Elizabeth Sturgis

NOTE: Elizabeth Hinckley, daughter of Thomas Hinckley & Ann Katherine Hinckley is not the same as Elizabeth Sturgis, the wife of Edward Sturges, of Yarmouth. Recent research (2020) has disproven this relationship. Please refer to Research Notes below for further insight. Thank you.

Biography

Updated 28 February 2024

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Munnings-32

Elizabeth Munnings was born about 1622, based on her age of 12 years in 1634) and baptized at Rattlesden, Suffolk, England on January 27, 1622. She was the daughter of ]]][[Groome-144[[|Elizabeth Groome and her husband George Munnings.12

On April 30, 1634, the following were enrolled as passengers aboard the Elizabeth of Ipswich, bound for New England. They are listed as "George Munning's" age 37, "Elizabeth his wife" aged 41, Eliz[abeth] Munning's" aged 12, and "abigail Munning's" aged 7. [2]The family first resided in Watertown, they moved to Sudbury in 1639 and then back to Watertown by 1641. In 1651 they moved to Boston.

Elizabeth accused a man by the name of Daniel Patrick of accosting her on three different occasions. On one occasion, when she was in her teen years, he put his hand into her bosom and attempted to kiss her. He approached her suddenly a second time and then a third time after she was married. Each time she was able to get away and after the third incident she went to her father's house in Watertown and then, in letter form, she revealed each offense to Governor John Winthrop. Patrick denied the charges.[3][2][4]

Elizabeth's probable husband was Edward Sturges;[4]married by about 1639 since that was the year their first child was born. Robert Charles Anderson in "The Great Migration" says of him, "...a portrait emerges of a very able man, highly respected in his community, but who pushed the limits of acceptable behavior."[2]

Elizabeth's mother, Elizabeth (Groome) Munnings, died sometime before June 23, 1657, as at that time her father married 2ndly to Joanna (_____) Boyer, widow of Simon Boyer.

Elizabeth (Munnings) Sturges died sometime prior to April 20, 1692, probably at Yarmouth, as at that time her husband indicated his intention to marry Mary Rider, widow of Zachariah Rider of Yarmouth.[2]

Edward Sturges, son of John Sturges and Margaret Austen, married (1) Elizabeth Hinckley and (2) Mary, widow of Zachariah Rider on April 20, 1692 when he was 79 yr. of age. A marriage agreement was drawn on April 20, 1692 to assure the widow Rider the preservation of her property.

Children of Edward Sturges and Elizabeth[2]

1. Edward Sturges b. say 1639, m. abt 1664 to Temperance Gorham dau. of John Gorham.
2. Samuel Sturges b. say 1641, m. by abt 1667 to Mary Hedges dau of William Hedges.
3. Mary Sturges bp Barnstable 1 Jun 1646.
4. Elizabeth Sturges b. Yarmouth 20 Apr 1648.
5. Joseph Sturges bur Yarmouth 16 Apr 1650, about ten days old.
6. Thomas Sturges b. say 1656, m. by 1681 to Abigail Lothrop dau of Barnabas Lothrop.

Research Notes

• Samuel Paine Sturgis III in his article published in The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 174, identified Elizabeth Munnings as a likely candidate as the wife of Edward Sturges. Previously his wife was thought to be Elizabeth Hinckley, but research by Robert Charles Anderson indicated she was not Sturges' wife.[5][6] See additional research notes on the profile of Elizabeth Hinckley.
• Giving no source, Roger Faxon Sturgis gives Elizabeth, the wife of Edward Sturges, the death date of 1679.[7]
• In 1914, Roger Faxon Sturgis in "Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Massachusetts and His Descendants" made a "compelling case that Elizabeth, Wife of Edward Sturgis was Elizabeth Hinckley. Based on naming patterns,[2] the identity was accepted until Robert Charles Anderson "pointed out conflicts in his Great Migration Sketch of Edward Sturgis." Mrs. Elizabeth Sturges had been harassed by one Daniel Patrick of Watertown, in her complaint to Governor John Winthrop she mentioned going to her father's house; but her father had never migrated to New England and did not live in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Samuel Paine Sturgis III reviewed Watertown families for the correct Elizabeth, finding only two who were unmarried, born before 1625; Elizabeth Munnings, baptized at Rattlesden, Suffolk on January 27, 1621/2, whose family resided in Watertown from 1634-1639 & 1641 "is a likely candidate" as the wife of Edward Sturgis.[1]
• 1641 Elizabeth Sturgis "made a plain statement of the assaults made on her by Captain Patrick, first at the time when she was a servant to Mr. Cumines and later after her marriage."[7][8]

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References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38604894/elizabeth-sturgis
2. https://www.google.com/amp/s/minerdescent.com/2010/06/02/edward-stu...
3. Ancient Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Barnstable, MA Yarmouth Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts[6] Sources
4. Snow, Nora Emma. The Snow-Estes Ancestry (Hillburn, New York, 1939) Vol. 1, Page 478
5. Sturgis, Roger Faxton. Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Massachusetts 1613-1695 and His Descendants (private circulation at the Stanhope Press, 1914) NEHGR: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.)
6. WikiTree contributors, "Elizabeth Hinckley (bef.1617-)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hinckley-30 : accessed 28 February 2024).
   1. The New England Historic Genealogical Register, The Journal of American Genealogy. Samuel Paine Sturgis III. "Elizabeth Sturgis of Watertown, Massachusetts" Winter 2020, Vol. 174, pp 36-39. < PDF >; (document attached)
   2. Roger Faxon Sturgis, "Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, 1613-1695 and His Descendants." Stanhope Press of Boston (1914) p. 11. see at familysearch.org
   3. Nora E. Snow, "The Snow-Estes Ancestry" Hillburn, New York (1939). Vol. 1, p 478. see at Hathitrust.org
   4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Eben Putnam. "Two Early Passenger Lists 1635-1637" July (1921). Vol. 75 p. 219. subscription
   5. Great Migration 1634-1635, G-H. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003. Sketch of Samuel Hinckley. subscribers
   6. Eben Putnam. "Two Early Passenger Lists." The New England Historical Genealogical Register. (1921) Vol. LXXV, p. 219. see at google.com
   7. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Sketch of Daniel Patrick. p. 1407. subscription
   8. Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. Comments in the sketch of Edward Sturges. p. 593, 594. subscription.
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   1. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ55-96Y : 10 April 2021), George Munning in entry for Elizabeth Munning, 1622.
   2. Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P., Online database, American Ancestors, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010 (Great Migration : accessed 30 November 2017); citing The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. Sketch of George Munnings. subscription
   3. Winthrop Papers, 1638-1644. The Massachusetts Historical Society (1944) Vol. 4, p. 300 - 303.see at hathitrust.
   4. New England Historic Genealogical Register. Winter Issue 2020, Samuel Paine Sturgis III. "Elizabeth Sturges of Watertown, Massachusetts" Vol. 174 p. 36.link
   5. Sturgis III, Samuel Paine. Elizabeth Sturgis of Watertown, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., Winter 2020) Vol. 174, WN 693, Page 38.subscription
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   7. Roger Faxon Sturgis, "Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, 1613-1695 and His Descendants." Stanhope Press of Boston (1914) p. 11.see at familysearch.org
8. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LM96-9SP