This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/797.1 Message Board Post: James S. Sterling was my great grandfather, born 22 Sept 1839 in Preston Co., son of Joseph McMinn Sterling. I would be interested in any information on the line, particularly where the "Sturges" name came from. I have Joseph's father as Andrew Sterling, born 7 March 1770 and his father as Robert StArling.