Anna (Hyde) Stearns (1753 - 1831)

Born 7 Jul 1753 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Griswold — married 1 Oct 1769 (to 6 Nov 1778) in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut

Wife of Ebenezer Stearns II — married about 1784 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 31 Jan 1831 at age 77 in Lanesboro

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Biography

Great Great Granddaughter of Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony and Mayflower fame.

Anna and Francis Griswold were second cousins.

Anna (Hyde) Stearns and Francis Griswold are both descendants of Sarah (Unknown) Bradford. 1. Anna is the daughter of Althea (Bradford) Hyde 2. Althea is the daughter of Joseph Bradford 3. Joseph is the son of Sarah (Unknown) Bradford

This makes Sarah the great grandmother of Anna. Her great grandfather was William Bradford Jr,, Sarah's second husband.

1. Francis is the son of Francis Griswold 2. Francis is the son of Samuel Griswold 3. Samuel is the son of Sarah (Unknown) Bradford

This makes Sarah the great grandmother of Francis. His great grandfather was Francis Griswold, Sarah's first husband.

Anna/Ann married first Francis Griswold, son of Francis & Abigail (Bingham) Griswold, on 1 Oct 1769 at Sharon, Litchfield, CT - parents of Abigail, Ann, Mary & Francis

After the death of husband Francis she married Ebenezer Stearns, son of Ebenezer & Mary (Gould) Stearns, in 1784 at Lanesborough, Berkshie, MA - their children were Rachel, Cyrus, Cynthia, Beulah, Avis, Abilene & Ebenezer

Sources

• *https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/abigail-griswold_445635

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SYV1-ND8 : accessed 2017-06-21), entry for Anne /Hyde/.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MCJC-353 : accessed 2017-09-05), entry for Ebenezer STEARNS ;[Lieut.].

• Phoenix, S. Whitney. The Whitney family of Connecticut and its affiliations : being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys in England, Vol. 1. New York: Privately printed, 1878. Pages 97, 207. Accessed 06 February 2018 at: https://www.gengophers.com/book.html#/book/59637?page=237&given=Francis&surname=Griswold