May  2,  1785,  he  bought  seventeen  acres  of  Zachariah  Fairchild
in  the  parish  of  Stratfield,  near  his  home,  for  £70.  (Stratford
Records.)  On  Apr.  4,  1787,  he  bought  of  Ebenezer  Sherman
three  acres  of  ground,  near  the  other,  on  Golden  Hill  and  adjoin-
ing his  brother  Abijah's  land.  He  and  Abijah  bought  five  acres
of  woodland  at  Tashua  for  £41,  Dec.  25,  1792,  and  Mar.  28,  1794,
he  bought  of  Abel  Lewis  for  £110  2s.  two  pieces  of  land  in  Strat-
field. The  first  was  about  half  a  "  mile  east  of  the  meeting  house  M
with  a  new  dwelling  house  on  it  and  the  other  adjoining,  with  a
barn,  each  parcel  of  about  three  acres.  Stephen  d.  at  the  age  of
42.  The  inscription  on  his  gravestone  in  the  old  Stratfield  burying
ground  is:  "In  Memory  of  Mr.  Stephen  Sterling,  who  departed
this  life  Oct.  23d  1797  in  the  43  year  of  his  age  "  His  estate  was
inventoried  June  17,  1798,  and  was  valued  at  £1365  13s.  6d.  It
was  distributed  in  May,  1807.
Children :
337     Eben   Sherman   Sterling,  b.   Jan.   24,  1786;    m.   Harriet
;    he   enlisted   at  Bridgeport,    Sept.    30,    1814,


356  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY

and  served  three  days  in  the  War  of  1812.     (Conn.
Men  in  War  of  1812.)

338  Isaac  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  3,  1788 ;  m.  Nabby  Judd,  b.  Aug.
23,  1791,  dau.  of  Reuben  and  Eunice  (Hubbell)
Judd.    He  d.  in  1820.
339  Sally  Sterling,  m. Booth.
139  WILLIAM  STERLING  (William,  William,  Richard,  Wil-
liam), b.  in  Wilton  Parish,  Conn.,  July  9,  1755;  m.  there  Apr.  8,
1779,  Rhoda  Hurlbutt,  b.  June  23,  1754,  probably  dau.  of  Daniel
Hurlbutt  of  "  Hurlbutt  Street,"  Wilton,  and  descendant  of  Lieut.
Thomas  who  came  from  England  to  America  about  1630.
