Recently, I came across a very short book, Hill Genealogy by Hervey S. Sturdevant. The author makes the interesting claim that the descendants of Elisha Sturdevant, by his second wife, Betsy Hill, are entitled to Mayflower honors. This is a topic that I have not heard and I wonder if anyone has actually researched this premise? You can click on the above link to download the book. I have learned that there are several connections as identified below.
Here is a great website full of Mayflower History including The Mayflower Compact. The compact identifies all of the signers. STURDEVANT descendants of the signatories are listed below. Comments and updates are welcome…
Here is a great comment by Dorothy Gaston, a late member of The [email protected] (check us out). Dorothy was a very active and prolific member who kept us properly focused:
In my own “TE” line, each new generation brought a bride with yet another Mayflower connection for quite a few generations so that I can add Governor Bradford, John Howland, the Tilleys, and Richard Warren. I recently saw an estimate of the number of living descendants of Mayflower passengers that numbered in millions, so I suspect that most folks who had an ancestor in New England before about 1700 are likely to have at least one line that goes back to the Mayflower. When you think that only half of those passengers lived through the first years, it’s amazing. (26 Jan 2008)
UPDATE: March 25, 2017, Additional Mayflower descendants:
- Descendants of Elisha and Betsey (Hill) Sturdevant (5th great granddaughter of John Alden (c1599-1687) and 4th great granddaughter of Edward Doty (c1600-1655)).
- Descendants of Elizabeth (Warren) Church, daughter of Richard Warren (c1585-1628).
Zadock Sturtevant, 1724-1821
Zadock Sturtevant, 1763-1847
Paul Sturtevant, 1767-1824
Ann Sturtevant, 1801-1880
Lydia Ann Sturdevant, 1835-1928
Dependence Sturtevant, 1740-1803, daughter of Hannah Church and Josiah Sturtevant
Eliphalet Sturtevant, 1768-1824, son of Hannah Waterman and Dependence Sturtevant
Thomas Morgan Sturtevant, 1800-1896, son of Anna Morgan and Eliphalet Sturtevant
George Ford Sturtevant, 1832-1899, son of Maria Ford and Thomas Morgan Sturtevant
George Henry Sturtevant, 1861-?, son of Mary Elizabeth Smith and George Ford Sturtevant
Alger Henry Sturtevant, 1892-1957, son of Josephine Pierce and George Henry Sturtevant - Descendants of Zechariah Soule, son of George Soule (c1595-1679)
Sarah (Soule) Sturtevant (1755-1839)
