Samuel Stearns (1666 - 1727)

Born 16 Oct 1666 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Browne) Stearns — married 9 Jul 1696 in Concord, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 21 Sep 1727 at age 60 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Samuel Stearns was born on 16 October 1666 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1] He was the son of Nathaniel Stearns and Mary Stone.

He married Mary Browne on 9 July 1696 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[2]

Mary and Samuel had the following children:

1. Samuel Stearns, b. 15 May 1697, Dedham
2. Mary Stearns, b. 29 January 1698/99, Dedham
3. Nathaniel Stearns, b. 22 August 1700, Dedham
4. Boaz Stearns, 2 September 1702, Dedham
5. Hannah Stearns, b. 28 November 1704, Dedham
6. Ebenezer Stearns, b. 25 September 1706, Dedham
7. Mehitable Stearns, b. 11 February 1708, Dedham
8. Mehitable Stearns, b. 19 July 1712, Dedham
9. Deliverance Stearns, b. 16 January 1714/15, Dedham, d. 16 March 1714/15, Dedham
10. Mercy Stearns, b. 16 January 1714/15, d. 31 December 1722, Dedham

Sometime after 1722, he moved to Connecticut to probably be closer to his son Boaz who was living in the Plainfield area. He was a deacon at the Congregational Church in Plainfield.

Samuel passed away on 21 September 1727. He is buried in the Old Plainfield Cemetery.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-HHC : 5 January 2021), Sam. Hearnes, 1666.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC7-VTS4 : 11 May 2022), Samuel Stearns and Mary Brown, 9 Jul 1696; citing Marriage, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011227.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84627515/samuel-stearns: accessed 07 December 2022), memorial page for Samuel Stearns (unknown–21 Sep 1727), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84627515, citing Old Plainfield Cemetery, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) .

Acknowledgments

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