William Stearns (1754 - 1834)

Born 5 Aug 1754 in Northfield, Massachusetts Colony

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Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1834 at age 79 in Jamestown, New York area

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Biography

Private William Stearns served with 1st Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

William Stearns is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A109442.

From Avis Stearns VanWagenen's Stearns Genealogy and Memoirs: 744— CAPT WILLIAM STEARNS (276). b. Aug 5, 1754, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Spring) Stearns, of Worcester, Mass.; was Captain in the Revolutionary Army and his discharge, with some of the Continental money which he received for his services, has been treasured by his family. He m., Sept. 16 1775, Joanna Duncan, b. Feb. 8, 1757, who died., Aug. 13, 1834, in Jamestown, N.Y. He died Feb 14, 1834, in Jamestown, Chautaqua Co. N.Y. ……. He had fifteen children. See more. ^[1]

William moved his family to Stratton, Vermont, about 1800. Prior to their move to Stratton, they resided in Orange, Massachusetts. William bought land and lived in Stratton through 1815, then resettled in Winhall, VT, and finally moved on to Jamestown, NewYork, with other Stratton families.^[2]

Children

Children of William and Joanna:

1) Simeon, born June 28, 1788; married Irene Newcomb

2) Ebenezer

3) Dolly

4) Allinor

5) Mary Sprague

6) Joseph Haskins

7) Lydia, born December 14, 1785, at Orange, Massachusetts; died September 15, 1851, at Jamestown, NewYork; married Joseph Garfield on September 7, 1803, at Stratton, Vermont.

8) Amery, born April 6, 1797; died February 15, 1875, at Jamestown, New York.

Sources

1. ↑ "Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his descendants" by Avis Stearns Van Wagenen, pp 126 ff
2. ↑ Echoes in the Forest, p 465

• VanWagenen, Avis, "Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his descendants," 1901 [1]

• Town of Stratton, Vermont, "Echoes in the Forest", Stratton Families History [2]

• FindAGrave.com Memorial #10463549 [3]

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C383-D?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RMK%3A1588792209 : 24 January 2018), Massachusetts, vol 14, Sha, John-Sthenfield, Ephraim > image 889 of 1010; citing various published state rosters, United States.