Individual Details
Josiah Stearns
(20 Jan 1731/32 - 25 Jul 1788)
Events
| Birth | 20 Jan 1731/32 | Billerica, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 4 Dec 1755 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Sarah Abbott |  | ||
| Marriage | 13 Aug 1767 | Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Sarah Ruggles | | ||
| Death | 25 Jul 1788 | Epping, New Hampshire | | ||
| Probate | 20 Aug 1788 | Rockingham, New Hampshire |  | | |
| Biography | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Abbott (1726 - 1766) |
| Child | Sarah Stearns (1756 - 1825) |
| Child | Elizabeth "Betsy" Stearns (1758 - 1779) |
| Child | Dudley Stearns (1760 - 1812) |
| Child | John Stearns (1762 - 1843) |
| Child | Josiah Stearns (1764 - 1824) |
| Child | Esther Stearns (1765 - 1766) |
| Spouse | Sarah Ruggles (1731 - 1808) |
| Child | Esther Stearns (1768 - 1843) |
| Child | Samuel Stearns (1770 - ) |
| Child | Timothy Stearns (1772 - ) |
| Child | William Stearns (1773 - 1861) |
| Child | Mary Stearns (1776 - 1825) |
| Child | Elizabeth Stearns (1779 - ) |
| Father | John Stearns (1686 - 1776) |
| Mother | Esther Johnson (1694 - 1786) |
| Sibling | Esther Stearns (1716 - 1716) |
| Sibling | John Stearns (1718 - ) |
| Sibling | Esther Stearns (1720 - ) |
| Sibling | Isaac Stearns (1722 - 1808) |
| Sibling | Joanna Stearns (1724 - ) |
| Sibling | Edward Stearns (1726 - 1793) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Stearns (1729 - ) |
| Sibling | William Stearns (1733 - 1734) |
| Sibling | Timothy Stearns (1737 - 1762) |
Notes
Probate
Probate – there is a willhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8996/images/007129598_00807?pId=518419Biography
Volume 13 of Sibley’s staring on page 130-134https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/534810/?offset=0#page=147&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= p 84 for Josiah and Sarahhttps://books.google.com/books?id=SvAUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=lydia+burbank+dudley+stearns&source=bl&ots=Z9n58YtB5P&sig=ACfU3U3y1eNgt-TuKBeA2swpQE1Ufd_jFA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDma69gZjyAhXSEVkFHVzyBkEQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=ljosiah%20stearns%20sarah%20abbott&f=falseP 190https://books.google.com/books?id=SvAUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=lydia+burbank+dudley+stearns&source=bl&ots=Z9n58YtB5P&sig=ACfU3U3y1eNgt-TuKBeA2swpQE1Ufd_jFA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDma69gZjyAhXSEVkFHVzyBkEQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=lydia%20burbank%20dudley%20stearns&f=false Probate – there is a willhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8996/images/007129598_00807?pId=518419Josiah Stearns was a slave owner. He was also agreat believer in the Revolution, and he sent his slave Peter to fight in thewar with the promise of freedom for Peter after his service.[1][1] “Talesfrom Epping’s Past: Thirty Revolutionary Years in Epping”, Speak Up, Epping!Newsletter, May-June 2011, Volume 4, Issue 3, p 4; http://speakupepping.com/news-archive.htmlEndnotes
1. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).
2. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).
3. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Estate Papers, Old Series, 1771-1869; Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Rockingham County); Probate Place: Rockingham, New Hampshire.
4. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Estate Papers, Old Series, 1771-1869; Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Rockingham County); Probate Place: Rockingham, New Hampshire.
5. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Estate Papers, Old Series, 1771-1869; Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Rockingham County); Probate Place: Rockingham, New Hampshire.
6. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Estate Papers, Old Series, 1771-1869; Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Rockingham County); Probate Place: Rockingham, New Hampshire.