Samuel STURGIS

Notes:

SAMUEL, Barnstable, m. 14 Oct. 1697, wid. Mary Orris, whose h. Nathaniel d. 23 Nov. preced. had Nathaniel, b. 8 Jan. bapt. 19 Feb. 1699, d. at 12 yrs.; John, 6 June, bapt. 6 July 1701; Solomon, b. 25 Sept. 1703; Mary, 14 Feb. 1706; Moses, 18 June 1708; Jonathan, 1 Nov. 1711; and Nathaniel, again, 2 Feb. 1715.

"He lived to a great age for his will was not probated until March 2, 1762 (Book 12, p.255)."

"He lived in Boston about 1750 according to a London letter of April 3, 1750 to Samuel Sturgis Esqre., Boston (Bourne Papers)."

Died:
Date of probate of the Will of Samuel Sturgis.

Samuel married Mary ORRIS 14 Oct 1697. Mary was born Abt 1672. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"The youngest son, Nathaniel born 1714, an older son of that name having died in 1711, is undoubtedly the Nathaniel Sturgis "of Barnstable, Yeoman," whose will was proved July 10, 1780 (11-158)."

Nathaniel married Abigail COBB 20 Feb 1734, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Thomas COBB and Rachel STONE) was born 29 Mar 1711, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"Jonathan Sturgis was a Revolutionary soldier, and enlisted in April, 1775, in Captain Hart Williams company, thirty first regiment, commanded by Colonel Edmund Phinney. Colonel Phinney led his regiment into Cambridge soon after the battle of Bunker Hill, and Jonathan Sturgis was among the first to march into Boston after its evacuation by the British." (Alonzo Walton Sturgis, 1900.)

( From Goold's "History of Col. Phinney's 31st Regiment of Foot", Col. Phinney was the first regiment raised in the county of Cumberland in the Revolutionary War.)

"Mr. and Mrs. Sturgis came to Gorham from Barnstable about 1769. He took up and cleared, at what is now West Gorham, the farm (the hundred acre lot, 74) on which he lived and on which he died." (McLellan, History of Gorham, ME, 1903.)

Jonathan married Temperance GORHAM 07 Feb 1765, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Temperance (daughter of Ebenezer GORHAM and Temperance HAWES) was born Bef 20 May 1744, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died 26 Nov 1824, Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"David Sturgis, son of Jonathan, lived at West Gorham on the farm which had been his father's. He married Betsy, daughter of William and Sarah Paine."

David married Betsey PAINE 01 Feb 1806. Betsey (daughter of William PAINE and Sarah MAYO) was born 05 Nov 1785, Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine; died 07 Oct 1864, Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine. [Group Sheet]