The only entry for Stearns is: STEARNS, SEWALL of Bangor, sister Anna Crawford. Administrator July 1846 John Meservey (19:58). [The name is spelled Sterns on some papers. (That's volume 19, page 58) Stewart Rowe Malinda Mills Jackson wrote: > > Wow!! Thanks!! > Would you be so kind as to check for STEARNS?? > Malinda Jackson > Kokomo, IN > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stewart Rowe" <srowe@fuse.net> > To: <MEPENOBS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 10:53 AM > Subject: [MEPENOBS-L] Penobscot Probate Abstracts 1816-1866 > > > I have borrowed a copy of this book from NEHGS library and can keep it > > for less than two weeks. I'd be glad to look up any names of interest - > > be sure to include given name as well as surnames -- there are many > > entries for some surnames. Entries often include names of wife and > > children of the deceased, and there are some instances where children > > were adopted and the name changed. For example, "Jerome Lewis, son of A. > > Melissa Lewis of Corinth, divorced, was ae abt 3 yrs Apr. 1857 when > > adopted by Isaac G. Ridley. Name changed to Herbert Leslie Ridley." > > If you know of alternate spellings of the surnames, please mention > > them. Apparently the compiler, Ruth Gray, had difficulty sometimes > > deciphering the scripts. > > Stewart Rowe > > > >