Person:Peter Stearns (1)

Watchers
m. Bef 1742
  1. Peter Stearns1742 -
  2. Dorothy Stearns1744 - 1815
  3. Susanna Stearns1746 - Bet 1759 & 1785
  4. William Stearns1748 - Bef 1759
  5. Relief Stearns1749 - 1803
Facts and Events
Name[3] Peter Stearns
Gender Male
Birth[1] 3 Aug 1742 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[2] 8 Aug 1742 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939)
    Vol. 3, p. 118.

    Peter Stearns Son to Josiah and Dorothy Stearns born ye 3'd Day of August 1742.

  2. Watertown Records Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs, 1697-1737; Also Record Book of the Pastors, 1686-1819. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: David Clapp and Son, Printers, 1906)
    Vol. 4 (of Watertown Records), p. 147.

    1742
    Aug'st
    8. Peter, Son of Josiah Stearns [baptized].

  3. Source:Van Wagenen, Avis Stearns. Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and His Descendants, p. 67, says Peter "enlisted in the French war and never returned, estate administrered in 1758, by his brother Josiah". No probate file is found, and at the age of 16, Peter would not have been old enough to have a probate.