Display Patriot - P-296534 - Increase STEARNS Jr

Increase STEARNS Jr

SAR Patriot #: P-296534

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A109356

Birth: 04 Jul 1762 Holden / Worcester / MA
Death: 24 Nov 1830 Holden / Worcester / MA

Qualifying Service Description:

Private in the regiment of Colonel Bigelow of Massachusetts

Additional References:

MA Soldiers and Sailors, War of Revolution, Vol XIV, pg 86
Pension # W15375

Spouse: Mercy Bassett
Children: Samuel; Asa;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1890-03-29	CT	Unassigned	Henry P Stearns (467)	Asa
2011-07-27	CT	42501	Ethan Allen Stewart Sr. (156651)	Adolphus
2013-02-06	INTL	51302	Francisco do Pico Fernandez Stearns MSC (186283)	Samuel

Burial:

Park Avenue Cemetery_(C-0371357)

Location:

Holden / Worcester / MA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1984442

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

42.351392 / -71.866282

Find A Grave Memorial #:

118702779

Marker Type:

Tombstone

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Gravestone is in fair condition and readable

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1
(gps: 42.351538888889,-71.866172222222
Direction: 296°)

Author: Ethan A. Stewart, Sr
Increase Stearns, Jr., son of Increase and Deborah Hale (John 4. 3. Charles 2 Shrubael 1) was born 01 July 1763 in Worcester, Worcester County, MA. and died 24 November 1830 in Holden, Worcester County, MA. Increase and his wife are buried in Park Ave Cemetery in Holden, MA. Their head stone is located on the corner of Main St. and Park Ave.

Increase married Mercy Bassett on 10 December 1784 in Holden, Worcester County, MA. She was born 9 August 1766 in Northbridge, Worcester County, MA. died 09 May 1845 in Holden, Worcester County, MA..

From 1790 to 1830 Increase and family lived in Holden, Worcester County, MA. Increase was a Cordwainer (is a shoemaker who makes fine soft leather shoes and boots) and lived many years in Northbridge then returned to Holden, MA. To the old Stearns homestead which is still in the possession of his descendants. (As of 1901) When the house was first built, it was neither clap boarded nor plastered, its builder, Increase Stearns Sr., who was an old man when it was first plastered, slept in one of the rooms before it was dry, took cold and died.

Increase Jr. served nine months in the Revolutionary Army in place of his father, Increase Sr., who had enlisted for three years for a bounty he was given on 15 May 1782, but was wounded before his term of service had expired.

From Increase’s pension records he was of a Massachusetts Line private under Captain William Gate’s Co., Colonel Timothy Bigelow’s Regiment. Increase, Jr. Pension number 15375. He applied for pension on 9 April 1818 and received it on 22 June 1819 at $86.96 a month...
After his death Mercy collected on his pension until her death in 1845.

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