Lieutenant Elijah Stearns served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Elijah Stearns is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A109332.
Elijah Stearns was born on June 15, 1735 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, New England. His parents were Isaac Stearns and Alice Wilson.
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Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-16), "Record of Elijah Stearns", Ancestor # A109332.
Van Wagenen, Avis Stearns, Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and His Descendants (Syracuse, N.Y., Courier Printing Co., 1901) (Free e-book. Available at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogymemoirs00vanw)) Pg-49
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6M-K8G : 10 February 2018), Isaac Stearns in entry for Elijah Stearns, 15 Jun 1735; citing BILLERICA,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873758 IT.
"Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJK-B4NN : 19 February 2021), Elijah Sterns, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-GPCW : 17 March 2018), Elijah Stearns, 12 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,047,280.
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-M75M : 17 March 2018), Elijah Stearns, 29 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,056,759.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-F38 : 10 November 2020), Elijah Stearns, 15 Jun 1735; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZ5-42T : 10 November 2020), Elijah Stearns, 20 Dec 1759; citing Marriage, Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010700.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSZ-7ZD : 10 November 2020), Elijah Stearns, 20 Feb 1760; citing Marriage, Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-T7P3 : 10 November 2020), Elijah Stearns in entry for Elijah Stearns, 14 Oct 1760; citing Birth, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934224.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TFXC : 10 November 2020), Elijah Stearns in entry for Elijah Stearns, 10 Aug 1761; citing Death, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934224.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-T4MB : 10 November 2020), Elijah Stearns in entry for Lucy Stearns, 26 Jun 1762; citing Birth, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934224.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-T47R : 10 November 2020), Elijah Stearns in entry for Mary Stearns, 28 Mar 1765; citing Birth, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934224.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-T7P5 : 10 November 2020), Elijah Stearns in entry for Elijah Stearns, 1 May 1767; citing Birth, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934224.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-T493 : 10 November 2020), Elijah Stearns in entry for Josiah Stearns, 18 Jun 1769; citing Birth, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934224.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-T4VR : 10 November 2020), Elijah Stearns in entry for Martha Stearns, 15 Aug 1771; citing Birth, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934224.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L1-1FM : 10 November 2020), Elijah, Capt. Steaves in entry for Martha Steaves, 15 Aug 1771; citing Birth, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009526.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-T8K1 : 10 November 2020), Elijah Stearns, 3 Oct 1801; citing Death, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934224.
"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-1PX : accessed 17 September 2021), Elijah Stearns, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 496, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QR78-7TN2 : 1 March 2021), Elijah Stearns, 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRR-5R4W : 1 March 2021), Elijah Stearns, Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-RG7C : 1 March 2021), Elijah Stearns, 12 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711091.
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Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
David Stearns :
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 23 markers, haplogroup G2a, Ancestry member DavidStearns62