The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 385
1767, dau. of Moses and Hannah (Selden) Noyes, great-grand-
dau. of the Rev. Moses Noyes, first minister of Lyme (b. 1645 ; d.
1729) and his wife Ruth Brewster Picket. Israel removed to
Sharon, Conn., in 1801, to Buffalo, N. Y., in Oct., 1818, and in
1833 to Cheektowaga, N. Y., where he d. Jan. 4, 1855. Eunice
d. there Oct. 7, 1858.
Children
560 Eunice Ely, b. in 1793; d. in 1844.
561 Hannah Ely, b. in 1794 ; m. in 1824, Samuel Hunn ; d.
in 1858.
562 Judah Ely, b. May 6, 1796; m. Dec. 31, 1822, Irene
Stetson of Dorchester, Mass. ; 2d, in 1835, Harriet
J. D. Fearson; 3d, in 1839, Caroline Courtier. He
was a graduate of Williams College, 1820, of Andover
Theological Seminary, 1823; d. in Philadel-
phia, Penn., Oct. 7, 1843. Had Richard T., d.
young; Ezra Sterling, Augusta E. Ezra Sterling
m. Harriet G. Mason and d. in Fredonia, N. Y., Apr.
15, 1899. He was the father of Richard Theodore
Ely, Ph.D., L.L.D., of the University of Wisconsin,
economist. (National Encyclopedia of Am.
Biog. ; Appleton's Biog. Dictionary, etc.) Ezra
was also father of George Stetson Ely, Ph.D., of
Washington.
569 Israel Noyes Ely, b. in 1798; m. in 1825, Emily Beckwith
; 2d, in 1829, Caroline Fowler ; d. in 1873.
570 Calvin Ely, b. in 1799; m. in 1822, Martha T. Grinncll
d. in 1877.
571 Anna Ely, b. in 1802; m. in 1840, John B. Carpenter;
d. in 1853.
572 Ezra Sterling Ely, b. in 1804 ; m. in 1843, Theresa O.
North.
573 Mary Ann Ely.
574 Enoch Selden Ely.
(Further information regarding the Ely descendants may be
found in the Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Ely of
Lyme, 1902.)
240 SETH STERLIN (Joseph, Joseph, Daniel, William), b. at
Sterling City, Lyme, Conn., Mar. 18, 1763; m. 1st, Dec. 27,
1785, Polly Brewster, b. in 1767, dau. of Ephraim Brewster, a
descendant of Elder Brewster who came over in the Mayflower.