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The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

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Saturday, April 4, 2015

Stearns of Massachusetts


My Stearns line is from England and they settled in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. This is a recently discovered line, and I'm happy to add this family to my tree. As in the past, my direct lines are in All Caps, and now in Bold. I will be glad to share what I used as sources.



Descendant Register, Generation No. 1

1.ISAAC STEARNS was born ABT 1600, and died 19 JUN 1671 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married MARY BARKER BET 1622 AND 1625 in Stoke-by Nayland, England, daughter of JOHN BARKER and MARGARET WALTER. She died 23 APR 1677 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Please see wonderful post about Isaac Stearns by Bill West HERE.
Children of ISAAC STEARNS and MARY BARKER are:
2  i.Mary STEARNS was born ABT 6 JAN 1625 in Nayland with Wissington, Suffolk, England, and died 1664. She married Isaac LEARNED 9 JUL 1646 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He was born 1624, and died 1657.
3  ii.Anna / Hannah STEARNS was born ABT 5 OCT 1628 in Nayland with Wissington, Suffolk, England, and died 17 JUN 1656. She married Henry FREEMAN 25 DEC 1650 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He was born 1625 in England.
+4  iii.John STEARNS was born ABT 1630.
+5  iv.Isaac STEARNS was born 6 JAN 1632/3 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 2 AUG 1676.
+6  v.Sarah STEARNS was born 22 SEP 1635 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 6 OCT 1700.
+7  vi.SAMUEL STEARNS was born 24 APR 1638 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 3 AUG 1683.
8  vii.Elizabeth STEARNS was born ABT 1644, and died 1671. She married Samuel MANNING 13 APR 1664 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He was born 1644, and died 1710.
9  viii.Abigail STEARNS was born 28 FEB 1639 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 16 OCT 1690 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She married John MORSE 27 APR 1666 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, son of Joseph MORSE and Esther PIERCE. He was born 28 FEB 1639 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 23 JUL 1702 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.


Descendant Register, Generation No. 2

4.John STEARNS (ISAAC STEARNS1) was born ABT 1630. He married Mary LATHROP 20 NOV 1656 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, daughter of Thomas LATHROP \ LOTHROP. She was born 4 OCT 1640. He married Sarah BEF 1654 in Billerica / Watertown, MA, daughter of Isaac MIXER and Sarah THURSTON. She was born ABT 1636, and died 14 JUN 1656 in Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
Child of John STEARNS and Sarah is:
10  i.John STEARNS was born MAY 1654 in Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 26 OCT 1728. He married Joanna CALL 22 APR 1696 in Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of Thomas CALL and Lydia SHEPARDSON. She was born MAR 1659?60 in Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 4 DEC 1737 in Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
5.Isaac STEARNS (ISAAC STEARNS1) was born 6 JAN 1632/3 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 2 AUG 1676. He married Sarah BEERS 24 JUN 1660.
Child of Isaac STEARNS and Sarah BEERS is:
+11  i.Mary STEARNS was born 8 OCT 1663, and died 24 FEB 1733.
6.Sarah STEARNS (ISAAC STEARNS1) was born 22 SEP 1635 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 6 OCT 1700. She married Samuel STONE 7 JUN 1655 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, son of Gregory STONE. He was born 1631 in England, and died 27 SEP 1715.
Child of Sarah STEARNS and Samuel STONE is:
12  i.Samuel STONE was born 1 OCT 1656 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 17 JUN 1743 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Dorcas JONES 12 JUN 1679 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of John JONES and Dorcas (--) w\o John JONES. She was born 29 MAY 1659 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 24 SEP 1746 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
7.SAMUEL STEARNS (ISAAC STEARNS1) was born 24 APR 1638 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 3 AUG 1683. He married HANNAH MANNING 1 FEB 1662/3 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of WILLIAM MANNING. She was born 21 JUN 1642 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 26 FEB 1723/4.
Children of SAMUEL STEARNS and HANNAH MANNING are:
13  i.Samuel STEARNS was born 4 MAY 1664 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 7 JUN 1671.
14  ii.Hannah STEARNS was born 8 DEC 1666. She married Thomas BISCOE. She married Samuel GOOKIN 28 SEP 1708.
15  iii.Nathaniel STEARNS was born 13 DEC 1668, and died 24 AUG 1716.
16  iv.Sarah STEARNS was born 23 APR 1671. She married Joseph WINSHIP. He was born 1661, and died 25 SEP 1725.
17  v.Samuel STEARNS was born 29 MAR 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 16 AUG 1746. He married Mary HAWKINS 2 MAR 1697/8 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
18  vi.Isaac STEARNS was born 31 DEC 1674, and died 1737.
19  vii.John STEARNS was born 24 JUN 1677, and died 1729.
+20  viii.MARY STEARNS was born 5 APR 1679 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 1732.
21  ix.Abigail STEARNS was born 16 APR 1680, and died 11 JUL 1710. She married Benoni GARFIELD.
22  x.Joseph STEARNS was born 11 DEC 1682, and died 4 FEB 1683/4.


Descendant Register, Generation No. 3

11.Mary STEARNS (Isaac STEARNS2, ISAAC STEARNS1) was born 8 OCT 1663, and died 24 FEB 1733. She married John CUTLER 1 JAN 1694, son of JAMES CUTLER and Phebe PAGE. He was born 19 MAR 1663 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 21 SEP 1714 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
Children of Mary STEARNS and John CUTLER are:
23  i.Samuel CUTLER was born 20 DEC 1694 in Cambridge Farms, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 12 JUL 1742.
24  ii.John CUTLER was born 3 JUN 1696 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
25  iii.Ebenezer CUTLER was born 24 JUL 1700 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 17 JAN 1777 in Lincoln, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Anna WHITNEY 3 MAR 1724, daughter of Jonathan WHITNEY. She was born in of Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 24 AUG 1793 in Lincoln, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
26  iv.Mary CUTLER was born 3 APR 1702 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 13 JUN 1776 in Lincoln, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She married Samuel BOND 7 FEB 1724 in Lincoln, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He was born in of Weston, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 20 JAN 1763 in Lincoln, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
27  v.Sarah CUTLER was born 20 NOV 1704 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 12 FEB 1749.
20.MARY STEARNS (SAMUEL STEARNS2, ISAAC STEARNS1) was born 5 APR 1679 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 1732. She married SAMUEL JENNISON 2 NOV 1699 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, son of SAMUEL JENNISON and JUDITH NEWCOMB. He was born 12 OCT 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 2 DEC 1730 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
Children of MARY STEARNS and SAMUEL JENNISON are:
28  i.Mary JENNISON was born 17 AUG 1700. She married John GERRISH 8 NOV 1733 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
29  ii.Hannah JENNISON was born 17 JUL 1702, and died 10 DEC 1777 in Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. She married Jonathan STONE 15 FEB 1724/5. She married John GODDARD.
30  iii.Samuel JENNISON was born 26 SEP 1704. He married Abigail HOLDEN 13 FEB 1733 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
31  iv.William JENNISON was born 6 FEB 1706/7, and died 1 APR 1750 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Abigail LINDALL.
+32  v.Nathaniel JENNISON was born 5 APR 1709 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 18 MAY 1769 in Barre, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
33  vi.John JENNISON was born 19 FEB 1710/1, and died AFT MAR 1755. He married Mary HUBBARD 21 JUL 1740 in Lunenburg, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
34  vii.Lydia JENNISON was born 2 APR 1712, and died 28 MAR 1749. She married Ebenezer WHITE 11 JAN 1736/7.
35  viii.Abigail JENNISON was born 22 APR 1715. She married Jonathan HUBBARD.
36  ix.Mercy JENNISON was born 11 MAR 1717/8, and died 26 OCT 1756. She married Stanton PRENTICE 26 JUN 1740.
37  x.Sarah JENNISON was born 16 AUG 1720 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 23 NOV 1720.
+38  xi.EUNICE JENNISON was born FEB 1721/2 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 17 FEB 1750/1 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.