Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame

Thomas Sturgis

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Robert Gould Shaw — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 96 
  • Father:
  • Edward Sturgis   
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Hinckley   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1656 
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  • Death Date:
  • 30 Jun 1708 
  • Death Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Lothrop
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1681 
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  Thomas Sturgis (Ahnentafel No:48 )

  Edward Sturgis

  • Notes: 

  • Thomas Sturgis's surname is also seen as Sturges.

• Sources for Thomas Sturgis

  • ¹ Anderson, Robert Charles , The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VI, R-S , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009) , 592.
  • ² Sturgis, Francis Shaw , The Descendants of Nath'l Russell Sturgis: With a Brief Introductory Sketch of His Ancestor s in England and . . . , Boston: Printed by G. H. Ellis (1925) , Introduction prior to page 1, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).
  • ³ White, Elizabeth Pearson , ""John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1 , Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014) , 355.