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Mary Stearns (Barker)

Also Known As: "Mary Barker"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England (United Kingdom)
Death: April 23, 1677 (73)
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America (Natural Causes)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir John Barker, Jr. and Lady Margaret Barker
Wife of Isaac Stearns, I
Mother of Mary Burge; Anna Freeman; Elizabeth Stearns; John Stearns; Isaac Stearns, II and 11 others
Sister of Ann Barker; Margaret Barker; Thomas Barker; John Barker, III; Richard Barker and 13 others

Occupation: Wife/Mother, Housewife
Managed by: Private User
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About Mary Stearns

Mary Barker, wife of Isaac Stearns of Watertown, Arbella Passenger

Born Jan 1, 1604 in Stoke-by-Nayland, England, daughter of John Barker and Margaret Walter. She married Isaac Stearns by 1625, and they came to Massachusetts Bay with the Winthrop Fleetin 1630. Died on Apr. 23, 1677 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.

On 23 May 1665 "Goodwife Stearns Senior" was one of several Watertown residents warned to town meeting to answer for not "attending their seats in the meetinghouse appointed them by the town."

Children:

  1. Mary Learned
  2. Anna (Hannah) Freeman
  3. John
  4. Isaac
  5. Sarah Stone
  6. Samuel
  7. Elizabeth Manning
  8. Abigail Morse

8 children



This person migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640) By 1625 Mary Barker, daughter of John and Margaret (Walter) Barker of Stoke Nayland. On 23 May 1665 "Goodwife Stearns Senior" was one of several Watertown residents warned to town meeting to answer for not "attending their seats in the meetinghouse appointed them by the town". She died at Watertown on 23 April 1677.


Birth:  1603 Suffolk, England Death:  Apr. 23, 1677 Watertown Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA

Mary Barker was born 1 Jan 1604 (1603 and 1604 are both used on Find a Grave site) in Stoke-by-Nayland, daughter of John and Margaret (Walter) Barker. She married Isaac Stearns Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, 20 May 1622, and they came to Massachusetts Bay with the Winthrop Fleetin 1630. On 23 May 1665 "Goodwife Stearns Senior" was one of several Watertown residents warned to town meeting to answer for not "attending their seats in the meetinghouse appointed them by the town." She died at Watertown on 23 April 1677. (John Brooks Threlfall has identified the parents and other ancestors of Mary Barker.) They had 7 children: John, Mary Learned, Anna (Hannah) Freeman, Isaac, Sarah Stone, Samuel, Elizabeth Manning, & Abigail Morse. Source: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet.  Mary Barker was born 1 Jan 1604 in Stoke-by-Nayland, daughter of John and Margaret (Walter) Barker. She married Isaac Stearns Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, 20 May 1622, and they came to Massachusetts Bay with the Winthrop Fleetin 1630. On 23 May 1665 "Goodwife Stearns Senior" was one of several Watertown residents warned to town meeting to answer for not "attending their seats in the meetinghouse appointed them by the town." She died at Watertown on 23 April 1677. (John Brooks Threlfall has identified the parents and other ancestors of Mary Barker.) They had 7 children: John, Mary Learned, Anna (Hannah) Freeman, Isaac, Sarah Stone, Samuel, Elizabeth Manning, & Abigail Morse. Source: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet.

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Mary Barker was born 1 Jan 1604 in Stoke-by-Nayland, daughter of John and Margaret (Walter) Barker. She married Isaac Stearns Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, 20 May 1622, and they came to Massachusetts Bay with the Winthrop Fleetin 1630. On 23 May 1665 "Goodwife Stearns Senior" was one of several Watertown residents warned to town meeting to answer for not "attending their seats in the meetinghouse appointed them by the town." She died at Watertown on 23 April 1677. (John Brooks Threlfall has identified the parents and other ancestors of Mary Barker.) They had 7 children: John, Mary Learned, Anna (Hannah) Freeman, Isaac, Sarah Stone, Samuel, Elizabeth Manning, & Abigail Morse. Source: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet.


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Mary Stearns's Timeline

1604
January 1, 1604
Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England (United Kingdom)
January 1, 1604
1623
1623
Nayland, Suffolk, England
1623
Nayland, Suffolk, England
1626
June 26, 1626
Nayland, Suffolk, England (United Kingdom)
1627
April 19, 1627
Middlesex, England
1628
October 5, 1628
Colchester, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1628
Stoke, Suffolk, England
1630
1630