Elizabeth Short (Sawtell) Sterling (1638 - 1675)

Born 1 May 1638 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Wife of William Sterling — married about 1659 (to 6 Feb 1675) in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 6 Jun 1675 at age 37 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

"Elizabeth was born on May 1, 1638.^[1] at Watertown (Vital Records); by elimination, she is undoubtedly the daughter who mar. _____ Sterling and was dead by 1692 per her father's will. Her husband is probably Daniel Sterling, who was at the Groton garrison in 1675 (Bodge). A Daniel Sterling was taxed in 1688 as a single person at Little Cambridge (now Newton, Mass.) and died in 1690 in the disastrous expedition to Quebec, evidently unmarried, leaving a nuncupative will bequeathing all to two friends (The Register 31:304; Middlesex County Probate, No. 21196). He would probably be a son. Perhaps another child was Sarah Sterling who mar. Ralph Farnum at Andover, Mass., 9 Oct 1685 and d. 12 April 1732, although A.M. Sterling's Sterling genealogy says that she was a daughter of William and b. 4 May 1669." ^[2]

When Elizabeth was about 20 she married William Sterling in 1659 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. The couple had one child: Daniel Sterling.^[3]

Elizabeth died at the age of 37 on 6 June 1675 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.^[3]

She is buried in Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings with the Land Grants and Possessions also the Proprietors' Book also the First Book and Supplement of Births Deaths and Marriage (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1894)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 6
2. ↑ Dale C. Kellogg and John B. Threlfall, "Richard Sawtell of Watertown, Mass.," in NEHGS Register, Vol 126 (Jan 1972): Page 4 - 5 Subscription
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Sterling, Albert Mack The Sterling Genealogy (Grafton Press, 1909): volume 1 Page 213 Richard Sawtell, daughter is named Mary, Page 258 - 260 William Sterling married Mary, son Daniel
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71168284/elizabeth-sterling : accessed 06 November 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Sawtell Sterling (1 May 1638–6 Feb 1675), Find A Grave: Memorial #71168284, citing Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Dr. Andree Swanson (contributor 47094290) .

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