The Sterling genealogy

268 THE STERLING GENEALOGY
by the side of Capt. Daniel in the Sterling City cemetery. The in-
" Here lyeth the Remains
scription on the stone over her grave is :
of Mrs. Mary Starlin, wife of Capt. Daniel Starlin, who departed
this life October the 16 th 1744 in the 78 th year of her age." 2d:
" Captain Daniel Starling was Married to y e Widdow Mary Beck-
d. probably in the spring or summer of 1661, for in September of that year, Nicholas Jennings
of Saybrook was charged with causing her death through witchcraft. Matthew,
younger brother of Reinold, came to New England in 1635. He m. 1st, about 1623,
Elizabeth , b. 1604. He was one of the twelve "very earliest emigrants" whose
names are known among the settlers in Hartford, Conn. ; removed in 1650 to Norwalk,
Conn., being one of the original settlers of that town. Elizabeth Marvin d. in Hartford
about 1640 to 46, and Matthew m. 2d, about 1647, Mrs. Alice, widow of John Bouton
of Hartford. He d. in Norwalk between Dec. 20, 1678, and July 12, 1680.
Reynold Man-in of Hartford, Conn., 1638, removed to Farmington and soon afterward
to Saybrook, Conn., freeman, 1658; d. in 1662 between May 13, the date of his
will, and Oct. 28, the date of the inventory of his estate. His son Reynold, Jr., christened
at Great Bentley, Eng., Dec. 20, 1631, freeman, 1658, deacon in 1670-72-13-
74-76 ;m. about 1663, Sarah, dau. of George Clark, husbandman, of Milford, Conn.,
1639, who d. in August, 1690, leaving a good estate ; in will of Apr. 25, 1690, named a
dau. Sarah, then widow of the famous Capt. Joseph Sill, first wife of Reynold Marvin,
as also five children of her by Marvin. These five children of Lieut. Reynold and Sarah
(Clark) Marvin were: John, b. 1665, Mary, b. 1666, Sarah, Reynold, Jr., b. 1669, and
Samuel, b. 1671. Reynold, Sr., d. at Lyme in 1676 and his wife m. Capt. Joseph Sill,
Feb. 12, 1677, as his second wife and survived him, living as late as May 28, 1702.
By this second marriage she became the mother of Joseph Sill, b. Jan. 6, 1678, who
m. Phebe Lord, dau. of Richard and Elizabeth (Hyde) Lord and had Thomas Sill, the
father of Jemima Sill, b. in 1745, who m. Capt. William Sterling (No. 110). This
Thomas Sill b. Aug. 25, 1717, m. Jemima Dudley; another child, Micah Sill, m.
Azubah Harvey and had Azubah Sill, b. Nov. 15, 1780, m. Sept. 17, 1797, her stepbrother,
Asahel Marvin, b. Sept. 16, 1769, second son of Capt. Timothy and Sarah
(Perkins) Marvin, grandson of Elisha and Catharine (Mather) Marvin of Lyme. The
eldest child of Asahel and Azubah (Sill) Marvin was Sarah, b. May 4, 1799, who
m. Stephen Sterling (No. 419).
Mary Marvin, b. 1666, dau. of Lieut. Reynold and Sarah (Clark) Marvin, m. 1st
Richard Ely of Saybrook and had two sons, Samuel and Richard. Richard Ely, second
son of Richard and Mary (Marvin) Ely, m. 1st, Elizabeth Peck and had by her four
children, m. 2d, Phebe Hubbard and had by her nine children, one of whom Robert,
m. Jerusha Lay and had Jerusha Ely, b. Feb. 17, 1773, who m. William Sterling, son
of Capt. William and Jemima (Sill) Sterling (No. 254).
Richard Ely, probably b. in England, was the son of Richard Ely, b. in Plymouth,
Eng., who came to New England about 1660 ; he was a merchant of Boston, 1664,
removed to Saybrook. His first wife d. before he came to this country; he m. 2d, in
1664, Elizabeth, widow of John Cullick, sister of Col. George Fenwick, who d. Nov.
12, 1683. Richard, Sr., d. Nov. 24, 1684. He had an elder son, William Ely, who was
in the West Indies when the father and brother Richard, Jr., came to this country.
This William afterward settled in Lyme and m. 1st, May 24, 1681, Elizabeth
Smith. His second son by 2d m. was Daniel, who had Mary Ely, b. May 8, 1716,
who m. Benjamin Lee and had for their eleventh child, Lemuel Lee, b. May 3, 1760,
who m. Sarah Sterling (No. 213).
(Walworth's Hyde Genealogy; Lee Family Papers; Hubbard Genealogy; English
Ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin; Ely Genealogy.)