Person:James Sterrett (1)

Will Extract

STERRETT, JAMES Rapho Twp, Lancaster County, PA.

August 9, 1808 May 2, 1810

Wife: Sarah Sterrett.

Children: James, Fanny wife of Samuel Woods, William, David, John and Charles.

Grandson: James Sterrett (son of James).

Ex.: Robert and John Sterrett.

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Page 208.--26th August, 1757. Gilbert Mills' will, planter--To son William, note on James Staret living in Refoe township, Pennsylvania; son Alexander, clothes; granddaughter Agnes Mills, residuary legatee. Executors, Isaac White, Edward Hall. Teste: Henry Davis, Eleanor Teas Proved, 16th November, 1757, by the witnesses. Executors qualify, with Alex. Richey, Robert McClehenny.

Notes

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8. James Sterrett (Robert2, Benjamin1).1 Born in 1723 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA.2 James died in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA, on 19 Aug 1808; he was 85.

Will dated 8/19/1808, registered 5/2/1809. A Revolutionary War soldier served as a private in Col. Hugh Peden's Company, Lancaster County, PA2,3. Lived on farm, 250 acres,from his father in 1767, patented 11/3/1761; north of Lancaster/Harrisburg turnpike, 2 mi northeast Mt, Joy.1

James married Sarah Montgomery, daughter of James Montgomery & Frances Crawford. Buried in Buried In A Presbyterian Churchyard Near Reedsville, Pa., Where She Died While Visiting Relatives In Mifflin County.1

They had the following children:

14 i.  James (1758-) 
15 ii.  Frances (1760-1824) 
16 iii.  William (1762-1818) 
17 iv.  Robert (1763-1843) 
18 v.  David (1765-1831) 
19 vi.  Mary (1769-1787) 
20 vii.  John (1772-1816) 
21 viii.  Nathaniel (1774-1807) 
22 ix.  Charles (1777-)