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William Stearns 1566–1632 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1566

Birth Location: Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 1632

Death Location: Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England

Father: Rev. Stearn

Mother: DOROTHY Stearns

Spouse(s): Emma Stearns

Children(s): Isaac Sterne

William Stearns was born in 1566 in Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Rev William L Stearn And Dorothy Anne Plampin Stearns. William Stearns married Emma Stearns, and had children including Isaac Sterne. 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, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Rev William L Stearn And Dorothy Anne Plampin Stearns.
  • William Stearns married Emma Stearns, and had children including Isaac Sterne.
  • William Stearns passed away in 1632 in Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England.

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William Stearns's Ancestors

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William Stearns
1566–1632
Birth Place: Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Rev. William L Stearn
1545–1599
Nayland, Suffolk, , England
DOROTHY (Anne Plampin) Stearns
1555–1617
Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Henry Sterne
1520–1565
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Alice Stobs
1523–
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Sir (John Richard Thomas Plampin) III
1525–1563
Nayland, Suffolk, England
Elizabeth Kelloway
1525–1560
Nayland, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Plampyn
1495–1524
Maud Goodale
1470–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Stearns's Descendants

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William Stearns (1566–1632) m. Emma Stearns (1570–)
  1. 1. Isaac Sterne 1600–1671 m. Mary Barker 1604–1677
    1. 1. Corporal (Samuel) Stearns 1638–1683 m. Hannah Stearns 1642–1723
      1. 1. Mary Stearns 1679–1732 m. Samuel Jennison 1673–1730
        1. 1. Lydia Jennison 1712–1749 m. Rev. (Ebenezer) White 1714–1761 m. Nathaniel White 1701–
        2. 2. Nathaniel Jenison 1709–1769
        3. 3. Mary Jennison 1700–
        4. 4. Samuel Manning 1702–
        5. 5. Samuel Jennison 1704–1751
        6. 6. William (Jennison) Rev. 1706–1750
        7. 7. John Jennison 1711–
        8. 8. Abigail Jennison 1715–1807
        9. 9. Mercy Jennison 1718–1756
        10. 10. Sarah Jennison 1720–1720
        11. 11. Eunice Jennison 1721–1748
        12. 12. Deliverance Stearns –1715
        13. 13. Martha JENNISON 1710–
        14. 14. Hannah Jennison 1702–1777
      2. 2. Hannah Stearns 1666–1716
      3. 3. Isaac Stearns 1674–1737
      4. 4. Nathaniel Stearns 1668–1716
      5. 5. Samuel Stearns 1664–1671
      6. 6. Abigail Sternes 1680–1710
      7. 7. John Sternes 1677–1729
      8. 8. Joseph Sternes 1682–1683
      9. 9. Samuel Sternes 1673–1746
      10. 10. Sarah Sternes 1671–1726
    2. 2. Elizabeth Manning 1640–1671
    3. 3. Anna\Hannah Freeman 1628–1656
    4. 4. Isaac (Stearns) II 1632–1676
    5. 5. Mary Burge 1625–1664
    6. 6. John Stearns 1623–1668
    7. 7. Sarah Stearns 1635–

William Stearns's Timeline

2 Records

1566
1566
Birth of William Stearns in Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1632
    Event Place: Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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