Lt. John Stearns

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Lt. John Stearns

Also Known As: "Capt."
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
Death: October 26, 1728 (74)
Billerica, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: The Old South Cemetary, Billerica, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of John Stearns and Sarah Stearns
Husband of Elizabeth Stearns (Bigelow) and Joanna Stearns
Father of Elizabeth Stearns; Sarah Hunt; Mary Stearns; Lieutenant John Stearns, III; Isaac Stearns and 3 others
Half brother of Samuel Stearns; Isaac Stearns; Thomas Stearns and Nathaniel Stearns

Managed by: Elbert Dean Anderson
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About Lt. John Stearns

Was the first recorded birth in Billerica, Massachusetts. " His long continuance in several offices, of a civil and military kind, affords a proof of the confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens." from Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, MA (1855; 2nd ed., Boston 1860, 450-522) by Henry Bond.

History of the Andrews Family, published 1890

Buried in the Old South Cemetary, Billerica, Mass.

Only child of John Stearns and Sarah Mixer



<b>Captain John Stearns was the only child of John Stearns and Sarah Mixer</b>. Sarah died at the age of 18 (vital records of Billerica, MA to the year 1850. [hereinafter Bill V R] Boston: New England Historic Genealogica Soc., 19-08]) , b. May 1654, [Bill V R]; d. at Billerica, 26 Oct 1728, 'a 74' [Bill VR] buried Billerica, 'Here lyes buried the body of Capt. John Stearns wo decd. Octor. 26, 1728 in ye 75th uyear of his age.' [gravestone] m. (1) Elizabeth Bigalow of Watertown; m. (2) 22 Apr 1696, Joanna (Call) Parker of Malden. (Bond, 939) {Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Sttlers of Watertown, MA. (1855; 2nd ed., Boston 1860 [hereinafter Bond] , 450-552).

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Lt. John Stearns's Timeline

1654
May 10, 1654
Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
1677
September 23, 1677
Watertown, MA, United States
1682
March 21, 1682
Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1684
July 23, 1684
Billerica, MA, United States
1686
November 26, 1686
Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1689
May 1, 1689
Billerica, MA, United States
1691
August 22, 1691
Billerica, MA, United States
1693
January 8, 1693
Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America