Stearns John b. ABT 1631 d. 05 MAR 1668/69

1631 - 1669

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Birth Abt 1631 [1]

Gender Male

_UPD 12 AUG 2009 22:28:08 GMT-5

Died 05 Mar 1668/69 [2, 3, 4]

Person ID I5362 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Father Stearns Isaac, d. 19 Jun 1671

Mother Barker Mary, d. 02 Apr 1677

Family ID F2301 Group Sheet

Family 1 Mixer Sarah, d. 14 Jun 1656

Married 1653 [2, 3]

Children

1. Stearns John, b. May 1654, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

, d. 26 Oct 1728, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Family ID F2290 Group Sheet

Family 2 Lothrop Mary, b. 04 Oct 1640

Married 20 Dec 1656 [2, 3, 4]

Family ID F2297 Group Sheet

Notes	(II) John, eldest son and third child of Isaac Stearns, was one of the first settlers of Billerica, Massachusetts. He was married (first), in 1653, to Sarah, only daughter of Isaac and Sarah Mixer, of Watertown, who inherited from her father one-half of the vessel "Dilligent." She died June 14, 1656. leaving one son. He married (second), December 20. 1656, Mary Lothrop, who was born October 4, 7640. daughter of Thomas and Mary (Learned) Lothron, of Barnstable. He died March 5, 1668, and bis widow was married Mav 6, 1669. to Captain William French, Esquire, of Billerica. He died November 20, 1681. aged scvcntv-cipht years, and she married (third), June 20, 1684. Isaac Mixer. Junior, of Watertown, being his third wife, and he being a brother of John Stearns' first wife. She was still living, vcrv aged, in 173^. She was the mother of four daughters by Captain Franch and of four sons bv Mr. Stearns. The estate of the last named was inventoried March 23, rfiSp, at three hundred nineteen pounds eighteen shillings four pence. He had six sons in all. namelv: John, Isaac (died one year old). Samuel, Isaac, Nathaniel and Thomas. 10—JOHN STEARNS (4), date of birth unknown, son of Isaac and Mary (Barker) Stearns, of Watertown, Mass.; one of the first settlers of Billerica, Mass. He md. (i), _____ , 1653, Sarah Mixer, only dau.of Isaac and Sarah Mixer, of Water- town, Mass., to whom her father gave, among other things, "one-half of my vessel, Dilligent." She d., June 14, 1656, leaving one child, and he md. (2), Dec. 20, 1656 (by Thomas Hinckley, Esq.), Mary Lothrop, b., Oct. 4, 1640, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Learned) Lothrop, of Barnstable, Mass. Mr. Stearns d., Mar. 5, 1668, and his widow md. (2), May 6, 1669. Capt. Wm. French, Esq., of Billerica, Mass., by whom she had four daughters. Capt. French d., Nov. 20, 1681, aged 78, and she md. (3), June 29, 1684, Isaac Mixer Jr., of Watertown, Mass., being his third wife, and he a brother of her first husband's first wife. She was living in 1735, ''very aged." Inventory, Mar. 23, 1668-9, by William French, another, and Jonathan Danforth, £319, i8s., 4d. John Stearnshad six children.

Sources

[S230] Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, (Name: Lewis historical publishing company, 1908;), 777 (Reliability: 3).
[S232] Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Lewis publishing company, Chicago, (Name: The Lewis publishing company, 1908;), 385 (Reliability: 3).
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[S285] The Learned family: (Learned, Larned, Learnard, Larnard and Lerned) being descendants of William Learned who was of Charlestown, Mass., in 1632, William Law Learned, Joseph Gay Eaton Larned, (Name: Weed-Parsons printing co., 1898;), 20 (Reliability: 3).