I represent Jonathan (or John) Sterling. I was a lieutenant in the Maryland Loyalists Regiment that was raised in 1777. We saw action at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778 before being sent later that year to West Florida to defend Pensacola and Mobile against the Spanish. Those of us who survived until the surrender of Pensacola were sent to Long Island, New York with the rest of the prisoners of war. I remained with the regiment until the end of the Revolutionary War, when I and many of my Loyalist comrades sought refuge and a fresh start in Canada. I was unfortunate enough to have been on the old transport ship Martha, which struck a rock and sank, leaving me and the other survivors clinging to deck pieces in the freezing water for two days and nights. I was given a grant of a town lot in Parrtown, New Brunswick the following year. I died in New Brunswick in 1826, aged 76.
Sources: 58, 59, 60, 129, 140