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Capt Edward Stearns

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Capt Edward Stearns Veteran

Birth
Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
11 Jun 1793 (aged 67)
Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4924638, Longitude: -71.2782804
Plot
Sect. B4, Stone 55
Memorial ID
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Billerica births: STERNS, Edward [dup. Stearns], s. John Jr. [dup. omits Jr.] and Esther, May 9, 1726.

Tewksbury marriages: WYMAN, Lucy, and Edward Stearns, Nov. 28, 1754. C.R. 1.

Bedford deaths: STEARNS, Edward, Capt, June 11, 1793, in 67th y. [a. 68, G.R.]

Brown's History of Bedford states the Edward and his son Solomon were at the Concord fight April 19, 1775.

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.:
Stearns, Edward, Bedford. Private, Capt. John Moore's (Bedford) co. of militia, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days; reported returned home.
Billerica births: STERNS, Edward [dup. Stearns], s. John Jr. [dup. omits Jr.] and Esther, May 9, 1726.

Tewksbury marriages: WYMAN, Lucy, and Edward Stearns, Nov. 28, 1754. C.R. 1.

Bedford deaths: STEARNS, Edward, Capt, June 11, 1793, in 67th y. [a. 68, G.R.]

Brown's History of Bedford states the Edward and his son Solomon were at the Concord fight April 19, 1775.

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.:
Stearns, Edward, Bedford. Private, Capt. John Moore's (Bedford) co. of militia, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days; reported returned home.

Inscription

SACRED
to the
memory of
Capt. Edward Stearns,
who died
June 11th 1793
Æ. 68.

Here in the grave, this silent cave,
Lies our beloved friend.
A husband neer & father dear,
To lie till time shall end.
Then at the call of God he shall,
Arrise no more to die.
And as we trust among the Just,
Spend an eternity.



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