NOTE: 8/21/2023, per FindAGrave contributor J.S. Gibson, John Stearns birthday is June 24, 1677, not June 24, 1654 as shown in Colonial Families of America below. For review, her sources are listed below:

Per COLONIAL FAMILIES OF AMERICA - Grandson of Isaac and Mary (Barker) Stearns - original settlors of the MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY.
JOHN STEARNS of Watertown, born, 24 June 1654; died 26 October 1728;
married. 24th February 1701-02, Abigail FISKE b. June, 1684, daughter of John and Abigail (OARKS) Fiske.

Children of John Stearns and Abigail (Fiske) Stearns:

1. John
Born: 18 Nov 1702
Married: 15 Feb 1725 Anna Coolridge

2. Josiah Stearns - FAG #2805735 (6th great grandfather)
Born: 14 Oct 1704
Marriages:
1. 31 Dec 1729: Susana Ball, b. 16 Mar 1708, daughter of James & Elizabeth (Fiske) Ball
2. 1740-1742: Dorothy Prentice; b. 1741, d. Oct. 30, 1750, daughter of Rev. John & Mary (Gardiner) Prentice of Lancaster
3. 23 Apr 1752: Mary Boardman of Cambridge
Died: 11 Apr 1756
Notes: A farmer and blacksmith, settled on his father's homestead in Watertown.

3. Joseph
Born: July 1706
Died: 11 Apr 1756

4. Abigail
Born: 3 Jun 1708
Married: 7 Oct 1735 - Colonial Benjamin Bellows

5. David
Born: 24 Dec 1709
Married: 7 Apr 1736, Ruth Hubbard
Died: - Mar 1761

6. Thomas
Born: 8 Oct 1711
Married 1st : 9 Aug 1754 - Hannah Clarke
Married 2nd: Lydia Hilton

7. James
Born: 1713
Died: 1713

8. Hannah
Born: 20 Dec 1713
Married: 6Jan 1746 - Deacon Samuel Johnson
Died: 4 Aug 1779

9. Benjamin
Born:
Married: 15 Jan 1754 - Anna Taylor
Died: 22 Nov 1761

10. Peter
married and left children

11. William
Born: 11 Mar 1717-1718
Married: 22 Jan 1746 - Elizabeth Johnson
Died: 10 July 1792

12. Lydia
Born: 7 Oct 1719
Married: 25 Jun 1739 - John Goodrich

13.James
Born: 9 Jul 1721
Died: young

14. Lois
Born: 18 Jan 1722-23
Married: Mary 1749 - Jonas White
Died: Nov 1796

15. Abijah, b. 19 Dec 1724
Married: 12 Nov 175- to Sarah Haywood
Died: 6 Nov 1783
Note: He was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War∼John Stearns resided on the homestead of his father[2] and died in 1729. Inventory of his estate was taken early in 1731 by Thomas Straight, John Coolidge, and Samuel Pearce. It amounted to 952.3.10 of which 751 pounds were in real estate and was sworn to June 13, 1732 by the widow, Abigail Stearns.[3/19:348] A committee was appointed to appraise John's real estate. It was made up of Joseph Mason, Deacon Nathan Fiske, Deacon John Coolidge, Lt. Samuel Stearns, and Samuel Pierce. Josiah Stearns, one of the sons of the deceased, showed the property to the committee.[3/20:280] Josiah was the second son of John and was to receive two thirds of the estate and to pay their shares to his brothers and sisters. Son John was to receive a double share as the eldest son.[3/20:281]

REF: [1] Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his Descendants
- Mrs. Avis Stearns Van Wagenen, 1901
[2] The History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860 (pg.458)
[3] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 21260)
[4] Watertown Records, 1894 (Birth, Marriage, and Death Register)
Found on Rootsweb The Stearns Family

8/20/2023, Additional sources from Judy Stearns Gibson
1.) GENEALOGIES OF THE FAMILIES AND DESCENDANTS OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF WATERTOWN MASSACHUSETTS, INCLUDING WALTHAM AND WESTON; ILLUSTRATIONS, MAPS AND NOTES. VOL. 1, BY HENRY BOND, M. D. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY THE N. E. HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, c. 1860. On page 455, John Stearns birthdate is recorded as June 24, 1677.

2) THE GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE MANNING FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND AND DESCENDANTS By William H. Manning. The Salem Press Co., Salem, Mass. c. 1902. On page 120, John Stearns birthdate is recorded as June 24, 1677.

3.) MEMORANDA OF The STEARNS FAMILY INCLUDING RECORDS OF MANY OF THE DESCENDANTS, BY WILLARD E. STEARNS,
PRINTED BY THE SENTINEL PR NTING COMPANY c.1901. On page 4, John Stearns birthdate is recorded as June 24, 1677.

4. Attached picture - Isaac Stearns