Some descendants of Capt. John Stearns (John, Isaac)

and Elizabeth Bigelow (John)

  1. Elizabeth Stearns was born on 23 (7) 1677 in Watertown. [MVRW, d. John and Elizabeth][FMW, p. 455]
  2. John Stearns was born on 22 Jan 1679 in Billerica. [FMW, p. 455] He died on 4 Apr 1679 [FMW, p. 455]
  3. Sarah Stearns was born on 21 Mar 1681/2. [FMW, p. 455]
  4. Mary Stearns was born on 23 Jul 1684 (?). [FMW, p. 455] She died on 25 Jun 1743 in Chelmsford. [MVRC] She married Samuel Barron of Chelmsford on 28 May 1705. [FMW, p. 455]
  5. John Stearns was born on 26 Nov 1686. [FMW, p. 455] He died on 2 Aug 1776. [FMW, p. 455] He married Esther Johnson. [FMW, p. 459] Esther was the daughter of Capt. Edward Johnson of Woburn, the granddaughter of William Johnson, Esq. and the great-granddaughter of Capt. Edward Johnson of Woburn. [FMW, p. 459] She was born in Jan 1691. [FMW, p. 459] She died on 13 Apr 1783, age 95. [FMW, p. 459]
  6. Isaac Stearns was born on 1 May 1689. [FMW, p. 455] He was "shipwrecked, and lost in an expedition to Port Royal" in 1711. [FMW, p. 455]
  7. Abigail Stearns was born on 22 Aug 1691. [FMW, p. 455] She married Sgt. William Wyman of Woburn on 23 Oct 1711. [FMW, p. 455] William was the son of William and Prudence (Putnam) Wyman. [FMW, p. 455] He was born in 1685. [FMW, p. 455] He died in 1753. [FMW, p. 455]
  8. Samuel Stearns was born on 8 Jan 1693/4. [FMW, p. 456] He married Rachel Crosby. [FMW, p. 459] After his death, Rachel married Thomas Wyman. [FMW, p. 459]

and Joanna (Call) Parker

  1. Joanna Stearns [DGAL, 1;466] was born on 24 Jun 1697. [FMW, p. 456]

References

MVRC Essex Institute, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Salem, MA, Newcomb & Gauss, 1914.
DGAL Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Milwaukee, Cuneo Press, 1931-1943.
MVRW Watertown Historical Society, Watertown Records, Press of Fred G. Barker, 1894.