Martha (Stearns) Fitts (1750 - 1807)

Born 30 May 1750 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Samuel Fitts — married 14 May 1772 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1807 at age 56 in Braintree, Orange, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Birth

Martha Stearns, born 30 May 1750 in Bolton, she was the daughter of Benjamin Stearns and Dinah Wheeler.^[1]

Martha passed away about 1807.

Children born in Sutton, Massachusetts and Braintree, Vermont:

1. Clark Fitts, born 12 March 1773 ^[2]

b. December 29, 1796; m. three times; d. in Middlebury. Here is a mistake, for Clark was, we think, the oldest of all the children; and this is probably his son.

1. Martha Fitts, born 11 July 1776 ^[3]
2. Artemas, born 30 March 1778^[4] Artemus m. 1804, Sally Bates, who was b. in Royalston, Mass., March 29, 1778, and d. August 28, 1858; he d. March 18, 1867; farmer
3. Keziah, b. June 27, 1780; m. March 30, 1801, Joseph Riford, Jr.; d. October 3, 1862.
4. Amos, b. in Sutton, Mass., November 17, 1784;. m. June 26, 1808, Jerusha Bates, who was b. in Hudson, Mass., October 22, 1784
5. Luke, b. March Ki, 1787; m. (1) September 20, l8l2, Lucy Cobb, who d. November 20, 1828, aged 37 years; m. (2) May 20, 1829, Polly M. Martin of

Rochester, who d. December 16, 1851; d. in Brunswick, Nova Scotia, August 3 1872;

1. John Fitts, born 15 May 1789 in Braintree, Orange, Vermont^[5][6] John m. Philena Copeland, who d. December 25, 1867 aged 73 years and 4 months; lived in Randolph; d. January 30, 1862.
2. Nancy Fitts, b. January 7, 1792; d. unmarried December 3, 1866.
3. HannahFitts, b. April 18, 1794; m. Elisha Flint; d. October 27, 1764.
4. Jonathan Stearns, b. June 19, 1798; m. Chloe Brown of Randolph, who was

b. March 15, 1806; subsequently removed to Fond du Lac, Wis., and both d. there; children b. in Braintree: 1, Marina, and 2, William; both d. young.

1. Tamar Fitts, date of birth unknown; m. a man named Scarlet, so named

from being found when a babe on a doorstep wrapped in a scarlet blanket; went to Indiana and d. there.

1. Patty birth unknown; m. Tyler Ball; lived and d. in Granville.

Military

Private Samuel Fitts, born 12 March 1743 in Sutton, Worcestor, Massachusetts Bay, died Braintree, Orange, Vermont on 07 April 1807, and his wife Martha Sterns are honored for patriotism by the Daughters of the American Revolution: 1) CAPT JONATHAN WOODBURY, COL JACOB DAVID^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48580/101/1415730814
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCGV-1V8 : 15 January 2020), Clark Fitts, 1773.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FR-WLD : 15 January 2020), Martha Fitts in entry for Martha Fitts, 1776.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FR-WLF : 15 January 2020), Martha Fitts in entry for Artemas Fitts, 1778.
5. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8L8-G6R : 16 December 2019), John Fitts, 1789.
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 10, 2020), "Record of Samuel Fitts", Ancestor # A040013.
7. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 10, 2020), "Record of Samuel Fitts", Ancestor # A040013.

• The History of Braintree, Vermont: Including a Memorial of Families that ..., by Henry Royce Bass “FITTS” p. 133
• Records from Sutton, Mass