Descendants of Isaac Stearns (Isaac) and Sarah Beers of Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts (a part of Cambridge until 1713)

  1. Sarah Stearns was born on 14 Jan 1661 in Lexington. [MVR,. d. Isaac and Sarah][FMW, p. 454] Sarah, the wife of Dea. John Wheeler, died on 29 Dec 1727 in Concord. [MVRMConcord.htm"Ref] She married John Wheeler [TQ] on 27 Dec 1678 in Concord. [MVRC] John was the son of Sarah's stepfather Sgt. Thomas Wheeler and his first wife Sarah Mirriam. [TQ] He was born on 18 Feb 1655 in Concord. [MVRC] He married second Sarah Farwell. [TQ]
  2. Mary Stearns was born on 8 Oct 1663 in Lexington. [MVRL. d. Isaac and Sarah][FMW, p. 454]
  3. Isaac Stearns was born on 26 Aug 1665. [FMW, p. 454] He married Elizabeth Unknown. [FMW, p. 456]
  4. Samuel Stearns was born on 11 Jan 1667/8. [FMW, p. 454] He was "killed by a casualty" on 19 Nov 1721. [FMW, p. 456] He married Phebe Unknown. [FMW, p. 456]
    Phebe administered his estate in 1722. [FMW, p. 456]
  5. Abigail Stearns was born on 29 Nov 1692. [FMW, p. 454] She died in childbed on 11 May 1709. [FMW, p. 454] She married Samuel Hartwell on 29 Nov 1692 in Concord. [FMW, p. 454] Samuel was the son of Samuel and Ruth (Wheeler) Hartwell and the grandson of William and Ruth Hartwell. [FMW, p. 454] He was born on 2 Oct 1666 in Concord. [FMW, p. 454]
  6. John Stearns was born about 1675. He died on 14 Jun 1734, age 59, in Bedford. [FMW, p. 454]
    John was of Concord and then of Bedford. [FMW, p. 454] He signed his will on 29 May 1733. [FMW, p. 454]

References

FMW Bond, Henry, Family Memorials: Genealogies of the Families and Descendents of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston; to Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town, Vol. I, Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1855.
MVRC New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, town of Concord, online database, AmericanAncestors.org, 2001-2010.
MVRL New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, town of Lexington, online database, AmericanAncestors.org, 2001-2010.
TQ Wheeler, Raymond D., "Trivia Quiz," Essex Genealogist 5, 1985, 42.