Individual Details
Joseph Stearns
(Jul 1796 - 17 Jun 1883)
Events
| Birth | Jul 1796 | Billerica, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Marriage | 29 Dec 1831 | Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Harriet Stearns | | ||
| Residence | 1870 | Residence Post Office: Billerica - Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts | | ||
| Death | 17 Jun 1883 | Billerica, Massachusetts | | ||
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Families
| Spouse | Harriet Stearns (1801 - 1878) |
| Father | Joseph Stearns (1763 - 1834) |
| Mother | Zilpah Crosby (1767 - 1825) |
| Sibling | Samuel Stearns (1789 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Stearns (1791 - ) |
| Sibling | Royal Stearns (1794 - 1825) |
| Sibling | Zilpah Stearns (1803 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Hiram Stearns (1804 - ) |
| Sibling | Mahala Stearns (1809 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Jerome Bonaparte Stearns (1811 - 1895) |
Notes
Probate
will of Joseph who did not have children – bequests to services to the poor and a variety of what seem to be nieces and nephews – only “heir-at-law” was brother Jerome B. Stearns – real estate valued at $5650 and personal estate $10527.25 of which $8000 was bank deposits.https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9069/007553575_00509?pid=1854159&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid%3D9069%26gsfn%3Djoseph%26gsln%3Dstearns%26hc%3D50%26_89004261__date%3D1883%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26uidh%3D2wj%26redir%3Dfalse%26msT%3D1&usePUB=true#?imageId=007553575_00511
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_622; Page: 138A; Family History Library Film: 552121.
2. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911.
3. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
4. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).
5. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_622; Page: 138A; Family History Library Film: 552121.
6. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911.