Ebenezer Stearns, I, of Laurens County

DO NOT MIX HIM UP with his nephew Ebenezer Starnes, I, M.D., of GA by the same name who died in Wilkes GA--- brother was Peter's son, his name was Ebenezer Stearns, MD 16 FEB 1741 • Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, USA Death APR 1793 • near Sweet Water Iron Works, Wilkes, Georgia, USA, his parents were Peter Stearns and Hanah Stearns (Stimson) = this Ebenezer's parents were: His parents were : Shubael Stearns and Rebecca Stearns

Biography

Ebenezer Stearns, I, of Laurens County was born on April 23, 1722, in Tolland, Connecticut, United States. His parents were Shubael Stearns and Rebecca Larriford.

Ebenezer married Anna Stearns (Fields) on August 26, 1749, in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. Together they had the following children:

• Aaron Starnes;
• Ebenezer Starnes II;
• Elizabeth Starnes;
• Moses Starnes;
• John Hadley Starnes.

He died on November 4, 1789, in Laurens, Laurens County, SC, United States.

References Probated Will of Ebenezer Stearns Proves his wife was Anna Stearns (Field) Ebenezer Stearns, Sr Probated Will May 13, 1793, Wilkes County, NC[https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000132519874821&graph_node_id=profile-24067712&mode=tagged]

• "Ebenezer Starns," William Walker, John Fields, and Herman Husband all had adjoining land on "a branch of Sandy Creek, the water of Deep River" in Orange County, North Carolina on January 11, 1761.
• Ebenezer and his brother Peter, moved their families to old Craven County, (present-day Laurens County) South Carolina in 1771. They were members of Raeburn's Creek Church. A 300-acre plot of land was surveyed on December 18, 1771, for Ebenezer "along the waters of the Saluda, a small branch thereof called Long Lick Creek." His grant for this acreage was granted February 21, 1772. His will was written on November 4, 1789, in which he named his wife and seven children.

*    [Sources: Colonial Grants of South Carolina, Vol. 3K, and Nash, Sara M.; "Abstracts of Early Records of Laurens County, South Carolina 1785-1820," Laurens County, SC (1982) , pp 14, 72, 111, 251, 429; and,  Russell, Jessie Ruth Starnes, The Southern Starneses (1998), pp. 142-154]

* South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914
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