Surname: Sedgwick

The Sedgwick surname is part of Rosmer P. Kerr's heritage. His ninth great-grandfather was:

• William Sedgwick of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, born about 1556. His wife's name is not known. William was my eleventh great-grandfather.
• William Sedgwick, born about 1579 in England. He married Elizabeth Howe on 10 April 1604 at Woburn, Bedfordshire. William died in Woburn and was buried there on 25 June 1632. He and Elizabeth were my tenth great-grandparents.
• Major General Robert Sedgwick, christened in Woburn, Bedfordshire on 6 May 1613. He married Joanna Blake on 6 January 1636 at Andover, Hampshire, England. While serving under Cromwell, he was sent to Jamaica where he died 24 May 1656. Robert and Joanna were my ninth great-grandparents.
• William Sedgwick, born 1643 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Stone in 1665 at Hartford, Connecticut. He died in 1674, also in Jamaica. William and Elizabeth were my eighth great-grandparents.
• Captain Samuel Sedgwick, born in 1667, married Mary Hopkins in 1689. They had eleven children. Samuel died in Hartford on 24 March 1735. He and Mary were my seventh great-grandparents.
• Joseph Sedgwick, born 16 May 1697 in Hartford. He married Ruth Smith on 24 January 1723 at Hartford. They had seven children. Joseph died in 1765. He and Ruth were my sixth great-grandparents.
• Samuel Sedgwick, born 11 April 1725 Hartford and christened a week later. He married Deborah Higgins. He died at Kinderhook Landing, New York, in 1793. Samuel and Deborah were my fifth great-grandparents.
• Elijah Sedgwick, born 13 December 1769 in Westfield, Massachusetts. He married Tryphena Parker on 22 November 1795 in Peru, Massachusetts. He died on 16 December 1861 in Bloomingdale, Illinois and was buried there. Elijah and Tryphena were my fourth great-grandparents.
• Tryphena Sedgwick, born 6 October 1803 in Stephentown, New York. On 11 November 1830, she married Micajah Petit Pettis in Gainsville, New York. She died 8 February 1842, four days after her mother, in Westmoreland, New York, where both are buried. Tryphena and Micajah were my third great-grandparents.

Sedgwick information is not hard to find. The best place to begin is Sedgwick Genealogy Worldwide.

See also Sedgwick Surname Origin.