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JOHN STEARNS (c. 1630–1669), son of Isaac Stearns and Mary Barker
MARY LOTHROP (1640–aft. 1735), daughter of Thomas Lothrop and Sarah Learned
John, the son of Isaac and Mary (Barker) Stearns was born say 1630 in Watertown. [1] He died on 5 March 1668/9 in Billerica. [2] He married first Sarah, the daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Thurston) Mixer of Watertown. [3][4] Sarah was born say 1636. She died on 18 June 1656 in Billerica. [2] She was the second European who died in Billerica. [4] John married second Mary Lothrop in December 1656 in Barnstable. [2][3] Mary was the daughter of Thomas Lothrop. [1]
Mary, the daughter of Thomas Lothrop, was born on 4 October 1640 in Barnstable. [5] Bond says that Mary Lothrop was living in 1735, "very aged." [6] She married second Lieutenant William French on 6 May 1669 in Billerica. [2][7] William French was born about 1607. [7] He died on 20 November 1681, age 77 or 78, in Billerica. [2] He married first Elizabeth ___, if he did not have an earlier wife. She died on 31 March 1668 in Billerica. [2] Mary married third Isaac Mixer, the brother of her first husband's first wife, on 29 June 1687 in Billerica. [3][4] Isaac was born about 1630. [3] He died on 22 or 27 November 1716 in Watertown or Waltham. [3][8] He married first Mary, the daughter of John Coolidge, on 19 September 1655 in Watertown. [3][9] He married second Rebecca, the daughter of Edward Garfield, on 10 January 1660/1 in Watertown. [3][9] She died on 16 March 1682 in Watertown. [3]
Mary's mother was a sister of Isaac Learned. [4]
In his will of 1655, Isaac Mixer referred to his daughter Sarah as the wife of John Sternes. [1]
John Stearns was one of the first settlers of Billerica. [6]
William French came to New England on the Defence in 1635. He was a tailor of Cambridge and Billerica. He was a deputy from Billerica to the Massachusetts Bay General Court in 1660, 1663, and 1664. [7]
William French made his will on 5 June 1679; it was proved on 20 December 1681. The inventory of Lieutenant William French, who died on 20 November 1681, was taken on 6 December 1681 and totaled £231-12-10 against debts of 25 pounds. It was presented by Mary French, executrix of the estate of her late husband on 8 December 1681. [7]
Isaac Mixer of Watertown made his will on 2 July 1715. He mentioned his wife Mary Mixer and left her "what the law allow her." On 25 December 1716 Mary Mixer, relict of Mr. Isaac Mixer signed a receipt for her 43 pounds from [her stepson] Isaac Mixer as her share of her husband's estate. She acknowledged this in court on 9 January 1716/7. [10]
Children of John Stearns and Sarah Mixer:
i. John Stearns was born the second week of May 1654 in Billerica. [2] Captain John Stearns died on 26 October 1728. [4] He married first Elizabeth, the daughter of John Bigelow of Watertown. [4] She died on 18 April 1694 in Billerica. [2] He married second Johanna, the daughter of Thomas Call of Malden and the widow of Jacob Parker. [4] She died on 4 December 1737. [4]
Bond says that John's was the first birth recorded in Billerica, but Hazen says this is not true. [6][4]
Children of John Stearns and Mary Lothrop: Births recorded in Billerica. [2]
ii. Isaac Stearns was born on 17 April 1658. He died on 9 October 1659 in Billerica. [2]
iii. Samuel Stearns was born on 3 September 1659. He died in 1735, unmarried. [6]
Bond says that Samuel was "disabled, probably lunatic." [6]
iv. Isaac Stearns was born on 23 December 1661. He married Mary Miriam. [4] She died in 1739. [4]
v. Nathaniel Stearns was born on 30 November 1663. He died young. [6]
He took the oath of fidelity in 1685. [4]
vi. Thomas Stearns was born on 6 December 1665 in Billerica. He died on 9 February 1696/7 in Billerica. He married Rebecca Chamberlain.
Children of William French and Mary Lothrop: Births recorded in Billerica. [2]
i. Mary French was born on 3 April 1670. She married first Robert Sharp on 20 June 1687. [7] She married second Nathaniel Duncklee on 23 March 1693/4 in Billerica. [7]
ii. Sarah French was born on 29 October 1671. She married Joseph Crosby on 6 May 1691 in Billerica. [7]
iii. Abigail French was born on 14 April 1673. She died on 13 April 1674 in Billerica. [2]
iv. Hannah French was born on 25 January 1676. She died in 1766, age 90. [6] She married John Child on 5 October 1693 in Watertown. [7]
Endnotes:
1. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1633, Volumes I-III," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1748–9.
2. Vital records of Billerica, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1908).
STEARNS, STEARNES, STERN, STERNES, STERNS
births, 183–6
Isaac [dup. Isacke Sterne, second dup. Isaack Sternes 2d], s. John and Mary, Dec. 23, 1661. [Isacke Sterne, M.R.]
Isack [dup. Isaac Stearns, second dup. Isaack Sternes], s. John and Mary, Apr. 17, 1658. [Isacke Sternes, M.R.]
John [dup. Sternes, second dup. Stearns], s. John and Sara [dup. and second dup. Sarah] [Sarah, M.R.], May "the seconde weeke," 1654.
Nathaniel [dup. Sternes], s. John and Mary, Nov. 30, 1663. [Sternes, M.R.]
Samuel [dup. Samuell Sterne, second dup. Samuel Sternes], s. John and Mary, Sept. 3, 1659.
Thomas [dup. Sternes], s. John and Mary, Dec. 6, 1665. [Sternes, M.R.]
marriages, 319–20
John [dup. Sterne, second dup. Stearns] and Mary Lathrop [dup. Lathrope, second dup. Latrop], Dec. __, [16]56, in Bastable [dup. Barstable, in Plimoth, second dup. Bastable, in Plymouth Pattin].* [Sterne, and Mary Lathrop, in Barstable, M.R.]
Mary [dup. Sternes], wid., and Lt. William French, May 6, 1669.* [Sternes, M.R.]
deaths, 396–7
Elisabeth [dup. Elizabeth Sternes], w. John, Apr. 18, 1694.
Isaac [dup. Isaack Sternes, second dup. Izack Sterne], s. John and Mary, Oct. 9, 1659. [Isacke Sternes, s. John and Sarah, M.R.]
John Sr. [dup. Sternes [h. Mary]], Mar. 5, 1668-9. [Sternes, M.R.]
Sarah [dup. Sternes, second dup. Sara Sterne], w. John, June 18 [second dup. June 10], 1656. [Sarah Sterne, M.R.]
FRENCH
births, 80–85
Abigail [dup. Abigaile], d. [dup. adds Lt.] William and Mary, Apr. 14, 1673. [Abigail, M.R.]
Hannah, d. [dup. adds Lt] William and Mary, Jan. 25, 1676.
Mary, d. [dup. adds Lt.] William and Mary, Apr. 3, 1670.
Sarah, d. [dup. adds Lt.] William [Lt. William, M.R.] and Mary, Oct. 29, 1671.
deaths, 361–4
Abigail [dup. Abigaile], d. [dup. adds Lt.] William and Mary, Apr. 13, 1674. [Abigail, M.R.]
Elizabeth [dup. Elisabeth], w. Lt. William, Mar. 31, [16]68. [Elizabeth, M.R.]
William, Lt., Nov. 20, 1681, in 78th y. [a. 78, M.R.]
VRW. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620–1850, database with images, AmericanAncestors.org > Watertown.
1: 23 Isaack (sic) Mixer & Rebeckah Gearffeild (sic) Maryed th (10) : 11 mo 1660
1: 52 Rebeckah the wife of Isaack dyed the 16 day of March 1682
2: 57 Mr. Isaac Mixer an aged man Deceased November the: 22d. Day in the year. 1716.
3. "Great Migration 1634–1635, M–P," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635, Volume V, M–P (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), 134.
4. Henry A. Hazen, History of Billerica (Boston: A. Williams and Co., 1883).
5. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620–1850," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org > Barnstable, 693: Thomas Laythrop, his daughter Mary, borne 4th of October, 1640.
6. Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, 2nd edition (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), 453.
7. "Great Migration 1634–1635, C–F," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635, Volume II, C–F (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), 588–92.
8. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620–1850, database with images, AmericanAncestors.org > Waltham, 279: Isaac, Nov. 27, 1716, in 87th y. G.R.
9. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620–1850, database with images, AmericanAncestors.org > Watertown, 1: 18: Isaak (sic) Mixter & Mary Cooledg (sic) Maryed the 19 Day of the 7th 1655; 1: 23: Isaack (sic) Mixer & Rebeckah Gearffeild (sic) Maryed th (10) : 11 mo 1660.
10. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648–1871," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org, case 15302 (Isaac Mixer).
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