John Stearns (1677 - 1729)

Born 24 Jun 1677 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Fiske) Stearns — married 21 Feb 1701 in Watertown, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1729 at about age 51 in Watertown, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

116 JOHN STEARNS (31), b., June 24, 1677, son of Samuel and Hannah (Manning) Stearns, of Watertown, Mass.; md., Feb. 21, 1701, Abigail Fiske, b., June 12, 1684, dau. of John and Abigail (Parks) Fiske. He resided on the homestead of his father, and had a family of fifteen children; d., 1729; inventory of his estate, administered by his wid., Abigail, in 1735, was £952, 3sh., 10d. In the settlement of the estate, mention is made of heirs of Peter and James.

117 JOHN STEARNS JR.^[1] (314), b., Nov. 18, 1702.

118 JOSIAH STEARNS^[2] (322), b., Oct. 14, 1704; d., Apr. 11, 1756.

119 JOSEPH STEARNS^[3], b., July, 1706; d., Apr. 11, 1756; unm.; insane.

120 ABIGAIL STEARNS^[4], b., June 3, 1708; md., Oct. 7, 1735, in Lunenburg, Mass., by her brother, Rev. David Stearns. Col. Benjamin Bellows, afterwards of Walpole, N. H. "Bellows Falls" was named for him.

121 REV. DAVID STEARNS^[5] (334), b., Dec. 24, 1709; Harv. Coll., 1728; d.. Mar. 9, 1761.

122 THOMAS STEARNS, b., Oct. 8, 171 1; md., Aug. 9, 1774, Hannah Clarke, b.,Dec. 3, 1719, dau. of William and Hannah (Kee) Clarke, of Newton, Mass. d., Apr. 2, 1785, s. p.

123 JAMES STEARNS, b., and d., 1712.

124 HANNAH STEARNS, b., Dec. 20, 1713; d., Aug. 44, 1779; md., Jan. 6, 1746, Dea. Samuel Johnson, b., Jan. 2, 1723, son of Samuel and Rebecca Johnson, of Lunenburg, Mass.

125 BENJAMIN STEARNS (348), of Lunenburg, b., --; d., Nov. 22, 1761.

126 PETER STEARNS, left heirs.

127 DEA. WILLIAM STEARNS (352), b.. Mar. 11, 1717-18; of Lunenburg; d., July 10, 1792.

128 LYDIA STEARNS, b., Oct. 7, 1719; md., June 25, 1739, Joshua Goodrich, of Lunenburg; ten children.

129 JAMES STEARNS, b., July 9, 1721 ; left heirs.

130 LOIS STEARNS, b., Jan. 18, 1723; md., May 2, 1749, Jonas White, b., Dec. 18, 1724, eldest son of Andrew and Jane (Dix) White, of Watertown, Mass.: d.. Nov., 1796.

131 COL. ABIJAH STEARNS, b., Dec. 19, 1724; md., Nov. 12, 1751, Sarah Heywood, of Lunenburg, d., Nov. 6, 1783, s. p.^[6]

Birth

25 Jun 1677, Watertown, Mass, John Sternes son to Saml. Sternes and Hannah^[7]

Note

Note: REFN: 676

Sources

1. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737 also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 21
2. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737 also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 27
3. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737 also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 33
4. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737 also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 37
5. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737 also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 43
6. ↑ Genealogy and memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his descendants by Mrs. Avis Stearns Van Wagenen. Published 1901 by Courier Printing Co. in Syracuse, N.Y. https://archive.org/stream/genealogymemoirs00vanw pg. 42-5
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC9M-8B6 : accessed 19 Aug 2014), Saml. Sternes in entry for John Sternes, 25 Jun 1677; citing Watertowne, Middlesex, Massachusetts, p 14; FHL microfilm 892249.

• Manning, William H. The Genealogical and Biographical History of the Manning Families of New England (Salem Press Company, 1902); p. 120
• Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Rich Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984, pg. 362

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-8BD : 20 May 2022), John Sternes, 25 Jun 1677; citing Birth, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZR-1XTM : 11 May 2022), John Stearns Sr and Abigail Fisk, 24 Feb 1702; citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011107.

• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH18-NHS : 17 January 2020), John Stearns in entry for Stearns, 1782.

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