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<DIV>Les, Dale & other Stearns descendants,</DIV>
<DIV>I descend from Isaac Stearns, Jr. and Sarah Beers. I haven't really done any work on this line myself, and the information that I do have comes from the book <EM>Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and His Descendants</EM> by Mrs. Avis Stearns Van Wagenen, published 1901. I found the book through Heritage Quest.</DIV>
<DIV>Barbara Herring</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> Dale; <BR>> Here is a piece of my file on Isaac Stearns, if there is anything new to you <BR>> or you would like to know more about, drop me a note; <BR>> reedsportchapmans@verizon.net and I will be glad to tell you what I know, <BR>> this is mostly stuff I put together online so can't vouch for a lot of it. <BR>> <BR>> Les C <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Descendants of Isaac Stearns <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Generation No. 1 <BR>> <BR>> 1. ISAAC1 STEARNS1 was born in Higham, Suffolk, England2, and died June <BR>> 19, 1671 in Watertown, Middlesex, Ma2. He married MARY BARKER3 May 22, <BR>> 1622 in Stoke, Nyland, England4, daughter of JOHN BARKER and MARGARET <BR>> WALTER. She was born in Nyland Suffolkshire, England4, and died April 23, <BR>> 1677 in Watertown, Middlesex, Ma4. <BR>> <BR>> More About ISAAC STEARNS: <BR>> Baptism: January 05, 1624/25, Nayland, Suffolkshire, England4 <BR>> Burial: June 1671 <BR>> Christening: May 18, 16314 <BR>> <BR>> Children of ISAAC STEARNS and MARY BARKER are: <BR>> i. ANNA2 STEARNS5, m. HENRY FREEMAN5, December 25, 1650, Watertown, <BR>> Ma.5; <BR>> b. 16255. <BR>> <BR>> More About ANNA STEARNS: <BR>> Baptism: October 05, 16285 <BR>> Burial: June 17, 1656, Nayland, Suffolkshire, England5 <BR>> <BR>> ii. JOHN STEARNS5, b. 1623, England5; d. 16235. <BR>> 2. iii. MARY STEARNS, b. June 1625, Nayland, England; d. Bef. October <BR>> 05, <BR>> 1663, Chelmsford, Ma.. <BR>> iv. JOHN STEARNS5, b. January 1629/30, England5; d. March 05, <BR>> 1667/68, <BR>> Billerica5; m. (1) SARAH MIXER5, 16535; d. June 14, 16565; m. (2) MARY <BR>> LOTHROP5, November 20, 1656, Barnstable/Sandwich. <BR>> 3. v. ISAAC STEARNS, b. January 06, 1632/33, Watertown, Ma; d. August <BR>> 29, <BR>> 1676, Mass.. <BR>> vi. SARAH STEARNS5, b. September 22, 1635, Watertown, Ma5; d. <BR>> October 26, <BR>> 17005; m. SAMUEL STONE5, June 07, 1655, Cambridge5; b. Bef. February 20, <BR>> 1630/316; d. September 27, 17157. <BR>> <BR>> More About SAMUEL STONE: <BR>> Baptism: February 20, 1630/317 <BR>> <BR>> vii. SAMUEL STEARNS7, b. April 24, 1638, Watertown, Ma7; d. August <BR>> 03, <BR>> 16837; m. HANNAH MANNING7, February 01, 1662/63, Cambridge7; b. June 21, <BR>> 16427; d. February 26, 1723/247. <BR>> viii. ELIZABETH STEARNS7, b. 1640, Watertown, Ma7; d. June 24, 1671, <BR>> Billerica7; m. SAMUEL MANNING7, April 13, 1664, Watertown, Ma.7; d. February <BR>> 22, 1710/117. <BR>> ix. ABIGAIL STEARNS7, b. 1642, Watertown, Ma7; d. October 16, 16907; <BR>> m. <BR>> JOHN MORES7, April 27, 1666, Watertown, Ma.7. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Generation No. 2 <BR>> <BR>> 2. MARY2 STEARNS (ISAAC1)8 was born June 1625 in Nayland, England9, and <BR>> died Bef. October 05, 1663 in Chelmsford, Ma.9. She married (1) ISAAC <BR>> LEARNED10 July 09, 1646 in Woburn, Ma.11, son of WILLIAM LEARNED and GOODITH <BR>> GILLMAN. He was born April 162311, and died November 27, 1657 in <BR>> Chelmsford, Ma.11,12. She married (2) JOHN BURGE13 June 09, 1662 in <BR>> Weymouth. <BR>> <BR>> Children of MARY STEARNS and ISAAC LEARNED are: <BR>> i. SARAH3 LEARNED14, b. Chelmsford, Ma.14; d. January 07, 1684/85, <BR>> Chelmsford, Ma.14; m. JONATHAN BARRETT14, January 07, 1686/87, Chelmsford, <BR>> Ma.14. <BR>> ii. MARY LEARNED14,15, b. August 07, 1647, Woburn, Ma.16; d. <BR>> Chelmsford, <BR>> Middlesex Co., Ma.17; m. MOSES BARRON18,19, August 07, 1669, Woburn, <BR>> Middlesex Co., Ma.20; b. March 01, 1642/43, Chelmsford, Ma.21,22,23,24; d. <BR>> April 25, 1699, Chelmsford, Ma.25,26,27,28. <BR>> iii. HANNAH LEARNED29, b. August 24, 1649, Woburn, Ma.29; d. Aft. <BR>> 1722, <BR>> Dunstable, Ma.29; m. JOSEPH FARWELL29. <BR>> iv. WILLIAM LEARNED29, b. October 01, 1650, Woburn, Ma.29. <BR>> v. ISAAC LEARNED29, b. 1655, Chelmsford, Ma.29; d. Bef. September <BR>> 15, <BR>> 173730; m. SARAH BIGELOW31, July 23, 1679, Sherborn, Ma.31; b. September 29, <BR>> 1657, Watertown, Ma31; d. 1702, Sherborn, Ma31. <BR>> <BR>> More About ISAAC LEARNED: <BR>> Burial: September 15, 1737, Framingham, Ma31 <BR>> <BR>> 4. vi. BENONI LEARNED, b. November 29, 1657, Chelmsford, Ma.; d. April <BR>> 10, <BR>> 1738, Newton, Middlesex Co., Ma.. <BR>> <BR>> 3. ISAAC2 STEARNS (ISAAC1)32 was born January 06, 1632/33 in Watertown, <BR>> Ma32, and died August 29, 1676 in Mass.32. He married SARAH BEERS33 June <BR>> 24, 1660 in Cambridge. She was born December 05, 1639 in Lexington, <BR>> Middlesex Co., Ma.33, and died January 21, 1723/2434. <BR>> <BR>> Notes for SARAH BEERS: <BR>> This Sarah is another point of confusion; most sources have her as second <BR>> wife of Thomas m. Sarah Meriam, some list her as Sarah Beers Stearns which <BR>> is apparently how she is listed in American Marriage Records Before 1699. <BR>> As I am listing only maiden names for women when I have them I have dropped <BR>> the Stearns. As of this writing 9/7/01 I am still trying to decide what to <BR>> believe about this line. I believe somewhere in the mountain of information <BR>> I have dug up on these people I have the husband from whom she got the name <BR>> Stearns and will add that info when I get around to it. <BR>> <BR>> Child of ISAAC STEARNS and SARAH BEERS is: <BR>> i. SARAH3 STEARNS35,36, d. December 19, 172737; m. SR JOHN <BR>> WHEELER38,39, <BR>> December 27, 1678, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts40; b. February 18, <BR>> 1655/56, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts41,42,43; d. December 01, 1736, <BR>> Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts44. <BR>> <BR>> More About SARAH STEARNS: <BR>> Ancestral File Number: GCGD-6C45 <BR>> <BR>> More About SR JOHN WHEELER: <BR>> Ancestral File Number: X7PZ-V346 <BR>> Baptism (LDS): October 10, 193146 <BR>> Endowment (LDS): May 27, 193246 <BR>> Sealed to parents (LDS): December 11, 194346. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Generation No. 3 <BR>> <BR>> 4. BENONI3 LEARNED (MARY2 STEARNS, ISAAC1)47 was born November 29, 1657 in <BR>> Chelmsford, Ma.48, and died April 10, 1738 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Ma.48. <BR>> He married (1) MARY FANNING June 18, 1680 in Watertown, Ma.49. He married <BR>> (2) SARAH WRIGHT50 1690 in Sherborn, Ma.51, daughter of EDWARD WRIGHT and <BR>> HANNAH EPSON. She was born January 17, 1663/64 in Sudbury, Ma.51, and died <BR>> Aft. 1729 in Sudbury, Ma.52. <BR>> <BR>> Children of BENONI LEARNED and SARAH WRIGHT are: <BR>> i. SARAH4 LEARNED53, b. Sherborn, Ma53; d. May 05, 1727, Ashford, <BR>> Ct.53; m. <BR>> ISAAC KENDALL53, 171853. <BR>> 5. ii. HANNAH LEARNED, b. September 10, 1690, Sherborn, Middlesex Co., <BR>> Ma; <BR>> d. 1731, Grafton, Ma.. <BR>> iii. ELIZABETH LEARNED54,55, b. April 28, 1694, Sherborn, Ma56; d. <BR>> June 30, <BR>> 1780, Sutton, Ma.56; m. TIMOTHY LELAND57; b. February 22, 1683/84, Sherborn, <BR>> Ma58; d. April 01, 1748, Holliston, Ma.58. <BR>> <BR>> More About ELIZABETH LEARNED: <BR>> Baptism: March 25, 1621, Bermondsey, Surrey, England58 <BR>> <BR>> iv. JOHN LEARNED59, b. May 02, 1696, Sherborn, Ma59; d. April 08, <BR>> 1734, <BR>> Sutton, Ma.59. <BR>> v. TABITHA LEARNED59, b. May 19, 1697, Sherborn, Ma59; d. April 20, <BR>> 1734, <BR>> Sutton, Ma.59; m. JONATHAN DEWING60, January 05, 1720/21, Sherborn, Ma.61. <BR>> vi. ABIGAIL LEARNED61, b. July 04, 1700, Sherborn, Ma61; m. JOHN <BR>> WOODBURY61, March 10, 1739/4061. <BR>> vii. THANKFUL LEARNED61, b. August 01, 1702, Sherborn, Ma61; m. <BR>> JOSEPH <BR>> HOVEY61, May 02, 1738, Sherborn, Ma.61. <BR>> viii. EDWARD LEARNED61, b. December 02, 1705, Sherborn, Ma61; d. <BR>> September <BR>> 09, 1725. <BR>> ix. BATHSHEBA LEARNED61, b. May 03, 1708, Sherborn, Ma61; d. October <BR>> 25, <BR>> 1759, Ashford, Ct.61; m. JOSIAH HENDEE61, January 09, 1728/29, Sherborn, <BR>> Ma.61. <BR>> -- <BR>> No virus found in this outgoing message. <BR>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. <BR>> Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/146 - Release Date: 10/21/2005 <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> or-roots mailing list <BR>> or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> http://sosinet.sos.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>