Person:William Sterling (14)

Name^[2]	William Sterling
Gender	Male
Alt Birth^[1]	Abt 1633
Birth^[2]	Abt 1637	England
Marriage	Bef 1669	to Elizabeth Unknown
Marriage	19 Dec 1676	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USAto Mary Blaisdell
Residence`^?`	Bef 1684	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	24 Apr 1683	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ann Nicholls
Death^[1]	22 Jan 1719/20	Sterling City, Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United StatesAt home of son, Daniel

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lyme Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
L-2:269.

STARLING, William, d. Jan. 22, 1719, ae 87 y. (Inscription upon headstone)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 William Sterling of Haverhill, Mass. and of Lyme, Conn., and His Descendants, in Sterling, Albert Mack. The Sterling Genealogy. (New York, New York: Grafton Press, 1909)
pp.241-262.

[1]
(p.241) "William Sterling was born, presumably not far from London, England, in 1637. From the inscription on his tombstone in Sterling City, Lyme, Conn., it would appear that he was born in 1632, as it states that he died in 1719, 'in the 87th year of his age.' However, as William gave his age as thirty in 1667 and again as thirty-five in 1672 (NEHGR, Vol. VIII, p.53) we may safely assume that the gravestone inscription is in error."
(p.242) "Sometime before the year 1683 the town [Haverhill] conveyed to William Sterling a lot of about twelve acres. On this ground he erected a house, which stood for many years as an inn. The city hall of Haverhill now stands on its site."