Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Sterling was born in 1737, in Coventry Parish Church, Somerset, Maryland, British Colonial America, her father, John Sterling, was 38 and her mother, Mary Travers, was 28. She married William Grimes about 1755, in St. Paul's Parish, Hanover, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1763, in Hanover, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 26, and was buried in Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, United States.
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- Mary Starling, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
- Mary Sterling, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Stirling .
English: from the Middle English personal name Starling, Sterling (Old English Stærling), itself from the bird-name, whose use as a nickname may also be another source of the surname. Compare Stare 2.
German: from Middle High German sterlinc, the name of a coin, hence probably a nickname for someone who paid that amount in rent.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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