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WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 379<br />

usual accessories of fruit-bearing orchards and such architec-<br />

tural structures and facilities as the comtort and welfare of a<br />

farmer's family may require."<br />

" And this is the condition of the well-to-do farmer."<br />

" In 1845 I had the opportunity of visiting the antiquated residence<br />

of my grandfather Samuel <strong>Sterling</strong> in Lyme, Conn. I was<br />

surprised to find that it was but a duplicate of my father's in<br />

Lima, the regulation model of a Colonial farmhouse."<br />

Mrs. <strong>Sterling</strong> d. at Lima Aug. 1, 1853. James <strong>Sterling</strong> d.<br />

there Dec. 27, 1862, where both are buried.<br />

Children<br />

499 f John Chester <strong>Sterling</strong>, b. Aug. 15, 1797; m. 1st, Lucretia<br />

Leach ; 2d, Nancy Crossgrove ; 3d, Ruth Phelps.<br />

500 t James Justin <strong>Sterling</strong>, b. Aug. 23, 1799; m. Caroline<br />

Wright.<br />

501 t Samuel <strong>Sterling</strong>, b. Sept. 29, 1801 ; m. Cornelia Lathrop.<br />

502 Joseph <strong>Sterling</strong>, b. Apr. 30, 1803; m. Feb. 3, 1828,<br />

Esther Carpenter. Joseph settled on a farm at<br />

Three Rivers, Mich., where he d. Nov. 28, 1854.<br />

No issue.<br />

503 tLord <strong>Sterling</strong>, b. May 14, 1805; m. Ellen E. <strong>Sterling</strong><br />

(No. 525).<br />

504 tLucy <strong>Sterling</strong>, b. Nov. 1, 1807; m. Eli Bristol.<br />

505 t Mabel <strong>Sterling</strong>, b. Nov. 3, 1810; m. William Mead.<br />

506 Levi <strong>Sterling</strong>, b. Aug. 14, 1813 ; d. at Lima, Dec. 21, 1829.<br />

507 tAdoniram <strong>Sterling</strong>, b. May 5, 1816; m. Hannah <strong>Sterling</strong>,<br />

No. 526.<br />

218 RUTH PERKINS STERLING (sister of the above), b. at<br />

<strong>Sterling</strong> City, Sept. 27, 1773 ; m. Nov. 11, 1792, Joseph Atwell, b.<br />

in Montville, Conn., Feb. 29, 1768, son of Benjamin and Mary<br />

Ann (Lee) Atwell x of Montville. (Church record for the North<br />

Dorothy Chester, b. Feb. 7, 1781, m. Dr. Ephrakn Fellowes; Anna Chester, b. July<br />

81, 17S3, d. Oct. 26, 1803; Sally Chester, b. Jan. 12, 1785, m. Feb. 24, 1811, Elisha<br />

Forsyth, d. Apr. 17, 1862. {See Samuel L. <strong>Sterling</strong>, No. 524.) Joseph and Elizabeth<br />

Chester reared in their family Ezekiel Fox, b. June 18, 1781, and Lemuel Lee Chester,<br />

b. Aug. 10, 1786.<br />

1 Ancestry of Joseph Atwell<br />

Benjamin Atwell of New London, Conn., 1663; wife Mary; constable of the<br />

town, 1675, d. there 1683; had, the eldest of eight children, Benjamin, b. al out 1668,<br />

m. Mary , d. 1723. His son Joseph, youngest of six children, b. J line 26, 1710; in.<br />

Mar. 27, 1734, Martha Conistock, b. about 1715; dau. of Samuel and Martha (Jon< -<br />

Comstock. <strong>The</strong>ir son Benjamin, eldest of two children, b. 1735; m. Mary Ann Lte

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