Susannah (Stearns) Heywood (1716 - 1779)

Born 14 Jan 1716 in Lancaster, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Divoll — married 31 Mar 1747 in Lunenburg, Worcester Co, MA

Wife of Nathan Heywood — married 23 Oct 1766 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1779 at age 63 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Susannah Stearns, daughter of Isaac and Mary Stearns, was born January 11, 1716 in Watertown, MA.

She married 1) Jonathan Smith and was said to have had daughter Patience Smith b. 1737-1828. ^[1]

Together Jonathan and Susannah had the following children:

1. Patience Smith, b. 1737
2. Reuben Smith, b. 1739
3. Simon Smith, b. 1741
4. Mary Smith, b. 1743
5. Susanna Smith, b. 1746

She married her second husband, John Divoll on 31 March 1747 in Lunenburg.^[2]

Marriage Intentions p. 13 "Purpose of marriage entered between John Divol and Susannah Smith both of Lunenburg, Fegruary ye 28th 1746/47."

Lunenburg Marriages p. 69 "John Divol and Susannah Smith both of Lunenburg were married March the 31st 1747 by the Rev. Mr. David Stearns minister of Lunenburg."

Lunenburg Marriages p. 18 "John Divol and Susannah Smith both of Lunenburg were married March the 31st 1747 by the Rev. Mr. David Stearns minister of Lunenburg."

Susannah was living when John's will was written June 16, 1757, and her name and that of her four children, Keziah, Elizabeth, Phebe and Manasseh were mentioned in the will. He had one daughter, Susannah, born after the will was written. Through some mistake, the name of the mother of these five children is given on the records of Lunenburg records as Phebe.

Susannah and John's Children:

Keziah Divoll b: 28 FEB 1748 in Lunenburg, Worcester co, Mass

Elizabeth Divoll b: 22 FEB 1750 in Lunenburg, Worcester co, Mass

Phebe Divoll b: 14 JAN 1752 in Lunenburg, Worcester co, Mass

Manasseh Divoll b: 17 NOV 1753 in Lunenburg, Worcester co, Mass c: 26 NOV 1780 in Lunenburg, Worcester co, Mass

Susannah Divoll

She married her third husband, Nathan Heywoodon 2 December 1766 in Lunenburg.^[3]

Her death date is not known.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH3L-FWB : Wed Oct 25 16:14:24 UTC 2023), Entry for Jonathan Smith and Susanna Stearns, 18 Nov 1736.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TFTH : Wed Oct 25 21:46:43 UTC 2023), Entry for John Divol and Susannah Smith, 31 Mar 1747.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH9G-GHQ : Wed Oct 25 15:57:36 UTC 2023), Entry for Lieut Nathan Heywood and Susannah Divol, 2 Dec 1766.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Stearns-373 created through the import of boynton- flint-tomlinson.ged on Mar 21, 2012 by Sara Stevens.