
Corporal Samuel Stearns, Sr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42]

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Name Samuel Stearns [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42] Title Corporal Suffix Sr. Birth 24 Apr 1638 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America [11, 13, 23]
Christening 24 Apr 1638 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Gender Male Death 03 Aug 1683 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America [2, 9, 10, 12, 13, 32]
Person ID I312684223770 Oswald Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
Family Hannah Manning, b. 21 Jun 1642, Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Marriage Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Family ID F1680 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
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Notes - Sources
SOURCES: The Manning Family, page 99. Researched by Gertrude Clifton Pierce Nelson. (Sheet in Salt Lake City Library Archives - Heir, Joseph L. Heywood, 3rd G.G. Son)
Biography
24—Corporal Samuel Stearns (7), b., Apr. 24, 1638, son of Isaac and Mary (Barker) Stearns, of Watertown, Mass.; d., Aug. 3, 1683. He md., Feb. 1, 1662-3, Hannah Manning, b., June 21, 1642, eldest dau. of William and Dorothy Manning, of Cambridge, Mass., and sister of Samuel Manning, who md. Elizabeth Stearns (8). Hannah (Manning) Stearns d., Feb. 26, 1723-4. Mr. Stearns's farm or "homestall," fell into the possession of his son John, then to his grandson, Josiah, then to his great grandson, Phinehas Stearns, and did "lately" belong to the heirs of Mr. Abijah White (130-a) his great-greatgrandson. Inventory, Oct. 9, 1683, £481, 4s. He had ten children.
25—SAMUEL STEARNS JR., b., May 4, 1664; birth recorded in Cambridge, Mass.; d., June 7, 1671.
26—HANNAH STEARNS, b., Dec. 8, 1666; md., (1), Dec. 26, 1684, Thomas Biscoe, by whom she had two sons. He d., previous to Oct. 15, 1690, and she md. (2), Sept. 28, 1708, (his second wife), Samuel Gookim, Esq., b., Apr. 21, 1652, son of Maj. Gen. Daniel Gookim. In 1690 Samuel Gookim was "Attorney to Mr. John Philips, Esq., Treasurer of the Colony of Massachusetts." In 1691, he was "Marshal General" of Middlesex, and in 1697, he was High Sheriff. She had no children by her second husband.
. . . (a)—John Biscoe, b., Oct. 22, 1685.
. . . (b)—Thomas Biscoe Jr., Capt., b., May 16, 1689.
27—NATHANIEL STEARNS (85), b., Dec. 13, 1668; d., Aug. 24, 1716. In the division of his father's estate, he received the farm which had been the residence of his grandfather, Isaac Stearns.
28—SARAH STEARNS, b., Apr., 23, 1671; md., Oct. 27, 1714. Joseph Winship, b., 1661, son of Lieut. Edward and Elizabeth Winship of Cambridge, Mass. His first wife, Sarah Harrington, d., Nov. 28, 1710, and Sarah Stearns was his second wife. He d., Sept. 25, 1725.
29—SAMUEL STEARNS Jr., (99), b., Mar. 29, 1673; was Town Clerk and represented Watertown from 1714 to 1731 ; many years selectman and assessor.
30—ISAAC STEARNS— (109), b., Dec. 31 1674; d., 1737.
31—JOHN STEARNS (116), b., June 24, 1677; d., 1729; settled on his father's homestead.
32—MARY STEARNS, b., Apr. 5, 1679; md. Nov. 2, 1699, Samuel Jennison, b., Oct. 12, 1673, who d., Dec. 2, 1732, son of Samuel and Judith (Macomber) Jennison, of Watertown, Mass,
. . . (a)—Mary Jennison, b., Aug. 17, 1700; md., Nov. 6, 1773, John Gerrish, of Salem, Mass.
. . . (b)—Hannah Jennison, b., July 17, 1702; md. (1), Feb. 15, 1724-5, Jonathan Stone Jr.; md. (2), John Goddard, of Brookline, Mass.
. . . (c)—Samuel Jennison, b., Sept. 26, 1704.
. . . (d)—William Jennison, b., Feb. 9, 1706-7; grad. Harv. Coll., 1724; d., Apr., 1750, in Watertown, Mass.
. . . (e)—Nathaniel Jennison, b., Apr. 5, 1709; md., Oct. 23, 1729, Abigail Mead, of Weston, Mass.
. . . (f)—John Jennison, b., Feb. 19, 1710-11; md., July 21, 1740, in Lunenburg, Mass., Mary Hubbard, sister of Ruth Hubbard, who was wife of Rev. David Stearns (334)- He d., 1751.
. . . (g)—Lydia Jennison, b., Apr. 2, 1712; md., Jan. 11, 1736-7, Rev. Ebenezer White of Brookline, Mass.
. . . (h)—Abigail Jennison, b., Apr. 22, 1715; md., Sept. 24, 1739, in Lunenburg, Jonathan Hubbard Jr.
. . . (i)—Mercy Jennison, b., Mar. 11, 1717-18; md., June 26, 1740, Dr. Stanton Prentice, a physician, of Lancaster, Mass.
. . . (j)—Sarah Jennison, b., Aug., 1720, d., Nov., 1720.
. . . (k)—Eunice Jennison, b., Feb., 1721-2; md., July 11, 1739, Joshua Richardson, of Woburn, Mass.
33—ABIGAIL STEARNS, b., Apr. 16. 1680; md., Jan. 10, 1706-7, Benoni Garfield, son of Capt. Benjamin and Mehitable (Hawkins) Garfield. She d., July 11, 1710, leaving one child.
. . . (a)—Abigail Garfield, b., Mar. 5, 1707-8; md., Dec. 6, 1728, James Jones, of Weston, Mass.
34—JOSEPH STEARNS, b., Dec. 11, 1682; d., Feb. 4, 1683-4.
Mrs. Avis Stearns Van Wagenen, "Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his Descendants", (Syracuse, N. Y.: Courier Printing Co., 1901), pages 27-29.
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Served as a soldier in King Philip's War, 1676. "Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Minnesota"
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Samuel married Hannah Manning, eldest daughter of William and Dorothy Manning of Cambridge, and sister to Samuel Manning, who married Elizabeth Stearns, sister to Samuel. They were married on 1 Feb 1662 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. He settled on a farm at the northwest corner of the cross-roads made by the roads from Cambridge to Waltham and by that going north to Lexington.[2/4545]
Samuel died at a young age but nonetheless held many offices of trust in Watertown. He was chosen surveyor of highways in 1666;[4/1:86] surveyor of cattle, fences, and hogs 1669;[4/1:93] constable in 1670;[4/1:96] selectmen in 1673,[4/1:112] 1675,[4/1:121] 1676,[4/1:125] 1678,[4/1:132] 1679,[4/1:136] 1682,[4/2:10] and 1683;[4/2:13] town appraiser 1676[4/1:125] and 1678.[4/1:132] He was first referred to as "corporal" in 1683.[4/2:13] On July 10, 1694 Phillip Shattuck was ordered to "take care of the Widdow Relict of Samll Sternes with her Children and provide for them from this Day for one month (they being Represented Poor and in necessity of Reliefe)"[4/2:76]
Watertown records list the date of death of Corporal Samuel Stearns as the last of August 1682,[5/1:54] but the inventory of the estate has the death date as August 21. Inventory of his estate was taken Sept. 28, 1683 by Samuel Stone, John Mose (probably Morse), William Bond, Sr., and John Biscoe and totaled 481.04.00.[3/6:136]
REF: [1] Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his Descendants
- Mrs. Avis Stearns Van Wagenen, 1901
[2] History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860 (pgs.454-455)
[3] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 21324)
[4] Watertown Records, 1894
[5] Watertown Records, 1894 (Birth, Marriage, and Death Register)
~~Information found on Roots Web THE STEARNS FAMILY
Source
BIRTH Bond's Hist of Watertown pg 453
MARRIAGE Hist of Watertown pg 454
DEATH Hist of Watertown pg 453
Sources
Sources: Birth: (14) p704 & (256) p5 & (274) p19 & (275) p27 Death: (14) p704 & (275) p27 Marriage: (14) p704 & (274) p4, p19 & (275) p27 (274) p19: "...the ancient homestead in Waltham first fell into the possession of his son, John, then to his grandson Josiah, then to his great-grandson, Capt. Phinehas; it has since been owned by a descendant of the family by the name of White..." (275) p27: "...his estate inventory was dated 9 October 1683 and valued at 481pounds, 4shillings..."
Source
BIRTH:
1. Records of Births, Deathes and Marriages in Watertown, MA - First Book and Supplement:
Samuell STERNE, son of Isaac and Mary Sterne, borne ye 24th 2m 1638.
MARRIAGE:
1. Clarence Torrey, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," NEHGS CD:
STEARNS, Samuel (1638-1683), Watertown & Hannah MANNING (1642-1724); 1 Feb 1662, 1662/3; Cambridge {Stearns (#1) 1:27; Reg. 90:167; Watertown 454; Manning 119; Utah Gen. Mag. 19:Chart; Boddie 208; Warner-Harrington 622}
DEATH:
1. Records of Births, Deathes and Marriages in Watertown, MA - First Book and Supplement; p. 54:
Corparall Samuell STERNES decessed the last of August 1683.
Researcher note
See notes for his father. The FGRA sheet gives his birth, marriage (without place) and date of death. LDS proxy temple ordinances are from the FGRA sheet, proxy sealing of marriage from the LDS IGI.
Source
This person's information was combined while in Ancestral File. The following submitters of the information may or may not agree with the combining of the information: KAREN/HAHN/ (2207520) RANAE/ASHTON/ (2240382) C. V./SWANSON/JR. (2240455) VIRGINIA/SHARP/ (2245406) GRETCHEN ROBERTS/OVERRIGHT/ (2664215) HELEN D/JOHNSON/ (2676129)
SOURCE
SOURCE: Copy of Archive Record in FHL, Salt Lake City, UT, in possession of Judith L. Bingham, which cites as sources, "Watertown Vital Records", pp 3, 4, 5, 33; "Cambridge Vital Records", p 371; "Stearns Genealogical Memoirs" by Van Wagnen,1:17 MARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (C. A. Torrey) p. 704
Biography
bio from - in Walt Chamberlin, Los Alamos, NM's book by his mom: The Record of My Ancestry The Stetson - Perkins Family by Katharine Beecher Stetson Chamberlin, Pasadena 1961, page 20
Samuel settled on a farm at the northwest corner of cross roads made by the direct road from Cambridge to Woburn and by that going north to Lexington. This farm or homestead fell into the possession of his son John, then his grandso Josiah and then to his great grandson Phinehas and now does or did lately belong to the heirs of Mr. Abijah White his great, great, grandson. - in Walt Chamberlin, Los Alamos, NM's book by his mom: The Record of My Ancestry The Stetson - Perkins Family by Katharine Beecher Stetson Chamberlin, Pasadena 1961, page 20
Sources
Sources: 1. Van Wagenen, Mrs. Avis Stearns. Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his descendants; 2. Records submitted to LDS church, needs verification;
Source
Source: Book Written by L. Don Berchtold, "History of Don Merlin Grover and Jennette Morris Grover, Ancestors and Descendants, FHL Call No. US and Can, Book Area 929.273, G919Bδ. Ordinance Data taken from the IGI and statistical data from the Ancestorial File.
Biography
Samuel married Hannah Manning, eldest daughter of William and Dorothy Manning of Cambridge, and sister to Samuel Manning, who married Elizabeth Stearns, sister to Samuel. He settled on a farm at the northwest corner of the cross-roads made by the roads from Cambridge to Waltham and by that going north to Lexington.[2/4545]
Samuel died at a young age but nonetheless held many offices of trust in Watertown. He was chosen surveyor of highways in 1666;[4/1:86] surveyor of cattle, fences, and hogs 1669;[4/1:93] constable in 1670;[4/1:96] selectmen in 1673,[4/1:112] 1675,[4/1:121] 1676,[4/1:125] 1678,[4/1:132] 1679,[4/1:136] 1682,[4/2:10] and 1683;[4/2:13] town appraiser 1676[4/1:125] and 1678.[4/1:132] He was first referred to as "corporal" in 1683.[4/2:13] On July 10, 1694 Phillip Shattuck was ordered to "take care of the Widdow Relict of Samll Sternes with her Children and provide for them from this Day for one month (they being Represented Poor and in necessity of Reliefe)"[4/2:76]
Watertown records list the date of death of Corporal Samuel Stearns as the last of August 1682,[5/1:54] but the inventory of the estate has the death date as August 21. Inventory of his estate was taken Sept. 28, 1683 by Samuel Stone, John Mose (probably Morse), William Bond, Sr., and John Biscoe and totaled 481.04.00.[3/6:136]
REF: [1] Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his Descendants
- Mrs. Avis Stearns Van Wagenen, 1901
[2] History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860 (pgs.454-455)
[3] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 21324)
[4] Watertown Records, 1894
[5] Watertown Records, 1894 (Birth, Marriage, and Death Register)
Children:
1. Samuel, b. Cambridge, MA May 4, 1664, d. Watertown June 7,
1671
2. Hannah, b. Watertown Oct. 10, 1666, m(1) Watertown Dec. 24,
1684 Thomas Biscoe, b. Watertown April 1, 1655, m(2) Sept. 28,
1708 Samuel Gookin
3. Nathaniel, b. Watertown Dec. 13, 1668, d. Aug. 24, 1716, m?
Elizabeth ____, d. Watertown June 16, 1712
4. Sarah, b. Watertown April 23, 1671, m. Oct. 27, 1714 Joseph
Winship
5. Samuel, b. Watertown March 29, 1673
6. Isaac, b. Watertown Dec. 31, 1674, d. 1737
7. John, b. Watertown, MA June 25, 1677, d. 1729, m. Watertown
Feb. 24, 1701-2 Abigail Fiske, b. Watertown, MA June 12,
1684
8. Mary, b. Watertown April 5, 1679, m. Watertown Nov. 2, 1699
Samuel Jennison, b. Oct. 12, 1673, d. Dec. 2, 1732
9. Abigail, b. Watertown April 16, 1681, d. Watertown July 11,
1710, m. Watertown Jan. 10, 1706-7 Benoni Garfield, b. Watertown
Dec. 4, 1675
10. Joseph, b. Watertown Dec. 11, 1682, d. Feb. 4, 1683-4
JOHN STEARNS [#240], b. Watertown, MA June 25, 1677, d. 1729, m. Watertown Feb. 24, 1701-2 ABIGAIL FISKE (daughter. of John Fiske and Abigail Parks), b. Watertown, MA June 12, 1684, d. after June 12, 1732.
John Stearns resided on the homestead of his father[2] and died in 1729. Inventory of his estate was taken early in 1731 by Thomas Straight, John Coolidge, and Samuel Pearce. It amounted to 952.3.10 of which 751 pounds were in real estate and was sworn to June 13, 1732 by the widow, Abigail Stearns.[3/19:348] A committee was appointed to appraise John's real estate. It was made up of Joseph Mason, Deacon Nathan Fiske, Deacon John Coolidge, Lt. Samuel Stearns, and Samuel Pierce. Josiah Stearns, one of the sons of the deceased, showed the property to the committee.[3/20:280] Josiah was the second son of John and was to receive two thirds of the estate and to pay their shares to his brothers and sisters. Son John was to receive a double share as the eldest son.[3/20:281]
REF: [1] Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his Descendants
- Mrs. Avis Stearns Van Wagenen, 1901
[2] The History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860 (pg.458)
[3] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 21260)
[4] Watertown Records, 1894 (Birth, Marriage, and Death Register)
Source
BIRTH: FATHER: SPOUSE: MARRIAGE: Genealogy- The Great Migration Begins: Robert Charles Anderson: 1995: Vol III, PG 1749.
Source
information about family was found in the Geneological Dictionary of First Settlers of New England
Biography
SAMUEL Stearns, Watertown, son of Isaac the first, married 1 Feb 1663, Hannah, eldest daughter of William Manning, had Samuel, born 4 May 1664, who dies at 7 years; Hannah, 8 Dec 1666; Nathaniel, 13 Dec. 1668; Sarah, 23 Apr. 1671; Samuel, again, 29 Mar. 1673; Isaac, 31 Dec. 1674; John, 24 June 1677; Mary, 5 Apr. 1679; Abigail, 16 Apr. 1680; and Joseph, 11 Dec. 1682, died in a few months. He died 1683, and his widow died 16 Feb 1724, aged near 82 years.
Source
!SOURCE: Book: "Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and His Descendants" by Mrs. Avis Stearns VanWagenen.
EHofW - Bond
EHofW - Bond
Source
!SOURCE: Memoranda of the Stearns Family Including Records of Many of the Descendants, by Willard E. Stearns, Sentinel Printing Co., Fitchburg, 1901. p.3.
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