Descendants of Samuel Stearns (Isaac) and Hannah Manning of Watertown

  1. Samuel Stearns was born on 4 May 1664 in Cambridge. [FMW, p. 455] He died on 7 Jun 1670 in Watertown. [MVRW, s. Samuel and Hannah]
  2. Hannah Stearns was born on 10 Oct 1666 in Watertown. [MVRW, d. Samuel and Hannah] She married first Thomas Biscoe on 26 Dec 1684. [FMW, p. 455] He died before 15 Oct 1690. [FMW, p. 455] She married second as his second wife Samuel Gookin, Esq. [FMW, p. 455] Samuel was the son of Maj. Gen. Daniel Gookin. [FMW, p. 455] He was born on 21 Apr 1652. [FMW, p. 455]
    Samuel was attorney to Mr. John Philips, Esq., the Treasurer of the colony in 1690. [FMW, p. 455] He wa Marshall General of Middlesex in 1691. [FMW, p. 455] He was High Sheriff in 1697. [FMW, p. 455]
  3. Nathaniel Stearns was born on 13 (10) 1668 in in Watertown. [MVRW, s. Samuel and Hanah] He died on 24 Aug 1716. [FMW, p. 455] He married first Elizabeth Dix. [FMW, p. 456] She died on 16 Jun 1712. [FMW, p. 456] He married second Sarah Nevinson on 29 Oct 1713. [FMW, p. 456] She married as his third wife Samuel Livermore on 24 Apr 1718. [FMW, p. 456]
    In the division of his father's estate, Nathaniel received the farm that had belonged to his grandfather Isaac. [FMW, p. 455]
  4. Sarah Stearns was born on 23 Apr 1671 in Watertown. [MVRW, d. Samuel and Hannah] She died on 28 Nov 1710. [FMW, p. 455] She married as his second wife Joseph Winship of Cambridge on 27 Oct 1714. [FMW, p. 455] Joseph was the son of Lieut. Edward and Elizabeth Winship of Cambridge. [FMW, p. 455] He was born in 1661. [FMW, p. 455] He died on 25 Sep 1725. [FMW, p. 455] He married first Sarah Harrington on 24 Nov 1687. [FMW, p. 455] Sarah was the daughter of Robert Harrington of Watertown. [FMW, p. 455] She was born on 10 May 1671. [FMW, p. 455] She died on 28 Nov 1710. [FMW, p. 455]
  5. Samuel Stearns was born on 29 Mar 1673 in Watertown. [MVRW, s. Samuel and Hannah] He married Mary Hawkins on 2 Mar 1697/8. [FMW, p. 456] Mary was the daughter of Timothy and Mary (Treadway) Hawkins and the granddaughter of Timothy and Hannah Hawkins and of Nathaniel and Sufferana Treadway. [FMW, p. 456] She was born on 30 Apr 1677. [FMW, p. 456] She died on 23 Apr 1759. [FMW, p. 456]
    Samuel was the town clerk of Watertown. [FMW, p. 455] He was a representative for eight years during hte period 1714 to 1731. [FMW, p. 455] He was many years a selectman and assessor. [FMW, p. 455]
  6. Isaac Stearns was born on 31 Dec 1674 in Watertown. [MVRW, s. Samuel and Hannah] He died in 1737. [FMW, p. 455] He married Mary Bemis on 26 Oct 1708. [FMW, p. 458]
    Inventory was takin on Isaac's estate on 4 Apr 1737; it amounted to pouns 1127.19.8. [FMW, p. 458]
  7. John Stearns was born on 25 Jun 1677 in Watertown. [MVRW, s. Samuel and Hannah] He died in 1729. [FMW, p. 455] He married Abigail Fiske on 24 Feb 1701/2. [FMW, p. 458] Abigail was the daughter of John and Abigail (Parks) Fiske. [FMW, p. 458] She was born on 12 Jun 1684. [FMW, p. 458]
    John settled on his father's homestead. [FMW, p. 455]
    Inventory on John's estate was administered by his wife Abigail in 1735; it amounted to 952 pounds. [FMW, p. 458]
  8. Mary Stearns was born on 5 Apr 1679 in Watertown. [MVRW, d. Samuel and Hannah]
  9. Abigail Stearns was born on 16 Apr 1681 in Watertown. [MVRW, d. Samuel and Hannah] He died on 11 Jul 1710. [FMW, p. 455] She married Benoni Garfield on 10 Jan 1706/7. [FMW, p. 455]
  10. Joseph Stearns was born on 11 Dec 1682 in Watertown. [MVRW, s. Samuel and Hannah] He died on 4 Feb 1682/3 in Watertown. [MVRW, s. Samuel and Hannah]

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.
MVRW Watertown Historical Society, Watertown Records, Press of Fred G. Barker, 1894.

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