John Stearns (1691 - 1787)

Born 1691 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice (Miller) Stearns — married 29 Jul 1754 in Tolland, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 10 Mar 1787 at about age 96 in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

John Stearns was born in 1691 in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony to parents Shubeal Stearns Mary Upton.^[1]

He married Elizabeth Barron 2 December 1723 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony.^[2]

John and Elizabeth had the following children: ^[3]

1. Eleanor, born 13 February 1725/6; died 2 October 1737
2. David, born 14 December 1725; died 2 February 1725/6
3. Elizabeth, born 26 May 1728
4. Ruth, born 19 July 1730
5. Lydia, born 25 July 1732
6. John (Jr.), born 11 January 1735/6

John Starnes, of Tolland, married Abigail Diggens, of Windsor, 19 April, 1739, and died 13 February 1752.^[3] It appears that there were no children born in the 13 years of their marriage.

John married Eunice Miller 29 July 1754.^[3] He apparently began fathering children again, in his sixties. John and Eunice had the following children: ^[3]

1. David, born 24 January 1756; died 6 April 1756.
2. Eleanor, born 11 August 1757 - Twin
3. Eunice, born 11 August 1757 - Twin
4. Charles, born 19 October 1758
5. Mary, born 3 February 1760
6. Sarah, born 6 November 1761

John Stearns died 10 March 1780-89 in Tolland.^[3] Other genealogies give the year 1787, but that remains unsourced.

Sources

1. ↑ Van Wagenen, Avis (Stearns) Mrs.; Genealogy and Memoirs of Charles and Nathaniel Stearns, and their descendants (Syracuse, N.Y.; Courier Printing Co.; 1901); Available through Internet Archive: (https://archive.org/details/genealogymemoirs00vanw Volume 1 (https://archive.org/details/genealogymemoirscnst00vanw) Volume 2, pages 41-2.
2. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database accessed 23 September 2017: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Volume: Tolland, page 25.See record at subscription site. NOTE: The Barbour Collection names her as "Carns". She is the only Carns named in the Tolland town records; it is likely that the surname was entered incorrectly. The Stearns Genealogy names her as Barnes. This is also in error. See Elizabeth Barron for further analysis regarding the surname.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Barbour, Volume: Tolland, page 127 - 128. See record at subscription site.

• No. 6058, pg. 43-44 - Genealogy and memoirs of Charles and Nathaniel Stearns, and their descendants By A. van Wagenen - https://books.google.com/books?id=FM8GAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA45&dq=benton%20genealogy&pg=PA44#v=onepage&q=benton&f=false

• Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LCXB-8N1

• "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F753-MN5 : 16 March 2020), John Starns, 1722.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMH-VFG1 : 21 September 2019), John Starnes in entry for Abigail Diggens, 19 Apr 1739; citing Marriage, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143429.

• "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7L7-5YZ : 11 June 2020), John Stavns, 1754.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178848446/john-stearns: accessed 06 November 2023), memorial page for John Stearns (1691–10 Mar 1787), Find A Grave: Memorial #178848446; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Melaney Friesen Shaum (contributor 47261644).