Mary Stearns

Biography

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Mary (Stone) Stearns immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Mary Stone, daughter of Simon Stone and Joane Clarke, was born in Boxted, England about 1632. She traveled with her parents and siblings on the vessel Increase to New England in April 1635, when her age was given as 3 years.[1] The Stone family settled in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Mary married Nathaniel Stearns in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1660, based on the birth of their first known child on 22 Aug 1661.[2][3][4] This was somewhat of a "late" marriage for both, as Mary was about 28 and Nathaniel was about 35 years old.

They had children, all born in Dedham:[5][6][7]

1. Mary (22 Aug 1661), married Joseph Wight, in Dedham[7]
2. Samuel (16 Oct 1666, bp. 25 Nov 1666), married Mary Brown, in Concord[8]
3. Nathaniel (4 Dec 1668, bp. 6 Dec 1668)
4. John (23 Mar 1670/1, bp. 23 May 1671)
5. Isaac (15 Aug 1672 - 13 Aug 1676)

Mary (Stone) Stearns died on 10 May 1684, in Dedham.[7]

Nathaniel married, second, Mary Raine of Weymouth, on 24 October 1687, in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[4] It is not certain, but Mary was possibly the daughter of John and Judith Rogers and the widow of John Raine. If so, she was about 46 years old in 1687. Nathaniel died by June 1701. No death record was found for his second wife, but she presumably outlived Nathaniel, and she may have remarried after his death.

Research Notes

This Mary Stone is the sister of Mary Stone who died in childhoood. The two profiles should not be merged.

Sources

1. WikiTree contributors, "Mary (Stone) Stearns (abt.1632-1684)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stone-1416 : accessed 15 February 2024). cites
   1. Hotten, John Camden, The Original lists of persons of quality... (London : Chatto and Windus, 1874) pp. 64-66, at p. 66, passenger list of the Increase, taking oath of allegiance 15 Apr 1635. Archive.org.
   2. "Simon Stone" Featured name Great Migration 1634-1635, (Vol VI, R-S, Page 553) (Online database accessed 12 January 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.)
   3. Bartlett, Joseph Gardner. Simon Stone genealogy: ancestry and descendants of Deacon Simon Stone Watertown, Mass., 1320-1926. (Boston: Stone Family Association, 1926) at HathiTrust.org, pages 50-.
   4. New England Marriages to 1700. Torrey, v.2 p.1438 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. NEHGS member site
   5. Text: "STEARNS, Nathaniel & Mary [STONE] (?1632-1684); by 1661; Dedham {Briggs-DeGroff 448; Stone (,7) 52; Wight 11; Stearns (,1) 2:342; Utah Gen. Mag. 22:15; Reg. 10:229, 53:345}"
   6. Text: "STEARNS, Nathaniel, Dedham & Mary RAINE, Weymouth; 25 Oct 1687; Milton {Milton Ch. Rec.; Stearns (,1) 2:342; Reg. 36:19}"
   7. Van Wagenen, Avis Stearns, Genealogy and Memoirs of Charles and Nathaniel Stearns and Their Descendants, (1901), pp.342-3 InternetArchive
   8. Hill, Don Gleason, compiler; The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts; v. 2, FamilySearch
   9. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Dedham, v.1&2, pp. 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 20 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). NEHGS member site
   10. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). NEHGS member site. See also:
   11. Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1860) at Archive.org, p. 584-585.
   12. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S1QB-8JM : accessed 2017-10-21), entry for Mary /Stone/.