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William Stearns 1566–1632 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1566

Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 1632

Death Location: Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England

Father: Sir (Sterne)

Mother: Lady Plampin

Spouse(s): Emma Ransford

Children(s): Shubael Stearns*

William Stearns was born in 1566 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Sir William Stearns Sterne And Lady Dorothy Ann Plampin. William Stearns married Emma Ransford, and had children including Shubael Stearns. William Stearns passed away in 1632 in Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • William Stearns was born in 1566 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Sir William Stearns Sterne And Lady Dorothy Ann Plampin.
  • William Stearns married Emma Ransford, and had children including Shubael Stearns.
  • William Stearns passed away in 1632 in Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Stearns's Ancestors

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William Stearns
1566–1632
Birth Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Sir William Stearns (Sterne)
1543–1599
Lavenham, Suffolk, England
Lady (Dorothy Ann) Plampin
1555–1617
Nayland, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Henry Stearns
1520–1565
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Alice (Anne) Stobb
1523–
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Jno Plampin
1525–1563
Nayland, Suffolk, England
Elizabeth (Frances) Kayleway
1525–1600
Nayland, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir •
1500–1577
Abigail Bannister
1505–
Sir Kelloway
1507–1564
Lady Wadham
1498–1583
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Phillip Gatcombe
1462–1538
Alice Yeo
1474–1549

William Stearns's Descendants

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William Stearns (1566–1632) m. Emma Ransford (1568–1671)
  1. 1. Shubael Stearns* 1598–1631 m. Mary* Upton 1604–1631

William Stearns's Timeline

3 Records

1566
1566
Birth of William Stearns in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
1622
1622
Age 56
William Stearns was married
None
1632
1632
Age 66
Death of William Stearns in Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1566
    Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1622

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1632
    Event Place: Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England

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