FIRST GENERATION 1. Samantha STEARNS was born on 25 Jun 1842 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. SECOND GENERATION 2. Sylvester STEARNS was born on 6 May 1803 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 23 Jun 1883 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. Genealogy of the Stebbins Family. Including Kindred Lines of Swetland, Wilcox and Cheney Families. By Willis Merrill Stebbins, Gothernburg, Nebraska. Press of Brown Printing Service, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1940. p. 70. Resided at Conway, Mass., Middlesex and Sherman, N.Y. He was married to Calista STEBBINS in Middlesex, Yates, New York. 3. Calista STEBBINS was born on 13 Jan 1809 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 26 Feb 1870 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. Sylvester STEARNS and Calista STEBBINS had the following children: i. Esther STEARNS was born on 24 Oct 1829 in Middlesex, Yates, New York. ii. Lydia STEARNS was born on 2 Feb 1832 in Middlesex, Yates, New York. She died on 10 Oct 1902 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. iii. Alonzo David STEARNS was born on 5 Nov 1833 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. Genealogy of the Stebbins Family. Including Kindred Lines of Swetland, Wilcox and Cheney Families. By Willis Merrill Stebbins, Gothernburg, Nebraska. Press of Brown Printing Service, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1940. p. 73. Resided at Sherman, Westfield and Silver Creek, N.Y. iv. William J. STEARNS was born on 24 Nov 1835 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. He died on 1 Jan 1925 in Panama, Chautauqua, New York. Genealogy of the Stebbins Family. Including Kindred Lines of Swetland, Wilcox and Cheney Families. By Willis Merrill Stebbins, Gothernburg, Nebraska. Press of Brown Printing Service, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1940. p. 73. Enlisted in the Union Army, Aug. 25, 1862, served throught the war and was honorably discharged in 1865. 1 v. Samantah STEARNS. vi. Sylvester STEARNS was born on 10 Apr 1847 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. He died on 7 Dec 1851 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. THIRD GENERATION 4. Joshua STEARNS. He was married to Lydia MITCHELL in 1803 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. 5. Lydia MITCHELL. Joshua STEARNS and Lydia MITCHELL had the following children: 2 i. Sylvester STEARNS. 6. David STEBBINS was born on 16 Aug 1775 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 3 May 1835 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. He was buried in Waits Corners Cemetery, Chautauqa County, New York. History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 321 Settled in Sherman, N.Y. Genealogy of the Stebbins Family. Including Kindred Lines of Swetland, Wilcox and Cheney Families. By Willis Merrill Stebbins, Gothernburg, Nebraska. Press of Brown Printing Service, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1940. p. 25 - 26. Resided at Conway, Mass., Middlesex, Yates County, and Sherman, Chautaqua County, N.Y. Buried at Waits Corners Cemetery, about four miles southeast of Sherman. David and Irena with Dexter, Moses, Loring, Calista and Samantha moved to Middlesex, Yates County, New York and then all came to Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, where they all located near Waits Corners Cemetery. About 40 years ago the descendants of those living around Waits Corners organized a Stebbins family reunion and since then have each year held a reunion in or near Sherman. Usually present, sixty to a hundred. This genealogy should be of special interest to all who have attended these reunions as well as all the descndants of David and Irena (Collins) Stebbins. He was married to Irena COLLINS on 28 Dec 1789 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. 7. Irena COLLINS was born on 29 Jun 1777 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 1 Apr 1859 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. She was buried in Waits Corners Cemetery, Chautauqa County, New York. David STEBBINS and Irena COLLINS had the following children: i. Lyman STEBBINS was born on 8 Oct 1799 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 21 Apr 1871 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Jo Davies, Illinois. Genealogy of the Stebbins Family. Including Kindred Lines of Swetland, Wilcox and Cheney Families. By Willis Merrill Stebbins, Gothernburg, Nebraska. Press of Brown Printing Service, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1940. p. 26 - 27. Lyman Stebbins lived at Middlesex, N.Y. until 1830 when he removed to Auburn, Ohio and settled at Mantua, Portage County, Ohio in 1832. He was Deacon in the Baptist Church at Mantua Corners, supervisor, and first School Director, helping organize the School District. When the lead-mining fever broke out in Galena, Illinois, he sold his farm and removed to that place Oct. 25, 1846. In May 1855 he removed to Apple River, Illinois, where he built a house and lived until 1868. After his death, his wife made her home with her daughter, Olive Grumme, in Galena until 1883 when they removed to Clay Center, Kansas. Lyman Stebbins was prominent in church, education and political affairs and was greatly respected by all. ii. Dexter STEBBINS was born on 22 Oct 1801 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 2 Feb 1845 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. He was buried in Waits Corners Cemetery, Chautauqa County, New York. Genealogy of the Stebbins Family. Including Kindred Lines of Swetland, Wilcox and Cheney Families. By Willis Merrill Stebbins, Gothernburg, Nebraska. Press of Brown Printing Service, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1940. p. 46. Resided at Conway, Mass., Middlesex and Sherman, N.Y. iii. Moses STEBBINS was born on 8 Sep 1802 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 15 Apr 1884 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. He was buried in Waits Corners Cemetery, Chautauqa County, New York. iv. Loring STEBBINS was born on 27 Oct 1804 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 20 Jul 1889 in Sherman, Chautauqua, New York. He was buried in Waits Corners Cemetery, Chautauqa County, New York. Genealogy of the Stebbins Family. Including Kindred Lines of Swetland, Wilcox and Cheney Families. By Willis Merrill Stebbins, Gothernburg, Nebraska. Press of Brown Printing Service, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1940. p. 47. Resided at Conway, Mass. Loring removed to Sherman, N.Y. in 1828. The first Stebbins family to settle at Sherman. v. Michael STEBBINS was born on 20 Sep 1806 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 12 Jul 1889 in Reading, Hillsdale, Michigan. Genealogy of the Stebbins Family. Including Kindred Lines of Swetland, Wilcox and Cheney Families. By Willis Merrill Stebbins, Gothernburg, Nebraska. Press of Brown Printing Service, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1940. p. 25. Michael, an early settler at Reading, Michigan. 3 vi. Calista STEBBINS. vii. Alfred STEBBINS was born on 10 Apr 1810 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 6 May 1884 in Bellevue, Sandusky, Ohio. Genealogy of the Stebbins Family. Including Kindred Lines of Swetland, Wilcox and Cheney Families. By Willis Merrill Stebbins, Gothernburg, Nebraska. Press of Brown Printing Service, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1940. p. 74. Resided at Conway, Mass., Middlesex, N.Y. and Bellevue, Ohio, where they are buried. viii. Samantha STEBBINS was born on 16 Aug 1817 in Middlesex, Yates, New York.