Person:Joshua Stearns (1)

Watchers
m. 31 Jul 1729
  1. Joshua Stearns1748 - 1822
  • HJoshua Stearns1748 - 1822
  • WLois Pierce1754 - 1818
m. 8 Oct 1772
  1. Lois Stearns1773 -
  2. Elizabeth Stearns1776 -
  3. Lydia Stearns1778 -
  4. Nancy Stearns1780 -
  5. Sarah Stearns1782 -
  6. Priscilla Stearns1784 -
  7. Susanna Stearns1786 - 1869
  8. Avis Stearns1788 -
  9. Lucy Stearns1792 -
  10. Ephraim Stearns1797 -
Facts and Events
Name Joshua Stearns
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Jul 1748 Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 8 Oct 1772 Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lois Pierce
Death[2] 6 Nov 1822 Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904)
    87.

    Stearns, Joshua, s. Isaac and Elizebeth, [born] July 10, 1748.
    [Note: VR Waltham show the birth of two sons named Joshua in this family, the first born on 26 May 1742, and the second born on 10 Jul 1748. It likewise has two death records for sons named Joshua, explicitly of this family, one dated 27 Oct 1746 and the other 10 Jul 1748. Normally this would suggest that the second son named Joshua d. the same day he was born. However, no birth for a third Joshua is recorded, and the age at death suggests that the birth of the surviving Joshua was indeed in 1748, and other sources also seem to discount the 1748 death record. So it appears that the death of "Joshua, s. Isaac and Elizabeth, July 10, 1748" is in error, possibly the result of recording the death of the first Joshua at the same time as the birth of the second Joshua?]

  2. Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904)
    291.

    Stearns, Joshua, [died] Nov. 6, 1822, a. 74.
    [Birth calculates to abt. 1748.]

  3.   Van Wagenen, Avis Stearns. Genealogy and memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his descendants. (Syracuse, New York: Courier Printing Co., 1901)
    138.

    Joshua Stearns, s/o Dea. Isaac and Elizabeth (Child) Stearns, b. Waltham 10 Jul 1748, d. 6 Nov 1822, m. 8 Oct 1772 Lois Pierce.