Person:John Sturges (5)

John Sturges
b.Cal 1624
  • HJohn SturgesCal 1624 - Est 1700
  • WDeborah BarlowEst 1632 - Bef 1697/98
m. Bef 1652
  1. Jonathan SturgesEst 1652 - 1711
  2. Joseph SturgesCal 1654 - 1728
  3. Deborah SturgesEst 1660 -
  4. Abigail SturgesCal 1673 - 1730
Facts and Events
Name[1] John Sturges
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 1624
Marriage Bef 1652 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.
This marriage is not recorded in any published Connecticut Vital Records.
to Deborah Barlow
Will[1] 4 Mar 1697/98
Death[1] Est 1700 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sturges, John, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:592.

    "Sturges, John. Born abt. 1624, d. at Fairfield in 1700; m. Deborah Barlow, dau. of John, who called her Deborah Sturges in his will 1674. He had a legacy in will of Daniel Finch 1667. Testified Nov. 1686, aged 62.

    Will 4 Mar. 1697/8; sons Jonathan, Joseph, John; dau. Deborah Redfield, to whom he gave, a negro boy; gr. son Christopher Sturges; son-in-law Richard Stratton and his five children by dau. Sarah; dau. Abigail wife of Simon Couch, to whom he gave a negro boy; son Thomas, not known to be living, if he return home. [Not recorded; from Files.]"