Hope (Taylor) Sturgis (1674 - abt. 1705)

Born 24 Oct 1674 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Sturgis — married about 1693 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Died about 13 Apr 1705 at about age 30 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Biography

Hope was born 24 October 1674, the daughter of Jasper Taylor and Hannah Fitz Randolph.^[1][2]

She married Joseph Sturgis about 1693.^[2]

Children

All recorded as born in Yarmouth:^[3]

1. Jasper Sturges, b 1 Apr 1694; there was a Jasper Sturges of Yarmouth who died 14 Nov 1707.^[4] Such a listing implies he was an adult; this Jasper would have been 13.
2. Temprance b 6 Sep 1696; d 21 Nov 1696
3. Thankfull, b 15 Jul 1698
4. [Ha?]nnah, b 30 Jul 1701
5. female, b 15 Jan 1704/5

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records (database), NEHGS (americanancestors.org - membership required), Barnstable, vol 1, p 63
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Christian, Louise Aymar and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph. (1955). The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom 1630-1950, and Supplement 1955. Copies, Historical Library, Grand Av., Des Moines and Iowa Historical Society Library, Iowa City.
3. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records (database), NEHGS (americanancestors.org - membership required), Barnstable, vol 1, p 8-9
4. ↑ Yarmouth Vital Records, Volume 1, p 132