Huldah Sturges - Greybeard's Ghosts

Family

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Father	David Sturges (e1725-)	dna
Mother	Charity (Sturges) (e1726-)	dna
Spouse	William Jelliff (~1752-1823)
Child +	Rachel Jelliff (1793-1830) [S2] [S6] [S2919]	dna

Attributes

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Gender	Female
Name	Huldah [S2436]	primary
Name	Huldah Sturges [S2] [S6] [S8]	memoir

Timeline

Claim	Date	Detail	Age	Evidence
Birth	abt 1754	Wesport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2436]		primary
Marriage	Dec 7, 1771	William Jelliff (~1752-1823), Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2] [S6] [S8]		memoir
Census (US Federal)	Aug 4, 1800	Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S530]	(Counted)	primary
Census (US Federal)	Aug 7, 1820	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S518]	(Counted)	primary
Census (US Federal)	Jun 1, 1830	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S497]	(Given)	primary
Death	Aug 19, 1836	Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2436]	82y	primary

Sources

Index	Title
[S2]	Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey, "The Forsythe-Humphrey Story" (unpublished).
[S6]	Minnie Elizabeth Forsythe, "A Book of Memories: Vol. 1" (unpublished, 1972).
[S8]	Ora Cunningham, "Letter from Ora Cunningham to Minnie Forsythe" (unpublished).
[S497]	"1830 United States Census, Connecticut, Fairfield, Norwalk".
[S518]	"1820 United States Census, Connecticut, Farifield, Norwalk".
[S530]	"1800 United States Census, Connecticut, Fairfield, Fairfield".
[S2436]	"Find A Grave: Poplar Plains Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut" (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70510801).

Family Note

William Jelliff was born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut and died in either Norwalk or Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, on October 23, 1823. He married Huldah Sturges, the daughter of David Sturges and Charity _____ on December 7, 1771 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut [Norwalk, Conn. Vital Records (Barbour) LR 18, p 23; American Ancestry, p 132; The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk Connecticut, Hall, p 73]. A descendant, Pearl Risely Humphrey listed in her notes, a date of December 19, 1771. Huldah was baptized in Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, on January 13, 1754. She died there on August 14, 1836 or August 19, 1836.

William and Hannah had 10 children all born in Norwalk, Connecticut:

William (20 Oct 1772 - bef 12 Apr 1814 (inventory)) m. Polly Taylor
Aaron (15 May 1775 - 17 Aug 1835) m. Anna Fillow
Sturges (12 Sep 1777 - 15 Jan 1864) m1. Susan Beer, m2. Miranda _____
Hezekiah (8 Jul 1780 - 15 Apr 1836) m. Nancy Bennett
Zalmon (10 Mar 1873 - ) . Rebecca Gregory
Polly (14 Oct 1785 - ) m. Denton Gregory
David (8 Apr 1788 - 12 May 1845) m. Polly Pike
Gould (27 Sep 1790 - 14 Dec 1859) m. Angelina _____
Rachel (4 Jan 1793 - 11 Mar 1830) m. Bennet Taylor.
Hiram (13 Oct 1796 - ) m. Elizabeth Ann Bailey