Mehitable Sterry

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, county of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 419

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Mehitable (Fenner) Blodgett (1686 - 1744)

Mehitable Blodgett formerly Fenner aka Starkweather, Sterry
Born 1686 in Preston, New London, Connecticutmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Thomas Fenner and Dinah (Borden) Fenner
Sister of William Fenner [half], Freelove (Fenner) Stone, Thomas Fenner II, Mary (Fenner) Abbott, Joseph Fenner, Richard Fenner, Sarah (Fenner) Antram, Arthur Fenner, Eleazer Fenner and John Fenner
Wife of Timothy Starkweather — married 18 Oct 1705 in Preston, New London, Connecticutmap
Wife of Samuel Sterry — married 8 Feb 1725 in Preston, New London, Connecticutmap
Wife of William Blodgett — married 31 Mar 1737 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticutmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Mehettable (Starkweather) Birkett, Samuel Starkweather, Joseph Starkweather, Arthur Starkweather, Mary (Starkweather) Blodgett and Roger Chesebrough Sterry
Died 1744 at about age 58 in Preston, New London, Connecticutmap
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Biography

Mehitable Fenner, d/o Lt. Gov. Thomas and Dinah (Borden) Fenner of R.I. She married (1) Timothy Starkweather; (2) Samuel Sterry; 3d Dr. Wm. Blodgett.[1]

Named as a married daughter in her father's will: Maj. Fenner died Feb. 27, 1718, ae. 65 years and 5 months, his will having been made Feb, 19, of same year. In this document he made, due provision for his wife Dinah, and his "poor helpless child Eleazar, bestowed £5 apiece on his three daughters Freelove Westcotte, Mehitable Starkweather, and Mary Abbott, and divided his remaining property between his five sons Thomas, Richard, Joseph, Arthur and John.[2]
Mehitable Fenner m. Timothy Starkweather 18 Oct 1705 in Preston, Connecticut.[3] Timothy Starkweather of Stonington died about 1717. His wife Mehitable administered his estate. Samuel Sterry and Samuel Prentes took the inventory[4]

Samuel Sterry m. his 2d w. Mehitable [ ...] 8 Feb 1724/5.[5]

William, m. Mehetable Steevens*. Mar. 31, 1737 (*note at bottom of page of original manuscript states: "Wm. Blodgett's widow is referred to as widow of Samuel Sterry in probate files of Blodgett estate")[6] When William died about 1739, Mehitable the widow refused to administer his estate leaving it to William's eldest son William.[7]

Children of Mehitable and Timothy Starkweather.[1][8]

1. Mehitabel b. Preston 12 Jan 1706/7 m. 1745 John Birket
2. Joseph b. Preston 8 Oct 1709 m. Anna Starkweather
3. Arthur, killed by lightning b. Preston 1 Jun 1712; living in Prston 1734
4. Mary b. Preston 6 March 1714/5 m. William Blodgett, s/o Dr. William Blodget
. Samuel name in the Fenner Genealogy is probably an error according to the Starkweather Genealogy.
Child of Mehitabel and Samuel Sterry

6. Roger Sterry, town clerk of Preston, Connecticut
Probate of Mehitabel Blogget.

Will dated 29 Sept 1744. Inventory 10 Oct 1744. Son in law William Blogget, executor. Bequests to
Mehitable Burkit, daughter, £30
Mary Bloggit, daughter, looking glass and other goods
Stephen Starkwether, grandson, biggest pewter platter and 20s
Arter Starkwether, grandson, next biggest pewter platter and 20s
Huldah Starkwether, granddaughter, next biggest pewter platter , grid irons and 20s
Timothy Starkwether, grandson, next biggest pewter platter and 20s
Roger Sterry all the rest of her estate, except apparel to be divided by two daughters
Debts were paid to Saml Starkweather, Ebenezer Leonard, David Randale, Theo Stnton, Jn Starkweather, Jo William, Roger Billings, Will Denison, Gidion Safford, Benj Blodgett, Marther Park, James Frink jr, Nath Stanton, Moses Tyler, Ephraim Smith, Joseph Kinnie, Ephraim Herrick, Saml Prentice, Cypryan Sterry, Jn Cook, Saml Harrington for Cyprian Sterry (this is his inherited goods), Joseph Bowdish, Jn Boardman, Nathan Leonard, John Denison. [9]
Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Root, James Pierce. Genealogy of the Fenner Family. (Newport. R.I. 1887) pp. 29, 33
↑ page 28 Genealogy of the Fenner family by Root, James Pierce, 1829-1887 Published 1887. https://ia800300.us.archive.org/28/items/genealogyoffenne00root/gen...
↑ Preston. Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
↑ Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Notes: Probate Packets, Stark, Judith-Sterry, S, 1675-1850. Timothy Starkweather, Stonington, 1717 #5081 New London Prob. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
↑ Preston. Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
↑ Plainfield Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/i/13154/11/234502931
↑ Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, Billings, B-Bolles, Amos, 1675-1850. William Blogget. Preston, 1739, #590, New London Probate.
↑ Starkweather, Carlton Lee. A brief genealogical history of Robert Starkweather of Roxbury and Ipswich, Massachusetts : who was the original American ancestor of all those bearing the name of Starkweather, and of his son, John Starkweather, of Ipswich, Mass. and Preston, Conn., and of his descendants in various lines, 1640-1898 (1904) p. 31
↑ Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, Billings, B-Bolles, Amos, 1675-1850. Mehitabel Blogget, Preston 1744 #589, New London Probate. Accessed at Ancestry ($)

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