Bible: Sturgis, John -  Fayette County, Pa.
 
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               Early Vital Records
        Daughters Of The American Revolution
                   Bible Records
        Copies Of Diaries, Letters, And Newspaper Notices
                 Lucas County, Ohio

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             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