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iv. CHARLES WARREN, b. 1 Mar. 1897.
v. PRISCILLA, b. 5 Oct. 1901.
STEARNS
1. ISAAC1 STEARNS, date of birth unknown, died 19 June 1671. He came to this country in 1630, probably in the same ship with Gov. Winthrop and Richard Saltonstall and settled at Watertown, near Mount Auburn. He was a selectman for several years; and in his will dated 14 June 1671 he said, "My will if that my kindfman, Charls Steerns fhall have ten pounds of my eftat."
He married in England, 1622, MARY BARKER, died 2 Apr. 1677, daughter of John and Margaret ( ) of Stoke, Nayland, Suffolk Co., England.
Children, first three born at the parish of Nayland, England, the others at Watertown:
i. MARY,2 bapt. 6 Jan. 1626; m. (1) at Woburn, 9 July 1646, ISAAC LEARNED, b. in England 25 Feb. 1624, d. at Chelmsford 27 Nov. 1657, s. of Wil- liam and Judith ( ); m. (2) 9 June 1662 JOHN BURGE of Weymouth; inventory dated 21 Dec. 1663.
ii. ANNA or HANNAH, bapt. 5 Oct. 1628; m. at Watertown, 25 Dec. 1650. HENRY FREEMAN; buried 17 June 1656.
iii. JOHN, perhaps the child bapt. at Billerica 1623; d. at Billerica 5 Mar. 1668-69; m. (1) 1653 SARAH MIXER, d. 18 June 1656, only dau. of Isaac and Sarah ( ) of Watertown; m. (2) 20 Nov. 1656 MARY LOTHROP, b. 4 Oct. 1640, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Learned) of Barnstable, who m. (2) 6 May 1669 Lieut. William French of Billerica, who d. 20 Nov. 1681; she m. (3) 29 June 1687* Isaac Mixer
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of Watertown, d. 22 Nov. 1716, s. of Isaac and Sarah ( living "very aged " in 1735. He had six children.
). She was
2. iv. ISAAC, b. 6 Jan. 1633.
SARAH, b. 22 Sept. 1635; m. 7 June 1655 DEA. SAMUEL2 STONE.
vi. SAMUEL, b. 24 Apr. 1638; m. 1 Feb. 1662-63 HANNAH MANNING, b. 21 June 1642, dau. of William and Dorothy ( ); d. 31 Aug. 1683.
vii. ELIZABETH, m. 13 Apr. 1664 SAMUEL MANNING of Cambridge and Bille- rica, b. 21 July 1664, s. of William and Dorothy ( ) of Cambridge; d. at Billerica 24 June 1671. She had two sons.
viii. ABIGAIL, m. 27 Apr. 1666 DEA. JOHN MORSE, b. 28 Feb. 1639; d. 16 Oct. 1690. They had nine children.
2. ISAAC2 STEARNS (Isaac1), born 6 Jan. 1633, died at Water- town 29 Aug. 1676.
He married at Cambridge SARAH BEERS, daughter of Capt. Richard and Elizabeth ( ) of Watertown; she married secondly 23 July 1677 Serg't Thomas Wheeler of Concord.
Children, all born at Cambridge:
i. SARAH,3 b. 14 Jan. 1661; m. 27 Dec. 1678 JOHN WHEELER of Concord, who d. 27 Sept. 1713.
ii. MARY, b. 8 Oct. 1663; m. 1 Jan. 1694 JOHN2 CUTLER.
3. iii. ISAAC, b. 20 Aug. 1665.
4. iv. SAMUEL, b. 20 Jan. 1667.
v. ABIGAIL, m. 23 Nov. 1692 SAMUEL HARTWELL, b. 6 Oct. 1660, d. 27 Nov. 1744, s. of Samuel and Ruth (Wheeler) of Concord; d. 11 May 1709. They had seven children.
vi. JOHN, b. 1675; m. 26 Apr. 1699 MERCY DAVIS of Concord; died at Bed- ford 14 June 1734, in his 59th y. Will dated 29 May 1733 mentions no wife and five children.
3. ISAAC3 STEARNS (Isaac,2 Isaac1), born 20 Aug. 1665, died at Stoughton 1741.
He was admitted to the church 8 May 1699 by letter from the church at Watertown; subscribed to the first meeting-house 1692; was taxed 1692-93, and was constable 1710.
He married ELIZABETH STONE, born 9 Oct. 1670, daughter of Simon, Jr.,* and Mary (Whipple).
Children, the first four recorded at Cambridge, the others at Lexington:
i. ISAAC4 (twin), b. 19 Oct. 1697; m. at Dorchester, 14 June 1722, RACHEL RANDAL, b. at Easton 15 Nov. 1697, dau. of Thomas and Rachel ( ); inventory 26 May 1774. They had three children.
ii. SIMON (twin), b. 19 Oct. 1697; m. at Dorchester, 13 Dec. 1726, MAR- GARET HIXON; went to Stoughton. Will was dated 20 Aug. 1774. He had three children.
iii. JABESH, b. 27 Jan. 1700; d. 30 Apr. 1700.
iv. JONATHAN, b. 20 Nov. 1701; m. 24 Dec. 1727 EXPERIENCE LINCOLN of Taunton; resided at Stoughton. Inventory dated 23 Sept. 1769. They had six children.
v. HANNAH, b. 26 Jan. 1704; m. 17 Nov. 1726 CAPT. EZEKIEL UPHAM of Sturbridge, b. 1700; d. 10 Jan. 1788. They had eight children.
vi. MARY, b. 10 Nov. 1706; m. about 1729 DR. EDWARD ESTY of Stoughton,
* Nephew of Gregory.1
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who lived to the age of one hundred years. They had fourteen child- ren, twelve of whom died childless.
vii. MARTHA, bapt. 27 Feb. 1709; m. 1 Nov. 1734 DANIEL TALBOT of Stough- ton, who d. 9 Mar. 1778. They had eight children.
viii. EBENEZER, bapt. 8 July 1711; m. (1) (Dorchester rec.) 19 Sept. 1734 THANKFUL CLAPP of Walpole; m. (2) 12 Aug. 1762 JEAN PHILIPS of Easton, dau. of Joshua and Mary ( ); he was a Baptist clergyman at Stoughton about the year 1770; he moved to Maine and settled on Sheepscot River; afterwards at Whitefield. They seem to have had nine children.
ix. ABIGAIL, bapt. 1 Nov. 1713; m. (intention published 27 Aug. 1737) SAMUEL BRACKETT.
4. SAMUEL3 STEARNS (Isaac,2 Isaac1), born 20 Jan. 1667, killed by a casualty 19 Dec. 1721.
He was in the precinct at its organization, and was taxed in 1694; subscribed toward the Common 1711; was an assessor 1711, '13, '17, and tythingman 1718.
He married PHEBE ( ). His widow settled his estate and afterwards moved to Littleton in 1730, with a number of her child- ren. Was cautioned at Chelmsford 24 July 1750.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. SARAH,4 b. 15 Jan. 1697; m. 21 May 1729 WILLIAM WHEELER of Stough- ton. They had two children.
ii. MARY, b. 27 June 1698; m. JOHN POWERS of Shutesbury.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. 18 Feb. 1700; m. 28 Nov. 1717 JOSEPH TEMPLE, (?) b. at Concord 6 May 1688, s. of Abraham and Deborah (Hadlock). They had four children.
iv. SAMUEL, b. 7 Mar. 1702; d. 1787; resided at Littleton and at Hollis, N. H.
v. RUTH, b. 25 May 1704; m. 5 Feb. 1723-24 OLIVER LIVERMORE of Water- town, b. 11 Mar. 1697, d. 18 Nov. 1754, s. of Daniel and Mary (Cool- edge); d. 8 Feb. 1724-25. They had one child.
vi. PHEBE, b. 23 Feb. 1706; m. ( ) CUMMINGS of Uxbridge.
vii. REBECCA, b. 15 Apr. 1708; m. (intention published at Boston) 24 Apr. 1740 SAMUEL WHITTEMORE.
viii. THOMAS, b. 4 July 1710; m. (1) ABIGAIL REED of Uxbridge, dau. of Ebenezer; m. thirdly MARY HEALD of Chelmsford, who d. 22 Apr. 1809, aged 89; d. 28 Dec. 1784. Resided at Littleton. He had eleven children.
ix. JOHN, b. 23 July 1712; m. (1) 11 Aug. 1737 REBECCA DEAN of Dedham; m. (2) 29 Sept. 1756 MRS. MARY (CORY) PETTEE of Dedham; resided at Dedham and Attleboro. He had twelve children.
x. JOSEPH, bapt. 10 Apr. 1715; m. at Hollis, N. H., 9 June 1763, MARY SHATTUCK of Monson.
xi. BENJAMIN, b. 6 Jan. 1719-20; d. at Rutland 27 Sept. 1766; m. (1)? (intention dated 3 Sept 1747) ABIGAIL HUBBARD of Rutland; m. (2) at Hardwick, 12 Nov. 1753, MRS. MARY (MACCOYE) WARREN of Hard- wick, widow of Benjamin; she m. (3) 21: Apr. 1771 Benjamin Hoyt of Hubbardston. She d. at Princeton 8 Feb. 1799.
PHINEHAS5 STEARNS (Isaac, 4 Isaac,3 Samuel,2 Isaac1) was born at Waltham 28 Feb. 1738, died 7 Oct. 1792, son of Dea. Isaac, born 14 May 1710, and grandson of Isaac and Mary (Bemis) of Water-
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town. His mother was Elizabeth Childs, born 18 Feb. 1706-07, daughter of Daniel and Beriah (Bemis).
He moved to Lexington in 1768, was in Capt. Parker's company 1775, and went with a detachment of it to Cambridge 17 and 18 July 1775. He was one of the largest subscribers towards the eighth campaign to the Jerseys 1776 and he, with others, sent a man to the eleventh campaign to Bennington in 1777. He was selectman 1781-82.
He married MARY WELLINGTON, born 29 Nov. 1742, died 13 Feb. 1790, g. s. at Waltham, daughter of Joseph4 and Dorcas (Stone).
Children, first three born at Waltham, the rest at Lexington:
i. SARAH, 6 b. 29 Dec. 1761; m. ISAAC5 HASTINGS.
ii. MARY, b. 6 Mar. 1764; m. 27 Mar. 1788 WILLIAM STEARNS, b. 28 July 1765, died at Paris, Me., 25 Nov. 1850, s. of Samuel and Mary (Big- elow) of Waltham; d. at Paris, Me., 9 Dec. 1814. They had nine child- ren.
iii. PELEG, b. 25 Apr. 1766; m. 21 May 1794 SUSAN PHINNEY, b. 8 July 1775, dau. of Benjamin1 and Chloe ( ); d. at Cambridge 22 Mar. 1840. They had eight children.
iv. JOHN, bapt. 24 Apr. 1768; m. 21 May 1794 CHLOE PHINNEY, bapt. 10 May 1772, d. 19 Aug. 1833, eldest dau. of Benjamin1 and Chloe ( ); d. at Jaffrey, N. H., 28 June 1840. They had nine children.
V. PHINEHAS, bapt. 10 June 1770; d. 24 July 1770.
vi. SUSANNA, b. 8 Aug. 1774; m. 29 Nov. 1800 JAMES WYETH of Cambridge; d. 28 Mar. 1855. They had four children.
vii. ISAAC, b. 3 Nov. 1776; d. young.
viii. REBECCA, b. 24 Aug. 1778; m. 11 Apr. 1805 CAPT. DAVID6 WELLINGTON.
ix. DORCAS, b. 8 Aug. 1780; m. 11 Dec. 1808 LUKE CHASE, b. 15 May 1782,
d. 25 Sept. 1839, s. of Bradford and Abigail (Sibley) of Sutton; d. 6 Aug. 1859. Resided at Paris, Me. They had five children.
SAMUEL6 STEARNS (Capt. Samuel,5 Samuel,4 Lieut. Samuel, 3 Samuel,2 Isaac1) was born at Waltham 23 Oct. 1761, son of Samuel, born 14 Nov. 1739, died 13 June 1805, and grandson of Samuel and Sarah (Bowman). His mother, Mary Bigelow, was born 9 Dec. 1739, daughter of Jacob and Susanna (Mead).
He married, intention dated at Waltham 5 Apr. 1798, ELIZABETH BROWN, born 30 Dec. 1770, died 16 Apr. 1833, daughter of Capt. Francis4 and Mary (Buckman).
Child, born at Waltham:
i. SAMUEL,7 b. 20 Aug. 1800; m. (1) 13 June 1824 ESTHER MARKHAM OLIVER, b. 1803, died 19 July 1832, dau. of Eben; m. (2) 10 Oct.1833 SARAH COOK of Middletown, Conn., b. 22 Mar. 1811, dau. of Augustus; d. at Middletown, Conn., 8 Apr. 1871. He had seven children.
Children, both born at Lexington:
ii. CHARLES (twin), b. 22 May 1804; d. unm. at Boston 28 May 1830.
iii. EDWIN (twin), b. 22 May 1804; m. 17 Apr. 1828 MARIA BREWER of Middletown, Conn., b. 27 Jan. 1809, d. 4 Sept. 1867, dau. of Charles; d. 1852. He went to Middletown, Conn., and was bank commissioner, director of the state prison, aide to the governor, representative, senator and state treasurer.
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1. CHARLES' STEARNS of Watertown was admitted freeman 6 May 1646, was a kinsman of Isaac Stearns and mentioned in his will 1671. He was elected constable at Watertown, 1680, and de- elined to serve. It is supposed that after this he moved with his son Shubal to Lynn End, the town of Lynnfield.
He married first HANNAH ( ), died at Watertown 30 June 1651; secondly 22 June 1654 REBECCA GIBSON, daughter of John and Rebecca ( ).
Child by the first wife, born at Watertown:
i. SAMUEL,2 b. 2 June 1650; m. MEHITABLE ( ); inventory 6 June 1694; settled at Watertown.
Children by the second wife, first two born at Cambridge, the others at Watertown:
ii. SHUBAL, b. 20 Sept. 1655; m. secondly (intention dated at Lynn 27 Apr. 1705) MARY UPTON of Reading; settled at Lynnfield.
2. iii. JOHN, b. 24 Jan. 1656.
iv. ISAAC, d. before 1692; m. HANNAH ( ), who m. (2) Dec. 1694 John Chapman; settled at Salem.
v. CHARLES, slain while in the King's service prior to 1695.
vi. REBECCA, d. 23 Sept. 1746, aged 85; m. 25 Jan. 1693 THOMAS TRAINE of Watertown, who d. 23 Jan. 1738-39, aged 86, s. of John and Mar- garet (Dix).
vii. MARTHA, m. ( ) HUTCHINSON.
2. JOHN2 STEARNS (Charles1), born 24 Jan. 1656, died 22 Feb. 1722. He lived at Lexington near the Watertown line and most of his children were baptized at Watertown. He was taxed in 1693.
He married first 1681 JUDITH LAWRENCE, born 12 May 1660, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Crispe) of Watertown; secondly 2 Apr. 1713 MARY NORCROSS, born 10 July 1663, daughter of Richard and Mary (Brooks).
Children by the first wife, first five baptized at Watertown, next seven at one time at the Second Church, the two last born at Lex- ington:
i. REBECCA, 3 b. 21 Mar. 1682.
ii. JUDITII, bapt. 22 June 1690.
iii. SARAII, bapt. 22 June 1690.
iv. GEORGE, bapt. 22 June 1690; m. 23 Oct. 1712 HANNAH SANDERSON, b. 31 May 1689, d. 21 May 1770, dau. of Jonathan and Abia (Bartlett) of Cambridge; d. 26 June 1760. Resided at Waltham. He had eight children.
3. v. BENJAMIN, bapt. 22 June 1690.
vi. JOHN, bapt. 11 May 1701; m. 10 Aug. 1715 DELIVERANCE BIGELOW, b. 22 Sept. 1695, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Flagg) of Watertown. Re- sided at Worcester, living in 1762. He had eleven children.
vii. THOMAS, bapt. 11 May 1701; m. (1) SARAII ( ); m. (2) 29 Dec. 1729 MARY JENNISON, b. 21 Aug. 1708, d. 19 July 1784, dau. of William and Elizabeth ( ) of Worcester; d. 16 Jan. 1772. He kept a public house at Worcester. He had twelve children.
viii. DANIEL, bapt. 11 May 1701.
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ix. ISAAC, bapt. 11 May 1701; m. at Cambridge 24 Dec. 1725 MEHITABLE FROST; resided at Boston.
x. MARY, bapt. 11 May 1701.
xi. ELIZABETH, bapt. 11 May 1701.
xii. ABIGAIL, b. 18 May 1700; m. 2 Apr. 1724 JONAS HARRINGTON. Moved to Weston about 1732. They had ten children.
xiii. CHARLES, b. 20 Oct. 1702; he was admitted to the church 29 Jan. 1721 and dismissed to a church in Carolina 13 Apr. 1729.
3. BENJAMIN3 STEARNS (John,2 Charles1), baptized at Water- town 22 June 1690, died at Weston 7 Dec. 1771. He lived in the southwesterly part of Lexington.
He married 6 Sept. 1721 MRS. HEPZIBAH (HASTINGS) SHATTUCK, baptized at Watertown 4 Dec. 1687, died at Weston 20 Sept. 1767, daughter of John2 and Abigail (Hammond) Hastings and widow of Nathaniel Shattuck.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. HEPZIBAH,4 b. 3 Sept. 1722; d. 23 Aug. 1723.
ii. BENJAMIN, b. 31 Dec. 1723; d. 17 Jan. 1723-24.
iii. HEPZIBAH, b. 1 Mar. 1724-25; m. (intention dated 9 Dec. 1744) JOSIAH SMITH of Weston, b. 25 Feb. 1722-23, d. 27 July 1782, s. of William and Mary ( ); d. 4 Mar. 1796. They had three children.
iv. LUCY, b. 24 Jan. 1727; m. (intention dated 28 Feb. 1748) JAMES SMITH, b. at Weston 21 Dec. 1724, s. of William and Mary ( ); d. 18 Feb. 1816.
4. v. BENJAMIN, b. 27 Dec. 1728.
4. BENJAMIN4 STEARNS (Benjamin,3 John,2 Charles1), born 27 Dec. 1728, died 26 May 1801, g. s.
He subscribed for son Asahel toward the first campaign in 1775, and for " son Hubback " toward the second campaign of twelve months to New York 1775. He was in the campaign to White Plains himself in 1776 and also in the eleventh campaign to Ben- nington 1777.
He married at Newton, 11 Sept. 1754, HANNAH SEGAR of New- ton, died 25 Nov. 1805, aged 69, g. s. They were admitted to the church 22 June 1766.
Children, all baptized at Lexington, except x. and xi .:
5. i. ASAHEL,5 bapt. 13 July 1766.
6. ii. HABAKKUK, bapt. 13 July 1766.
iii. NAHUM, bapt. 13 July 1766.
iv. MATTHEW, bapt. 13 July 1766; d. 9 Mar. 1791, aged 33, g. s.
v. ISHMAEL, bapt. 13 July 1766; m. 27 Dec. 1790 MERCY JENKENSON, d. at Waltham 4 Dec. 1831, aged 63; d. at Waltham 16 Jan. 1820. They had five children.
vi. NOAH, bapt. 21 Sept. 1766; m. (1) 5 June 1806 PRUDENCE WINSHIP, d. 10 Sept. 1820, aged 54; m. (2) 27 May 1821 BETSEY TIDD,* dau. of Samuel5 and Rebecca (Simonds).
vii. HANNAR, b. 21 May 1764; m. at Waltham JOHN6 PARKER, JR.
* " Betty 2d and late Wife Noah Stearns about Midle Sept." (1842). Jonathan Harrington's list.
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viii. HIRAM, bapt. 16 Oct. 1768 ; (?) m. at Boston, 22 Mar. 1792, SALLY CLOUGH.
ix. JEPTHA, b. 1770; m. at Weston, I Nov. 1798, SALLY FISKE.
x. AMMI, d. at Lincoln 10 Dec. 1847, aged 74, g. s. at Lincoln; m. at Boston, 31 Jan. 1804, POLLY STEARNS, (?) dau. of Asahel5 and Mary (Smith). He had ten children. Settled at Lincoln in 1811.
xi. ELISHA, bapt. 27 Apr. 1777; d. at Lincoln 20 Apr. 1745.
5. ASAHIEL5 STEARNS (Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Charles1), baptized 13 July 1766. He was a member of Capt. Parker's com- pany in 1775 and one of the eight months' men in 1775. He was in. the Continental line 1780. Appraisers appointed 1806.
He married MARY SMITH, died 29 Aug. 1842, aged 79 .* They joined the church 25 Sept. 1785.
Children, all baptized at Lexington:
7. i. NATHAN Or NATHANIEL, 6 bapt. 2 Oct. 1785.
ii. POLLY, bapt. 2 Oct. 1785; m. (?) at Boston, 31 Jan. 1804, AMMI5 STEARNS.
iii. MOSES, bapt. 13 Aug. 1786; m. MARGARET HAWTHORNE, d. 27 Apr. 1835; d. 3 Apr. 1835; resided at Lexington and Lincoln. They had four children.
iv. AMos, bapt. 6 July 1788; m. (intention dated at Chelsea 22 May 1812) NANCY BLODGETT, d. 8 Aug. 1825, dau. of James6 and Ruth (Hadley). Resided at Lowell. One daughter.
8. v. JOEL, bapt. 20 June 1790.
vi. MATTHEW, bapt. 17 June 1792; m. 10 June 1819 ABIGAIL BROOKS; d. 23 Feb. 1837.
vii. RHODA, bapt. 27 July 1794; m. at Lincoln, 22 Oct. 1818, CHARLES GOVE, bapt. at Lincoln 4 Apr. 1790, s. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Adams). viii. LEONARD, bapt. 28 Aug. 1796; m. at West Cambridge, 16 Apr. 1820, HANNAH WILSON of West Cambridge, d. 27 Mar. 1840. Resided at Belmont. Record of only one child.
ix. MARSHALL, bapt. 26 Aug. 1798; m. 17 Sept. 1826 ELVIRA FLAGG; d. 13 Aug. 1832. Child: Abigail Sophronia,7 d. 22 Sept. 1832,1 g. s.
x. LUTHIER, bapt. 12 Sept. 1800; m. 3 Oct. 1830 LYDIA VARNUM, d. 3 Apr. 1857, aged 54; d. 16 Mar. 1836. They had four children who died young.
xi. OTIS, bapt. 14 Nov. 1802; m. 20 Apr. 1834 LYDIA GRAY.
6. HABAKKUK5 STEARNS (Benjamin, 4 Benjamin,3 John, 2 Charles1), baptized 13 July 1766, died at Lincoln 15 Feb. 1822.
He married EUNICE CHILD, ? baptized 7 June 1767, died Nov. 1822, (?) daughter of Thaddeus and Hepzibah (Warren) of Weston. They settled at Lincoln.
Children, recorded at Lexington:
i. JONAS,6 bapt. 11 Feb. 1787; m. 15 Oct. 1807 ANNA BABCOCK of Weston,
d. 21 Apr. 1839, aged 52, dau. of Seth. They had nine children.
ii. BETHIAH, bapt. 3 Jan. 1790; m. NATHANIEL RIDER of Dracut. They had four children.
Other children, last two given by Bond:
iii. BELINDA, m. at Weston, 1816, SAMUEL WITHINGTON of Harvard. They had three children.
iv. ABIJAH, bapt. at Weston 3 Mar. 1793; m. 14 Apr. 1824 SARAH CLARK of Sudbury. They had one son.
* Jonathan Harrington's list. t "Youngest child" Jonathan Harrington's list.
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v. HEPZIBAH.
vi. MARY.
7. NATHAN6 STEARNS (Asahel,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 John, 2 Charles1), baptized 2 Oct. 1785 under the name of Nathaniel, died 14 July 1845, aged 62.
He married 21 May 1807 SUSANNA ADAMS, ? born 20 Nov. 1776, daughter of Sampson4 and Mary (Burridge).
Children :
i. EMILY,7 d. 10 May 1831, aged 23 .*
ii. SUSAN ANN, m. (1) DANIEL6 SIMONDS; m. (2) 2 June 1853 JEREMIAH8 RUSSELL.
iii. DARIUS, d. 31 Jan. 1842, aged 25.
8. JOEL6 STEARNS (Asahel,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Charles1), baptized 20 June 1790, died 25 Aug. 1873.
He married 16 Nov. 1815 BETSEY PARKER, born 21 June 1793, died at Waltham 10 Dec. 1863, daughter of Elisha, Jr., and Eunice (Gould).
Children, ii. born at Lexington:
i. JOHN,7 resided at Charlestown.
9. ii. GEORGE, b. 3 Nov. 1818.
iii. DAVID, m. ADELINE7 WELLINGTON.
iv. ALMIRA, m. as Susan A., 15 Apr. 1841 GEORGE WEBBER of Waltham, who d. 30 Mar. 1849, aged 36.
v. AMBROSE B., m. 1 Aug. 1849 CYNTHIA LOUISA VILES, b. at Waltham 3 Apr. 1821, dau. of John and Relief ( ). Resided at Charlestown. vi. ABNER, m. CHARLOTTE BIGELOW of Lincoln; resided at Charlestown. vii. HENRY, m. MARIE PIPER of Waltham and resided there.
viii. JANE, m. 22 Sept. 1844 NATHAN BOYNTON; resided at Westboro.
ix. EDWARD, d. 1863.
X. OPHELIA, m. GEORGE RAWSON; resided at Boston.
xi. ALBERT, m. LIZZIE GRACE.
9. GEORGE7 STEARNS (Joel,6 Asahel,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Charles1), born 3 Nov. 1818, died 9 Aug. 1885.
He married 25 Dec. 1844 LAVINIA HADLEY, born at West Cam- bridge 31 Aug. 1819, died 21 May 1900, daughter of Sewell4 and Lavinia (Hall).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. GEORGE ARTHUR, 8 b. 12 Mar. 1846; m. 7 Nov. 1877 EMMA M.8 HOVEY.
ii. ADELAIDE, b. 16 Dec. 1848; m. 24 Dec. 1868 GEORGE FRANCIS BOWERS, b. at Merrimac, N. H., s. of Joshua K. and Adeline C. ( ).
iii. CHARLES HERBERT, b. 9 Dec. 1854; m. at Arlington, 10 Oct. 1877, EVA L. FROST, dau. of Edmund and Nellie ( ) of Arlington. Child: Clarence A., 9 b. 24 Aug. 1880.
1. JOHN1 STEARNS; wife CAROLINE ( ), born in Maine.
Children, born at Lexington:
2. i. HENRY O.,2 b. about 1847.
ii. Son, b. 4 Oct. 1852.
* Jonathan Harrington's list. "Eldest daughter." Also Darius.
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iii. WILLIE A., b. 14 Mar. 1854.
iv. FREDDIA M., b. 25 Feb. 1857.
2. HENRY O.2 STEARNS (John1), born at Lexington about 1847. He married 1 June 1873 MARY LEEMING, born in England, daughter of John.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. SARAII E.,3 b. 16 Feb. 1875.
STEMBRIDGE
ALFRED E.1 STEMBRIDGE; wife ELIZABETH (DUNN). Both born in England.
Child, born at Lexington :
i. HAROLD EDWARD,2 b. 7 Sept. 1895.
STETSON
CALEB6 STETSON (Thomas, 5 Elisha,4 Elisha,8 Thomas, 2 Robert1) was born at Kingston 12 July 1793, died 17 May 1870, third son of Thomas, born at Kingston 9 Mar. 1752, and grandson of Elisha and Sarah (Adams). His mother was Elizabeth Cook, born at Kingston 9 Aug. 1755, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Gray). He was descended from Robert Stetson, Cornet of Horse, who came from England and settled at Scituate.
He graduated from Harvard 1822, and Harvard Divinity School 1827, and settled at Medford 28 Feb. 1827. Later settled at South Scituate, and came to Lexington in 1860 to reside in the old home- stead of his father-in-law. He was principal of an academy at Lexington 1822-25, and served on the school committee 1860-61.
He married 22 Aug. 1827 JULIA ANN MERIAM, born 12 Oct. 1804, died 24 Aug. 1889, daughter of Rufus6 and Martha (Si- monds).
Children, all born at Medford:
i. FREDERIC DUDLEY,7 b. July 1829; was lost at sea Mar. 1846 on his pas- sage from Palermo.
ii. THOMAS MERIAM, b. 15 June 1830; grad. Harvard, 1849; practises law at New Bedford; m. at New Bedford, 10 Sept. 1856, CAROLINE DAWES ELIOT, dau. of Hon. Thomas.
iii. JULIA, b. 1 Apr. 1834; m. (1) 5 Dec. 1867 SERGEANT C. WHITCHER, as his second wife; m. (2) EVERETT TORREY, d. 1 Oct. 1911.
iv. OSGOOD, b. 5 Oct. 1837; d. at Medford 9 Oct. 1838.
v. EDWARD GRAY, b. 4 Nov. 1840; grad. Harvard, 1863, LL.B. 1868; m. MARIAN CUSHING.
vi. ABBIE CHIANDLER, b. 10 Sept. 1844; m. 8 Mar. 1866 ABNER A.' GRIFFING. vii. ELLEN WINSLOW, b. 31 July 1847.
STEVENS
EDWIN CLEVELAND STEVENS (Abel,2 Abel1) was born at Cam- bridge 5 Oct. 1857, only son of Abel, born at Mt. Vernon, Me., 16
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GENEALOGIES
Sept. 1823, and grandson of Abel and Grace (Fish). His mother was Sarah Ann Metcalf, born at Cambridge 29 Mar. 1825, daughter of Charles Ray and Nancy (Cushman). He became a resident of Lexington June 1899.
He married at Salisbury, Vt., 15 Oct. 1884, IDA LUCY CLOYES, born at Salisbury, Vt., 1 Nov. 1860, daughter of John Townsend and Juliet (King).
Child, born at Cambridge:
i. BEATRICE MAUD,4 b. 8 Dec. 1888; grad. Wellesley, B.A., 1909.
PETER H.1 STEVENS; second wife ANNIE B. (HUDSON). Both born in Nova Scotia.
Child by the first wife:
i. WILLIAM,2 b. 5 May 1892.
Children by the second wife, iv. born at Hansford, N. S., the others at Lexington :
ii. HAROLD RUPERT, b. 27 Feb. 1897.
iii. ETHEL MAGGIE, b. 4 June 1898.
iv. FREDERIC, b. 13 Nov. 1899.
v. VIOLET ADELAIDE, b. 8 Apr. 1902.
vi. PETER HENRY, b. 18 Nov. 1906.
vii. GEORGE LUTHER, b. 5 Feb. 1910.
RALPH LESLIE3 STEVENS (Abram W.,2 Nathan1) was born at Cambridge 10 Nov. 1870, youngest son of Abram Walter, born at Barre 22 Jan. 1834, and grandson of Nathan and Lois (Stevens). His mother, Elizabeth Ellen Whitney, was born at Winchendon 2 Aug. 1834, died at Philadelphia, Pa., 26 Feb. 1910, daughter of William Barrett and Lois (Stone). He is descended from Cyprian Stevens, who came from England and settled at Chelsea, then called Rumney Marsh.
He graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1893. He became a resident of Lexington in the spring of 1896.
He married 3 Oct. 1900 MARIA CARY CLARKE, born at Brook- lyn, N. Y., 7 Oct. 1876, daughter of Alexander Sanford and Ruth (Butler).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. RUTH, 4 b. 8 Nov. 1902.
ii. ALEXANDER CLARKE, b. 17 Feb. 1904.
iii. BARRETT WHITNEY, b. 21 May 1907.
WILLIAM2 STEVENS (Cyrus1) was born at Gloucester, died 28 Aug. 1862, eldest son of Cyrus and Hannah (Elwell).
He settled at Gloucester, moved to Charlestown and came to Lexington about 1845. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and afterwards was a clerk in the Boston Custom House for twelve years.
He married 13 May 1822 NANCY PIERCE, born at Gloucester
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON
31 July 1804, died 17 Mar. 1882, daughter of Henry and Abigail (Knights).
Children, the last born at Charlestown, the others at Gloucester:
i. ANNA P.,8 b. 29 Dec. 1823; d. 8 Oct. 1824.
ii. WILLIAM H., b. 13 Apr. 1826; m. 5 June 1848 CAROLINE E. GOODRICH of Charlestown, dau. of George; d. at San Francisco, Cal., 27 Dec. 1911. He had two daughters.
iii. THOMASINE PIERCE, b. 25 Mar. 1828; d. unm. 15 Oct. 1881.
iv. ANN C. PIERCE, b. 28 Feb. 1831; m. 2 June 1852 HORACE B.8 DAVIS.
v. HANNAH E., b. 2 June 1833; m. 24 Nov. 1859, GEORGE D.7 ROBINSON.
vi. MARY, b. 12 Nov. 1844; d. unm. at Brookline 22 Oct. 1896.
STEVENSON
CHARLES L.1 STEVENSON was born at New Bedford.
He married MARY ROSA ( ), born at Middletown, Conn. Child, born at Lexington:
i. GEORGIANNA LINCOLN,2 b. 4 June 1864.
JAMES A.1 STEVENSON; wife ANNIE P. (RAY). Both born in Ire- land.
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. JAMES RAY,2 b. 18 May 1909.
ii. MARGARET ELIZABETH, b. 26 Nov. 1910.
STIMSON
ALFRED ANDREWS2 STIMSON (John H.1) was born at Rockport 9 July 1845, son of John Henry, born at Ludlow, Vt., and Eliza Jane (Green), born at Cambridge.
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