And this is the Ancestry Com information about the Train and Wright families, which includes the names Stearns. Jeanne >Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England., p.321<BR> >Train, John, Watertown, came in the Susan and Ellen 1635, aged 25, from London, perhaps as serv. of Percival Greene, with Abigail Dix, aged 18, also call. serv. by w. Margaret, wh. prob. was their fellow passeng. had Eliz. b. 30 Sept. 1640; Mary, 10 Oct. 1642; Sarah, 31 Jan. 1647; Abigail, 31 Jan. 1649; John, 25 May or Sept. 1651; Thomas, 1653; Rebecca; and Hannah, 7 or 8 Sept. 1657; his w. d. 18 Dec. 1660. He m. 12 Oct. 1675, Abigail Bent, sw. fidelity 1652, and d. 29 Jan. 1681; Eliz. m. 10 Mar. 1658, John Stratton; Sarah m. 12 Oct. 1679, as Bond has it, tho. certain. sev. yrs. I guess ten, too late, Jacob Cole; Abigail m. 16 Apr. 1668, Martin Townsend; Rebeeca, m. 12 Jan. 1677, Michael Barstow; and Hannah m. 16 Jan. 1678, Richard Child. JOHN, Watertown, s. of the preced. m. 24 Mar. 1675, Mary, d. of Joshua Stubbs, had John, b. Dec. foll. d. very soon; Abigail, 5 June 1677; Eliz. 6 Jan. 1680; John, again, 31 Oct. 1682; Margaret, 18 Aug. 1685; Thomas, 20 May 1688; and perhaps Rebecca. He d. 1718. THOMAS, Watertown, br. of the preced. m. 25 Jan. 1693, Rebecca, d. of Charles Stearns , had Benoni, b. and d. that yr.; Rebecca, Apr. 1696, d. next mo.; Deborah, 16 Dec. 1698, d. at 20 yrs.; Rebecca, again, 1 Dec. 1701; and he d. 23 Jan. 1739. His wid. d. 23 Sept. 1746. > >Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England., p.542 >Wight, Daniel, Dedham, s. of Henry of the same, m. 17 Feb. 1686, Hannah Dewing, d. of Andrew, had David, b. 19 Dec. foll.; Daniel, 25 Jan. 1690; and John, 22 Apr. 1699; was freem. 1690, and d. 1 May 1719. His wid. d. 10 May 1725. EPHRAIM, Medfield, youngest s. of Thomas of the same, freem. 1672, m. 2 Mar. 1668, Lydia Morse, had Lydia, b. 14 Mar. 1669; Esther, 13 Jan. 1670; Ephraim, 25 Jan. 1672; Miriam, 22 Aug. 1675; Nathaniel, 12 Sept. 1678; Daniel, 19 Nov. 1680; Bethia, 8 Mar. 1683; Deborah, 1 Dec. 1685; and Ruth, 20 July 1688; and he d. 26 Feb. 1722. His wid. d. 14 July foll. Of this branch descend. are very num. HENRY, Dedham, s. of Thomas, prob. eldest, b. in Eng. freem. 1647, made constable [p.543] by the Gen. Ct. 1658, and was ten yrs. selectman, m. Jane, d. of the first John Goodenow of Sudbury, had John, b. 13 Dec. 1652, d. bef. his f.; Joseph, 11 May 1654; Daniel, 24 Nov. 1656; Benjamin, 18 June 1659; and Jonathan, 2 July 1662; and d. 27 Feb. 1681. His wid. d. 16 May 1684. ISRAEL, Boston 1664. JOHN, Medfield, s. of Thomas of the same, brot. from Eng. by his f. d. 28 Sept. 1653, having been adm. freem. in May bef. and by w. Ann had only ch. Abigail, b. 1 Jan. foll. His wid. m. 11 Apr. 1655, Isaac Bullard. JONATHAN, Wrentham, youngest s. of Henry, m. 19 Apr. 1687, Eliz. Hawes, had Jane, b. 6 Sept. 1688; Eliz. 28 June 1692; Mehitable, 6 Sept. 1694; Marah, 13 Oct. 1696; Jonathan, 6 Jan. 1700; and Sarah, 19 July 1703; and d. 20 Mar. 1718. JOSEPH, Dedham, s. of Henry of the same, freem. 1678, was 33 yrs. deac. and many yrs. town clk. m. 15 Jan. 1680, Deborah Colburn, had Joseph, b. 10 Dec. 1681; Deborah, 25 Aug. 1684; and his w. d. five days after. He m. 22 Apr. foll. Mary Stearns, had Nathaniel, 13 Sept. 1688; Ebenezer, 22 Jan. 1696; and Jabez, 12 July 1701, H. C. 1721; and d. 23 June 1729; and his wid. d. 25 Dec. 1733, aged 73. Descend. are among us, to enjoy est. of his f. in the eighth generat. SAMUEL, Medfield, s. of Thomas of the same, m. 25 Mar. 1663, Hannah, d. of Benjamin Albee, had Hannah, b. 25 Mar. 1664, d. soon; Samuel, 11 Nov. 1665; Hannah, again, 4 Feb. 1667; John, 22 May 1670; Nathaniel, 11 Oct. 1672; Benjamin, 30 Jan. 1675; Ahiel, 3 Nov. 1676; Joseph, 7 Sept. 1679; and Jonathan, 11 Sept. 1682; was freem. 1672. He suffer. great loss in Philip's war, as did his br. Thomas, and they appl. to the Gen. Ct. in 1678 for relief; d. 21 Dec. 1716, and his wid. d. 24 Apr. 1723. THOMAS, Dedham 1637, came from Isle of Wight, by reasonab. tradit. with w. Alice, s. Henry, John, and Thomas, here had Samuel, b. 5 Feb. bapt. 6 Sept. 1640; Mary; and Ephraim, 27 Jan. bapt. 8 Feb. 1646. His w. d. 15 July 1665; and he m. 7 Dec. next, Lydia, wid. of James Penniman, sis. of the apostle Eliot. He was of the Medfield incorpo. 1652, and selectman almost every yr. to his d. 17 Mar. 1674. His inv. of seven days aft. shows good propty. and the will of his wid. was pro. 27 July 1676. Mary m. 21 May 1659, Thomas Ellis. THOMAS, Exeter, in the first sett. means the same person call. Wright. THOMAS, Medfield, s. of Thomas of Dedham, b. in Eng. by w. Mehitable had Mehitable, b. 12 June 1663; Thomas, 27 Oct. 1665; Miriam, 20 Feb. 1668; Eleazer, 1 June 1671; and Joshua, 25 July 1679; and d. 1690. Seven of this name, in 1843, had been gr. at Harv. and eight at other N. E. coll. all. believ. to be descend. of Thomas. Of his fam. an exempla. Memoir was publish. by Danforth P. Wight, H. C. 1815, a descend. of the fifth generat.