The Sterling genealogy

324 THE STERLING GENEALOGY
169 Isaac Sterling, b. Feb. 1, 1772; d. Feb. 10, 1772.
170 Esther Sterling, b. Sept. 16, 1773; d. unm. Feb 3, 1829.
171 Elizabeth Ann Sterling, b. May 3, 1777 ; d. unm. Aug.
22, 1841 ; buried by her sister in the Sterling City
cemetery.
95 DANIEL STARLIN (brother of the above), b. in Sterling
City in June, 1740; m. in Haddam, Conn., Feb. 17, 1763, Demas
Morse. Daniel Starlin removed to East Haddam, Conn., where
he lived until about 1773, when he returned to Lyme. He d. in
Lyme prior to Mar. 11, 1777, when an inventory of his estate
was taken by Richard Heys, James Markham, his brother-in-law,
and William Starlin. His estate was valued at £420 4s. Id. His
real estate consisted of " one Hundred Acres of Land with the
buildings thereon" apprised at £300. His wife "Mrs. Dem^ 8
Starling " was the administrator of his estate. (Prob. Records,
New London.)
Children
172 tRachel Sterling, b. Dec. 29, 1764; m. Benjamin Cone.
173 t Daniel Sterling, b. Apr. 27, 1768; m. Jedidah Gates.
174 James Sterling, b. May 17, 1770.
175 Mary Sterling, b. Nov. 3, 1772.
" The Children above mentioned were all of them
Born in the town of East Haddam."
176 Sarah Sterling, b. Nov. 4, 1774.
(Lyme Records.)
97 JACOB STARLING (brother of the above), b. in Sterling
City, Mar. 3, 1744. " Jacob Starlin and Edey Tucker both of
Lyme in New London County were Lawfully Married to each
other on the 14 th Day of October, A. D. 1765 — by me John
Lay 2nd Just. Pece." Jacob Starlin enlisted in the 1st Co., 6th
Regt., Conn. Militia, under Col. Parsons, May 8, 1775, and served
until expiration of term of service Dec. 18, 1775. This regiment
remained on duty at New London until June 17, when it was
ordered by the Governor's Council to the Boston camps. The
(Lyme Records.) His dau. Ann M. m. William J. Marvin (No. 1595). Another instance
of the Sterling being adopted as a given name, although, so far as known, there
was no family connection found in the Lyme records which state that Starling Rood
m. Oct. 30, 1831, Olive Hurd.