The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 407
making of shoes ; he was an ardent supporter of institutions of
learning, contributing largely toward the establishment and sup-
port of an academy in South Woodstock. Eunice Perkins d.
June 25, 1858 ; Gaius d. Mar. 3, 1870.
Children
738 t Samuel Field Perkins, b. May 12, 1805; m. Mary D.
Mclntyre.
739 Adeline Perkins, b. Aug. 18, 1807 ; d. unm., Feb. 19, 1830.
740 tMarcia Perkins, b. Mar. 1, 1809; m. Galo B. Ralph.
741 Frederick Perkins, b. Oct. 13, 1810; m. Ann Spear, d.
Mar. 23, 1863, in Minnesota; no children.
742 t Charles Dunham Perkins, b. Mar. 23, 1813; m. 1st, Marietta
Benjamin, 2d, Louisa Johnson.
743 Edward Perkins, b. Apr. 9, 1815; d. unm. in 1882.
276 BENJAMIN PERKINS (brother of the above), b. in Lyme,
July 12, 1785 ; m. Azubah Hatch of Wethersfield, Vt., and moved
to western New York in 1817 and afterwards to Illinois, where he
d. Feb. 16, 1870. He was a tailor.
Children
744 James Perkins, d. in infancy.
745 Jane Perkins, m. Samuel Jackson and had eight children.
310 JOSEPH STERLING (Ephraim, Joseph, Jacob, William),
b. in Trumbull, Conn., Wed., June 15; bapt., July 31, 1774;
m. .
He settled in Pitcher, Chenango Co., N. Y., before 1807, for
on Mar. 3, of that year, at the first town meeting held at the home
of Benjamin Fairchild for the town of German, he was elected
collector and with Abel Fairchild constable for the ensuing year.
(P. 380, Hist, of Chenango Co.)
He was appointed lieutenant of a new Militia company for Chenango
Co., Apr. 10, 1805; was promoted to captain Feb. 4,
1812, and resigned before Apr. 20, 1815, when he probably removed
from Chenango county. (Council of App'tm't, Military
Records State of N. Y., 1784-1821.) There is no record of a
settlement of his estate in Chenango Co.
He had at least
746 Polly Sterling, m. Daniel Fairchild, b. in Trumbull, Nov.
13, 1799, son of Benjamin and Dolly (Blackmail)