The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 343
1726, in East Haddam, Conn., son of John and Elizabeth (Olm-
sted) Church. They resided at East Haddam; Phebe d. Aug. 1,
1770.
Children, born in East Haddam
264 Calvin Church, b. Jan. 27, 1766.
265 tphebe Church, b. Oct. 13, 1767; m. Elijah Crosby.
266 Joseph Church, b. Apr. 1, 1770; m. 1st, Mary Bailey;
2d, Mrs. Rachel Brooks. He d. in 1840 at East
Haddam. Probably father of Joseph Church, Jr.,
of East Haddam; m. 1st, Apr. 4, 1843, Harriet
Holt; 2d, Sept. 18, 1848, Harriet A. Chalker. Had
by 1st m. Harriet Holt, b. May 24, 1847 ; by 2d m.
Mary Louisa, b. Aug. 6, 1849, and Mariah Jennett,
b. Oct. 22, 1853. (E. Haddam Records.)
112 LYDIA STERLING (sister of the above), b. at Sterling
City, Apr. 1, 1747; m. there Feb. 20, 1766, William Perkins, b. in
Lyme, Thursday, Oct. 20, 1743, son of Abraham and Sarah
(Cogswell) Perkins.
Capt. Perkins, as he was called, was a tanner and shoemaker.
In February, 1793, he removed from Lyme to Hartland, Vt., with
his two sons and a daughter, again removing in 1801 to South
Woodstock, Vt., where his brother-in-law, Joseph Sterling, had
settled twenty years before. Lydia Sterling d. in Lyme, Apr. 11,
1793. William m. 2d, in South Woodstock, Oct. 11, 1813, Mrs.
Irene Smith, wid. of Stephen Smith of Hartland. He d. in South
Woodstock, June 24, 1826.
Children of William and Lydia (Sterling) Perkins:
271 "Elisha Perkins, b. July 25, 1768; m. Mary Ransom.
272 Lydia Perkins, b. June 9, 1770 ; m. John Ransom.
273 t Francis Perkins, b. July 13, 1772; m. Sally Dcnnison.
274 tWilliam Perkins, b. Dec. 22, 1774; m. Mary Bigelow.
275 tGaius Perkins, b. in Sept., 1778; m. Eunice Field.
276 tBenjamin Perkins, b. July 12, 1785; m. Ezubah
Hatch.
(Essex Institute Hist. Collection, Vol. XX.)
113 ABIGAIL KELLOGG (Abigail, Daniel, William), b. in Col-
chester, Conn., Oct. 29, 1736 ; m. Dec. 8, 1757, Joseph Gillctt, b.
Dec. 30, 1725, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Ely) Gillctt of