Jonathan Stearns (abt. 1759 - 1804)

Born about 10 Jan 1759 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Province

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Thayer) Burnap — married 1 May 1783 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1804 at about age 44 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Birth and Baptism

Jonathan was born to Jonathan and Beulah Stearns in Milford on 10 Jan 1759. ^[1]

Jonathan was baptized on June 3, 1759 in Milford,^[2] That may have occurred later than usual because he was born after his father's death

Marriage

Jonathan Stearns married Hannah Thayer May 1, 1783 in Milford.^[3][4]

Marriage #2 ?

A Jonathan Stearns Jr. is recorded as having married the 21-year-old Meriam Gashet in Hopkinton on Dec. 3, 1801^[5] Meriam died just three months later on March 1, 1802 of "lung fever."^[6] But there is no record of (first wife) Hannah outlived this Jonathan, and the 1803 birth record for son Alanson gives his parents as Jonathan and Hannah. It seems likely that this Jonathan Stearns Jr. is a different Jonathan. Further research needed.

Military Service

Jonathan was a Soldier of the Revolution. He served as a private, 1778; was captured, but made his escape.^[7]

Additional bio from LDS Profile LC7G-PGZ Jonathan Stearns, youngest son of Jonathan and Beulah (Chadwick) Stearns, of Milford, Massachusetts, was born January 10, 1759. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war, was captured, and escaped from a British man of war in a leaky boat with a companion named Corbitt, one rowing the boat while the other bailed water with his shoe.

Children

Jonathan and Hannah had, one in Milford,^[8] and the rest in Hopkinton:^[9]

• Mary, b. Feb 8, 1784 in Milford, m. Zebulon Hooker in 1804, they had 13 children
• David, b. Nov. 12, 1785, m. Lydia Bowker in 1811, removed to Chesterfield, New Hampshire
• Beulah/Bulah, b. Feb. 26, 1787, married Jeduthan Bullen of Milford, May 9, 1805, had 7 children by him and 2 more by her second husband Dr. Clark.
• Alexander, b. Apr. 12, 1788, m. Sarah Brownell: their daughter Mary Ann married S Austin Vaut/Vant
• Alanson, b. Jan. 1, 1790, died Mar. 1, 1796
• Jotham, b. Aug 20, 1791, died 25 Dec 1832, of palsy
• Jonathan, b. May 31, 1793, perhaps baptized Sept. 20, 1796,^[10] married Lucy Tuttle of Fitchburg, intentions posted in Milford Feb. 3, 1818
• Emeline, b. Apr. 15, 1795, married Samuel Crooks of Milford, Mar. 19, 1818
• John, b. May 30, 1797, m. Abigail Legg in Uxbridge, intentions posted in Mendon 3 Feb 1822
• Hannah, b. June 15, 1799, married Luther R. Bridges, Sept. 4, 1822, they had 10 children
• Charlotte, b. Sep 15, 1801, married Edward Pond, they had 8 children
• Alanson, b. May 12, 1803, married Maria Gibson, Apr. 6, 1826

Death

Jonathan died in Hopkinton on Jan. 3, 1804, in his 45th year His widow Hannah married Maj. Isaac Burnap 20 months later, on Nov. 28, 1805^[11] (Alternative Death location: 3 January 1804 Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States -- unconfirmed)

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCG3-K5J : 10 December 2019), Jonathan Stearns, 1759.Date of Birth: 10 January 1759, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts
2. ↑ Massachusetts, "Vital Records of Milford, Worcester,", p. 160, "s. of Jonathan (dec.) and Beaulah"
3. ↑ Worcester, Vital Records of Milford Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 290
4. ↑ Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800, Page 160, per Ancestry.com
5. ↑ Middlesex, Vital records of Hopkinton Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 363: "Stearns - Jonathan Jr. and Meriam Gashet"
6. ↑ [<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028815541/page/n450/mode/2up Middlesex, ''Vital records of Hopkinton Massachusetts to the year 1850'', pp. 450]</li> <li id="_note-6">[[#_ref-6|↑]] Computer file, Vol. 17, p. 305; vol. 22, p. 240; Vol.32, p.276; Vol. 48, p. 420 & more (ancestry.com), Computer file, Vol. 17, p. 305; vol. 22, p. 240; Vol.32, p.276; Vol. 48, p. 420 </li> <li id="_note-7">[[#_ref-7|↑]] [https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofmi00milf/page/290/mode/2up Worcester, ''Vital Records of Milford Massachusetts to the year 1850''], p. 160, 290</li> <li id="_note-8">[[#_ref-8|↑]] [https://archive.org/details/cu31924028815541/page/n171/mode/2up Middlesex, ''Vital Records of Hopkinton Massachusetts to the year 1850'', pp. 171]-172, 363, 450</li> <li id="_note-9">[[#_ref-9|↑]] recorded in the cited record as born that day, but there is no room for that in the birth sequence of this family.</li> <li id="_note-10">[[#_ref-10|↑]] [https://archive.org/details/cu31924028815541/page/n450/mode/2up Middlesex, ''Vital records of Hopkinton Massachusetts to the year 1850'', pp. 450], 363</li></ol></ref>

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