1624, came to America with his parents and grew to manhood in Yarmouth. His estate was valued at L900, quite a large one in those days. He married Temperance Gorham, the daughter of Captain John and Desire (Howland) Gorham, both Mayflower passengers, in 1620. There are today many descendants of Edward living in various sections of the United States." Edward came to this country abt 1634. Bur. Yarmouth, MA. Mary was his 2nd wife. Mary was the widow of Zachariah Rider Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Snow: Page 478 ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sturgis: page 10 ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Sturgis: page 11 ↑ Snow: Page 479 ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Sturgis: page 12 ↑ Yates ↑ Torrey ↑ Filby ↑ Holbrook ↑ Find A Grave ↑ Connecticut Quarterly Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, pp. 588 - 59; by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. Featured Name- Edward Stuges.for subscribers $ Snow, Nora Emma. The Snow-Estes Ancestry (Hillburn, New York, 1939) Vol. 1, Page 478-80 Sturgis, Roger Faxton, ed. Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Massachusetts 1613-1695 and his Descendants (Stanhope press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914) Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012) Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1607-1660. 1988. 600p. : New England; Year: 1648; Page Number: 350 Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004) Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 July 2018), memorial page for Edward Sturges (1613–1695), Find A Grave: Memorial #81322085; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Unknown. Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com. Birth: 1613, Fotheringhay, England Death: Oct. 16, 1695, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts The son of PHILIP STURGIS of Hannington, Northampshire, England, he married ELIZABETH HINCKLEY in 1637 in Faxton, Northampton, England. The Sturgis family can be traced back five generations past Philip Sturgis to William de Turges who received grants of land from Edward I, King of England, in the village of Turges, county of Northampton (later called Northfield). Edward Sturgis came, perhaps on the HERCULES with Thomas Hinckley, to New England and settled in Sandwich in the Mass. Bay Colony in 1634. He was in Yarmouth, Cape Cod, in 1639, where he was appointed constable in 1640/1, counted as able to bear arms in 1643, a member of the Grand Inquest of the minister [John Miller] on June 4, 1650 & in 1658 when he represented Yarmouth in a dispute with the Indians, committeeman on affairs of the colony in 1657, and deputy to the general assembly in 1672. In 1646, he was "licensed to keep an oridinary (inn)and raw wyne at Yarmouth". In 1663, he was fined for bringing liquor into town without giving notice so that it could be inventoried and his license was revolked. He married (1) Elizabeth Hinckley in England and (2) Mary, widow of Zachariah Rider on April 20, 1692 when he was 79 yr. of age. A marriage agreement was drawn on April 20, 1692 to assure the widow Rider the preservation of her property. Children born in England: Alice Sturgis b. Dec. 23, 1619 Maria b. Oct. 2, 1621 Edward b. April 10, 1624 Rebecca b. Feb. 17, 1636/7. Children born in New England: Samuel b. 1638 Thomas Mary bpt. Jan. 1, 1646 m. Benjamin Gorham Elizabeth born at Yarmouth April 20, 1648 Sarah Sturgis m. Joseph Gorham Joseph buried March 29, 1650, aged 10 days HANNAH STURGIS m. first a Gray & 2nd JABEZ GORHAM Family links: Spouse: Elizabeth Hinckley Sturgis (1617 - 1691) Children: Edward Sturgis (1642 - 1678)* Hannah Sturgis Gorham (1654 - 1736)* Sarah Sturgis Gorham (1655 - 1739)* Burial: Ancient Cemetery Yarmouth Port Barnstable, Massachusetts Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook) Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Edward Sturges Sr Event Type: Death Event City: Yarmouth Death Date: Oct 1695 Died in Sandwich and buried in Yarmouth Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Edward Sturges ( - 1695, Sandwich, MA) Gender: Male Marriage 1642 Death Year: 1695 Marriage New England, United States Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Hinckley (1617-1692) The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 50. Greene, Richard Henry Parsons, Gerald James. Gorham Family Ancestors and Descendants of Ephraim Gorham (Rochester, N.Y., G.J. Parsons and L.W. Hagen, 1955) Earl Perry Crandall (deceased), CFA Genealogist, New England Families, (1998 - 2002). Nancy Hauser, former Denison Family Historian, Denison Society, (1998 - 2008). The Connecticut Quarterly (Hartford, Conn., 1897) Vol. 3. Page 238: "Edward Sturges, Senir, d. Oct. 1695, in Sandwich; buried in Yarmouth." Baptism Name: Edward Sturges Event Type: Baptism Event Date: 30 Jan 1613 Event Place: Woodnesborough, Kent, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): Woodnesborough, St Mary the Virgin, Kent Father's Name: John Mother's Name: Digital Folder Number: 004033871 Image Number: 00151 Citing this Record: "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNJ-6QNC : 9 March 2018), Edward Sturges, 30 Jan 1613; from " Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1913," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d); citing Baptism, Woodnesborough, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Citing Canterbury Cathedral Archives, England. Burial Name: Edward Sturges Event Type: Burial Event Date: 23 Jan 1624 Event Place: Sturry, Kent, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): Sturry, St Nicholas, Kent Page: 148 Digital Folder Number: 005265407 Image Number: 00311 Citing this Record: "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNL-54H3 : 13 March 2018), Edward Sturges, 23 Jan 1624; from " Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1913," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d); citing Burial, Sturry, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Citing Canterbury Cathedral Archives, England. Sturgis III, Samuel Paine. Elizabeth Sturgis of Watertown, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., Winter 2020) Vol. 174, WN 693, Page 36.

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Edward Sturges (b. Bet. 1602 - 1607, d. Oct 1695) Edward Sturges was born Bet. 1602 - 1607 in Hannington, Northamptonshire, and died Oct 1695 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.He married Alice Elizabeth Hinchley. Children of Edward Sturges and Alice Elizabeth Hinchley are: +John Sturges, b. 1624, probably England3025, d. 1700, Fairfield, CT.3025.

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References

1. The New England Historic Genealogical Register, The Journal of American Genealogy. Samuel Paine Sturgis III. "Elizabeth Sturgis of Watertown, Massachusetts" Winter 2020, Vol. 174, pp 36-39. < PDF >; (document attached)