John Sturges

  Noted events in his life were:

• Biography: From History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. John Sturges (1), sometimes spelled Sturge & Sturges in the Town Records, settled at Fairfield in 1660 in the 37 year of his age; & purchased Richard Fowles' homestead; was made a freeman 14 May 1669; appointed select man the same year & owned a large estate at Fairfield. His will is dated 4 March 1697, in which he gives to his son Jonathan his homestead, his sword & various parcels of land; to son Joseph his fowling-piece, long-gun & various parcels of land; to son John his little gun; to daughter Deborah widow of James Redfield, several parcels of land, & his negro woman Jenny; to his grandson Christopher Sturgis 5 ?; to his son-in-law Richard Straten 5s, & to said Straten's five children by his daughter Sarah 5 ?, to be equally divided between them, out of his movable estate; to daughter Abigail widow of Simon Couch his negro boy Jack. The rest of his moveable estate, he divided between his two daughters Deborah & Abigail. To his absent son Thomas, "if he ever returned again" he gave 60 ?, out of the rest of his children's property. He had previously given his sons various parcels of land in the town. His first residence appears to have been on the n. w. side of the highway, leading into Mill Plain. He married Deborah, daughter of John Barlow. He appears from a Town Record to have been the father-in-law of Benjamin Seeley, but no mention is made of this daughter in his will.

History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
From the settlement of the town in 1639 to 1818
Mrs. Elizabeth Schenck, 1889

John married Deborah Barlow, daughter of John Barlow and Unknown.