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Isaac Stearns (1633 - 1676)

Isaac Stearns
Born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Husband of — married 24 Jun 1660 (to 29 Aug 1676) in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 43 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

Isaac Stearns was born January 6, 1632 at Watertown, Massachusetts, the son of Isaac and Mary (Barker) Stearns. [1] [2] [3] [4]

He married on June 24, 1660, [5] [6] Sarah Beers, who was born between 1640-2, daughter of Captain Richard and Elizabeth (Firmin) Beers. [6]

They settled at Cambridge Farms (now Lexington). He was admitted a freeman in 1665. [2]

He is mentioned in his father Isaac Sr.'s will written in October, 1671, five days before his death. [2]

Isaac died August 29, 1676 at Watertown. [3] [1] [2] [4]

In the will of her father Captain Beers, written in 1675, he mentions his daughter Sterns. In June 1711, an agreement made amongst his children and heirs, includes his daughter as Sarah Wheeler. [4]

After the death of Isaac Stearns, widow Sarah married second, Thomas Wheeler of Concord on July 23, 1677. [4] [7] [2]

She died at Concord, Massachusetts on January 21, 1723/4. [7]

Children

  1. Sarah born January 14, 1661 [6]; married John Wheeler of Concord, December 27, 1678. [4]
  2. Mary, born October 8, 1663 [6] ; died February 24, 1733; married John Cutler January 1, 1693/4. [4][2]
  3. Isaac, born August 26, 1665 [6]; married Elizabeth Stone in 1696 ; was of Cambridge and Lexington [4] Administration of his estate 1741 at Stougton. [2]
  4. Samuel, born January 20, 1667[5]; killed November 19, 1721 by a falling tree; married Phebe ___. [4] [2]
  5. Abigail born ___; married at Concord Nov.ember 29, 1692, Samuel Hartwell son of Samuel and Ruth (Wheeler) Hartwell. She died in childbed May 11, 1709. [4]
  6. John, born in 1675; died June 14, 1734; married Mercy Davis, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Medows) Davis: of Concord and later of Bedford. [4] [2]

1st generation Descendant of Isaac Stearns of Watertown

Research notes

Watertown Births

STEARNS, Isaac, s. Isaac and Mary, 6: 11m: 1632. MCR (p. 3)

Watertown Deaths

STEARNS, Isaac, Aug. 29, 1676. (p. 42) [3] [8]

Lexington Marriages

STEARNES, Isaac m. Sarah Beers, June 28, 1660. (p. 151)

Lexington Births Children: Stearns

Sarah d. of Isaac and Sarah, b. Jan. 14, 1661. (p. 77)
Mary d. of Isaac and Sarah, b. Oct. 8, 1663. (p. 77)
Isaac s. of Isaac Jr. and Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1665. (p. 77)
Sarah (sic) d. of Isaac Jr. and Sarah, b. Jan. 20, 1667. (p. 77) [6]

Cambridge Marriages

STERNES, Isacke and Sarah Beers, June 28, 1660. (p. 371)

Cambridge Births Children: STERNES

Isaac, s. Isaac and Sarah, Aug. 20, 1665. (p. 668)
Mary, d. Isacke and Sarah, Oct. 8, 1663. (p. 668)
Samuel, s. Isaac and Sarah, Jan. 20, 1667. (p. 668)
Sarah, d. Isacke and Sarah, Jan. 14, 1661. (p. 669) [5]


Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 The First Record Book of the Society of Colonial Dames, in the State of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations, Snow & Farnum, Providence, 1897
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Van Wagenen, Avis Stearns. Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and His Descendants, Courier Printing Co., Syracuse, New York, p. 26: 34-7
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Watertown Records, Comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings with the Land Grants and Possessions also The Proprietor's Book and the First Book and Supplement of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Historical Society Watertown, Press of Fred Barker, 1894
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Bond, Henry & Horatio Gates Jones. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts,1860, p. 19-20: 453-4: 456-7
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts to the Year 1850, compiled by Thomas Baldwin, NEHGS, Boston, 1914
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Lexington, Massachusetts, Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths to January 1, 1898, Wright & Potter Printers, Boston, 1898
  7. 7.0 7.1 Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts births, marriages, and deaths, 1635-1850, T. Todd, printer, edited by the Town, p. 19-20: 110
  8. Watertown Records Comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings with the Land Grants and Possessions also the Proprietors' Book also the First Book and Supplement of Births Deaths and Marriage (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1894)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 1
  • Van Wagenen, Avis Stearns, Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and His Descendants (Syracuse, N.Y., Courier Printing Co., 1901) (Free e-book. Available at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogymemoirs00vanw))
  • Hudson, Charles, History of the Town of Lexington, Vol. II - Genealogies (Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1915) (Free e-book. Available at Google Play)
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch consisting of Amanda Beauchamp, Mike Beauchamp, and Michael Yates, who share a 20 cM segment on chromosome 18. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are Isaac Stearns and Mary (Barker) Stearns.


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Stearns-256 and Stearns-68 appear to represent the same person because: Dates match. They are the same person.
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