Bible: Sturgis, John - Fayette County, Pa. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sam D. Lawson lawson@hsonline.net USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________________ Early Vital Records Daughters Of The American Revolution Bible Records Copies Of Diaries, Letters, And Newspaper Notices Lucas County, Ohio Copied By The Genealogical Committee Of Fort Industry Chapter Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio Laura Prentice Zilah Crother and Patricia Allen Gohring Miss Grace L. Johnson Regent (32998) Compiled Under Direction Of Mrs. George D. Bush State Chairman Genealogical Records Mrs. Alonzo H. Dunham State Regent 1943 LUCAS COUNTY, OHIO LDS 35 MM Microfilm# N-34376 0859777 (Part 4) Page# 108 _____________________________________________________ BIBLE AND FAMILY RECORDS JOHN STURGIS Presently owned by Mrs. Philip STRAUSZ, 2255 Lawrence Avenue, Toledo, Ohio John STURGIS, born in England, in 1749. Leah PHILLIPS, born 7 June, 1751 CHILDREN BORN: Isaac STURGIS No Date Given Philip STURGIS 3 March, 1784 Phineas F. STURGIS 19 February, 1777 Leah STURGIS 1785 John P. STURGIS May, 1791 Jane STURGIS September, 1787 MARRIAGES: John STURGIS in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1775 Leah PHILLIPS in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1775 Isaac STURGIS No Name Given Philip STURGIS Unmarried Phineas F. STURGIS Elizabeth WEST Leah STURGIS Levi HEROD John P. STURGIS Hannah LINCOLN Jane STURGIS Gideon WAY John STURGIS The said John STURGIS born 1749, Enlisted in Capt. Josiah HAMER'S Company of First Pennsylvania Battalion in October, 1775, commanded by Colonel John Philip de HASS under whom he served on expedition in Crown Point and Ticonderoga. He served from October, 1775, to November 13, 1776. His name also appears on the rolls as a private in Capt. Peter HOSLEINS Company, Philadelphia Militia, September, 1781. John STURGIS is also given in list of associations and Militia of City of Philadelphia, a return of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Classes of Chesnut Ward under command of Thomas BRADFORD. Residence during Revolutionary War in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John STURGIS came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from England with his brothers, Nathan STURGIS and Amos STURGIS, settled near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and afterwards living in Philadelphia, married Leah PHILLIPS of Philadelphia, in 1775, and several children were born to them. In 1787, moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, John P. STURGIS was born. John STURGIS, the Revolutionary ancestor, died in Pennsylvania, 14 February, 1822, and is buried in Woodbridgetown Cemetery (Fayette County, Pennsylvania). References: S.B. NELSON'S BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AND HISTORY REF. BOOK OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, RECORD FROM STATE LIBRARY MILITARY SERVICES PENN. ARCHIVES, SIXTH SERIES, VOL. 1, Page 730 PENN. ARCHIVES, SIXTH SERIES, VOL. 1, Page 509 PENN. ARCHIVES, FIFTH SERIES, VOL. 2, Page 73 DEATHS: John STURGIS 14 February, 1822 Leah PHILLIPS 12 February, 1794 BIRTHS: Addison S. VANCE Born Virginia, 1812 Mary A. STURGIS, daughter of John P. STURGIS and Hannah LINCOLN, Born Uniontown, Pa., April, 1818 James Andrew DAVIS, Born 22 September, 1831 Lida Virginia DAVIS, Born Morgantown, W Va., 14 June, 1863 Philip STRAUSZ, Born Winchester, Va., May, 1861 MARRIAGES: Mary A. STURGIS, daughter of John P. STURGIS & Hannah LINCOLN, married Addison S. VANCE, Morgantown, W. Va., in June, 1834 Mariah Virginia VANCE and James Andrew DAVIS, 25 January, 1855 Lida Virginia DAVIS, daughter of James DAVIS and Mariah VANCE, and Philip Burt STRAUSZ, 10 February, 1888 DEATHS: Addison S. VANCE Morgantown, W. Va. 1883 Mary A. STURGIS Morgantown, W. Va. March, 1885 James Andrew DAVIS 11 December, 1920 Mariah Virginia VANCE 3 February, 1925 Philip STRAUSZ 9 August, 1907 Note by submitter, Sam D. Lawson: John STURGIS was the son of Thomas STURGIS and Catherine ROBERTS. He married to Leah PHILLIPS, the daughter of Samuel PHILLIPS and Keziah ABRAHAM. Leah was born 7 November, 1752. She was the Granddaughter of Griffith PHILLIPS. John and Leah are buried in the Woodbridgetown Cemetery in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Anyone knowing more information on the PHILLIPS, DAVIS or the STURGIS families, please, E-mail me, Sam D. Lawson, at: lawson@hsonline.net