Person:Josiah Stearns (2)

  • F.  John Stearns (add)
  • M.  Esther Johnson (add)
  1. Rev. Josiah Stearns1732 - 1786
  • HRev. Josiah Stearns1732 - 1786
  • WSarah Abbott - Bef 1768
m. Est 1767
  1. Esther Stearns1768 - 1843
  2. Samuel Stearns1770 - 1834
  3. Timothy Stearns1772 -
  4. William Stearns1773 - 1861
  5. Mary Stearns1776 - 1825
  6. Elizabeth Stearns1779 -
Facts and Events
Name Rev. Josiah Stearns
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Jan 1732 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage to Sarah Abbott
Marriage Est 1767 to Sarah Ruggles
Death[1] 24 Feb 1786 Epping, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United Statesdied of cancer
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 TRUSTEES. 1778-1830, in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
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    1778 Josiah Stearns 1781
    Son of Lieut. John Stearns and Esther Johnson;
    born, Billerica, Jan. 20, 1732;
    Harvard College, 1751;
    pastor, Epping, N. H., 1758-1788;
    delegate to Provincial Congress, Exeter, N. H., 1775;
    died July 25, 1788.
    Ancestor of many students and instructors of Phillips Academy, including the present Principal.
    See Samuel Stearns under Instructors.