The Sterling genealogy

396 THE STERLING GENEALOGY
651 t William Canfield Sterling, b. Apr. 6, 1792; m. 1st, Harriet
M. Lee, 2d, Sarah M. Norton.
652 t Harriet A. Sterling, b. June 6, 1794; m. Abial Chapin.
653 t Frederick Augustine Sterling, b. Mar. 18, 1796; m. Caroline
M. Dutcher.
654 tjohn Montgomery Sterling, b.
anne Beers.
Feb. 24, 1801; m. Mari-
655 tElisha Thomas Sterling, b. July 15, 1806; m. Margaret
Tuttle.
656 tTheodore Buel Sterling, b. July 18, 1808; m. 1st, Ruth
Anne Smith, 2d, Amanda Smith.
657 tHenry Dudley Sterling, b. Jan. 11, 1810; m. Amelia
Vanderburgh.
658 t George Washington Sterling, b. Dec. 13, 1812; m. 1st,
Ruth Ann Chapin, 2d, Emeline R. Moody.
659 tAlma Canfield Sterling, b.
Cogswell.
Sept. 17, 1817; m. William J.
254 COLONEL WILLIAM STERLING (brother of the
above), b. at Sterling City, May 16, 1768; m. Sept. 11, 1794,
Jerusha Ely, b. Feb. 17, 1773, at Saybrook, Conn., eldest dau. of
Robert and Jerusha (Lay) Ely 1 of Saybrook.
1 Ely Ancestry
Richard Ely of Plymouth, Devonshire, Eng., emigrated to America about 1662;
settled at Lyme, Conn. His first wife, Joane, d. in Plymouth, Jan. 7, 1660; m. 2d, in
Boston in 1664, Mrs. Elizabeth, wid. of Capt. John C. Cullick, who d. Nov. 12, 1683.
Richard d. in Lyme, Nov. 24, 1684. His son Richard Ely, b. probably in Plymouth in
1656, bapt. there June 19, 1657; m. Mary Marvin (see Marvin Ance try, No. 12),
who m. 2d, Capt. Darnel Sterling. Their son Richard Ely, b. at Lyme, Oct. 27, 1697
m. 1st, Elizabeth Peck, who d. Oct. 8, 1730; m. 2d, Oct. 26, 1732, Phebe Hubbard of
Middletown, Conn., dau. of Robert and Abigail (Adams) Hubbard, great-granddau.
of George Hubbard, an original settler of Hartford, Conn. Richard, Jr., d. Feb. 24,
1777. His son, Ezra C. Ely, b. Jan. 22, 1728; m. Sarah (No. 105) and Ann (No. 89)
Sterling. His son, Robert Ely, b. in Saybrook, Conn., June 26, 1741 ; m. Jerusha Lay
of Saybrook, 2d, Sarah Fleming. He was a farmer, tavern keeper, and a soldier of the
Revolution. His dau. by first m., Jerusha Ely, m. Col. William Sterling of Lyme.
William Ely, son of Richard, the first of Lyme, was judge of the County Court at
New London many years; he was bapt. in Plymouth, Eng., in October, 1647; m.
May 12, 1681, in Lyme, Elizabeth Smith. He d. in February, 1717. His son Capt.
Richard Ely, b. in Lyme, 1690; m. 1st, 1714, Ruhama Thompson, b. 1693, who d.
1726; m. 2d, 1730, Margaret Olcott of Hartford, b. 1705. He d. 1767. His son
Adriel Ely, b. 1744; m. 1st, Sarah Stow of Saybrook, b. 1755, dau. of Jabez and
Anna (Lord) Stow, sister of Anna, who m. Samuel Sterling. (See No. 104.) Sarah d.
1797. Adriel m. 2d, Hepzibah Turner, and d. 1829. His dau. Elizabeth Ely, b. 1784,
in. Erastus Sterling. (No. 259.)
William Ely, son of William and Elizabeth (Smith) Ely, m. 1st, Oct. 25, 1715,
Hannah, dau. of William Thompson, b. 1690; d. 1733; m. 2d, Feb. 19, 1736, wid.