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Edward STURGIS, Sr.

Male - 1695


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  • Name Edward STURGIS 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born Hannington, Northampton County, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Oct 1695  Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • Edward Sturgis Descendants: "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."

      Yarmouth Town Records: "Edward Sturgis: senior of yarmouth died upon the ___ of October: 1695: died in Sandwich: and buried in yarmouth:" (Vol. 3, p. 21)
    Person ID I875  Sturgis
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2018 

    Father Philip STURGIS,   b. Hannington, Northampton County, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth HINCKLEY,   b. Bef 20 Sep 1617, Harrietsham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1691  (Age > 73 years) 
    Married Abt 1640  Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Samuel STURGIS,   b. Abt 1640, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Nov 1674, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years)
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2018 
    Family ID F48  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • STURGIS, or STURGES, EDWARD, Charlestown 1634, but tho. he was resid. there at least two yrs. he was not of the ch. rem. in few yrs. to Yarmouth, where he was count. 1643, able to bear arms, and had address. with others in Apr. 1639 to the Gov. had Mary, bapt. at Barnstable, 1 June 1646; Elizabeth b. at Y. 20 Apr. 1648, Joseph, bur. 16 Apr. 1650, few days old. Prob. he had other ch. and perhaps one was Edward, and one of his s. may have m. Mary, d. of Capt. William Hedge, nam. in his will. [5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S40] Sturges Families of Maine, Sturges, Alonzo W., (Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA, 1900 (1996 Reprint)).

    2. [S48] Edward Sturgis Descendants, Sturgis, Roger Faxton, (Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA, 1914 (2000 Reprint)), Page 18.
      "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."

    3. [S213] Yarmouth Town Records, Town of Yarmouth, MA, (Jay Mack Holbrook).

    4. [S48] Edward Sturgis Descendants, Sturgis, Roger Faxton, (Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA, 1914 (2000 Reprint)).

    5. [S94] Savage, Savage, James.