I have a Mary V. Starnes who married a Harmon King in NC....County ???? I know that eventually the Kings end up in Union county. I also know of a Lidya Eliza Arabella King (born abt 1843) who married (abt 1860) a Thomas Starnes. Lidya is the daughter of Harmon and Mary (Starnes) King.... Thomas was a Confederate Soldier. I have no other information about the Starnes but would love some.... Dawn

Hi everyone, It has been a while since I have posted my STARNS or STARNES information so I have it all listed below. I have been stuck here for a LONG time so any help would be greatly appreciated. Later, Don Latham _____________________________________________________ 1) John STARNS b. abt 1831 probably in Bowie Co., TX m. 14 Sep 1851 in Bowie Co., TX to Samantha HANKS b. 23 Jan 1837 in Sabine, TX. They had the following children: 2) Henry STARNS b. abt 1852 2) John STARNS, Jr. b. abt 1854 2) Renda STARNS b. abt 1876 m. abt 1896 to William B. BULLARD b. 1878 2) Bessie STARNS b. abt 1892 in Waco, TX m. abt 1912 in Judsonia, White Co., AR 2) Andy STARNS b. abt 1894

Dear Jeanne, Thank you for the information and please excuse my tardy reply. This is certainly the same family. I have some additional but sometimes differing data. On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Jeanne Hayes wrote: > According to the Van Wagenen book : > Warren Stearns is the son of Daniel and Phoebe Ann (Rounds) Stearns. Daniel (aged 61; b. NY) & Phebe (aged 57; b. NY) STEARNS in 1860 census, Albion, Oswego Co., but they do not appear in 1865 NY census. > They had 6 children : > Warren A. Stearns, born 1819 1900 census (Albion, Oswego Co.) says b. 1818 April; 1855 & 1875 census says Essex Co., 1865 census says Cayuga Co. > Hannah Maria Stearns, born Jan. 4, 1822 at Schaghticoke ,N. Y. > Elizabeth Stearns, birth date unknown > James Gaylord Stearns, birth date unknown > Daniel P. Stearns, born in Camden, N.Y., unknown birth date > Laura Ann Stearns, born in Camden, N.Y., unknown birth date > > About the son Warren A. Stearns . . . a farmer, of Albion, Orleans County, > N.Y. ; married in 1839 to Lorena Brower, of Oneida County, N.Y. They had > the following 8 children: 1865 & 1900 census say Lorena STEARNS had 9 children (8 living in 1900). > > Sarah - born 1840, married Edward Eilmot. Sarah died in 1893. > Georgiana - born in 1842, married John Logan. In 1865 census seems to be the wife of Henry WILSON, with 2 sons, George & Edwin. My gr-aunt remembered "Aunt Georgiana" married to a FOGG; in 1870 census there is a Georgianna FOGG (age 28 = b.1842) and Caleb FOGG (age 59) with children Duane & Cora FOGG and George & Edwin WILSON. > John - born in 1845, died in 1885. > James - born and died in 1849. This is the child I'm missing. > Lorenzo - born in 1851 and died in 1888. > Luella - born in 1853, married Warren Button. There is a daughter and son-in-law, Lewellen (b. Jan 1855) and George FROLISK in Warren & Lorana STEARNS household in 1900 census. > Francelia - born in 1855 and died in 1860. 1855 census lists an Ambrosia (age 3 = b.1852), who doesn't show up in any later census. > Alta Jane - born in 1860, married John Miller. My gr-aunt remembered Aunt Elta/Eltsie who was married to Uncle Ferd. But it was my gr-gr-grandmother Katherine STEARNS (b. 1863; d.1887), Warren and Lorana STEARNS' 9th & last child, who married John W. MILLER (b. 1855; d.1913). They are buried in the Dugway Cemetery, Albion, Oswego Co., NY. > I have more information about the Stearns line preceding Warren A. Stearns, > that is . . his parents, grandparents, etc. Please ask if you need more > information. I would like any further informtion you have on this family. My gr-aunt said that this family went back to Isaac STEARNS who came over on the "Arabella" in 1630. I would also be happy to send you more complete data from my research, if you wish. Thanks very much for your reply, and once again please excuse my delayed response. **************************************************************** Edward J. Shephard Jr. History/Classics/Medieval Studies Bibliographer Glenn G. Bartle Library Binghamton University P.O. Box 6012 Binghamton, NY 13902-6012 eshephar@library.lib.binghamton.edu

Does anybody have parents for Elizabeth STEARNS Welborn born 1800 NC, married 1825 Jackson Co, AL Elias Wilborn/Wellborn 1790-1865. Elizabeth died before 1865 Jackson Co, AL, probably near Langston. This is my ggg grandmother. Cabaniss,Jones,Cobb,Dovel Gnlgy&Links smcb0824@brightok.net http://members.tripod.com/~smcb/index.html ICQ 3694039 /Cabaniss,Beam,Welborn,Reynolds(VA,NC,AL,TX,OK)<Martin,Long,Starnes,Brown / Jones,Leach,Mann(DE,PA,WV,MO,OK)Wood(TN,GA,AR)<-,Spoon,Johnson(Canada),- \ Cobb,Burke,Stephens,Sarver(VA,NC,GA,TN,TX,OK) <Edwards,Goolsby,Yoakum,Broce \Dovel,Housden,Stoneberger,Lucas(PageCoVA,OK) <Booton,-,Turner,Cubbage

Martha Starnes b. ca 1839 in NC married in 1854 to Eli Linker b. ca 1829 in Cabarrus Co., NC. d. 1863 during Civil War. Several of Eli & Martha Starnes Linker's descendants have tried to find Martha's parents. She may also have married Calvin ALLMAN after Eli's death in 1863 (and possibly died in childbirth of a daughter MJ Allman listed in 1870 census.) This daughter, MJ Allman, presumed to be that of Martha Linker Allman was in the Adam Starnes household in this 1870 along with Calvin who had by then married LYDIA STARNES dau of Adam, but NOT a sister to Martha. What relationship, if any, exists between Adam Starnes and Martha is unknown at this time. Adam Starnes ancestry is also a mystery -- his wife was Mary Elizabeth FINK. In 1850 Cabarrus Co Census there is also a Martha Starnes 16 living in the home of Martin Widenhouse, and another age 15 living in the home of Henry Bangles. Either of these "could be" our Martha, however the 1860 census shows Martha Starnes Linker's age to be 20. ANY help with these mysteries would be greatly appreciated! Peggy Sue Wilson pwilson411@aol.com http://members.aol.com/PWilson411/indexs.html

Here's what I have about the Stearns and Wait connection. The information came from both Bond's book about Watertown, Mass. and Van Wagenen's book about Isaac Stearns. Basically, it states that Lydia Stearns married Elijah Smith and one of their children (Susan Smith) married a Nathan W. Wait. So, the connection seems to be an in-law one. Jeanne ________________ Descendants of Lydia Stearns 1 Lydia Stearns b: 19 April 1778 . +Elijah Smith b: 28 May 1769 m: 17 April 1800 d: February 1830 Father: Josiah Smith Mother: .. 2 Francis Augustus Smith b: December 1800 .. 2 Horatio Austin Smith b: 12 June 1802 ...... +Elizabeth Learoyd b: 11 September 1806 m: 27 November 1828 Father: John Learoyd Mother: Ann ??? ....... 3 Francis Augustus Smith b: 20 October 1829 ....... 3 Ellen Elizabeth Smith b: 3 September 1831 ....... 3 Horatio Austin Smith b: 3 December 1833 ....... 3 Charles Albert Smith b: 16 March 1836 d: 1 June 1837 ....... 3 Mary Brooks Smith b: 20 November 1838 ....... 3 Caroline Smith b: 12 November 1840 ....... 3 Isabel Smith b: 22 September 1843 ....... 3 Evelyn Smith b: 14 December 1846 .. 2 Elizabeth Ann Smith b: 27 November 1803 ...... +Edmund Symmes b: 14 August 1795 m: 15 November 1821 Father: John Symmes Mother: ....... 3 Edmund Augustus Symmes b: 2 March 1822 ....... 3 Elizabeth Ann Symmes b: 12 May 1824 ........... +Hosea Dunbar b: 1817 m: 3 January 1847 Father: Mother: ....... 3 Lorenzo Symmes b: 28 August 1827 ....... 3 Lydia Maria Symmes b: 15 April 1831 ....... 3 Theodore Symmes b: 11 August 1835 ....... 3 Samuel Smith Symmes b: 11 May 1840 .. 2 Susan Smith b: 25 September 1805 ...... +Nathan W. Wait b: 19 June 1799 m: 19 July 1826 Father: Nathan Wait Mother: ....... 3 Nathaniel Williams Wait b: 21 August 1827 ....... 3 Francis Augustus Wait b: 28 July 1829 ....... 3 Elijah Smith Wait b: 1 April 1831 ....... 3 Susan Maria Wait b: 13 February 1833 ....... 3 Mehitabel Fulton Wait b: 28 January 1835 ....... 3 Sarah Howe Wait b: 3 May 1837 ....... 3 Nathan Williams Wait b: 25 September 1841 .. 2 Albert Smith b: 13 July 1807 .. 2 Sarah Bemis Smith b: 4 October 1809 .. 2 Elijah Brown Smith b: 4 April 1813 .. 2 Lydia Maria Smith b: 3 February 1817 ...... +John Symmes, Jr. b: 3 November 1812 m: 6 June 1839 Father: John Symmes, Sr. Mother: ....... 3 Maria Amelia Symmes b: 24 March 1841 .. 2 Octavius Smith b: 1 March 1819

Its been a long long time since I posted my STARNES family, maybe we have a match somewhere! +1 Marion Starnes m:Mary Dudley +2 Martin G.(Augusta) Starnes b:1870 Ackworth Paulding,GA m:(#1)Easter Matthews(?) +3 Ollie Lee Starnes (O.L.) b:1896 Lion or Alberville,AL m:Imogene UNK b:1919 Sweetwater,TX +4 Easter (Starnes) Fowler b:1935 Las Cruces,NM +4 (Son) Starnes b:1939 La Union,NM m:(#2)Unknown +3 Claude Ray Starnes b:1903 AL m:(#3)Ida Margaret Sprague b:1880 DeQueen,AR +3 Corinne Althea Starnes b:1916 Wilcox,AZ m:Elvin Rufus Leavelle b:1913 Shreveport,LA +4 Maurice Elvin Leavelle b:1934 Las Cruces,NM +4 Rochelle Evelyn Leavelle b:1938 Gardena,CA +4 Kevin Eugene Leavelle b:1940 Lynwood,CA +2 Hiram Starnes m:Unk Bannister +3 Beatrice (Starnes) McDill *lived in TN-1970 +3 Clara (Starnes) Hicks *lived in AL-1970 +3 Charley Starnes *lived in AL-1970 +2 Della Starnes m:Unk Bannister (?) +2 George Starnes m:Unknown +3(?) Tom Starnes *lived in AL-1970 +3(?) Pearl (Starnes) Leveck(?) *lived in AL-1970 Look familiar to anybody? Lucinda lucindaw@pe.net

Hello, rooters all. Anyone familiar with or working STEARNS/STARNES lines in antebellum Georgia? In Campbell Co., GA, ca. 1860, Rachel S. Jane McCARLEY, dau David and Catherine (BOMAR) McCarley, m. a STARNES and had, among others, Brackie STARNES, who was living in nearby Atlanta in 1878. (I have a formal portrait of Jane taken by the FABER Studio on Whitehall Street in Atlanta.) Many thanks for your consideration and review (more data to follow). Faithfully, /Tom Nash in San Antonio, Texas http://members.tripod.com/~bartonash/index.html .... working ABERCROMBIE (SC), BARTON (SC>GA), BOMAR (VA>SC>GA), CARTER (TN>GA), DORSET/T (SC>GA), FLETCHER (PA>VA>GA), GOODSON (NC>GA), HADLEY (PA>NC), HEAD (VA>GA), LINDLEY (PA>NC>SC), McCARLEY (SC>GA), MOON (PA>VA>GA), NASH (NC>SC>GA) PEARCE (VA>NC>GA), ROBERTSON (VA>TN), STELL (VA>GA), TRANTHAM (NC>TN>GA), and WHITEHEAD (VA>GA).

Corrected spelling Dear all, Has anyone on the list demonstrated a relationship between STEARNS or STARNS and WAIT? Sincerely, Bob Armstrong Houston, TX

Dear all, Has anyone on the list demonstrated a relationship between STEARNS or STARND and WAIT? Sincerely, Bob Armstrong Houston, TX

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This was also sent to me. Can anyone add to this? Jeanne > >Hannah Stearns married Levi Francis, she was from Newport RI. They lived >in Chenango Co., NY., had a son, Philander K. Francis. Both Hannah and >Levi are buried in Sherburne, NY > >This Phebe Stearns (b. 1796) married Joshua Armstrong, (b. 1795) shortly >after the war of 1812. They had a daughter, Clarinda, and a son, William >F. in Monroe Co., NY. They moved to Champaign Co., OH where Clarinda >married Philander. > >Phebe was from Massachusetts, Joshua from England. Both are buried in >Waldo, NY. >

Thank you to everyone who sent me email about Phebe Wait! I've cut and pasted all the responses below, in case others can also use the information. Jeanne _________________________ I have a Phebe Waite in my line. I have her born July 26, 1676 and died after 1750. "My" Phebe was the wife of Samuel Stearns, born Jan 11, 1668 and died Nov 19, 1721. The Waite and the Stearns lines goes way back. I have Samuel listed as being from Cambridge, Mass. and Phebe born in Watertown or Lexington, Mass. and dieing in Littletown, Mass. ________________________ looking for help with Denison Stearns. In one of your recent post I see mention of Phebe Wait(e). I have a Wait also but no further information on Clarrissa, except that she and Denison were married 20 Jan 1828 in Huron OH. The information I have on Denison is: b. 01 Apr 1792, it is believed that his parents came from VT and that he lived near Sodus Bay NY at one time. He died 23 Jan 1875. ________________________________________ I found two Phoebe Stearns'. One born to Samuel Stearns and Pheobe Waite in 1706...I have her married name as Cummings. Also one born to Capt. John Stearns and Rebecca Dean in 1739. The one born in 1739 does have a sister named Hannah born in 1743, however my records state that she was single. My records were copied from The Ancestry, Life and the Descendants of John K. Stearns by Donald Stearns of New Milford, Pa. in 1961. ______________________________ a cousin descended from Isaac Stearns and Mary Barker through Isacc Jr., then his son Samuel. This Samuel married Phebe Waitt b. 25 Jul 1676, at Watertown, MA., d., at Littleton, MA. She and Samuel married in 1696. Their daughter was Abigail Stearns who married Joseph Temple. Abbie was b.18 Feb 1700 at Lexington, MA. and she and Joe married 28 Nov 1717. in Lexington. ______________________________

Another Stearns cousin brought to my attention a problem with the following entry that I posted : >>....... 3 John Stearns b: 23 July 1712 in Watertown, Middlesex County, >>Massachusetts d: Abt 1794 in Massachusetts >>........... +Molly Corey b: Abt 1735 >>....... *2nd Wife of John Stearns: >>........... +Rebecca Dean b: 1715 m: 11 August 1737 d: 1758 Here is the correction (thanks David!) : > >I suspect that the wives are in the wrong order. If the dates shown here are >correct then, when John Stearns married Rebecca Dean, Molly Corey was only >about 2 years old. I do a lousy job of recording sources, but my files >showed the wives in the other order, for what it's worth. I have a marriage >date for John and Molly of "cir 1757".

I am descended from Alonzo Brigham Stearns, who was born in Worcester County Mass. April 17, 1824. He married Antoinette Marie Calkins Stearns June 30, 1852. A family story told to my Mother has it that Alonzo always told every one about his rich cousin in CA., "Don" Abel Stearns. When Abel's widow Arcadia died about 1912 with no children and no will, my great-great grandmother Stearns hired a lawyer in an attempt to claim part of the estate (a lot of land, mostly). But no birth records or Bibles existed so nothing could be proven. The estate mostly went to Arcadia's sister Ysidora Bandini de Couts and her children in San Diego County. Having grown up in Orange County and on Don Abel's former ranch (Rancho Los Coyotes) I have always been interested in this line and have always wanted to know the exact relationship of Alonzo Brigham and Abel Stearns. Alonzo's father was Asa born June 7, 1788 in Winchendon MA. Asa married Mary Temple. I noted on the recently sent T.S. Elliot e-mail that there was a William Alonzo Stearns born in 1821 and that his brother? Thomas married a Brigham. With this similarity in birth dates and names I feel that Alonzo Brigham Stearns and this William Alonzo are closely related. If anyone can help me here I will greatly appreciate it and if anyone has any detailed biographical information on "Don" Abel Stearns I would like to hear from you. Thank you, Tom Stinson

Hello Cousins: I am descended through Isaac, Samuel, Nathaniel, Daniel, Isaiah, Daniel, Charles, Charles W., Frank Edson, and Howard Sr. I am presently having trouble finding information about Elizabeth, wife of Isaiah. I think she was a descendant of the Durant family and her parents were Edward Durant and Judith Waldo. Elizabeth Durant was born on 28, Jan 1728. All the information I have on the wedding of Isaiah and Elizabeth is that she is Elizabeth Stearns or Widow Stearns. The IGI micro fiche files indicate that an Elizabeth Durant married Isaiah Stearns and in 1775 seven years after he died she married Edward Fillibrown. The Waldo genealogy indicates that an Elizabeth Durant die in 1798 ----unmarried. What a revoltin' developement. Can anyone shed some light? Thank you, Howard Stearns HSTEA1803

Here are some of the New York marriages that I have found of the Stearns name. Hope it helps someone! Jeanne ________________ Best, Arthur M : 1881 Sp : Stearns, Helen County : Columbia Co. Sex : U Location : Chatham Reformed Church, Chatham State : NY Brown, Cora Elizabeth M : 25 Jun 1893 Sp : Stearns, James Ezra County : Dutchess Co. Sex : F Location : Christ Church, Poughkeepsie State : NY Hunt, Lydia M : 1872 Sp : Stearns, William County : Columbia Co. Sex : U Location : Chatham Reformed Church, Chatham State : NY Purdy, Bathia M : 11 Apr 1781 Sp : Stearns, Benjamin County : Province of New York Sex : U State : NY Purdy, Bathia M : 18 Apr 1781 Sp : Stearns, Benjamin County : New York Co. Sex : F Location : New Amsterdam Reformed Church, New York City State : NY Quick, Elizabeth M : 4 Apr 1818 Sp : Stearns, Aldert County : Sussex Co. Sex : F Location : Montague Shufelt, Margaret M : 1884 Sp : Stearns, Thomas County : Columbia Co. Sex : U Location : Chatham Reformed Church, Chatham State : NY Stearns, Aldert M : 4 Apr 1818 Sp : Quick, Elizabeth County : Sussex Co. Sex : M Location : Montague Stearns, Alexander M : 1866 Sp : ??? County : Montgomery Co. Sex : U Location : First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Glen, Glen State : NY Stearns, Benjamin M : 11 Apr 1781 Sp : Purdy, Bathia County : Province of New York Sex : U State : NY Stearns, Benjamin M : 18 Apr 1781 Sp : Purdy, Bathia County : New York Co. Sex : M Location : New Amsterdam Reformed Church, New York City State : NY Stearns, Elizabeth Sp : ??? County : Columbia Co. Sex : U Location : New Lebanon State : NY Stearns, Fred M : 1843 Sp : ??? County : Montgomery Co. Sex : U Location : First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Glen, Glen State : NY Stearns, Helen M : 1881 Sp : Best, Arthur County : Columbia Co. Sex : U Location : Chatham Reformed Church, Chatham State : NY Stearns, James Ezra M : 25 Jun 1893 Sp : Brown, Cora Elizabeth County : Dutchess Co. Sex : M Location : Christ Church, Poughkeepsie State : NY Stearns, John Sp : ??? County : Columbia Co. Sex : U Location : Hudson State : NY Stearns, John M : 1854 Sp : Van Alstine, Phebe County : Montgomery Co. Sex : U Location : Caughnawaga Reformed Church, Fonda State : NY Stearns, Justin M : 1889 Sp : Wheeler, Harriet County : Columbia Co. Sex : U Location : Chatham Reformed Church, Chatham State : NY Stearns, Thomas M : 1884 Sp : Shufelt, Margaret County : Columbia Co. Sex : U Location : Chatham Reformed Church, Chatham State : NY Stearns, William M : 1872 Sp : Hunt, Lydia County : Columbia Co. Sex : U Location : Chatham Reformed Church, Chatham State : NY Van Alstine, Phebe M : 1854 Sp : Stearns, John County : Montgomery Co. Sex : U Location : Caughnawaga Reformed Church, Fonda State : NY Wheeler, Harriet M : 1889 Sp : Stearns, Justin County : Columbia Co. Sex : U Location : Chatham Reformed Church, Chatham State : NY

Here's the final part of T. S. Eliot's line going back to Isaac and Sarah (Beers) Stearns. This Isaac Stearns is the son of Isaac and Mary (Barker) Stearns. {Yesterday I posted the other two parts. If you string them together, you'll have the line from Isaac to T. S. Eliot.} Jeanne ________________ Descendants of Isaac Stearns 1 Isaac Sternes, Jr. b: 6 January 1633 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d: 29 August 1676 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts . +Mary Merriman b: 1633 *2nd Wife of Isaac Stearns: . +Sarah Beers b: 5 December 1639 in Lexington, Massachusetts m: 24 June 1660 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d: 24 June 1723 in Concord, Massachusetts .. 2 Sarah Stearns b: 14 January 1662 ...... +John Wheeler b: Abt 1660 m: 27 December 1678 d: 27 September 1713 ....... 3 Joseph Wheeler b: 27 November 1679 ....... 3 Ebenezer Wheeler b: 3 April 1682 ....... 3 Thankful Wheeler b: 3 April 1682 ....... 3 John Wheeler b: 6 December 1683 ....... 3 Sarah Wheeler b: 11 November 1686 ....... 3 Abigail Wheeler b: 29 December 1689 ....... 3 Thomas Wheeler b: 24 June 1692 ....... 3 Jonathan Wheeler b: 19 April 1696 ....... 3 Nathan Wheeler b: 28 September 1702 .. 2 Mary Stearns b: 8 October 1663 d: 24 February 1734 ...... +John Cutler b: 19 March 1663 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts m: 1 January 1694 d: 21 September 1714 ....... 3 Samuel Cutler b: 20 December 1694 d: 12 May 1742 ....... 3 John Cutler b: 1 June 1691 ........... +Abigail Stone b: Abt 1698 m: 9 January 1724 ....... 3 Ebenezer Cutler b: 24 July 1700 d: 17 January 1777 in Lincoln, Massachusetts ........... +Anna Whitney b: Abt 1700 m: 3 March 1724 ....... 3 Mary Cutler b: 1 April 1702 ........... +Samuel Bond b: Abt 1692 m: 7 February 1724 d: 26 January 1763 ....... 3 Sarah Cutler b: 20 November 1704 d: 12 January 1750 .. 2 Isaac Stearns b: 26 August 1665 in Lexington, Massachusetts ...... +Elizabeth Stone b: 9 October 1670 in Lexington, Massachusetts m: 1696 ....... 3 Isaac Stearns b: 19 October 1697 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d: 1774 ........... +Rebecca Randall b: 15 November 1697 m: 14 June 1722 ....... 3 Simon Stearns b: 19 October 1697 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d: 1767 in Stoughton, Massachusetts ........... +Margaret Hixon b: Abt 1697 m: 13 December 1726 in Dorchester, Massachusetts ....... 3 Jabesh Stearns b: 1699-1700 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d: 30 April 1700 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ....... 3 Jonathan Stearns b: 20 November 1701 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d: Abt 1769 in Stoughton, Massachusetts ........... +Experience Lincoln/Experience Lincon m: 24 May 1727 in Dorchester, Massachusetts ....... 3 Hannah Stearns b: 26 January 1704 in Lexington, Massachusetts d: 10 January 1788 in Lexington, Massachusetts ........... +Ezekiel Upham m: 17 November 1726 ....... 3 Mary Stearns b: Abt 1705 in Lexington, Massachusetts ........... +Edward Esty b: Abt 1705 m: 1729 d: Abt 1805 ....... 3 Martha Stearns b: Abt 1709 in Lexington, Massachusetts ........... +Daniel Talbot b: 11 March 1711 m: 1 November 1734 d: 9 March 1778 ....... 3 Ebenezer Stearns b: Bef 8 July 1711 in Lexington, Massachusetts d: in Whitefield, Maine ........... +Thankful Clapp b: 1716 in Walpole, Massachusetts m: 19 September 1734 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ....... *2nd Wife of Ebenezer Stearns: ........... +Jane Philips b: Abt 1711 m: 12 August 1762 ....... 3 Abigail Stearns b: Abt 1713 in Lexington, Massachusetts .. 2 Samuel Stearns b: 11 January 1668 in Lexington, Massachusetts d: 19 November 1721 in Lexington, Massachusetts ...... +Phebe Waite b: 25 July 1676 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts m: Bef 1695 d: in Lexington, Massachusetts ....... 3 Sarah Stearns b: 15 January 1697 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ........... +William Wheeler b: 1695 m: 21 May 1729 ....... 3 Mary Stearns b: 27 January 1699 ........... +John Power b: 1697 m: Abt 1718 ....... 3 Abigail Stearns b: 18 February 1703 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ........... +Joseph Temple b: 1699 m: 1717 ....... 3 Samuel Stearns, Jr. b: 7 March 1703 in Lexington, Massachusetts d: 1787 in Hollis, New Hampshire ........... +Keziah Robbins b: in Littleton, Massachusetts m: 1 January 1731 in Littleton, Massachusetts ....... 3 Ruth Stearns b: 25 May 1704 d: 8 February 1725 ........... +Oliver Livermore b: 11 March 1698 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts m: 5 February 1724 d: 18 November 1754 ....... 3 Phebe Stearns b: 23 February 1707 ........... +??? Cummings b: 1705 m: Abt 1725 ....... 3 Rebecca Stearns b: 15 April 1708 ........... +Samuel Whittemore b: 1707 m: 24 April 1740 ....... 3 Thomas Stearns b: 4 July 1710 in Lexington, Massachusetts d: 28 December 1784 in Littleton, Massachusetts ........... +Abigail Reed b: 1715 m: Bef 28 January 1744 ....... *2nd Wife of Thomas Stearns: ........... +Unknown ??? m: Bef 1 October 1749 ....... *3rd Wife of Thomas Stearns: ........... +Mary Heald b: Abt 1720 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts m: Bef 9 April 1758 d: 22 April 1809 ....... 3 John Stearns b: 23 July 1712 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d: Abt 1794 in Massachusetts ........... +Molly Corey b: Abt 1735 ....... *2nd Wife of John Stearns: ........... +Rebecca Dean b: 1715 m: 11 August 1737 d: 1758 ....... 3 Joseph Stearns b: Abt April 1715 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ....... 3 Benjamin Stearns b: 6 January 1719 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ........... +Mary ??? b: 1720 m: Bef 1755 d: 1793 in Princeton .. 2 Abigail Stearns b: Abt 1670 d: 11 May 1709 ...... +Samuel Hartwell b: 2 October 1666 in Concord, Massachusetts m: 29 November 1692 in Concord, Massachusetts ....... 3 Samuel Hartwell b: 12 November 1693 ........... +Hannah ??? ....... 3 Abigail Hartwell b: 27 November 1695 ....... 3 Joseph Hartwell b: 11 August 1698 ....... 3 Mary Hartwell b: 13 January 1700 ....... 3 Isaac Hartwell b: 22 November 1702 ....... 3 Ephraim Hartwell b: 14 January 1707 d: 1793 ........... +Elizabeth Heywood b: Abt 1714 m: 7 November 1732 d: 1808 ....... 3 Lydia Hartwell b: 2 May 1709 .. 2 John Stearns b: 1675 d: 14 June 1734 in Bedford, Massachusetts ...... +Mercy Davis b: 12 August 1677 m: 26 April 1699 ....... 3 Abigail Stearns b: Abt 1698 ....... 3 John Stearns, Jr. b: 19 February 1700 ....... 3 Zachariah Stearns b: 6 February 1703 ........... +Sarah ??? b: Abt 1695 m: Bef 1729 ....... 3 Eleazer Stearns b: 4 September 1704 ........... +Abigail ??? m: 1733 ....... *2nd Wife of Eleazer Stearns: ........... +Mary ??? m: Aft January 1740 ....... 3 Mercy Stearns b: 9 January 1707 ........... +??? Kendall ....... 3 Benjamin Stearns b: 8 November 1714 d: 4 January 1755 in Bolton, Massachusetts ........... +Dinah Wheeler m: 11 September 1738 d: 21 December 1771 in Bolton, Massachusetts

I received this email and was unable to help. I checked all of my CDs and books, but struck out, unfortunately. Can anyone help ?? Jeanne Return-Path: <bob-nita@neosoft.com> >Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:59:13 -0500 >From: "Robert E.Armstrong" <bob-nita@neosoft.com> >Reply-To: bob-nita@neosoft.com >To: j-hayes@mindspring.com >Subject: Phebe Stearns/Phebe Wait > >Dear Jeanne, >I have a possible connection to this Stearns line which I would like to >explore. > >I have known for some time that my gggGrandfather, Joshua Armstrong, was >married to a woman named Phebe Stearns. All I knew about her was that >she was from Massachusetts. This Phebe is buried next to Joshua in the >Waldo Cemetery in Waldo, Ohio. She is listed on the same stone with >Joshua. She was born about Apr 8, 1796 and died Mar 12, 1885. > >I also know that Joshua and Phebe's daughter, Clarinda, married Mr. P. >K. Francis of Chenango Co., N. Y. and that P. K.'s mother was Hannah >Stearns, from Newport, RI. (I suspected that Phebe and Hannah were >related.) > >To add to this I recently discovered that on the 1820 federal census for >Champaign Co. OH, (p. 510), directly below Joshua Armstrong's listing, >was a listing for Phebe Wait. And directly below that was a listing for >Isaac Starnes. I was puzzled by the fact that Joshua's entry listed >several children, but no female in the same age catigory as Joshua. In >otherwords, no wife. [This concerned me because three other later census >entries show that Joshua and Phebe were only a year apart in age.] I >noted that in the Phebe Wait entry there were two women, one older than >45, and one between 26 and 45. However, there was no adult male entry. > >The Isaac Starnes entry showed a large family. > >Through another researcher I contacted Ms. Frances Eisan in Hanover, IN >who has written a book on the Isaac Stearns family. I called her, and >she is sending me a copy of that book. I note that you refer to another >book by Van Wagenen. (Is that book generally available?) > >I guess my second question is, is there any chance that the Phebe >Stearns who married my gggGrandfather is part of the Stearns line in >either book, and who is Phebe Wait? I see her name in one of your >postings. I am hoping that a connection here will lead to information >about where Joshua Armstrong entered the U. S. and possibly, who his >parents were. > >I know this posting is rather disjointed, but I would like to hear from >you on this subject. > >Sincerely, >R. E. Armstrong >Houston, TX > >