Isaac Learned and Mary Burge

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74. Isaac Learned (bp. 1624–1657), son of William Learned and Goodith Gilman

Isaac Learned was baptised on 25 February 1623/4 in Bermondsey, Surrey. [1] He died on 8 (10) 1657 in Chelmsford. [2, 11] He married Mary Stearns on 9 July 1646 in Woburn. [3]

75. Mary Stearns (bp. 1626–1662/3), daughter of Isaac Stearns

Mary was baptised on 6 January 1625/6 in Nayland with Wissington. [4] She died before 21 December 1663, when inventory was taken on her estate .Mary married second John Burge of Weymouth on 9 June 1662. [5]

Isaac came to New England with his parents in 1630.

Isaac Learned was one of the petitioners for a grant of land for the town of Chelmsford on 19 May 1653. [2, 2–3] He was a trustee of the town in 1654. [2, 754] At the second town meeting on 21 (1) 1655 he was chosen sergeant of the band. [2, 13] He was an original church member in 1655. [2, 11]

Isaac Learned's wife was an early member of the church in Chelmsford in 1655. [2, 12] Mary owned the covenant at the church on 11 (4) 1656. [2, 26]

Inventory was taken on Isaac's estate on 18 (10) 1657. It amounted to 187-18-06. [6]

On 2 (12) 1667 Samuel Stearns posted a bond and Isaac Stearns was a surety concerning the children of Isaac Learned. [7]

Children of Isaac Learned and Mary Stearns: [8]

i. Mary Learned was born on 15: 5m: 1646. She was baptised on 1: 12m: 1656 in Chelmsford. She married Moses Barron.

ii. Anna Learned was born on 11: 6m: 1648. She was baptised on 1: 12m: 1656 in Chelmsford. She married Ensign Joseph Farwell on 15 December 1666 in Chelmsford. [8, 26]

iii. William Learned was born on 1: 8m: 1650. He was baptised on 1: 12m: 1656 in Chelmsford.

iv. Sarah Learned was born on 15: 9m: 1652. She was baptised on 28 October 1653 in Chelmsford.

v. Isaac Learned was born on 16 September 1655 in Chelmsford. He was baptised [?] on 5 October 1655 in Chelmsford

vi. Benoni Learned was born on 29 November 1657 in Chelmsford. He was baptised [?] on 4 December 1657 in Chelmsford.

Endnotes:

1. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I–III," database with images, American Ancestors, 1164–5.

2. Wilson Waters, History of Chelmsford (Lowell, MA: Courier Citizen Co., 1917).

3. Edward F. Johnson, Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages from 1640 to 1900 (Woburn, MA: Andrews Cutler & Co, 1891). Isaac and Mary's marriage, vol. 3, p. 161.

4. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I–III," database with images, American Ancestors, 1747–50.

5. John Brooks Trelfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2008), 438.

6. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648–1871," database with images, AmericanAncestors > 13855, images 1–2.

7. "Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675," database with images, AmericanAncestors, vol. 2, p. 38.

8. Vital records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1914). Baptism records for Mary, Anna and William (as ch. Isaac) and birth and baptism records for Sarah, Isaac and Benoni (as ch. Isaac and Mary), p. 92.

Revised 16-Feb-2020