215. Eliza⁶ Nelson (Priscilla⁵ Sturgis, John Outten⁴, Daniel³, John², John¹) was born 1814. Eliza died 1867 at 53 years of age.

She married John Outten Sturgis (III) in Worcester Co., MD, December 26, 1826. John was born 1803. John was the son of John Outten Sturgis(Jr.) and Leah Mills. John died 1872 at 69 years of age. John was named in his mother's 1837 will and appears in the 1840 census of Worcester County. He married his cousin, Eliza Nelson. (Floyd L. Otter, Origins of the Sturgis Family in Virginia and Maryland, Ash Tree Echo, April, 1979, vol. XIV #2, p. 75-80) (Floyd C. Otter, Ash Tree Echo, Jan. 1981, Vol. XVI, Fresno Genealogical Society)

John Outten Sturgis(III) and Eliza Nelson had the following children:

263 i. James⁷ Sturgis was born 1831.

264 ii. Henrietta Sturgis was born 1835.

265 iii. Catharine Sturgis was born 1839.

266 iv. John Sturgis was born 1842.

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