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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
===First Generation===
 
===First Generation===
Edward Sturgis (II) was born Yarmouth 10 Apr 1642, son of Edward Sturgis and Elizabeth Hinkley. He died at Yarmouth 8 Dec 1678. He married before 1665 to Temperance Gorham. They had six children before his early death; two daughters and four sons (Samuel, James, Joseph and Edward)
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Edward Sturgis (II) was born Yarmouth 10 Apr 1642, son of Edward Sturgis and Elizabeth Hinkley. He died at Yarmouth 8 Dec 1678. He married before 1665 to Temperance Gorham. They had six children before his early death; Samuel, James, JosephEdward, Thankful & Fear.
  
 
===Second Generation===
 
===Second Generation===

Revision as of 23:20, 29 October 2020

Status summary

Completed as of October 10, 2020:

  • Recruiting direct male-line descendants of Edward Sturgis for NGS/WGS testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact Raymond T. Wing (email: wing.genealogist AT gmail DOT com)

Biography

First Generation

Edward Sturgis (II) was born Yarmouth 10 Apr 1642, son of Edward Sturgis and Elizabeth Hinkley. He died at Yarmouth 8 Dec 1678. He married before 1665 to Temperance Gorham. They had six children before his early death; Samuel, James, Joseph, Edward, Thankful & Fear.

Second Generation

Samuel Sturgis was born about 1665 and diec 12 Jan 1736 in Yarmouth. He married there 17 Oct 1700 Mercy Howes. They had eight children: An infant daughter, Sarah, John, Samuel, Thomas, Hannah, Prince & Mercy/Mary


James Sturgis was born about 1669 and died in Yarmouth 3 Jan 1717/8 in ye 49th year of his age (gravestone). He married Rebecca Thacher. They had at least four children: Elizabeth, Hannah Bethiah & James (died unmarried)


Joseph Sturgis died Yarmouth 16 Mar 1747. He married Hope Taylor and they had at least five children: Jasper, Temperance, Thankful, Hannah & Fear.


Edward Sturgis (III) was born at Yarmouth in 1673 and died there 1 Jun 1738. He married Mehitable Hallet and they had nine children: Abigail, Temperance, Edward, Jonathan, Jerusha, Mehitable (d. young), Benjamin, Mary & Mehitable

DNA results

Previous Y-DNA testing

Family Tree DNA currently does not list any Y-DNA descendants of Samuel Sturgis.

Further needed testing

We need direct male-line descendants of this Sturgis family to WGS/NGS test to discover where this family falls in the Y-DNA tree.

References & External Links