Phineas died on October 7, 1792 in Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, aged 54.
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He is buried in Common Street Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts.
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Research
Phineas Stearns is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor. NSSAR Ancestor #: 296513 Rank: Private
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-02-22), "Record of Phinehas Stearns", Ancestor # A109427.
Also mentioned in Hudson, vol. 1 (not an officer) and in p153 but as a Lt., so may be a different person.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180405891/phineas-stearns: accessed 08 March 2023), memorial page for Phineas Stearns (28 Feb 1738–7 Oct 1792), Find a Grave Memorial ID 180405891, citing Common Street Cemetery, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by BJW (contributor 47343717). "from Town of Watertown, Department of Public Works"
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-VJC : 10 November 2020), Phinehas Stearns, 28 Feb 1738; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ2-SQBM : 11 May 2022), Phinehas Stearns and Mary Willington, 9 Jul 1761; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009826.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82D-25N : 20 May 2022), Phinehas Stearns, 9 Jul 1761; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHWJ-6LN : 20 May 2022), Phinehas Sterns, 9 Jul 1761; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009680.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-P6V : 20 May 2022), Phinehas Stearns in entry for Sarah Stearns, 29 Dec 1761; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-P6L : 20 May 2022), Phinehas Stearns in entry for Mary Stearns, 6 Mar 1764; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-57C : 20 May 2022), Phinehas Stearns in entry for Peleg Stearns, 25 Apr 1766; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
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