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About William Sterrett, Sr.
Said to have been about three years old when his parents came to America. Removed from Lancaster to Cumberland County about 1750 and settled on the Barrens, north of Big Spring, where he acquired 714 acres of land. He was overseer of the Poor in Dauphin County for several years, and his descendants are generally referred to as the Shippensburg Sterretts. He and his wife were members of the Middle Spring Church in Cumberland County where he contributed to the building of the old stone church in 1781. Married Jane Morrow, dau. of Samuel and Jane Morrow, who died about 1794; mother of his children. Married (2) Molly Duncan, by whom he had no children.
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William Sterrett, Sr.'s Timeline
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1727
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Mount Joy, Donegal, Pennsylvania, United States
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1743
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Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
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1753
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Millcreek, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
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1755
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Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
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1757
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Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
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November 22, 1758
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Ulster, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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1759
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Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
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January 1, 1760
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Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
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1761
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