Individual Details
Isaac Stearns
(Abt 1600 - 19 Jun 1671)
Born by about 1600 based on estimated date of marriage. A tailor who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1630 from Nayland with Wissington, in Suffolk. Settled in Watertown MA & died there, 19 June 1671.
Married Stoke by Nayland 20 May 1622 Mary Barker, daughter of John and Margaret (Walter) Barker of Stoke Nayland. On 23 May 1665 "Goodwife Stearns Senior" was one of several Watertown residents warned to town meeting to answer for not "attending their seats in the meetinghouse appointed them by the town." She died at Watertown on 23 April 1677.
Charles Stearns, who was at Watertown as early as 1646 & who had a son named Isaac, was called kinsman in the will of Isaac Stearns.
Source: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet.
A FINDaGRAVE contributor adds to Isaac Stearns' and Mary Barker's children--their son Isaac Stearns II was born 6 Jan 1632/33 and died 29 Aug 1676. He married Sarah Beers. I hope to add bio's for Isaac and Sarah. Their info can be found in Bond's genealogy of Watertown, p. 453.
Isaac STEARNS
•Sex: M
•Birth: ABT 1600 in Stoke, Nayland, Suffolk, England
•Immigration: 1630 Ship "The Planter"
•Death: 19 JUN 1671 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Father: William STEARNS b: ABT 1545 in Stoke, Cambridge, England
Mother: Emma RANSFORD b: ABT 1575 in England
Marriage 1 Mary BARKER b: 01 JAN 1603/04 in Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England •Married: 20 MAY 1622 in Stoke nayland, Suffolk, England
Children:
1. Ann STEARNS b: 1628
2. Isaac STEARNS b: 06 JAN 1632/33 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
3. John STEARNS b: 20 APR 1623 in Nayland, Suffolk, England
4. Mary STEARNS b: BEF 26 JAN 1626/27 in Watertown, Massachusetts
5. Samuel STEARNS b: 24 APR 1638 in Of Watertown, Middlesex, MA
6. Sarah STEARNS b: 22 DEC 1635
Married Stoke by Nayland 20 May 1622 Mary Barker, daughter of John and Margaret (Walter) Barker of Stoke Nayland. On 23 May 1665 "Goodwife Stearns Senior" was one of several Watertown residents warned to town meeting to answer for not "attending their seats in the meetinghouse appointed them by the town." She died at Watertown on 23 April 1677.
Charles Stearns, who was at Watertown as early as 1646 & who had a son named Isaac, was called kinsman in the will of Isaac Stearns.
Source: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet.
A FINDaGRAVE contributor adds to Isaac Stearns' and Mary Barker's children--their son Isaac Stearns II was born 6 Jan 1632/33 and died 29 Aug 1676. He married Sarah Beers. I hope to add bio's for Isaac and Sarah. Their info can be found in Bond's genealogy of Watertown, p. 453.
Isaac STEARNS
•Sex: M
•Birth: ABT 1600 in Stoke, Nayland, Suffolk, England
•Immigration: 1630 Ship "The Planter"
•Death: 19 JUN 1671 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Father: William STEARNS b: ABT 1545 in Stoke, Cambridge, England
Mother: Emma RANSFORD b: ABT 1575 in England
Marriage 1 Mary BARKER b: 01 JAN 1603/04 in Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England •Married: 20 MAY 1622 in Stoke nayland, Suffolk, England
Children:
1. Ann STEARNS b: 1628
2. Isaac STEARNS b: 06 JAN 1632/33 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
3. John STEARNS b: 20 APR 1623 in Nayland, Suffolk, England
4. Mary STEARNS b: BEF 26 JAN 1626/27 in Watertown, Massachusetts
5. Samuel STEARNS b: 24 APR 1638 in Of Watertown, Middlesex, MA
6. Sarah STEARNS b: 22 DEC 1635
Events
| Birth | Abt 1600 | Stoke, Nayland, Suffolk, England | |||
| Marriage | 20 May 1622 | Stoke Nayland, Suffolk, England - Mary Barker | |||
| Death | 19 Jun 1671 | Watertown, Massachusetts |  |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Barker (1603 - 1677) |
| Child | Mary Stearns ( - 1662) |
| Father | William L. Stearns (1545 - 1632) |
| Mother | Emma Ramsford (1568 - 1671) |