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 > >