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    1. Stearns, Charles
    2. Jeanne Hayes
    3. I found the following information at Ancestry Com. Thought I'd share it with y'all. Happy holidays, Jeanne >Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England., p.173 Stearns, Charles, Watertown, freem. 1646, bot. 1648, est. of Edward Lamb, by w. Hannah had Samuel, b. 2 June 1650. His w. d. July 1651, and he m. 22 June 1654, Rebecca, d. of John Gibson of Cambridge, had Shubael, 20 Sept. 1655; John, 24 Jan. 1657; both at C. but at W. Isaac, Charles, Rebecca, and Martha; soon aft. 1681 was of Lynn, there d. bef. 1695. His s. Charles d. in the army bef. his f. Rebecca m. 25 Jan. 1693, Thomas Stearns and Martha m. a Hutchinson. ISAAC, Watertown 1630, came prob. with Sir Richard Saltonstall in the fleet, was adm. freem. 18 May of next yr. tho. he may have been drawn thither as much by regard for Winthrop, since he was not a dist. neighb. of the Gov. in their native ld. He was of Neyland, Co. Suffk. where his two eldest ch. were bapt.; Mary, 6 Jan. 1627; and Ann, 5 Oct. 1628. Here by w. Mary (tho. Dr. Cogswell in Geneal. Reg. I. 43, calls Sarah mo. of John) had John, b. perhaps the first yr.; Isaac, 6 Jan. 1633; Sarah, 22 Sept. 1635; tho. this by Pulsifer in Geneal. Reg. VII. 159 is giv. careless. as ch. of I. and M. Storie; Samuel, 24 Apr. 1638; Eliz. and Abigail. He d. 19 June 1671, and his will of 14 of that mo. provides for w. Mary, for ch. of his s. John; for the ch. of his d. Mary, dec. besides special remem. of Isaac and Mary; for the ch. of ds. Sarah, Eliz. and Abigail sever. ment. his kinsman Charles S. and makes his own s. Isaac, and Samuel excors. His wid. d. 2 Apr. 1677. Prob. he is the ancest. of near. all of his nam. sev. thousand in number, in Mass. but sure Farmer should have qualif. his universality. He was on the first jury that tr. civ. cause in N. E. when large dams. were giv. against Endicott for assault on Thomas Dexter in May 1631. His d. Mary m. 9 July 1646, Isaac Learned, and d. bef. her f. Ann m. 25 Dec. 1650, Henry Freeman; Sarah m. 7 June 1655, deac. Samuel Stone; Eliz. m. 13 Apr. 1664, Samuel Manning; and Abigail m. 27 Apr. 1666, deac. John Morse. ISAAC, Cambridge, s. of the preced. liv. in that part,[p.174] call. the Farms, now Lexington, m. 24 June 1660, Sarah, d. of Capt. Richard Beers, had Sarah, b. 14 Jan. 1662; Mary, 8 Oct. 1663; Isaac, 26 Aug. 1665; Samuel, 11 Jan. 1668; Abigail; and John, 1675; and d. 2 Aug. 1676. His wid. m. 23 July 1677, Thomas Wheeler; of ds. Sarah m. 27 Dec. 1678, John Wheeler; Mary m. 1 Jan. 1694, John Cutler; and Abigail m. 29 Nov. 1692, Samuel Hartwell. ISAAC, Salem, s. of Charles, by w. Hannah had Rebecca, b. 15 Jan. 1685; Isaac, 28 July 1687; and John, 20 Dec. 1690; and d. soon aft. His wid. m. Dec. 1694, John Chapman. JOHN, Billerica, s. of the first Isaac, one of the first sett. of B. m. Sarah, only d. of Isaac Mixer, had John, b. May 1654, first b. of the town rec. and Isaac, wh. d. young. His w. d. 18 June 1656, and he m. Dec. foll. at Barnstable, Mary, d. of Thomas Lothrop, had Isaac, again, 17 Apr. 1658, wh. d. young; Samuel, 3 Sept. 1659; Isaac, again, 23 Dec. 1661; Nathaniel, 30 Nov. 1663, d. young; and Thomas, 6 Dec. 1665. He d. 5 Mar. 1669, and his wid. m. 6 May foll. Capt. William French, and in 1684 bec. third w. of Isaac Mixer, and long outliv. him. JOHN, Malden, a capt. m. Joanna, wid. of Jacob Parker, and she d. 4 Dec. 1737, aged 78. JOHN, Watertown, s. of Charles, m. a. 1681, Judith d. of George Lawrence, of the same, had Rebecca, b. 21 Mar. 1683; Judith; Sarah; George; and Benjamin, wh. were all bapt. 22 June 1690; John; Thomas; Daniel; Isaac; Mary; Eliz.; and Abigail; this last b. 12 May 1700; all bapt. 11 May 1701; and Charles, 20 Oct. 1702, bapt. 28 Feb. foll. He was freem. 1690, unless it be that this adm. is of the foll. John, as seems more prob. This Watertown man m. sec. w. 2 Apr. 1713, Mary, d. of Richard Norcross, and d. 22 Feb. 1722. JOHN, Billerica, s. of John the first wh. d. 26 Oct. 1728, aged 74, was, I think, the freem. of 1690, and the found. of a very num. line much diffus. *NATHANIEL, Dedham 1647, freem. 2 May 1649, had Samuel, bapt. 25 Nov. 1666; Nathaniel, 6 Dec. 1668; and James, 28 May 1671. Yet I doubt, from the lateness of these dates, that not the freem. of 1649, but ano. Nathaniel of D. perhaps his s. was f.; was a lieut. rep. 1684, 9, 90, and 1. SAMUEL, Watertown, s. of Isaac the first, m. 1 Feb. 1663, Hannah, eldest d. of William Manning, had Samuel, b. 4 May 1664, wh. d. at 7 yrs.; Hannah, 8 Dec. 1666; Nathaniel, 13 Dec. 1668; Sarah, 23 Apr. 1671; Samuel, again, 29 Mar. 1673; Isaac, 31 Dec. 1674; John, 24 June 1677; Mary, 5 Apr. 1679; Abigail, 16 Apr. 1680; and Joseph, 11 Dec. 1682, d. in few mos. He d. 1683, and his wid. d. 16 Feb. 1724, aged near 82 yrs. SAMUEL, Watertown, s. of Charles, by w. Mehitable had Joseph, bapt. 7 Aug. 1698, more than four yrs. after d. of his f. and Samuel, b. 27 Feb. 1686, bapt. 21 Aug. 1698. He d. bef. 6 June 1694, the date of his inv. SHUBAEL, Lynn, eldest s. of Charles, [p.175] serv. in Philip's war, had Shubael, b. 19 Aug. 1683; Samuel; Hannah; John, 1691; Mary; and perhaps one or two others. In 1834 Farmer notes, that of this name eighteen had been gr. at Harv. two at Yale, and three at other N. E. coll.

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