Notes for Thomas Sterling

Notes for Thomas Sterling

!"A History of Calvert Co., Maryland" by Stein 975.224 ST34 p60: Thomas Sterling, married the widow of Benois Brasseur (the first Huguenot to settle in Calvert County) and thereby acquired the landed estates of BRASSEUR. THOMAS STERLIN died in 1685, a Justice of Calvert County. One of his daughters was the wife of James DERRUMPLE (or DALRYMPLE) who settled in Calvert Co. about the year 1672 and founded a family identified with the County for many generations. Both STERLING and DALRYMPLE were of Scottish origin.
! "A Brashear(s) Family History, ..." by Charles Brashear and Shirley Brasher McCoy, page 37: Shows the "prenuptual arrangement" for Thomas and Mary Rickford Brasseur. In it he relinquished any and all claims he might have to any part of the estate of the late Benjamin Brasseur. Mary had written and filed a will where she left Benjamin's estate to his and her children.