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William H. L. Stearns 1565–1632 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1565/66

Birth Location: Massachusetts or Lincoln or Stoke, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 1632

Death Location: Levenham or Nayland, Suffolk, England

Father: William Stearns

Mother: Dorothy Plampin

Spouse(s): Emma Ramsford, Mary Barker

Children(s): Shubael Stearns, ISAAC STEARNS, Isaac Stearns, Isaac Stearns, Patience Sterns, Nathaniel Stearns, Charles Stearns, Nathaniel Stearns, Daniel Stearns, Isaac Stearns

William H. L. Stearns was born in 1565 in Massachusetts or Lincoln or Stoke, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of William H L Stearns And Dorothy Ann Plampin. William H. L. Stearns married Emma Ramsford, Mary Barker, and had children including Charles Stearns, Daniel Stearns, Isaac Stearns, Nathaniel Stearns, Patience Sterns, Shubael Stearns. William H. L. Stearns passed away in 1632 in Levenham or Nayland, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • William H. L. Stearns was born in 1565 in Massachusetts or Lincoln or Stoke, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of William H L Stearns And Dorothy Ann Plampin.
  • William H. L. Stearns married Emma Ramsford, Mary Barker, and had children including Charles Stearns, Daniel Stearns, Isaac Stearns, Nathaniel Stearns, Patience Sterns, Shubael Stearns.
  • William H. L. Stearns passed away in 1632 in Levenham or Nayland, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Stearns
1550–1599
Birth Location: Massachusetts or Levenham, Suffolk, England
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Dorothy Plampin
1555–1617
Birth Location: Nayland, Suffolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Emma Ramsford
1566–1671
Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, England
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Mary Barker
1550–
Birth Location: Essex, England
MB

Children(s)

Shubael Stearns
1594–1630
Birth Location: Nayland, Suffolk, or Yarmouth, Hampshire, England
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ISAAC STEARNS
1590–1671
Birth Location: Nayland, Suffolk, England
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Isaac Stearns
1603–1691
Birth Location: Sudbury, Suffolk, England
IS
Isaac Stearns
1623–1671
Birth Location: Nayland, Suffolk, England
IS
Patience Sterns
1605–1675
Birth Location: Suffolk, England
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Nathaniel Stearns
1596–1690
Birth Location: –
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Charles Stearns
1625–1695
Birth Location: Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
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Nathaniel Stearns
1596–1690
Birth Location: Nayland, Suffolk, England
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Daniel Stearns
1597–1630
Birth Location: Nayland, Suffolk, England
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Isaac Stearns
1597–1671
Birth Location: Nayland, Suffolk, England
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William Stearns's Ancestors

Self
William Stearns
1565–1632
Birth Place: Massachusetts or Lincoln or Stoke, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
William H. L. Stearns
1550–1599
Massachusetts or Levenham, Suffolk, England
Dorothy (Ann) Plampin
1555–1617
Nayland, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Henry SterneStearns/
1520–1544
Stoke, Cheshire, England
Anne Stobs
1523–
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
JOHN PLAMPIN
1525–1563
Nayland, Suffolk, England
Kelloway
1525–
Nayland, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Stearns
1490–
John Plampyn
1495–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Aaron Stearns
1466–
Mrs. Stearns
1470–
John Plampyn
1470–1548

William Stearns's Descendants

1.
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William (H. L.) Stearns (1565/66–1632) m. Emma Ramsford (1566/1568/1570–1671) m. Mary Barker (1550–)
  1. 1. Shubael Stearns 1594–1630 m. Rebecca (Gibson) Stearns 1594–1623
    1. 1. Charles Stearns 1620–1669 m. Rebecca Gibson 1634–1679 m. Hannah Nin 1630–1651 m. Mary Sutton 1626–1703 m. Mary Upton 1655– m. MARY STONE 1632–1684 m. Chalres Sternes 1620–
      1. 1. Capt (John) Stearns 1655–1721 m. Elizabeth (Elisabeth) Bigelow/ 1660–1713 m. Susanna Hayden 1621–1686 m. Elizabeth Bigelow 1657–1694 m. Deliverance Bigelow 1695– m. Mary Norcross 1652–1661 m. Elzabeth Bigelow 1657–1691 m. Judith Lawrence 1660– m. Mary Norcross 1663–1722 m. Joanna Stearns –1737
        1. 1. Abigail Stearns 1691–1785 m. JonasJames (Harrington) III 1695–1780 m. Joseph Temple 1668– m. Joseph Temple 1694– m. Sergeant (William) Wyman 1685–1753
        2. 2. Thomas (Stearns) Sterne/ 1693–1772
        3. 3. Samuel Stearns 1693–1730
        4. 4. Rebecca Stearns 1683–1684
        5. 5. John (Stearns,) Jr. 1692–1728
        6. 6. Judith Stearns 1684–
        7. 7. Benjamin Stearns 1688–1771
        8. 8. Charles Stearns 1702–1736
        9. 9. Samuel Stearns 1685–1759
        10. 10. Thomas Stearns 1694–1772
        11. 11. Ebenezer Stearns 1693–1759
        12. 12. George Stearns 1688–1760
        13. 13. Thomas Stearns 1694–1772
        14. 14. Daniel Stearns 1695–1696
        15. 15. Sara Hunt –1708
        16. 16. Sarah Stearns 1682–1708
        17. 17. John STEARNS 1686–1776
        18. 18. Joanna Stearns 1697–
        19. 19. Samuel Stearns 1693–1730
        20. 20. Isaac Stearns 1689–1711
        21. 21. Mary Stearns 1684–1743
        22. 22. John STEARNS 1680–1680
        23. 23. Elizabeth Stearns 1677–1710
        24. 24. George Stearns 1688–1760
        25. 25. George Stearns 1647–
        26. 26. John Stearns 1692–1728
        27. 27. Judith Stearns 1684–1683
        28. 28. Isaac Stearns 1696–1731
        29. 29. Sarah Stearns 1686–
        30. 30. Benjamin Stearns 1688–1771
        31. 31. Samuel Stearns 1685–1759
        32. 32. Charles Stearns 1702–1736
        33. 33. Sarah Stearns 1686–
        34. 34. Benjamin Stearns 1688–1711
        35. 35. Elizabeth Stearns 1730–1772
        36. 36. Isaac Stearns 1696–
        37. 37. Rebecca Stearns 1683–
        38. 38. John Stearns 1692–1765
        39. 39. Charles Stearns 1702–1820
        40. 40. Abigail Stearns 1700–1729
        41. 41. Isaac Stearns 1697–1698
        42. 42. Ebenezer Stearns 1693–1759
        43. 43. Sarah Stearns 1662–
        44. 44. Mary Stearns 1663–
        45. 45. Mary Stearns 1678–1683
        46. 46. Benjamin Stearns 1688–1771
        47. 47. Judith Stearns 1684–
        48. 48. Elizabeth Stearns 1699–1700
        49. 49. Captain (John Joseph) Stearns/ 1688–1728
        50. 50. Judith Stearns 1684–1683
        51. 51. Sarah Stearns 1686–
        52. 52. Mary Stearns 1697–
        53. 53. Samuel STEARNS 1693–1770
        54. 54. Lieut (John) Stearns 1686–1776
        55. 55. Josiah Stearns 1731–1788
        56. 56. Elizabeth Stearns 1699–
        57. 57. Joseph Stearns 1688–1728
        58. 58. Sarah Stearns 1681–1708
        59. 59. Elizabeth Rogers 1677–1710
        60. 60. Josiah Stearns 1731–1788
        61. 61. Daniel Starnes 1695–1696
        62. 62. Ebenezer Stearns 1693–1759
        63. 63. Samuel Stearns 1685–1759
        64. 64. Charles Stearns 1702–1736
        65. 65. Isaac Stearns 1689–1711
        66. 66. John Stearns 1686–1776
        67. 67. Mary Stearns 1684–1743
        68. 68. John Stearns 1680–1680
        69. 69. Elizabeth Stearns 1677–1710
        70. 70. Isaac Stearns 1689–1711
        71. 71. Elizabeth Stearns 1677–1710
        72. 72. John Stearns 1679–1680
        73. 73. Sarah Stearns 1682–1708
        74. 74. Mary Stearns 1684–1743
        75. 75. John Stearns 1686–1776
        76. 76. Joseph Stearns 1688–
        77. 77. Elizabeth Stearns 1699–
        78. 78. Samuel Stearns 1693–1730
      2. 2. Martha Stearns 1663–1708
      3. 3. Rebecca Stearns 1661–1746
      4. 4. Isaac Stearns 1658–1692
      5. 5. Shubael Stearns 1655–1734
      6. 6. Charles Stearns 1650–
      7. 7. Isaac Stearns 1658–1692
      8. 8. Martha Stearns 1662–1746
      9. 9. Samuel Stearns 1654–1727
      10. 10. Martha Stearns 1662–1746
      11. 11. Charles Stearns 1650–1635
      12. 12. Charles Stearns 1650–1694
      13. 13. Charles Strearns 1660–1694
      14. 14. Charles Stearns 1660–1635
      15. 15. Isaac Stearns 1650–1692
      16. 16. Charles Stearns 1650–1635
      17. 17. Isaac Stearns 1650–1691
      18. 18. John Stearns 1654–1728
      19. 19. Martha Stearns 1661–1708
      20. 20. Martha Stearns 1661–1708
      21. 21. Isaac Stearns 1658–1691
      22. 22. Isaac Stearns 1658–1692
      23. 23. John Stearns 1654–1728
      24. 24. Shubael Stearns 1655–1734
      25. 25. Samuel Stearns 1650–1694
      26. 26. Rebecca Stearns 1661–1746
      27. 27. Isaac Stearns 1658–1692
      28. 28. Charles (Jr) Stearns 1659–1695
      29. 29. Martha Stearns 1662–1798
      30. 30. Rebecca Stearns 1661–1746
      31. 31. Shubael Stearns 1655–1734
      32. 32. Charles Stearns 1650–1635
      33. 33. Martha Stearns 1662–1746
      34. 34. Capt (John) Stearns 1657–1722
      35. 35. Samuel Stearns 1650–1694
      36. 36. Samuel Stearns 1650–1694
      37. 37. Nathaniel Stearns 1668–1716
      38. 38. James Stearns 1672–1676
      39. 39. Mary Stearns 1661–1733
      40. 40. Isaac Stearns 1658–1722
      41. 41. Jeremiah Fitch 1666–
      42. 42. John Stearns 1671–1705
      43. 43. Samuel Stearns 1666–1759
      44. 44. Martha Stearns 1662–1708
    2. 2. Charles Stearns 1654–
    3. 3. Charles Stearns 1620–1694
    4. 4. Charles Stearns 1620–1739
    5. 5. Nathaniel Stearns 1622–1684
    6. 6. Nathaniel Stearns 1620–1684
    7. 7. Charles Stearns 1625–1695
    8. 8. George (William) Austin 1819–
  2. 2. ISAAC STEARNS 1590–1671
  3. 3. Isaac Stearns 1603–1691
  4. 4. Isaac Stearns 1623–1671
  5. 5. Patience Sterns 1605–1675
  6. 6. Nathaniel Stearns 1596–1690
  7. 7. Charles Stearns 1625–1695
  8. 8. Nathaniel Stearns 1596–1690
  9. 9. Daniel Stearns 1597–1630
  10. 10. Isaac Stearns 1597–1671

William Stearns's Timeline

3 Records

1565
1565/66
Birth of William H. L. Stearns in Massachusetts or Lincoln or Stoke, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Massachusetts or Lincoln or Stoke, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
1571
10 June 1571
Age 6
William H. L. Stearns was baptized in Lavenham, Suffolk, England
Lavenham, Suffolk, England
1632
1632
Age 67
Death of William H. L. Stearns in Levenham or Nayland, Suffolk, England
Levenham or Nayland, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1565/66
    Event Place: Massachusetts or Lincoln or Stoke, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 6704.025; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Massachusetts, Town Birth Records
    [5] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1632
    Event Place: Levenham or Nayland, Suffolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1630
    Event Place: Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1630; Page Number: 92

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 10 June 1571
    Event Place: Lavenham, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings
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