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Daniel Stearns (1749 - 1777)

Daniel Stearns
Born in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusettsmap
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Husband of — married 26 Oct 1769 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Died at age 27 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USAmap
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[Notes: (1) Son Paul's baptism is recorded as son of Daniel and Elizabeth, not Hannah. [1] (2) Daughter Bettee's death is recorded from her gravestone as Oct. 1770, [1] however it is October, 1778, transcribed incorrectly. See her guardianship record, aged 1 in April, 1777, died before May, 1779. [2]]

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Biography

Daniel Stearns, son of Thomas and Lydia Stearns, was born at Lunenburg, Massachusetts on July 13, 1749 [3] and baptized at Leominster, Massachusetts on bap. September 3, 1749. [1]

Daniel married Hannah Wetherbee on October 26, 1769 at Lunenburg. [1]

Daniel died at Leominster, Massachusetts on June 4, 1777. [1]

His estate inventory was submitted on July 2, 1777 as assessed at L462: 1: 12 with L370 being real estate. [4]

On July 7, 1777, widow Hannah Stearns notified the court that she declined administration of her husband's estate and requested that 'her father Thomas Stearns', be appointed. Thomas Stearns posted bond and then was appointed adminstrator of Daniel's estate. [4]

Thomas Stearns, as administrator was ordered by the court to pay the following sums from the estate balance of L54: 13: 5: 1, to Daniel's heirs, or their guardians on April 7, 1778, as follows:

  • to the widow - L 14: 7: 5: 3
  • to eldest son Daniel, a double share - L13: 15: 2
  • to the remaining three children- L6: 17: 7 each [4]
On April 7, 1778, Thomas Stearns was appointed guardian to Daniel Stearns, a minor aged six years, son of Daniel Stearns of Leominster, deceased. [5]
A guardian's bond was posted for Paul Stearns of Leominster in 1778. (papers missing) [6]
On April 7, 1778, Thomas Stearns was granted guardianship of Betty Stearns, a minor aged one year, daughter of Daniel Stearns of Leominster deceased. On May 3, 1779, Thomas gave a final accounting of his guardianship of Betty, now deceased including the amounts paid for the doctor, for digging her grave and her coffin. [2]

After his death his widow Hannah married Samuel Hale Jr. on July 8, 1784. [1]

On October 29, 1784, one third of Daniel's real estate, consisting of a 218 acre farm was set off to his widow Hannah, now Hannah Hale, as well as personal items of furniture and a cow, acknowledged by Thomas Stearns, adminstrator and guardian, Samuel Hale and Hannah Hale. [4]

Hannah died at Leominster on August 22, 1789, aged 38. [1]

Children

  1. Hannah born on September 28, 1770. [1]
  2. Daniel born on February 25, 1772. [1]
  3. Paul baptized on September 25, 1774. [1]
  4. Bettee born in 1777; aged one year in April, 1777, died before May 3, 1779. [4]


Research notes

Leominster Births

Stearns, Daniel, s. Thomas, bap. Sept. 3, 1749. C.R.
Stearns, Hannah, d. Daniel and Hannah, Sept. 28, 1770. (p. 133)
Stearns, Daniel, s. Daniel and Hannah, Feb. 25, 1772. (p. 132)
Stearns, Paul, s. Daniel and Elizabeth, his wife, bap. Sept. 25, 1774. C.R.

Leominster Marriages

Stearns, Daniel and Hannah Wetherbee Jr. of Lunenburg, Oct. 26, 1769. In Lunenburg. (p. 260)
Hale, Samuel Jr. and Wid. Hannah Stearns, July 8, 1784. (p. 211)

Leominster Deaths

Stearns, Daniel, June 4, 1777, in 28th y. G.S (p. 355)
Stearns, Bettee, d. Daniel and Hannah, Oct. 8, 1770 (sic), in 2d y. G.S. (p. 355)
Hale, Hannah, w. Samuel, Aug. 22, 1789, a. 38. G.S. [Aug. 17, Consumption, C.R.] (p. 319) [1]


Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, F. P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1911
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Case 55585:p. 1-5  : Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/30220/55585-co2/52388116
  3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TLCM : 18 February 2020), Daniel Stearns, 31 Jul 1749; citing Birth, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934225.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Case 55605: p. 1-20: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/30220/55605-co5/52388238
  5. ↑ Case 55606: p. 1-3  : Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/30220/55606-co3/52388256
  6. ↑ Case 55749:1: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/30220/55749-co1/682781729
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TF51 : 18 February 2020), Daniel Stearns and Hannah Wetherbee, 25 Aug 1769; citing Marriage Notice, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934225.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 August 2020), memorial page for Daniel Stearns (31 Jul 1749–4 Jun 1777), Find A Grave: Memorial #123129558, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Leon Christoforo (contributor 48290935). [Stone is shared by a duaghter Lette who died the following year.]




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