The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 449
Child by first marriage:
1237 tLucy Ann Lord, b. Dec. 5, 1811; m. John Head.
Children by second marriage:
1238 Child, stillborn, May 21, 1820.
1239 William Lord, b. Nov. 9, 1824; m. 1st, Oct. 2, 1861,
Elsie M. Greene, b. in Apr., 1833, dau. of Elisha and
Louisa (Coon) Greene of German, N. Y., who d. at
McGraw, Nov. 24, 1870 ; m. 2d, Jan. 29, 1872, Elmina
Albright, b. Apr. 16, 1833, dau. of Elisha and
Elizabeth (Smith) Albright of Dryden, N. Y. Mr.
Lord is a farmer. Lived in Chenango Co., until 1858,
when he removed to Cortland Co. Living in 1902 at
McGraw, N. Y. No issue.
1240 Isaiah Lord, b. Feb. 22, 1823 ; d. Feb. 6, 1825.
1241 Bubel Lord, b. Jan. 1, 1827 ; d. Feb. 10, 1827.
474 CAROLINE LORD (sister of the above), b. on Lord Hill,
Dec. 13, 1785 ; m. Jan. 7, 1804, Russell W. Stewart, b. at Ston-
ington, Conn., Apr. 14, 1783, son of Nathan and Barbary
(Palmer) Stewart * of Stonington. Russell Stewart was one of the
first settlers of Pharsalia, Chenango Co., N. Y. His brother,
next older, also moved to " York State " but did not remain long,
because of the " wolves and feaver and ague." Russell was one
of the first constables elected at the first town-meeting held for
Pharsalia, Mar. 6, 1827. Mrs. Caroline Stewart d. Dec. 7, 1872.
Children
1242 A son, b. at Pharsalia, Dec. 19, 1804 ; d. Jan. 4, 1805.
1243 Erastus Stewart, b. at Pharsalia, Mar. 27, 1807; m.
Dec. 21, 1838, Eunice T. Baldwin, b. Sept. 12, 1810,
dau. of Elisha and Patty (Spaulding) Baldwin of
German (now Pitcher), N. Y. Erastus d. May 26,
1854. She m. 2d, June 4, 1860, Roswell Crawford.
No issue.
1 Ancestry op Russell Stewart
Lieut. William Stewart (or Steward) was bapt. as an adult in Stonington, Conn.
Feb. 13, 1710; m. May 5, 1713, Sarah Church, who d. Mar. 2, 1745; m. 2d, Mar. 16
1747, Mary Bellows, by whom he had no children. By his first m. he had nine children.
In 1728 he purchased lands north of Stewart Hill, now in No. Stonington. His eldest
child was William Stewart, b. Dec. 16, 1714; m. Dec. 4, 1740, Elizabeth Stevens. He
d. aged about 46. His widow m. 2d, Joseph Palmer. The third of nine children was
Nathan Stewart, b. June 22, 1745; m. May 1, 1768, Barbary, dau. of William Palmer.
He bought out the rights to the old homestead and built a new house. (Hist, of Stonington,
R. A. Wheeler.)