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John Stearns 1702 – 1775 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Nov 1702

Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Death Date: 1775

Death Location: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts

Father: John Stearns

Mother: Abigail Fiske

Spouse(s): Anna Coolidge

Children(s): Moses Stearns, Jerusha Stearns, Anna Stearns, Anna Stearns, Abigail Stearns, Hepzibah Stearns, Aaron Stearns, Elias Stearns

In 1702, John Stearns entered the world in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, born to John Stearns and Abigail Fiske. John Stearns married Anna Coolidge, and had children including Moses Stearns, Jerusha Stearns, Anna Stearns, Anna Stearns, Abigail Stearns, Hepzibah Stearns, Aaron Stearns, Elias Stearns. John Stearns passed away in 1775 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • In 1702, John Stearns entered the world in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, born to John Stearns and Abigail Fiske.
  • John Stearns married Anna Coolidge, and had children including Moses Stearns, Jerusha Stearns, Anna Stearns, Anna Stearns, Abigail Stearns, Hepzibah Stearns, Aaron Stearns, Elias Stearns.
  • John Stearns passed away in 1775 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Stearns
1677 – 1729
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Abigail Fiske
1684 – 1718
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Spouses(s)

Anna Coolidge
1706 – 1782
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Children(s)

Moses Stearns
1728 – 1808
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Jerusha Stearns
1730 –
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Anna Stearns
1736 – 1810
Birth Location: Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Anna Stearns
1736 – 1816
Birth Location: New Ipswich, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
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Abigail Stearns
1739 –
Birth Location: Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Hepzibah Stearns
1741 –
Birth Location: Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Aaron Stearns
1746 – 1807
Birth Location: Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Elias Stearns
1753 – 1845
Birth Location: Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts
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John Stearns's Ancestors

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John Stearns
1702 – 1775
Birth Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Parents
John Stearns
1677 – 1729
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Abigail Fiske
1684 – 1718
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Grandparents
Samuel Stearns
1638 – 1683
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Hannah Manning
1642 – 1724
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
John Fiske
1655 – 1718
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Abigail Parks
1658 – 1714
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
Isaac Stearns
1597 – 1671
Mary Barker
1604 – 1677
William Manning
1614 – 1692
Dorothy Wight
1612 – 1692
John Fiske
1619 – 1684
Sarah Wyeth
1632 –
Thomas Park
1628 – 1690
Abigail Dix
1637 – 1691
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Stearns
1566 – 1632
Emma Stearns
1570 –
John Barker
1563 – 1617
Margaret Walter
1564 – 1640
Gabriel Wight
1590 – 1621
Mary Campion
1595 – 1668
Nathaniel Fiske
1602 – 1676
Dorothy Symonds
1600 – 1678
Nicholas Wyeth
1619 – 1684
Richard Parke
1602 – 1665
Margery Ward
1595 – 1656
Edward Dix
1610 – 1660
Jane Wilkerson
1615 – 1642

John Stearns's Descendants

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John Stearns (18 Nov 1702 – 1775) m. Anna Coolidge (23 Jul 1706 – 18 Jan 1782)
  1. 1. Moses Stearns (29 May 1728 – 24 Sep 1808)
  2. 2. Jerusha Stearns (5 Nov 1730 – )
  3. 3. Anna Stearns (20 Feb 1736 – 19 Jan 1810) m. Stephen Calef (15 Mar 1734 – Abt. 1814)
    1. 1. Anna Calef (29 May 1756 – 12 Mar 1804) m. Samuel Wood (26 Jan 1761 – 8 Oct 1828)
      1. 1. Anna Wood (27 Mar 1785 – 15 Jun 1851)
      2. 2. Moses Wood (6 Oct 1788 – 9 April 1852)
      3. 3. Lois Wood (9 Feb 1792 – 19 Nov 1863) m. James Gerould (5 May 1784 – 30 Oct 1859)
        1. 1. Jonathan (Allen) Gerould (27 Aug 1813 – 17 Jul 1888)
        2. 2. Emeline Gerould (17 Jan 1815 – 12 Feb 1830)
        3. 3. Emma (Ann) Gerould (19 Jan 1817 – 24 Mar 1883)
        4. 4. Marens (Botsford) Gerould (8 Oct 1818 – )
        5. 5. Florilla (C) Gerould (7 Dec 1820 – 7 Jan 1899) m. Erastus (Gordon) Durfey (17 Sep 1821 – 26 Jan 1892)
        6. 6. Anna (Damaris) Gerould (4 Jan 1823 – 2 May 1825)
        7. 7. Amna Gerould (2 Feb 1825 – )
        8. 8. Christina Gerould (25 Mar 1827 – 2 Feb 1828)
        9. 9. Samuel (Wood) Gerould (3 May 1829 – )
        10. 10. James (Orville) Gerould (7 Dec 1831 – 27 Feb 1876)
        11. 11. Melvina (Amanda) Gerould (31 Aug 1834 – )
        12. 12. Lois (Eveline) Gerould (24 May 1838 – )
      4. 4. Ezra Wood (1 Oct 1793 – 5 Dec 1873)
      5. 5. Jonathan Wood (10 Jun 1795 – 17 Feb 1873)
      6. 6. Rebecca Wood (16 May 1799 – 3 Apr 1851)
      7. 7. Abraham Wood (13 Apr 1801 – 31 Dec 1848)
    2. 2. Lois Allen (12 Dec 1762 – 19 June 1818)
    3. 3. Stephen Calif (11 Mar 1767 – 10 Apr 1842)
  4. 4. Anna Stearns (3 Mar 1736 – 1 Feb 1816)
  5. 5. Abigail Stearns (13 Oct 1739 – )
  6. 6. Hepzibah Stearns (12 Nov 1741 – )
  7. 7. Aaron Stearns (2 Feb 1746 – 11 Sep 1807) m. Esther Glazier (24 Apr 1743 – 1820)
    1. 1. Jesse Stearns (3 Aug 1766 – 20 Apr 1855) m. Betsy Gilson (29 Apr 1771 – )
      1. 1. Frederick (William) Stearns (1 Jul 1810 – 9 Sep 1818)
      2. 2. Harriet Stearns (10 Apr 1815 – 21 Oct 1818)
    2. 2. Levi Stearns (29 Dec 1767 – 15 Nov 1857) m. Eunice Hill (1763 – 1798) m. Keziah Wetherbee (27 Sep 1774 – 1861)
      1. 1. John (Glazier) Stearns (1795 – 1870)
      2. 2. Rhoda Stearns (1799 – 1800)
      3. 3. Eunice Stearns (1799 – 1800)
      4. 4. Lucretia Stearns (1799 – 1800)
      5. 5. Betsey Stearns (1799 – 1800)
      6. 6. Ephraim Stearns (1799 – 1800)
      7. 7. Samuel Stearns (1802 – 1881)
      8. 8. Lucretia Stearns (1802 – )
      9. 9. Rhoda Stearns (13 Aug 1803 – 20 Jul 1877)
      10. 10. Lyman Stearns (19 Feb 1809 – 23 May 1887) m. Sally Mason (6 Nov 1807 – 8 Jun 1879) m. Matilda (J) Devendorf (May 1847 – 29 Jun 1927)
        1. 1. Julia (Maria) Stearns (1831 – 1899)
        2. 2. Almedia Stearns (4 May 1833 – 11 May 1848)
        3. 3. John (G) Stearns (11 May 1835 – 6 Dec 1864)
        4. 4. Egbert (P) Stearns (25 Jan 1837 – 3 Nov 1862)
        5. 5. Henry (B) Stearns (23 Dec 1838 – 30 Mar 1864)
        6. 6. Nancy (E) Stearns (1842 – 1910)
        7. 7. Laurette Stearns (20 Aug 1844 – 15 Nov 1864)
        8. 8. Amanda Stearns (1855 – 1871)
        9. 9. Henry (C) Stearns (1864 – )
        10. 10. May (E) Stearns (Dec 1882 – 1960)
      11. 11. Curtis Stearns (1811 – 1861) m. Mary Hart (1814 – )
        1. 1. Sylvester Stearns (1837 – ) m. Augusta (Anna) Worman (1846 – )
        2. 2. Alvin Stearns (1839 – )
        3. 3. Lucy (Ann) Stearns (1840 – )
        4. 4. Lonson Stearns (1846 – )
        5. 5. Laurette Stearns (1853 – )
      12. 12. Polly Stearns (22 Jan 1811 – 1800)
      13. 13. Lucy Stearns (1815 – 12 Feb 1871)
      14. 14. Nancy Stearns ( – 1800)
    3. 3. Lydia Stearns (28 Feb 1770 – 1844)
    4. 4. Zenas Stearns (3 Jun 1772 – 1797) m. Betsy Heath (16 Aug 1772 – 9 Dec 1837)
      1. 1. Sophronia Stearns (1812 – 25 Sep 1865)
    5. 5. Esther Stearns (24 Jun 1775 – ) m. Simon Mead (1775 – 1861)
      1. 1. Calvin (Bernis) Mead (abt 1811 – 27 Jan 1879)
    6. 6. John Stearns (16 Jul 1777 – 1801)
    7. 7. Rhoda Stearns (11 Feb 1780 – 1781) m. Joseph Brockway
    8. 8. Aaron Stearns (11 Feb 1780 – 1781)
  8. 8. Elias Stearns (30 Sep 1753 – 2 Apr 1845)

John Stearns's Timeline

3 Records

1702
18 Nov 1702
Birth of John Stearns in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1775
1775
Age 73
Death of John Stearns in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
1776
2 Aug 1776
Age 74
Death of John Stearns in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Nov 1702
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 489.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RH1
    [2] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: The Genealogical and Biographical History of the Manning Families of New England and descendants :
    [3] Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Aug 1776
    Event Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts Town Death Records
    [2] Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1775
    Event Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
    Record Source: Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: Massachusetts Town Death Records
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