The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 653
m. 1st, Oct. 31, 1848, Hannah Cunningham, b. at Stockbridge,
Vt., June 30, 1824, dau. of Isaac Sawyer and Charlotte (Ab-
bott) Cunningham, Isaac the son of Robert, son of Thomas, son
of Robert, who came to America from Scotland about 1731.
Hannah d. Feb. 22, 1859, and Seth F. m. 2d, in Lowell, Mass.,
Nov. 26, 1859, Jane Elizabeth Horton, b. in Nova Scotia, Jan.
2, 1832, dau. of John and Rebecca (McClellan) Horton.
S. F. Sterlin was by profession a photographer. This occu-
pation he followed until 1867, when his father d. and the old
homestead farm was divided. Seth's brother took the half on
which were the buildings, and Seth built a new house on the south
half, his portion. Here he d. Jan. 29, 1900. Mrs. Jane Sterlin
was living in 1902.
Children by first marriage:
3078 Harriet Emma Sterlin, b. Dec. 23, 1851 ; d. Feb. 1, 1855.
3079 Flora Annah Sterlin, b. Nov. 14, 1854; m. Oct. 6, 1880,
John Henry Martin, b. Jan. 1, 1837, son of Dexter
and Charlotte (Lee) Martin of Springfield, Vt., who
m. 1st, in Springfield, Nov. 7, 1861, Emily Janet,
dau. of Nathaniel and Annie (Swift) Spaulding, who
d. Mar. 8, 1879, leaving three daughters. Mr.
Martin is a wheelwright, living at Monson, Hampden
Co., Mass.
Child by second marriage:
3080 t William Warland Sterlin, b. June 6, 1862; m. Alice
Miller.
1502 FREDERIC A. PELTON {Betsij, Seth, Joseph, Joseph,
Daniel, William), b. in Woodstock, Vt., Mar. 23, 1821; m. at
Hartland, Vt., Jan. 22, 1849, Jane A. B. English, dau. of Eli
English of Hartland.
Frederic was a pattern and model maker and machinist. He
d. at Ayer, Mass., Jan. 24, 1873.
Children
3081 Louis O. Pelton, b. Feb. 16, 1852.
3081 a Le Roy A. Pelton, b. July 29, 1855 ; lived at Ayer's Junction,
Mass.
1505 GEORGE S. PELTON {brother of the above), b. in Wood-
stock, Sept. 20, 1832 ; m. at Rutland, Vt., Aug. 16, 1853, Char-