Person:John Stearns (23)

Deaths Registered in the Town of New Braintree for the Year eighteen hundred and sixty-one
No.: [14]
Date of Death: Dec 28th [1861]
Name: John Stearns
Sex: Male
Condition: Single [Warwick: Widower]
Age: 81 y. 4 m. 7 d. [birth calculates to about 21 Aug 1780] [Warwick: 81 y. 5 d.]
Cause: Fever [Warwick: Palsey]
Place of Death: New Braintree [Warwick: Res. Warwick Place of Death New Braintree]
Occupation: Past Labor [Warwick: Farmer]
Place of Birth: Warwick [Warwick: Worcester Ms.]
Parents: [blank] [Warwick: Nathaniel Stearns / Elizabeth Stearns]
Birthplaces of Parents: [blank] [Warwick: Worcester / New Bedford]
[Note: also recorded in Warwick, but crossed out. Adds bracketed information. Added note: Allred, p. 260, gives death location as New Bradford, an apparently non-existent place, presumably resulting from misreading and mangling the Warwick record.]

19 Apr 1862: Petition of Nathaiel Stearns of Bernardston, oldest son of deceased, that John Stearns who last dwelt in Warwick died Jan 1862 and his only next of kin are: Elvira Hodge wife of Sullivan Hodge of Athol; Lucretia Eddy wife of Abijah Eddy of New Braintree; Nathaniel Stearns of Bernardston; John Stearns of Warwick; Augustus H. Stearns of Brattleboro; Andrew J. Stearns of Davenport Iowa (all children of deceased).
6 May 1862: Petition of Nathaniel Stearns to be appointed administrator of John Stearns late of Coleraine deceased, there is no widow and petition is oldest son of deceased. Bond given same date by Nathaniel Stearns of Bernardston as administrator of John Stearns late of Warwick.
28 Jul 1862: Inventory of John Stearns late of Warwick: personal: $55.94, by Ira Draper and Clark Stearns

CAPT.
JOHN STEARNS
1780 - 1861
SARAH GALE
HIS WIFE
1784 - 1857