Captain
John
Stearns
Born in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Stearns
and Phoebe (Waite) Stearns
Brother of
Sarah (Stearns) Wheeler, Mary (Stearns) Powers, Abigail (Stearns) Temple, Samuel Stearns II, Ruth (Stearns) Livermore, Phoebe Stearns, Rebecca (Stearns) Whittemore, Thomas Stearns, Joseph Stearns and Benjamin Stearns
Husband of
Rebecca (Dean) Stearns
— married
11 Aug 1737 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Husband of
Mary (Coney) Stearns
— married
29 Sep 1756 in Dedham, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Rebecca Stearns, Phoebe (Stearns) Bradford, Ruth Stearns, Hannah Stearns, Mary (Stearns) Mann, Samuel Stearns, Lydia Stearns, Joseph Stearns Sr., John Stearns, Isaac G Stearns, Job Stearns and Abigail Stearns
Died
at age 80
in Attelboro, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 31 May 2011
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Biography
- Capt John Stearns
- BIRTH 23 Jul 1712
- Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, [USA]
- DEATH 15 Aug 1792 (aged 80)
- Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
- BURIAL Newell Burying Ground
- Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
- Find a Grave Memorial 33611471 [1]
Sources
- 1737 married: Rebekah Dean 1715–1756 • LFZD-VMY
- Marriage: 11 August 1737
- Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
- Children of Rebekah Dean and Capt John Stearns (10)
- Rebecca Stearns 1737–1827 • LC8R-HKC
- Phebe Stearns 1738–1770 • 2781-BQR
- Ruth Stearns 1740–1815 • LHVP-W9J
- Hannah Stearns 1743–1802 • LC8R-HHT
- Mary Stearns 1745–1819 • LC8R-HPM
- Samuel Stearns 1747–1754 • LC8R-HW5
- Lydia Stearns 1749–1822 • LC8R-HNS
- Joseph Stearns 1751–1829 • LZ3W-HHW
- John Stearns 1753–Deceased • LC8R-H6Z
- Isaac Stearns 1756–1756 • LC8R-HJ5
- 1756 married: Mary Coney 1719–1795 • 2MGJ-GNL
- Marriage: 29 September 1756
- Town of Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America [2]
- Captain John Stearns House, Old Post Road, Oldtown, North Attleboro, Bristol County, MA [3]
- Mayflower Families Vol. 17 p. 75
- Hudson, Charles, History of the Town of Lexington, Vol. II - Genealogies (Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1915) (Free e-book. Available at Google Play)
* Ancestry links [4][5][6][7][8]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- David Stearns
:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 23 markers, haplogroup G2a, Ancestry member DavidStearns62
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~0.78%
~1.56%
William Baker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A212457 [compare], Ancestry member whbaker44
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~0.39%
Brenda Stark :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Jennifer (Baker) Corcoran :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A342663 [compare], yourDNAportal JEN713c31cd, Ancestry member Jmbaker80
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Bob Keniston Jr.
Bob Keniston Jr.
Stearns-319 and Stearns-202 appear to represent the same person because: Dates, parents match. On both, DOB, DOD, and POD corrected. See Hudson "History of Lexington ...."
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by Bob Keniston Jr.
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