The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 485
mond, b. July 8, 1801, dau. of John and Lois (Wood) Hammond
of South Woodstock, who d. Nov. 25, 1854; m. 2d, Oct. 16, 1856,
Almira Hammond, b. at Pom-
fret, Vt., July 20, 1808, dau. of
George C. and Lucy (Payne)
Hammond. George Hammond
was a cousin of William's first
wife, Drusilla.
William was a farmer, occu-
P3 Ting the farm his father first
settled on in 1793. This he
bought from his father Feb. 15,
1826. He was a good singer
and took an active interest in
the affairs of the Christian
church in Woodstock, where he
was made deacon Apr. 26, 1846.
He was also church clerk from
William Sterlin
Dec. 25, 1854, until his death. He d. Feb. 5, 1867. Mrs. Almira
Sterlin d. Aug. 29, 1883.
Children by first marriage:
1496 Horace Franklin Sterlin, b. Apr. 5, 1821; d. June 16,
1824.
1497 William Wallace Sterlin, b. Feb. 10, 1825 ; d. June 29,
1840.
1498 tSeth Franklin Sterlin, b. Oct. 31, 1827; m. 1st, Hannah
Cunningham, 2d, Jane E. Horton.
1499 John Winslow Hammond Sterlin, b. Apr. 7, 1833. He
was twice married ; had one child by first marriage
which d. young; by 2d wife, Livonia, had Herbert
and Lena. He d. in June, 1879.
578 BETSY STERLIN (sister of the above), b. in Woodstock,
Vt., Mar. 28, 1801 ; m. Mar. 5, 1820, Amos Pelton, b. at Chatham
(now Portland), Conn., Feb. 19, 1799, son of Hatzicl and
Hannah (Stiles) Pelton.
Amos Pelton removed with his father to Woodstock where he
passed his life. Betsy (Sterlin) Pelton d. Sept. 25, 1837, and
Amos m. 2d, Apr. 1, 1838, Betsey H., dau. of John M. Call of