Jonathan Sterns

Jonathan Sterns (April 19, 1751 – May 23, 1798) was a Loyalist from Boston, Solicitor General for Nova Scotia and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1793 to 1798.[1]

He was born in Massachusetts, the son of David Sterns and Ruth Hubbard, and was educated at Harvard University. Sterns married Mehitable Robie in 1785. He married Elizabeth Taylor after his first wife's death. He served as solicitor general from 1797 to 1798. [2]

Attorney General Richard John Uniacke beat Sterns so "savagely" that he died. Sterns had been the protégé of Sampson Salter Blowers, who afterward challenged Uniacke to a duel. Uniacke accepted but then contacted the police.[3][4][5]

Sterns died in office in Halifax at the age of 47. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia).[6]

References
  1. Beamish Murdoch. History of Nova Scotia, p. 169
  2. https://archive.org/stream/1913t19chaptersinhistor00eatouoft#page/314/mode/1up
  3. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=3255
  4. The Diary and Letters of His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, Volume 1 By Thomas Hutchinsonp. 342
  5. https://archive.org/stream/1913t19chaptersinhistor00eatouoft#page/314/mode/1up
  6. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ked1/stpauls.html
  • A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958, Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)
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