Shearjashub Bourne (or Bourn, 1721-1781) was a son of Ezra and Martha Bourne. He was baptized in Sandwich, Massachusetts in 1726. He graduated from Harvard College. He married Ruth Church in Bristol in 1747. Shearjashub and Ruth had three children: Martha, Shearjashub, and Benjamin. In 1754, Shearjashub was a justice of the peace for Bristol. In 1761, he was lieutenant colonel of the Bristol County Militia Regiment. By the next year, he commanded the regiment and served on the Rhode Island Council of War. By 1777, Shearjashub was serving as a justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court.
Bristol, Rhode Island in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783
Rev War Bristol 