Rachel was born on April 18, 1695.[1]
In 1717, Rachel married Samuel Stearns in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. They had the following children:
Rachel Stearns Hutchinson 6 June 1720 – 25 July 1795
Elizabeth Stearns Bacon 3 April 1722 – 18 April 1790
Prudence Stearns Needham 30 March 1724 – 29 December 1781
Samuel Stearns 1 June 1726 – 23 July 1801
Mary Stearns Littlehale 1 July 1728 – 23 December 1802
Samuel died before 1730. Rachael married Thomas Wyman and they had the following children:
Thomas Wyman 4 March 1730 – 7 September 1802
Lucy Wyman Stearns 23 August 1733 – 28 November 1802
Sibbill Wyman Maxwell 29 August 1735 – 1 August 1801
William Wyman 1736 – 26 April 1785
Simon Wyman 1739 – 25 April 1825
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-VR2 : 20 May 2022), Rachel Crosbey, 18 Apr 1695; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7Q-QJR : 28 July 2021), Rachel Crosboy in entry for Samuel Jun. Stearns, 1717.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD1-VTB : 15 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Rachel Stearns, 1720
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD1-XJX : 15 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Elizabeth Stearns, 1722.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD1-FPK : 15 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Prudence Stearns, 1724.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6M-R31 : 15 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Samuel Stearns, 1726.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VW-BJ8 : 20 May 2022), Rachel in entry for M... Stearns, 1 Jul 1728; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-FBJ : 20 May 2022), Rachel in entry for Thomas Wyman, 4 Mar 1731; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-FB2 : 20 May 2022), Rachel in entry for Lucy Wyman, 23 Aug 1733; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-FBP : 20 May 2022), Rachel in entry for Sibel Wyman, 29 Aug 1735; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-S8Z2 : 24 November 2022), Rachel Crosby in entry for Samuel Stearns and Hannah Trask, 1750.
The Dinsmore Genealogy, Farmington, Maine, 1927, Page number: p. 116
Vital Records of Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts to the Year 1850, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Suffolk,, Page number: p. 46
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