When Lyman Stearns was born on 30 May 1814, in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, his father, Jonas Boardman Stearns, was 37 and his mother, Polly Dorcas Page, was 28. He married Susan L Marvin on 1 October 1837, in Westminster, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Westminster, Windham, Vermont, United States for about 10 years and Vermont, United States in 1870. He died on 25 August 1874, in Grafton, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 60.
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English: variant of Stearn , with post-medieval excrescent -s (see Stern ).
History: In 1646 Charles Stearns was admitted as a freeman of Watertown, MA.
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