Surname Saturday - LEARNED (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1167 who is Mary Learned  (1647-????) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations of this Learned family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36.  Zavhariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37.  Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

72.  Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1828)
73.  Elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793)

144.  Zachariah Hildreth (1728-1784)
145.  Elizabeth Prescott (1734-1812)

290.  Jonas Prescott (1703-1784)
291.  Elizabeth Harwood (1701-1739)

582.  Nathaniel Harwood (1669-1751)
583.  Mary Barron (1673-1758)

1166.  Moses Barron, born 01 March 1643 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 25 April 1699 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2332. Ellis Barron and 2333. Grace.  He married before 1669 in probably Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1167.  Mary Learned, born 07 August 1647 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Moses Barron and Mary Learned are:
*  Moses Barron (1669-1719), married 1698 Mary Bunker (1668-1741).
*  Isaac Barron (1671-1739), married 1694 Sarah Goodwin (1675-1721).
*  Mary Barron (1673-1758), married 1695 Nathaniel Harwood (1669-1751).
*  John Barron (1677-1678).
*  Samuel Barron (1679-1751), married (1) 1705 Mary Stearns (1684-1743); (2) 1744 Sarah Fassett (1689-1754).
*  Elliseus Barron (1682-1715), married (1) 1705 Mary Andrews (1680-1706); (2) 1709 Deborah (1684-????).
*  William Barron (1685-????), married (1) 1710 Sarah Morse (1692-1721); (2) 1724 Thankful Holbrook (1705-1746).  .
*  Joseph Barron (1688-1759).

2334.  Isaac Learned, born before 25 February 1624 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England; died 29 November 1657 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 09 July 1646 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2335.  Mary Stearns, born before 06 January 1627 in Nayland, Suffolk, England; died 08 January 1664 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4670. Isaac Stearns and 4671. Mary Barker.

Children of Isaac Learned and Mary Stearns are:
*  Mary Learned (1647-????), married 1669 Moses Barron (1643-1699).
*  Hannah Learned (1649->????), married 1666 Joseph Farwell (1641-1722).
*  William Learned (1650-1684).
*  Sarah Learned (1653-1695), married 1683 Jonathan Barrett (1654-1743).
*  Isaac Learned (1655-1737), married 1679 Sarah Bigelow (1659-1694).
*  Benoni Learned (1657-1738), married (1) 1680 Mary Fanning (1657-1688); (2) 1688 Sarah Wright (1655-1737).

4668.  William Learned, born about 1580 in England; died 01 March 1646 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 22 April 1606 in Southwark, Surrey, England.
4669.  Goodith Gilman, born about 1586 in England; died before 1645 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of William Learned and Goodith Gilman are:
*  Sarah Learned (1607-1652), married (1) 1624 Thomas Ewer (1592-1638); (2) 1639 Thomas Lothrop (1613-1707).
*  Bethia Learned (1612-????)
*  Mary Learned (1615-1625).
*  Abigail Learned (1618-????)
*  Elizabeth Learned (1621-1683), married 1642 John Hall (1602-1696).
*  Isaac Learned (1624-1657), married 1646 Mary Stearns (1627-1664).

Information about these Learned families was obtained from:

Dean Crawford Smith, edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908, Part IV: The Ancestry of Linda Anne Powers, 1839-1879 (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000), page 433.

Eugenia Learned James and William Law Learned, The Learned Family in America (St. Louis, Mo. : Setco Print Co., 1967)

Joan S.Guilford, The Ancestry of Dr. J.P. Guilford (Orange, Calif. : Sheridan Psychological Services, Inc., 1990), Volume 1, page 531. 


Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins (Boston MA. : New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1995), Volume II, pages 1164-1165.

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