The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 409
751 Vincent Buck Sterling, b. in 1813. A carpenter at Gaylordsville,
Conn. ; d. unm. May 10, 1842.
752 Elizabeth Hannah Sterling, b. in Jan., 1815 ; d. June 8,
1838, unm.
753 t Emily Sterling, b. June 17, 1817; m. Brice W. Weaver.
754 Caroline Sterling, b. in 1821 ; lived on the old homestead
of her father and d. unm. Aug. 4, 1875.
315 DAVID STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Trumbull,
Conn., July 17, 1789 ; m. Mar. 20, 1814, Betsey Waller, b. Apr.
1, 1785, of the Gaylordsville, Conn., family. David was a farmer
near New Milford, Conn. He d. there Feb. 18, 1870. Betsey d.
July 26, 1875.
Children
755 t Sarah Sterling, b. Feb. 24, 1815; m. Samuel H. Barnes.
756 'Homer Sterling, b. Nov. 9, 1816; m. Jane Camp.
757 t Charles Sterling, b. Mar. 9, 1824; m. Nancy V. Flood.
319 ELIJAH STERLING {Sylvanus, Stephen, Jacob, Wil-
liam), b. in Trumbull, Conn., in Jan., 1767 ; m. there May 29, 1785,
Anna Nichols, b. in 1767 in Trumbull. Elijah was a farmer in
Trumbull, occupying the homestead of his father. He d. there
June 16, 1844. She d. Sept. 19, 1851.
Children
758 Nancy Sterling, b. in 1785; d. unm. Dec. 8, 1863.
759 Sylvanus Sterling, b. in 1787 ; m. Polly Beach (No. 789),
b. Oct. 4, 1791, dau. of Dr. James E. and Hulda
(Sherman) Beach. He saw three days service in
the War of 1812, Apr. 14 to Apr. 17, 1814. Sylvanus
Sterling was one of the leading men of Bridgeport,
Conn., in his day. He was member of a firm
of saddlery manufacturers ; was elected president
of Bridgeport Bank in 1838, an office he held for
eleven years ; was elected deacon of the First Congregational
church there in 1831 and served until
his death, July 11, 1848. In 1882 a memorial window
was placed in this building to his memory. Mrs.
Sterling d. Feb. 22, 1866, leaving no issue but a
considerable estate. By her will, the homestead was
given to the First Congregational Church Society
for a parsonage and after providing for friends
the residue was given to the society known us the