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Thaddeus Sterling

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Thaddeus Sterling

Birth
Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
8 Mar 1837 (aged 87)
Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Thaddeus was born in Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut on 4 June 1749 and was baptized on 16 July 1749.

He was married twice. First to Lydia Dunning Keeler about 1771. Several years after Lydia's death, he married about 1805, Mary Guernsey St. John, daughter of Isaac St. John and Deborah Garnsay, a descendant in the fifth generation of Matthias Sention of Norwalk, Connecticut.

Thaddeus was a farmer in Wilton and served during the American Revolution as a soldier. He was a Private in Capt. Caleb St. John's company, Col. Silliman's Regiment, Connecticut Militia and was discharged on 17 September 1776 in New York. He served again in the same company from March 1777 to December 1777; from February 1778 until January 1779; and from March to Dececember 1779. He was a private in Capt. Abraham Gregory's company, Col. Stephen St. John's Regiment, Connecticut Militia from March to September 1781. Thaddeus was quartermaster of the Third Regiment, Light Horse, Connecticut Militia under Maj. Daniel Starr. He was a pensioner under the act of Congress, approved 7 June 1832, granting pensions to all soldiers who had served two or more years.

Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
Name: Thaddeus Sterling
Birth Date: abt 1750
Age at Death: 87
Death Date: 8 Mar 1837
Death Place: Connecticut
Burial Place: Connecticut
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 3372

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
Name: Thaddeus Sterling
Birth Date: 1750
Birthplace: Connecticut
Volume: 168
Page Number: 108
Reference: Heads of Fams at the first U.S. census. Ct. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (227p.):22 Record of Conn. Men in mil. And naval service during the Rev. war, 1775-1783. By Henry P.Johnston. Hartford. 1889. (17,779p.):443, 651

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name: Thaddous Sterling
SAR Membership: 79250
Birth Date: 4 Jun 1749
Birth Place: Wilton, Connecticut
Death Date: 8 Mar 1837
Death Place: Wilton, Connecticut
Father:
Mother: Eleanor Westcoat
Spouse: Lydia Keeler Dunning
Children: Thaddeus Sterling
Thaddeus was born in Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut on 4 June 1749 and was baptized on 16 July 1749.

He was married twice. First to Lydia Dunning Keeler about 1771. Several years after Lydia's death, he married about 1805, Mary Guernsey St. John, daughter of Isaac St. John and Deborah Garnsay, a descendant in the fifth generation of Matthias Sention of Norwalk, Connecticut.

Thaddeus was a farmer in Wilton and served during the American Revolution as a soldier. He was a Private in Capt. Caleb St. John's company, Col. Silliman's Regiment, Connecticut Militia and was discharged on 17 September 1776 in New York. He served again in the same company from March 1777 to December 1777; from February 1778 until January 1779; and from March to Dececember 1779. He was a private in Capt. Abraham Gregory's company, Col. Stephen St. John's Regiment, Connecticut Militia from March to September 1781. Thaddeus was quartermaster of the Third Regiment, Light Horse, Connecticut Militia under Maj. Daniel Starr. He was a pensioner under the act of Congress, approved 7 June 1832, granting pensions to all soldiers who had served two or more years.

Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
Name: Thaddeus Sterling
Birth Date: abt 1750
Age at Death: 87
Death Date: 8 Mar 1837
Death Place: Connecticut
Burial Place: Connecticut
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 3372

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
Name: Thaddeus Sterling
Birth Date: 1750
Birthplace: Connecticut
Volume: 168
Page Number: 108
Reference: Heads of Fams at the first U.S. census. Ct. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (227p.):22 Record of Conn. Men in mil. And naval service during the Rev. war, 1775-1783. By Henry P.Johnston. Hartford. 1889. (17,779p.):443, 651

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name: Thaddous Sterling
SAR Membership: 79250
Birth Date: 4 Jun 1749
Birth Place: Wilton, Connecticut
Death Date: 8 Mar 1837
Death Place: Wilton, Connecticut
Father:
Mother: Eleanor Westcoat
Spouse: Lydia Keeler Dunning
Children: Thaddeus Sterling


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