Sterrett, Robert

- 1777

• Name	Sterrett, Robert  [1]
  Born	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	Sterr008
  _UID	A0E1282BC5FE48E6B36C8D7715E7EEF0C29C
  Died	Apr 1777	Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I1268	Our Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2002

  
  

  Father	Sterrett, Benjamin,   d. 1739, Pennsylvania, USA
  Mother	Isabelle
  Family ID	F155	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ramsey, Mary,   b. 1707, Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Donegal County, Ireland
  Children	1. Sterrett, Agnes   2. Sterrett, Mary   3. Sterrett, Robert + 4. Sterrett, James,   b. 1723, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 19 Aug 1808, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 85 years) + 5. Sterrett, William,   b. 1724, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1801, Cumberland Co., PA  (Age 77 years)   6. Sterrett, David,   b. 1737,   d. 2 Nov 1790  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2007
  Family ID	F145	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Said to have been born in Scotland, died in what was then Lancaster, now Dauphin County, Pa., in April, 1777. He is thought to have been a son of Benjamin Sterrett, but up to the time of going to press (1930) no actual proof of this has been found by the author (T. Woods Sterrett). The traditional story of his early life is that as a young boy, he fled with his parents and brothers and two sisters from Scotland to the north of Ireland, to evade those opposed to their religious beliefs. In Donegal County, Ireland, he married Mary Ramsey, said to have been born about 1707. Mary Sterret, listed as 80 years of age, is given among the members of the Big Spring Church, in Cumberland Valley, in 1789. They emigrated to America about 1730, settling in what was then Chester, later Lancaster, and now Dauphin County, on Swatara Creek. On the 4th day of Feb., 1755, the Proprietors of Pennsylvania granted him a warrant for one hundred and fifty acres of land in Lower Paxtang Township, now Dauphin County, upon which he resided until his death, April, 1777. He left a will which is of record in Lancaster County, Book C, page 46, wherein he names his wife, and the following children: (*)In all lines of descent through Robert Sterrett 2, of Benjamin 1, it must be remembered that no actual proof beyond family tradition has been found that Robert was his son [TWS]. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, Connecticut, 1930 , T. Woods Sterrett, (The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, Connecticut, 1930 Volume: Pub 1930).