The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 291
Joseph received eighteen acres of land " in Stratford, at White
Plains, so called & and it is bounded South Westerly by land sold
this day to him, said Joseph Starling and his wife Easther Starling,
North Easterly by my own land, south on highway and North
Westerly by James Hubbell's land." To Stephen, by one deed,
Jacob gave
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equal % of two tracts of land in y township of
Stratford, the one lying joining on Ireland's Brook, near y
County road, hath an orchard on it & is in quantity about 5 acres
of land & is bounded Sout by y e said brook, north & west on
Charles Burritt's, east on highway. The other piece lyes on y
dwelling house,
east side of y e highway, over against Dan 1
- Summers
about 12 acres," being on the highway and adjoining property
owned by Thaddeus Gregory, Gamaliel French and " y e Hawley's
land."
By the second deed, Stephen bought of his father, for £250,
" a Tract of Land at white plains, so called, y e equal l/ 2 in quan-
tity & quality of the whool 36 acres of land, bounded North
Westerly by James Hubbel's land or a run of water, North East-
erly by Nathaniel Hawley's land, South Easterly by a Highway,
South Westerly by land I have sold this day to my Son Joseph
Sterling." Jacob evidently disposed of his ship yard property
prior to 1757, when he made his will as he makes no mention of
it in that instrument.
Jacob Starling died Jan. 9, 1765. His wife Hannah died June
14, 1756. They are buried in the Old Stratfield Burying Ground,
in the present city of Bridgeport. The inscription on Jacob's
stone reads : " Here lyes Buried the Body of M* Jacob Starling,
Who departed this life Janu ry y e 9, 1765, in y e 88 th Year of His
Age." Hannah's tombstone inscription reads : " Here lyes y e
Body of Mrs. Hannah Starling, wife of Mr. Jacob Starling, who
departed this life, June y e 14 th 1756 in y e 77 th year of her age."
Jacob Sterling's Will
In the name of God, Amen; I, Jacob Sterling of Stratford
in the County of Fairfield and Colony of Conn, in New England,
being in health of body & mind, do make & ordain this my last will
& testament: First & Chiefly I commend my Soul to God, y e Father
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