The Sterling genealogy

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THE STERLING GENEALOGY
Joseph Lord served in the Conn. Militia at the time of the
Revolution. His record is not definitely established, though it
seems probable that he was the " Joseph Lord, Jr." who entered
Capt. Holmes Co., Aug. 3, 1778 ; discharged Sept. 14, 1778. This
company of militia, a part of the force under Brig. Gen. John
Tyler, served under Gen. Sullivan and engaged in the attempt to
dislodge the British at Newport. He was a pensioner during the
latter years of his life, as was Caroline Sterling Lord after her
husband's death.
Joseph and Caroline Lord removed in the summer of 1803
to Chenango Co., N. Y., reaching there about the first of June.
They settled at Pharsalia. Caroline was thus the first of her
family to reach Chenango Co. Her sister Ruth (Sterling) Atwell
came in 1809 and her half brother, Lord, in 1811. Joseph settled
on the farm now occupied by his grandson James Lord.
He built and was interested in the mill property in that vicin-
ity. At the first town meeting, held Mar. 3, 1807, he was elected
one of two overseers of the poor. He d. Aug. 10, 1839. Caroline
(Sterling) Lord d. there at the advanced age of 96 years, 7 mos.
and 27 days Jan. 17, 1861. From an obituary notice published
at the time, we quote:
" In Pharsalia, the 17th of January last at the residence of
her son David Lord, of old age and infirmity, Mrs. Caroline Lord
[died]. Mrs. Lord and her husband, Mr. Joseph Lord were
anion sr the first settlers of the town and shared in common with
others its numerous privations and hardships. By her great use-
fulness in society and Christian virtues, and the great age she
attained, she was a subject of interest to all who knew her.
Possessing, naturally, a strong and healthy constitution and
an unusual degree of courage, she made herself one of the most
useful women of the age in which she lived. Of a cheerful dis-
position and pleasing in her manners she won the esteem and regard
of all who knew her. She adorned a christian profession
by a well ordered life and her examples are worthy of imitation.
. . . Passing gradually from a life of usefulness into a second
state of childhood, she had ceased to labor or to mingle with the
Mary Lee, and d. at Lyme, June 27, 1730. Their son, Joseph Lord, b. in 1697 ; m.
Abigail Comstock; he d. in 1736. Their son Joseph Lord, b. in 1730; m. Sarah
Wade; he d. in 1788. Their son Joseph Lord, 3d, b. in 1757; m. Caroline Sterling.