Loyalists and Revolutionaries

My Sparling lineage seems to have come through New Jersey, as does that of the Palatinate line, many of whom traveled north to Canada. My reading leads me to believe that the Palatinate Sparlings went north due to Loyalist sympathies. However, records show that George Sparling, my ancestor, born 1750, fought in the Revolutionary War in the service of the 1st regiment, New Jersey militia. His alliance with the revolutionaries is some evidence (though by no means conclusive) that George (b.1750) was not directly connected to the Canadian line.

Another Sparling, John, also served in the Revolutionary War and is listed along with George. He may have been a relative. If these two men weren't related to the Canadian family, then they might not have come to America via Ireland, as those Palatinate families did who traveled on. That's why I'm still looking askew at that Daniel Sparling, b. Limerick, Ireland, who is listed as George's father.

I'm having a heck of a time finding any Daniel Sparlings at all during that time. There is a reference to a Daniel and Johannes Sparling in a book, "First Settlers of Piscataway and Woodbridge," by O.E. Monette, and I'm trying to get a look-up of these "freeholders in 1752", but without success so far.

Jan Michiel Sperling is listed as Daniel's father, and of the father I find some evidence. His marriage to Geertie Pieters was recorded in the Reformed Dutch Church of Hackensack, NJ, as Dec. 10, 1709. A marriage in Hackensack throws suspicion on a Irish birth for a subsequent son, Daniel. I also find "John Michael" Sperling as an appraiser on a 1730, Somerset Co, NJ will.

Any help in this area is warmly appreciated. I am, as always, happy to share all the information I have.