Reuben
Stearns
Born in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Nathaniel Stearns
and Grace (Hammond) Stearns
Brother of
Ruth (Stearns) Barrett
Husband of
Anna (Stewart) Stearns
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Daniel Stearns
Died
at age 85
in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 May 2019
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Biography
Reuben was born in 1759. He was the son of Nathaniel Stearns and Grace Hammond.
When Private Reuben Stearns was born on February 6, 1759, in Holden, Massachusetts, USA, his father, Nathaniel, was 40 and his mother, Grace, was 35.
He married Anna STEWART on March 10, 1779, in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA. They had [12] children.
He died on January 29, 1845, in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA, having lived a long life of 85 years, and was buried in West Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.
Sources
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
- Name: Reuben Stearns
- Birth Date: 6 Feb 1759
- Death Date: 29 Jan 1845
- SAR Membership: 88190
- Role Ancestor Application Date: 16 Feb 1962
- Father: Nathaniel Stearns
- Mother: Grace Hammond
- Spouse: Anna Steward
- Children: Emory Stearns
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-CH7N), Reuben Stearns, 1845; Burial, West Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States of America, West Brattleboro Cemetery; Find A Grave: Memorial #30290576
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), entry for Reuben Stearns(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L13L-ND7); contributed by various users.
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- David Stearns
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AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 23 markers, haplogroup G2a, Ancestry member DavidStearns62
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Stearns-1204 and Stearns-2542 are not ready to be merged because: Difference of parentage needs to be sorted with sources
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by Maggie N.
Susan Smith
Stearns-1204 and Stearns-2542 appear to represent the same person because: same person
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by Susan Smith
Unmerged matches › Reuben Stearns (1759-)
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