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- Disputed Origin
"According to the family tradition, John Sturges was born in 1624, probably England. Nothing is known with certainty as to his parentage. Full records showing his English extraction are said to have been in the hands of his great-great-grandson, Judge Jonathan Sturges of Fairfield, and to have been destroyed, with other family papers, when the Judge's home was burned by the British troops in 1779. It has been surmised that John Sturges was a son of Edward Sturgis, or Sturges, eldest son of Philip Sturgies".
Biography
John Sturges was born in England in 1623 and came to Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1660, in his thirty-seventh year. His name is often spelled Sturge and Sturgee. He bought Richard Fowles' homestead and various other property from time to time until he became one of the large property holders there. He was admitted a freeman, May 14, 1669, and was a selectman the same year. His will, dated March 4, 1697, bequeathed to his son Jonathan the homestead, his sword and variouos parcels of land; to Joseph his fowling piece, long gun and land; to John his little gun; to Deborah, wife of James Redfield, several lots of land and his negro woman Jenny; to his grandson Christopher; son-in-law, Richard Stratton, and children by his daughter Sarah; to daughter Abigail, wife of Simon Couch, his negro boy Jack; the remainder of his movables to be divided between his daughters Deborah and Abigail; to his absent son Thomas. His home was on the northwest side of the highway to Mill Plain. He married Deborah, daugther of John Barlow. Children: Jonathan; Joseph, mentioned below; John, married Mary Goodwin; Thomas; Deborah, married James Redfield; Sarah, married Richard Stratton; abigail, married Simon Couch.
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1624 - 1700 (76 years)