The Sterling genealogy

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WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 537
He was four years, from 1854, a director of the Bridgeport
In 1836 he bought of the heirs of Abram Tomlinson the corner
south of the Congregational church in Stratford. The spot is still
occupied by the family and is known as the Sterling Homestead.
Here he spent the last thirty years of his life and died Feb. 13,
1866.
(This sketch of Capt. Sterling's life is from Orcutt's History
of Stratford and Bridgeport, 1886).
Mrs. Catharine Sterling was still living in Stratford (1902).
Mr. Sterling is buried in the Congregational burying place in
Bridgeport, as is the first wife, Mary (Judson) Sterling.
Children by first marriage:
1910 t Sarah Sterling, b. Oct. 28, 1832; m. Robert H. Wetmore.
1911 Mary Judson Sterling, b. in Feb., 1838; d. Sept. 14,
1838.
Children by second marriage:
1912 t Catharine Mary Sterling, b. May 9, 1841; m. Rufus W.
Bunnell.
1913 t John William Sterling, b. May 12, 1844.
1914 Cordelia Sterling, b. Mar. 18, 1846; unm. ; lives in
Stratford, Conn.
794 DAVID STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Bridge-
port, July 9, 1799 ; m. Mar. 6, 1822, Emma Waterman. He was
a printer and later a manufacturer in Bridgeport. He went to
California in 1848 and d. there Aug. 31, 1849.
Children
1915 tEliza Coffin Sterling, b. Aug. 27, 1824; m. William C.
Ellison.
1916 'Robert Henry Sterling, b. Feb. 29, 1828; m. Jane
Wheaton.
796 THE HON. SHERWOOD STERLING (brother of the
above), b. in Bridgeport, May 23, 1803; m. Nov. 6, 1825, Jane
Elizabeth Hawley, b. Sept. 27, 1805, dau. of Aaron and Grissell
(Summers) Hawley. (See No. 41.)
Sherwood Sterling was one of the foremost citizens of Bridge-
port and of Fairfield, where he lived during the latter years of his