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About Corp. Samuel Sterns I
Was he really born in Massachusetts?? His father is listed as having been born & died in England.
THE BEMIS HISTORY AND GENEALOGY being an account, in greater part of the descendants of Joseph Bemis, of Watertown, Mass. ... By Colonel Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper ... Published 1900, San Francisco, California, p. 58
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Samuel married Hannah Manning, eldest daughter of William and Dorothy Manning of Cambridge, and sister to Samuel Manning, who married Elizabeth Stearns, sister to Samuel. He settled on a farm at the northwest corner of the cross-roads made by the roads from Cambridge to Waltham and by that going north to Lexington.[2/4545]
Samuel died at a young age but nonetheless held many offices of trust in Watertown. He was chosen surveyor of highways in 1666;[4/1:86] surveyor of cattle, fences, and hogs 1669;[4/1:93] constable in 1670;[4/1:96] selectmen in 1673,[4/1:112] 1675,[4/1:121] 1676,[4/1:125] 1678,[4/1:132] 1679,[4/1:136] 1682,[4/2:10] and 1683;[4/2:13] town appraiser 1676[4/1:125] and 1678.[4/1:132] He was first referred to as "corporal" in 1683.[4/2:13] On July 10, 1694 Phillip Shattuck was ordered to "take care of the Widdow Relict of Samll Sternes with her Children and provide for them from this Day for one month (they being Represented Poor and in necessity of Reliefe)"[4/2:76]
Watertown records list the date of death of Corporal Samuel Stearns as the last of August 1682,[5/1:54] but the inventory of the estate has the death date as August 21. Inventory of his estate was taken Sept. 28, 1683 by Samuel Stone, John Mose (probably Morse), William Bond, Sr., and John Biscoe and totaled 481.04.00.[3/6:136]
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- Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his Descendants - Mrs. Avis Stearns Van Wagenen, 1901
- History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860 (pgs.454-455)
- Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 21324)
- Watertown Records, 1894
- Watertown Records, 1894 (Birth, Marriage, and Death Register)
Information found on Roots Web THE STEARNS FAMILY
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Corp. Samuel Sterns I's Timeline
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April 24, 1638
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Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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April 24, 1638
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Watertown, Middlesex, Ma
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| 1666 |
October 10, 1666
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Watertown, Middlesex County, MA
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| 1668 |
December 13, 1668
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Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1671 |
April 23, 1671
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1673 |
March 29, 1673
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1674 |
December 31, 1674
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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| 1677 |
June 24, 1677
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Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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| 1679 |
April 5, 1679
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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