Mary (Norcross) Stearns (1667 - 1722)

Born 10 Jul 1667 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Stearns — married 2 Apr 1713 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Died 1722 at about age 54 in Lexington, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Mary Norcross was born on the 10th of July 1667 in Watertown, Massachusetts.^[1] She was the daughter of Richard Norcross (bef.1621-bef.1709) and Mary (Brooks) Norcross (abt.1629-1672).

She married John Stearns (1657-1722) on the 2nd of April 1713. The marriage was recorded in both Watertown^[2] and Cambridge, Massachusetts .^[3] She was his second wife, becoming a step-mother to his thirteen children, several who were grown.^[4][5]

Mary passed away in 1722 in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Source

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 20 May 2022), Mary Norcrosse, 10 Jul 1663; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009514.
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 5 November 2017), John Stearns and Mary Norcross, 02 Apr 1713; citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009514.
3. ↑ Leavitt, Emily Wilder, Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 9 February 2018), John Stearns and Mary Norcross, 02 Apr 1713; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 496,864.
4. ↑ The Starkeys of New England and allied families Press of Springfield, 1910. Norcross listing page 58.
5. ↑ Hudson, Charles. Genealogical register of Lexington families, from the first settlement of the town , Boston, Wiggins & Lunt, 1868. Register of Lexington, MA link. page 232.