The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 313
Trumbull. His father gave him, Nov. 30, 1741, a tract of land
of forty-one acres on Ox Hill, with a dwelling house and barn on
it and his other small parcels of land, one of nine acres adjoining
the first and another near by. He bought of Ebenezer Wake-
lee, Dec. 4, 1746, for £120 10s., ten acres of land adjoining his
own on the north. Two months later, Feb. 1, 1747, he bought of
his father for £250, eighteen acres of land " at white plains so
called " and near his other property.
Mar. 27, 1753, he bought of James Beebee for £625 a parcel
of land " Lying at y e place called Walnut Tree Hill, about 12
acres, bounded North & east & part South on Gregory's land,
West on highway, South in part on highway & Wheeler's land."
He bought of Benjamin and Joseph Phippence, Jan. 15, 1761,
for £136, " a tract of land . . . on y e lower end of Walnut tree
Hill, about 18 acres, togeather with a new dwelling house thereon
& is bounded southerly on highway, easterly by Burrough's land,
Northerly on Waklee's land, Westerly on Said Sterling's own land."
This land, together with two acres more, the house and a barn
" also one acre of land lying on y e South side of highway r
(Wilson) Morehouse of Fairfield, b. 1754-55, d. Jan. 4, 1829. Ezra d. Apr. 9, 1796.
His dau. Ruth Hawley, b. July 5, 1780, m. Philip Sterling (No. 320), son of Sylvanus,
and had George Sterling, who in. Emeline Hawley (No. 765). Ezra Hawley also had
Capt. Wilson Hawley, merchant and sea captain of Bridgeport, who was b. Apr. 15,
1776 ; m. Oct. 3, 1799, Charity, dau. of Capt. Stephen and Mary (Holburton) Summers
of Bridgeport, sister of Mary, who m. Capt. Abijah Hawley. Charity, b. May 9, 1775
d. Aug. 30, 1844. Capt. Wilson Hawley d. Oct. 30, 1846. His son, Capt. Bronson
Hawley, b. Sept. 27, 1800; a sea captain and merchant of Bridgeport; m. May 7,
1826, Rebecca, dau. of Amos and Abigail E. (Shelton) Burr of Bridgeport, b. July 27,
1805. He d. Feb. 12, 1880. Their dau., Rebecca Hawley, b. Oct. 13, 1832; m. Edward
Sterling, son of George and Emeline (Hawley) Sterling, grandson of Philip and
Ruth (Hawley) Sterling.
Ephraim Hawley, son of Joseph the first of Bridgeport, had Gideon Hawley, b.
Jan. 30, 1687; m. Feb. 4, 1711, Anna, dau. of Lieut. James Bennett, b. in 1691;
d. Nov. 14, 1727. Gideon of Bridgeport d. Feb. 16, 1731. His son, Sergt. James
Hawley of Bridgeport, b. Jan. 29, 1713; m. July 18, 1733, Eunice, dau. of Henry
Jackson, b. in 1714; d. Sept. 6, 1796. He d. Oct. 7, 1746. His son, Maj. Aaron
Hawley, farmer of Bridgeport, b. in 1739; m. 1st, Nov. 24, 1759, Elizabeth, dau. of
Capt. and Abigail (Hall) Hawley of Bridgeport, b. in 1737; d. July 8, 1776; m. 2d,
July 10, 1777, Sarah, dau. of John and Deborah (Welch) Comstock of New Milford,
Conn., b. Nov. 12, 1747; d. May 3, 1786; m. 3d, Feb. 28, 1787, Rachel Picket. He
d. July 21, 1803. His son, Aaron Hawley of Bridgeport, b. June 15, 1774; m. (iris- II.
dau. of Capt. Stephen and Mary (Holburton) Summers of Bridgeport (sister of Charity,
who m. Wilson Hawley, and of Mary, who m. Abijah Hawley). Grissell was I.. May 15,
1773; d. Sept. 5, 1853. He d. June 28, 1810. Their dau., Jane Elizabeth Haw ley,
b. Sept. 27, 1805 ; m. Sherwood Sterling, son of David Sterling of Bridgeport.