52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 48: ISAAC LEARNED OF CHELMSFORD, MA. PT2

As I said in my earlier post about Isaac Learned, I found his probate file over on AmericanAncestors.org: 

cMiddlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) 13855:1

cMiddlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) 13855:2

Unfortunately, it's only the inventory of his estate and it's a little difficult to read. I did a Google
search to see if I could find a transcription of it and found one in a Learned family genealogy on
Googlebooks. For some reason part of the inventory is an image so I've placed it where it falls
in the text: 

His inventory, dated Dec. 7, 1657, amounted to £187 18s 6d. April 6, 1658, administration was granted to widow Mary and her father, Isaac Sternes. Estate was indebted to Widow Learnett £3 per annum during widowhood.

Inventory of the Estate of Isaake Learnett of Chelmsford deceased, the 7th day of the 10th, mo—1657.
                                                                    L   S    D
His Apparrell                                                 04 12 00
A dwelling house uplands & meadow              80 00 00

To the Widdow Learnett three pounds (per) Annum, during her Widdowhood.

Apprised by James Blood; James Parker; and William Fletcher in the presence of Isaake Stearns, the 18 day of the 10th month, 1657
.
Mary the relict of the above named, Isaake Learnett deceased & Isaake Stearns her father, appearing before the cort at Chambr 6 (2) mo 58 attested upon oath, that this is a true Inventory of the estate of the said Isaake Learnett deceased, acording to their present knowledge & yt w any more doth appear they will Discover the same so as to be added hereunto. The Court granted them joint power of adm'stration in the sd estate.

(Signed) THOMAS DANFORTH, Recordr.
Entered & Recorded, Aprill 6th 1658
as attest THOMAS DANFORTH, Recordr.
-pp22-24

William Law Learned, Joseph Gay Eaton Larned, The Learned Family: (Learned, Larned, Learnard, Larnard and Lerned) Being Descendants of William Learned who was of Charlestown, Mass., in 1632 Weed-Parsons printing Company,  Albany, New York 1898



Isaac Learned's father in law Isaac Stearns is mentioned several times in that estate settlement, and
I'll discuss him next.

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 48: ISAAC LEARNED OF CHELMSFORD, MA. PT1

My examination of my grandmother Cora Bertha Barker's ancestors for the 2015 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks continues now with my 8x great grandfather Isaac Learned. According to William Richard
Cutter, he was a prominent citizen in Woburn and then Chelmsford:


(II) Isaac, only son of William and Judith Learned, was baptized February 25, 1624, at Bermondsey, and died November 27, 1657, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. He was a small boy when he came with his parents to this country, and was not yet of age when they settled in Woburn. He appears to have resided in that town until 1652, when he removed to Chelmsford. He sold his house and lands in Woburn, April 2, 1652. The inventory of his estate made in December, 1657, amounted to one hundred and eighty-seven pounds, eighteen shillings and six pence. His widow and her father were administrators of the estate, which was beholden to his father's widow for three pounds per year. She survived him about four years and the inventory of her estate included an item of six pounds still due her from the Widow Learned, of Chelmsford. Isaac Learned married, in Woburn, August 9, 1646, Mary, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Barker) Stearns, born January 6, 1626, in Mayland, Suffolk, England, died 1663. She married (second), June 9, 1662, John Burge, of Weymouth. Children of Isaac and Mary Learned: Mary, born August 7, 1647; Hannah, August 24, 1649; William, October 1, 1650; Sarah, October 28, 1653; Isaac, mentioned below, and Benoni, November 29, 1657. The last three were born in Chelmsford, and the others in Woburn.
 -pp2508
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volume 4 Lewis historical publishing Company, 1910, NY, NY

I've found the probate file for Isaac's estate and I'll discuss that in the next post.

One of the things I noticed in that biographical sketch is how young Isaac was when he died, only
thirty-three years old. His youngest child was born two days after his death, and his widow, Mary
(Stearns) Learned didn't remarry until five years later.

To be continued.