Abijah Stearns (1724 - 1783)

Born 19 Dec 1724 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Died 6 Nov 1783 at age 58 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Colonel Abijah Stearns served with Colonel Stearns Regiment, Massachusetts Line during the American Revolution.

Abijah Stearns is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 296425
Rank: Colonel

Abijah Stearns was born on December 19, 1724 in . His parents were John Stearns and Abigail Fiske. ^[1]

131 COL. ABIJAH STEARNS, b., Dec. 19, 1724; md., Nov. 12, 1751, Sarah Heywood, of Lunenburg, where he settled and to the church of which he was dismissed. Mar. 24, 1750. She d., Sept. 4, 1782. and he d., Nov. 6, 1783, s. p. By his will, dated Oct. 3, 1783, after numerous small bequests to his other relatives, he gave his homestead estate to Stephen Whitney, who md. Relief Stearns (332), niece to Col. Abijah Stearns, and dau. of Josiah Stearns (118)].^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
2. ↑ 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

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78015598/abijah-stearns : accessed 07 May 2022), memorial page for Col Abijah Stearns (19 Dec 1724–6 Nov 1783), Find A Grave: Memorial #78015598, citing North Cemetery, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Brooke Harlowe (contributor 47620784) .

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 14, p. 871

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4N4-PJV : 10 November 2020), Abijah Stearns, 19 Dec 1724; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009514.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TJ3H : 10 November 2020), Abijah Stearns, 28 Sep 1751; citing Marriage, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934225.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCS-VR2Q : 19 April 2021), Abijah Stearns and Sarah Heywood, 28 Sep 1751; citing Marriage, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011128.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TV4S : 10 November 2020), Abijah Stearns, 12 Nov 1751; citing Marriage, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934225.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCS-VTR6 : 19 April 2021), Abijah Stearns and Sarah Heywood, 28 Sep 1754; citing Marriage, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011128.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCS-Z2NP : 19 April 2021), Abijah Stearns and Sarah Heywood, 12 Nov 1754; citing Marriage, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011128.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCS-ZVK4 : 19 April 2021), Abijah Stearns and Sarah Heywood, 12 Nov 1754; citing Marriage, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011128.

• Van Wagenen, Avis Stearns. Genealogy And Memoirs Of Isaac Stearns And His Descendants (Courier Printing Co., Syracuse, N.Y., 1901); p. 45