Elijah Stearns (1735 - 1801)

Born 15 Jun 1735 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Lane) Stearns — married 20 Dec 1759 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, New England

Descendants

Died 3 Oct 1801 at age 66 in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

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. ^{[1] [2]}

He married Lucy Lane on December 20, 1759. ^{[3] [2]}

Together they had these children:^[4][2]

1. Elijah Stearns, b. 1760, d.y.
2. Lucy Stearns, b. 1762.
3. Mary Stearns, b. 1765.
4. Elijah Stearns, b. 1767.
5. Josiah Stearns, b. 1769.
6. Martha, b. 1771.

Elijah was an officer in the American Revolutionary War. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

He died on October 03, 1801 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ^{[4] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
3. ↑ Vital Records of Bedford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records of Rutland, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
5. ↑ DAR
6. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
7. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
8. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783

• 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 Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 14, p. 874

• "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.

• Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1908); p. 82

• Vital Records of Bedford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1903); p. 87, p. 102

• Vital Records of Rutland, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1905); p. 91, p. 248