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Eliphaz Stearns 1736–1803 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Oct 1736

Birth Location: Sturbridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 4 Apr 1803

Death Location: Dover, Windham County, Vermont, USA

Father: Reverand Stearns

Mother: Thankful Clapp

Spouse(s): Hannah Clark, Betsy Wood

Children(s): Thankful Stearns, Elijah Stearns, Asaph Stearns, Olive Stearns, Patience Stearns, Sally Stearns, Hannah Stearns, Phineas Stearns, John Stearns, Charity Stearns, Eliphaz Stearns, Mary Stearns, Eliphalet Stearns, Sally Stearns

In 1736, Eliphaz Stearns entered the world in Sturbridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, born to Reverand Ebenezer Stearns And Thankful Clapp. In 1790, Eliphaz Stearns resided in Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Eliphaz Stearns married Betsy Wood, Hannah Clark, and had children including Asaph Stearns, Charity Stearns, Elijah David Stearns, Eliphalet Stearns, Eliphaz Stearns, Hannah Stearns, John Stearns, Mary Stearns, Olive Stearns, Patience Stearns, Phineas Stearns, Sally Stearns, Thankful Stearns. Eliphaz Stearns passed away in 1803 in Dover, Windham County, Vermont, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1736, Eliphaz Stearns entered the world in Sturbridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, born to Reverand Ebenezer Stearns And Thankful Clapp.
  • In 1790, Eliphaz Stearns resided in Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
  • Eliphaz Stearns married Betsy Wood, Hannah Clark, and had children including Asaph Stearns, Charity Stearns, Elijah David Stearns, Eliphalet Stearns, Eliphaz Stearns, Hannah Stearns, John Stearns, Mary Stearns, Olive Stearns, Patience Stearns, Phineas Stearns, Sally Stearns, Thankful Stearns.
  • Eliphaz Stearns passed away in 1803 in Dover, Windham County, Vermont, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Reverand Stearns
1711–1789
Birth Location: Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
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Thankful Clapp
1715–1761
Birth Location: Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Hannah Clark
1739–1801
Birth Location: Medway, Massachusetts
HC
Betsy Wood
1749–1830
Birth Location: Massachusetts, United States
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Children(s)

Thankful Stearns
1770–1852
Birth Location: Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
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Elijah Stearns
1762–1823
Birth Location: VERMONT
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Asaph Stearns
1766–1795
Birth Location: Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
AS
Olive Stearns
1765–1825
Birth Location: of, Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont, United States
OS
Patience Stearns
1767–1767
Birth Location: of, Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont, United States
PS
Sally Stearns
1772–1772
Birth Location: Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
SS
Hannah Stearns
1769–1808
Birth Location: of, Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont, United States
HS
Phineas Stearns
1781–1866
Birth Location: Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
PS
John Stearns
1781–1782
Birth Location: Massachusetts, United States
JS
Charity Stearns
1764–1827
Birth Location: Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
CS
Eliphaz Stearns
1775–1866
Birth Location: Vermont, United States
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Mary Stearns
1777–1860
Birth Location: Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, Unites States
MS
Eliphalet Stearns
1763–1764
Birth Location: probably Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Sally Stearns
1768–1769
Birth Location: –
SS

Eliphaz Stearns's Ancestors

Self
Eliphaz Stearns
1736–1803
Birth Place: Sturbridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Reverand Ebenezer Stearns
1711–1789
Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Thankful Clapp
1715–1761
Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Isaac (Stearns) III
1665–1741
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Elizabeth Stone
1670–1741
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Joshua Clapp
1667–1728
Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Mary Boyden
1677–1718
Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
Isaac II
1633–1676
Sarah Beers
1639–1724
Simon II
1631–1708
Mary WHIPPLE
1634–1720
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Isaac *
1600–1671
Mary 11GGM
1604–1677

Eliphaz Stearns's Descendants

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Eliphaz Stearns (3 Oct 1736–4 Apr 1803) m. Hannah Clark (29 Dec 1739–15 March 1801) m. Betsy Wood (ABT 1749–28 FEB 1830)
  1. 1. Thankful Stearns 1770–1852 m. Cyrus Knapp 1769–1852
    1. 1. Hiram Knapp 1803–1859 m. Elvira Stearns 1804–1880
      1. 1. C.H. (Pitman) Knapp 1833–1863 m. Mary Doolittle 1841–1871
        1. 1. Cora (Bella) Knapp 1861–1889 m. Frastus Ogilvie 1859–1886
        2. 2. Luella Knapp 1859–1862
      2. 2. Carlos (Boardman) Knapp 1832–1897 m. Jane Allen 1836–1901
        1. 1. Clara (Knapp) Hull 1856–1923
        2. 2. Byron Knapp 1857–1857
        3. 3. Jessie Knapp 1858–1934
        4. 4. Frank (Lewis) Knapp 1860–1863
        5. 5. Charles (Frederick) Knapp 1862–1933
        6. 6. Mary (Ella) Knapp 1864–1929
        7. 7. Judson (Walter) Knapp 1867–1952
      3. 3. Polly (Phidora Graves) Knapp 1829–1918 m. Isaac (C.) Sprague 1824–1902
        1. 1. James (Thatcher) Sprague 1871–1952
        2. 2. Eliza (E.) Sprague 1862–
        3. 3. Bertha (S.) Sprague 1867–1962
        4. 4. Evaline (Phidora) Sprague 1849–
        5. 5. Alfred (Isaac) Sprague 1853–1934
        6. 6. Elmer (Lyman) Sprague 1864–1865
        7. 7. James Sprague 1857–1863
        8. 8. Lafayette Sprague –1863
        9. 9. Eliza (Abigail) Symonds 1861–1962
      4. 4. Indiana (EV) Knapp 1844–1916 m. Herbert (A) Smith 1851–1925
        1. 1. Leon (T) Smith 1881–1899
        2. 2. Hattie (Ella) Smith 1878–1965
      5. 5. Lyman (H Enos) Knapp 1837–1904 m. Martha (A) Severance 1837–1928
        1. 1. George (E) Knapp 1867–1930
        2. 2. Frances (A Fanny) Knapp 1869–1920
        3. 3. Edwin (Lyman) Knapp 1878–1961
        4. 4. Mary (Alice) Knapp 1869–1973
      6. 6. Preston (Steven Asaphite) Knapp 1839–1908 m. Emma (L) Knapp 1847–1939
        1. 1. Malcolm (V) Knapp 1874–1908
        2. 2. Ernest (Preston) Knapp 1867–1951
      7. 7. Joseph (D. Velasco) Knapp 1842–1930 m. Caroline Medbury 1843–
        1. 1. Edwin Knapp 1874–1960
        2. 2. Flora (M.) Knapp 1879–
      8. 8. Henry (Elliott) Knapp 1835–1904 m. Eleanor (Fox) Hall 1835–1890 m. Mary (Pettis) S 1834–
        1. 1. Evangeline (Angelia) Knapp 1856–1856
        2. 2. Elcy (Rosella) Knapp 1857–1868
        3. 3. Elliot (Isaac) Knapp 1859–
        4. 4. Elliott (Henry) Knapp 1865–
        5. 5. W. (E.) Knapp 1867–1951
        6. 6. Edelbert (John "Birdie" "Adelbert") Knapp 1869–1869
        7. 7. Edell (J.) Knapp 1870–
        8. 8. Willie (E) Knapp 1854–
        9. 9. Adelbert Knapp 1871–
      9. 9. Villa (Ethana Madonna Arressa) Knapp 1846–1933 m. Cheselton (J) Allen 1847–1926 m. Cheselton (J "Chessie") Allen 1847–1926
        1. 1. Lena (Jennie) Allen 1871–1914
        2. 2. Lora (Estelle) Allen 1876–1940
        3. 3. Lora (Estelle) Allen 1876–1940
        4. 4. Andy (Marcien) Allen 1882–1885
    2. 2. Asaph Knapp 1796–1867 m. Relief HIgley 1801–1889
      1. 1. Horace (Stearns) Knapp 1828–1916
      2. 2. Daniel (Steward) Knapp 1830–1833
      3. 3. Franklin (Dwight) Knapp 1835–1919
      4. 4. Fayette (W.) Knapp 1839–1909 m. Fanny (Maria) Lamb 1846–1905
        1. 1. Emma (Jane) Whitaker 1865–1892 m. Walter (A) Whitaker 1854–1936
        2. 2. Wieber (Franklin) Knapp 1869–
        3. 3. Elmer (Warren) Knapp 1863–1927
        4. 4. Addie (M) Knapp 1867–
        5. 5. Leon (H.) Knapp 1875–
        6. 6. Mary (M.) Knapp 1873–
        7. 7. Martha (A.) Knapp 1877–
        8. 8. Wieber (Franklin) Knapp 1869–1935
        9. 9. Elmer (Warren) Knapp 1863–1927
        10. 10. Leon (Henry) Knapp 1875–1892
        11. 11. Mary (M.) Knapp 1873–1954
        12. 12. Martha (A.) Knapp 1877–1892
        13. 13. Steward (Horace) Knapp 1879–1879
      5. 5. Clark (Asaph) Knapp 1840–1927
      6. 6. John (Henry) Knapp 1844–1904
      7. 7. Lucina (R) Knapp 1826–1917
    3. 3. Cyrus Knapp 1794–1868
    4. 4. Evelina Knapp 1798–1811
    5. 5. Thankful Knapp 1804–1811
    6. 6. Dolly Knapp 1806–1808
    7. 7. Zilpha Knapp 1793–1850
    8. 8. Enos (R) Knapp 1797–1886
    9. 9. Orville Knapp 1799–1861
    10. 10. Lucretia Knapp 1809–1892
    11. 11. Fayette (Graves) Knapp 1812–1869 m. Sylvia Knapp 1815–1880
      1. 1. Emma (C.) Knapp 1848–1851
      2. 2. Gilbert (A) Knapp 1843–1881
    12. 12. Althana Knapp 1815–1884 m. William (H.) Kidder 1811–1882
  2. 2. Elijah (David) Stearns 1762–1823
  3. 3. Asaph Stearns 1766–1795
  4. 4. Olive Stearns 1765–1825
  5. 5. Patience Stearns 1767–1767
  6. 6. Sally Stearns 1772–1772
  7. 7. Hannah Stearns 1769–1808
  8. 8. Phineas Stearns 1781–1866
  9. 9. John Stearns 1781–1782
  10. 10. Charity Stearns 1764–1827
  11. 11. Eliphaz Stearns 1775–1866
  12. 12. Mary Stearns 1777–1860
  13. 13. Eliphalet Stearns 1763–1764
  14. 14. Sally Stearns 1768–1769

Eliphaz Stearns's Timeline

7 Records

1736
3 Oct 1736
Birth of Eliphaz Stearns in Sturbridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Sturbridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
1736
3 Oct 1736
Eliphaz Stearns was baptized
None
1790
1790
Age 54
Eliphaz Stearns resided here in Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
1800
1800
Age 64
Eliphaz Stearns resided here in Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont
Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont
1803
Abt 1803
Age 67
Eliphaz Stearns resided here in Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont
Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont
1803
4 Apr 1803
Age 67
Death of Eliphaz Stearns in Dover, Windham, Vermont, United States
Dover, Windham, Vermont, United States
1803
29 Mar 1803
Age 67
Eliphaz Stearns - Probate in Windham, Vermont, USA
Windham, Vermont, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Oct 1736
    Event Place: Sturbridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR Membership Number: 81955
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 2923.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RH1
    [3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 6704.026; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [4] Vermont, Vital Records
    [5] U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast
    [6] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 147 : 1919

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 3 Oct 1736
    Record Source: Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Sturbridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1790
    Event Place: Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 174; Image: 203; Family History Library Film: 0568144

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1800
    Event Place: Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont
    Record Source: 1800 United States Federal Census, Year: 1800; Census Place: Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont; Series: M32; Roll: 52; Page: 639; Image: 620; Family History Library Film: 218689

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Abt 1803
    Event Place: Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont
    Record Source: Vermont, Wills and Probate Records, Probate Records, 1781-1918; With General Index; Author: Vermont. Probate Court (Marlboro District); Probate Place: Windham, Vermont

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Apr 1803
    Event Place: Dover, Windham, Vermont, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR Membership Number: 81955
    [2] Web: Vermont, Find A Grave Index, 1751-2012
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] Vermont, Vital Records
    [5] U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast
    [6] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 147 : 1919
    [7] Vermont, Wills and Probate Records, Probate Records, 1781-1918; With General Index; Author: Vermont. Probate Court (Marlboro District); Probate Place: Windham, Vermont

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dover, Windham County, Vermont, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Vermont, Find A Grave Index, 1751-2012
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 29 Mar 1803
    Event Place: Windham, Vermont, USA
    Record Source: Vermont, Wills and Probate Records, Probate Records, 1781-1918; With General Index; Author: Vermont. Probate Court (Marlboro District); Probate Place: Windham, Vermont
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