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Isaac immigrated to America with his wife, Sarah, and son Isaac, Jr. onthe Elizabeth of Ipswich, which arrived at boston in July, 1634. He islisted as "of Capel Saint Mary, county Suffolk", and bound for Watertown.Ages are given as 31 for Isaac Sr., 33 for Sarah, and 4 for son Isaac.

The name of Isaac Mixer is on the earliest list of proprietors ofWatertown (Feb. 1636-7). He was admitted Freeman there on May 2, 1638.

He appears in the Inventory of Grants and the Composite Inventory, butnot in the Inventory of Possessions, indicating that at least for hisfirst decade in Watertown he did not acquire any land from otherWatertown landholders.

In the Inventory of Grants he was credited with six parcels: Homestall ofsix acres; one acre of meadow in Patch Meadow; thirty acres in the GreatDividend; four acres in Beaverbrook Plowlands; four acres of RemoteMeadow; and another homestall of six acres (which was really his grant inthe Town Plot). The Composite Inventory lists four of these pieces ofland, along with the Farm, showing that he had in some manner disposed ofhis parcels in Patch Meadow and the Town Plot.

He was Clerk of the Training Band, April 4, 1654.

He died in 1655. His Will, dated May 8, 1655, mentions his wife Sarah,his son Isaac, and his daughter Sarah Stearns. To his daughter he gave,among other things, "one half of my vessel Diligent." His widow Sarahdied Nov. 24, 1681.

Isaac married Sarah THURSTON on 11 May 1629 in St Mary, Capel, Suffolk, England. Sarah was born between 1599 and 1600 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died on 24 Nov 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John STEARNS about 1653 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts. John (son of Isaac STEARNS and Mary BARKER) was born before 20 Apr 1623 in Stoke By Nayland, Sudbury, Suffolkshire, England; died on 5 Mar 1669 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His is the first recorded birth in Billerica, Massachusetts.
Recorded as 'May "the seconde weeke," 1654'.

John married Elizabeth BIGELOW on 6 Sep 1676 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John BIGELOW and Mary WARREN) was born on 18 Jun 1657 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 18 Apr 1694 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Surname: Also spelled STERNES in Billerica Vital Records
Death: In a deed dated 14 Oct 1728 (_Billerica Deeds_, 3:190), Capt. JohnStearns of Billerica gave for parental love and affection to SamuelStearns, "my grandson, the only son of my son, Samuel Stearns ofBillerica, deceased," a seventy-acre messuage of house lot near what isnow the Billerica-Bedford town line and a nine-acre lot near one DanielBarney's land in present-day Bedford.

Samuel married Rachel CROSBEY about 1719 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Rachel (daughter of Joseph CROSBY and Sarah FRENCH) was born on 18 Apr 1695 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]