Elizabeth (Payne) Sturman (1695 - aft. 1734)

Born 1695 in Westmoreland, Virginia

Ancestors

Died after 1734 after age 39 in Fairfax, Virginia

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Biography

Research note - her death date is uncertain.

Excerpt from "The Paynes of Virginia"; https://archive.org/details/paynesofvirginia00payn/page/230/mode/2up

4. ELIZABETH (d. 3) b. @ 1695 We. Co. ; no record of her death. Her father’s will dated 1697/8 referred to her as under sixteen. She m. John Sturman of Cople Par., We. Co. The will of her step-father Daniel McCarty, dated 1724, bequeathed to her a Bible and expressed the wish that she make good use of it. The present non-original record of this will names her as Elizabeth Sherman, which name, according to contemporaneous records of We. Co., clearly should be Sturman. 1728 Elizabeth w. of John Sturman of Cople Par. acknowledged a sale of land by her husband to Augustine Washington. About this time John Sturman moved to Fx. Co., probably in company with his wife’s brother William Payne. 1734 John Sturman witnessed a power of attorney issued by his sister-in-law Mrs. Alicia Payne in Fx. Co., and in 1744 he was candidate for Burgess from Fx. Co. He had at least one child, Richard, mentioned in his father’s will.

STURMAN

Richard and John Sturman of We. Co. were brothers. The former’s will, dated 1668/9 (1669), named w. Rebecca, and children Richard (d. 1691), Valentine, and Margaret. John Sturman had a son John, b. @ 1650, who m(i) Dorcas Norroy (or Norrie) 1671 ; m(ii) @ 1678 Elizabeth, dau. of Patrick and Dorcas Spence; and m(iii) Anna, who was named in his will, recorded in We. Co. 1723. This will stated that testator was 73, and named sons John, who had a son Richard; William, who had a dau. Elizabeth; and Thomas. It named also daus. Neale, Dorcas Sanford, and Jemima (w. of Thomas) Stone.

The last-named John Sturman m. Elizabeth Payne, subject of the above sketch. His brother William m. Sarah, dau. of John Elliott and w. Sarah Foxhall; he d. testate 1732, leaving 4 children — Foxhall, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Martha; his widow m(ii) Wharton Ransdall. William’s brother Thomas d. 1737 We. Co., leaving a will naming sons — Thomas, Richard, William, and Valentine; and daus. — Ann Walker, Dorcas Rafferty, and Jemima. Elizabeth Spence’s sister Eleanor m. Andrew Monroe, his 2nd wife.

The Sturmans lived on the E.S. of Nomini River. They are said to have migrated with the Monroes from Maryland to Virginia about 1647, before the formation of any counties in the Northern Neck. For extended notes on the Sturmans of this period, see W.M. 16 p. 635. See also notes herein on Monroe.

Sources

• *The Paynes of Virginia; by Payne, Brooke, 1872-1938 ; https://archive.org/details/paynesofvirginia00payn/page/n7/mode/2up Publication date 1937; Topics Payne family; Publisher Richmond, W. Byrd Press; Collection allen_county; americana Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center