The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 475
of French parents, Thursday, May 15, 1756; m. Apr. 1, 1784,
Lucy Green, b. Monday, Feb. 26, 1766, dau. of Jonathan and
Lucy Ann (Angle) Green. Eli followed the sea until late in life
when he removed from Groton, Conn., to Chenango Co., N. Y.)
Elias Widger was a farmer. He lived in the township of Preston,
Chenango Co., N. Y., until 1833, when he removed to South
Otselic, the same county where he d., Oct. 25, 1872. He is buried
by the side of Ruth Atwell at Pharsalia. Mariam (Atwell) Widger
d. at Little River (now Lena), Oconto Co., W r is., Nov. 3, 1887,
and is buried at Oconto, the same county.
Children
1428 Daniel H. Widger, b. Dec. 23, 1822; d. aged 20 mos.
1429 David L. Widger, b. Feb. 12, 1826; d. Mar. 20, 1826.
1430 t Cyrus G. Widger, b. Dec. 18, 1826; m. 1st, Lucy Gibson,
2d, Fanny Adams.
1431 tAlmeda Eliza Widger, b. Oct. 10, 1828; m. David H.
Hitchcock.
1432 Lucy Arlene Widger, b. Feb. 3, 1831 ; m. at Syracuse,
N. Y., Oct. 28, 1891, Charles Gilbert Alton, b. at
Sandy Creek, N. Y., Mar. 18, 1830, son of Charles
Alton, a native of Windham Co., Conn., and Almeda
Wood, b. in Vermont, who were m. Sept. 10, 1820,
and were early settlers at Sandy Creek, where they
d. Charles Alton, Jr., is a carriage and ornamental
sign painter. They resided in 1901 at Laconia,
Oswego Co., N. Y. No issue.
1433 Caroline Amanda Widger, b. Jan. 20, 1835 ; m. at South
Otselic, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1870, Joseph Gardner. They
lived (1901) at De Ruyter, Madison Co., N. Y. ; no
issue; adopted in 1877 a girl baby, b. Sept. 17, 1876.
1434 tElbert L. Widger, b. Jan. 21, 1843; m. Kate Williams.
1435 Lou Frank Widger, b. in Aug., 1857. The last known
of him he was in the State of Washington.
513 DANIEL LEE ATWELL (brother of the above), b. in
Hebron, Conn., Apr. 7, 1804; m. in Oct., 1825, Mehitable June.
He d. in Apr., 1878, in California.
Children
1436 t Alexander B. Atwell m. Mary Bailey.
1437 t Allen Jeffrey Atwell, b. Apr. 16, 1836; m. Mary M. Van
Epps.