The Sterling genealogy

342 THE STERLING GENEALOGY
Mrs. Jemima Sterling d. Jan. 12, 1817, and is buried by the
side of her husband. (According to the Church Record of Lyme,
she was not buried till Oct. 19, 1817.) Capt. William's children
are recorded in Lyme records. They are given here, however, in
the form in which he himself entered them in his Bible. From this
personal record, the name of his son Ansel was omitted and is
here supplied from the town records.
Children
252 t« My Daughter Phebe born October y e 15 th , 1763 "; m.
Joseph Marvin.
253 t"My son Elisha born November y e 5, 1765"; m. 1st,
Alma Canfield; 2d, Mrs. Sarah Elliot.
254 t"My son William born May y e 16 teenth A.D. 1768";
m. Jerusha Ely.
255 " My son Thomas Sill born April y e 10 th 1770." He was
a sea captain and was drowned and his body never
recovered. A stone to his memory stands in the
Sterling City cemetery. The inscription thereon
reads : " Erected In Memory of Capt. Thomas Sill
Sterling who was lost at sea July 28, 1797, Aged 27
years. A man enterprising, amiable and courteous."
He was unm. (See Dudley Sterling, No. 258.)
256 t"My Daughter jemime born July the 3 d day 1772";
m. 1st, William Sill; 2d, Benjamin Towne.
257 " My Son Dudley born April y e 11 Day, A.D. 1774: My
son Dudley dyed September y e 18 th 1775 in his 17 th
month "
258 t" My son Dudley born April y e 24 [1776] on Wednesday
about 9 o'clock at night " ; m. Phebe Sill.
259 t«My son Erastus born March the 8 th [1778] on Sunday
at one o'clk in the morning " ; m. Elizabeth Ely.
260 t" My Daughter Clarissa born February y e 18 th [1780]
at about 1 o'clk at night " : m. Calvin B. Fish.
261 t Ansel Starlin, b. Feb. 3, 1782 ; m. Isabella Canfield.
262 t"Micah Starlin born November y e 5 th at one oclock at
night 1784": m. 1st, Elizabeth Bronson; 2d, Ruth
Benedict.
263 t"My son Joseph born November 25 on Saturday at 4
Oclock morning 1786 " ; m. Emelie Cadwell.
Ill PHEBE STERLING (sister of the above), b. at Sterling
City, Apr. 26, 1745 ; m. Jan. 24, 1765, Joseph Church, b. Jan. 14,