Samuel Stearns (1739 - 1817)

Born 14 Nov 1739 in Waltham, MIddlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Bigelow) Stearns — married 15 May 1760 in Waltham, MIddlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1817 at age 77 in Waltham, MIddlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Lieutenant Samuel Stearns served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Samuel Stearns is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A109430.

Samuel Stearns is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 296521
Rank: Lieutenant

Samuel Stearns was an officer in the Revolutionary War, serving as a Lieutenant in a company which marched Dec. 9, 1776, under command of 1st Lieut. Joseph Crafts to join Col. Crafts's regiment at Boston and as 1st Lieutenant in Capt. Abraham Peirce's 11th (Waltham) company, Col. Samuel Thatcher's (1st Middlesex Co.) regt. of Mass. militia. ^{[1] [2]}

Samuel Stearns ^[3] was born on November 14, 1739, ^[4] in Waltham, MIddlesex County, Massachusetts, ^[5] and baptized on November 18, 1739, ^[6] in Watertown, MIddlesex, Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel Stearns and Sarah Bowman.

Samuel married Mary Bigelow on May 15, 1760, in Waltham. ^{[7] [8]}

They had 13 children:

1. Samuel, b, October 23, 1761 ^[5]
2. Mary, b. March 6, 1763^[5]
3. William, b. July 28, 1765 ^[9]
4. Susanna, b. October 2, 1766^[9]
5. Abigail, b. June 24, 1768 ^[10]
6. Thomas, b. February 6, 1770^[9]
7. Sarah, b. April 20, 1772^[5]
8. Jacob, b. February 15, 1774 ^[11]
9. Jesse, b. February 20, 1776^[11]
10. Lois, b. February 12, 1778^[11]
11. Nancy, b. September 18, 1780^[5]
12. Hannah, b. November 30, 1782^[11]
13. James, b. July 31, 1785^[11]

Samuel died on January 18, 1817, in Waltham^[12].

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Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
2. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
3. ↑ Bond, Henry, M.D Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1855) (Free e-book) p. 464
4. ↑ Van Wagenen, Avis Stearns, Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and His Descendants (Syracuse, N.Y., Courier Printing Co., 1901) (Free e-book) p. 63
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1904)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 88
6. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs 1697 to 1737 also Record Book of the Pastors 1686 to 1819 (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Boston David Clapp & Son, Printers 291 Congress Street 1906)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 145
7. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1904)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 223
8. ↑ Van Wagenen, Avis Stearns, Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and His Descendants (Syracuse, N.Y., Courier Printing Co., 1901) (Free e-book) p. 130
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1904)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 89
10. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1904)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 86
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4} The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1904)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 87
12. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1904)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 291

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-02-22), "Record of Samuel Stearns", Ancestor # A109430.

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 4, No. 3, p. 153

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896) Vol. 14, p. 885
  • "Stearns, Samuel. Lieutenant, in a company which marched Dec. 9, 1776, under command of 1st Lieut. Joseph Crafts to join Col. Crafts's regt. at Boston ; service, 5 days; roll sworn to in Middlesex Co.; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Abraham Peirce's 11th ("Waltham) co.. Col. Samuel Thatcher's (1st Middlesex Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen in said company; ordered in Council June 17, 1776, that said officers be commissioned ; reported commissioned June 17, 1776."