Sturgis (Y-DNA)
Contents
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[1] 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: Joseph, Samuel, James, Edward, Thankful & Fear.
Second Generation (all born Yarmouth)
Joseph Sturgis was born about 1664 and died Yarmouth 16 Mar 1746/7. He married abt 1693 Hope Taylor and they had at least five children:[2] Jasper (died young), Temperance, Thankful, Hannah & Fear. Thus it appears there are no Y-DNA descendants of Joseph.
Samuel Sturgis was born about 1665[3] and died 12 Jan 1736/7 in Yarmouth. He married there 17 Oct 1700 Mercy Howes. They had eight children: An infant daughter, Sarah, John, Samuel, Thomas, Hannah, Prince and Marcy (d.y.)
James Sturgis was born about 1669 and died in Yarmouth 3 Jan 1717/8 in ye 49th year of his age (gravestone). He married abt 1690 Rebecca Thacher. They had eight children: Rebecca, Hannah, Bethiah, Temperance, Thankful, Elizabeth, James (died unmarried) and ?Fear (died young). Thus there are no Y-DNA descendants of James.
Edward Sturgis (III) was born in 1673 and died there 1 Jun 1738 in his 66th year. He married Yarmouth 25 Nov 1703 Mehitable Hallet and they had eleven children (born Yarmouth): infant son, Abigail, Temperance, Edward, Jonathan (d.y.). Jonathan (d.y.), Jerusha, Mehitable (d.y.), Benjamin (d.y.), Mary and Mehitable.
Third Generation
John Sturgis was born Yarmouth 6 Nov 1704 and died Barnstable 10 Aug 1759. He married twice, first 5 Sep 1728 Abigail Allen and second Barnstable 9 May 1734 Mehitable DAVIS Hersey Russell. John had eight children by his first wife (Born Barnstable): Samuel 1729/30; John 1731-1752 (unm.), Rebekah 1735, Abigail 1737-1737, Ebenezer 1738/9-1740, Abigail 1740-1740, Hannah 1741/2 and Abigail 1752-1753. By his second wife he had two more children (Barnstable): Sarah 1755 and John 1758-1759. Thus there was only one son (Samuel) who survived to adulthood and married. He had three children, but his only son died young, so no living Y-DNA line.
Samuel Sturgis was born Yarmouth 28 Oct 1706 and died Boston 8 Jul 1767, He married Boston 17 Sep 1734 Lucretia Wendell and they had three children (Boston): Mercy 1735 (not in father's will), Abraham 1736-1736/7 and Lucretia 1737-1737/8. Thus it appears he had no surviving children.
Thomas Sturgis was born Yarmouth 25 Nov 1709 and died there 5 Apr 1739. He married (int. Yarmouth 27 Feb 1735) Rebecca Norton and they had two children (Yarmouth): Prince 1737-1738 and Mercy 1738/9.
Prince Sturgis was born Yarmouth 11 Sep 1715 and died aft Jun 1767 (will of brother Samuel). He married Boston 12 Oct 1738 Elizabeth Fayerweather. They only had one child (Boston): Elizabeth 1761.
Edward Sturgis was born Yarmouth 24 Jul 1710 and died there between his will 17 Apr 1762 and its probate 9 Feb 1773. Edward married Yarmouth 4 Mar 1731 Thankful Hedge and they had six children (Yarmouth): Temperance 1731, Elizabeth 1734, James 1735 (not in father's will), Edward 1737, Abigail 1739 and Samuel 1742 (not in father's will).
Fourth Generation
Edward Sturgis (the only male Sturgis of the fourth generation) was born Yarmouth 24 Jul 1710 and died there before 1773.[4] He married Yarmouth 4 Mar 1730/1 Thankful Hedge and they had six children (Yarmouth): Temperance (1731), Elizabeth (1734), [1] James (1735, not in father's will so likely died young), Edward (1737), Abigail (1738/9) and Samuel (1742 not in father's will).
Fifth Generation
Edward Sturgis was born Yarmouth 27 Jul 1737 and died likely in Vassalboro, ME sometime after the 1810 Census. He married Yarmouth 28 Jan 1767 Mary Basset and they had eleven children (Yarmouth): Mary "Molly" (1767), Abigail (1770), Thankful (1772-1774), Samuel (1772), Thankful (1775), James (1777), David (1779), Olive (1780), Jonathan (1782), Lucy (1785) and Heman (1789).
- ↑ The elder Edward was granted land at Charlestown in Jan 1634/5, believed to have emigrated in 1634.
- ↑ MD 3:248-49
- ↑ Marriage record stated he was aged 35
- ↑ His will, dated 17 Apr 1762 was probated 9 Feb 1773.
DNA results
Previous Y-DNA testing
Family Tree DNA currently does not list any Y-DNA descendants of Edward 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
White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. I (daughter Desire), Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1990, 2008
