Joshua Sears (1708 - 1753)

Born 20 Nov 1708 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Mayo) Sears — married 10 Feb 1730 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1753 at age 44 in Middletown, MIddlesex, Connecticut

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Biography

Joshua Sears (son of Paul Sears and Mercy Freeman) was born November 20, 1708 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts and died September 27, 1753 in Middletown, Connecticut. He married Rebecca Mayo on February 10, 1730/31 in Eastham, Massachusetts.^[1]

Joshua Sears was a fourth great-grandson of William Brewster, a passenger on the 1620 Mayflower voyage. William Brewster was the religious leader of the Pilgrims.

Children of Joshua Sears and Rebecca Mayo

1. Joshua Sears, b. February 14, 1734/35, Harwich, Massachusetts., d. date unknown, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
2. Rebecca Sears, b. November 14, 1732, Yarmouth, Massachusetts., d. date unknown.
3. Elkanah Sears, b. April 12, 1734, Harwich, Massachusetts., d. November 24, 1816, East Hampton, Connecticut..
4. Betsy Sears, b. June 19, 1738, Harwich, Massachusetts., d. date unknown. married Samuel Hitchcock.
5. Paul Sears, b. October 18, 1740, Harwich, Massachusetts., d. 19 August 1832 in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
6. Simeon Sears, d. date unknown.
7. Thomas Sears, d. date unknown.
8. Sarah Sears, d. date unknown. married Unknown Hitchcock.
9. Hannah Sears, d. date unknown. married Elisha Sheldon.
10. Willard Sears, d. date unknown.
11. Theophilus Sears, d. date unknown.
12. Benjamin Sears.^[2]

S.P. May, Page 84: Joshua Sears was Constable of Harwich in 1745. He was a man of large stature, and of great strength and hardihood. In 1746, he removed to Middletown, Connecticut and purchased land on the east side of the Connecticut River, in that part of town afterward set off as Chatham. In Col. Rec. Connecticut, Vol. X, we find the memorial of Rebecca Sears, admx, to the Assembly, setting forth that debts exceeded personal estate by L 135 16 10, and asking liberty to sell real estate. March 9, 1732, Ebenr Nickerson deeded to Joshua Sears, for the consideration of L 532, "about 36 acres of land with the buildings, &c., eastward of Point of Rocks, Harwich, 3 Lots: First, the eastern-most originally laid out to Capt. Jona. Bangs; ---. Second, to successors Mark Snow; --. Third, the westward to Thos. Clark, bounded on Dea. Chillingsworth Foster, Nathaniel Hopkins, John Freeman, and Clark & Cole lot." I have found no record of marriage of Theophilus, or Benjamin Sears; but think Dr. Willard Leonard Sears, (p. 578 #1) b. Glastenbury, Connecticut, 16 September 1816, derived from one of them, perhaps Benjamin, as he named his eldest son Benjamin Willard Sears.

Mayflower Index: No. 29,971 Joshua; spouse Rebecca Mayo; mother, No. 13,942

Sources

1. ↑ Samuel P. May. The descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888 : With an appendix, containing some notices of other families by name of Sears 1890. Albany, New York. Page 83, 4 An Archive.org book.
2. ↑ Children page 83,4 Mays with spouses

BURIAL: Lakeview Cemetery in East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut

NOTE: "A headstone has not been found in this cemetery for Joshua Sears, but that is not to say that he wasn't buried here; it is quite possible that his headstone has weathered or deteriorated to the extent that it is no longer legible or it has sunk beneath the surface of the ground over time and its location is unknown."

Find A Grave: Memorial #93218483 Joshua Sears

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/u/l/Paul-D-Mullins/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0354.html

• http://www.searsr.com/richard1/pafg07.htm

• Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911) Vol. 1, Page 245
• May, Samuel. The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888 (Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890) Page 83
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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 February 2021), memorial page for Joshua Sears (20 Nov 1708–27 Sep 1753), Find A Grave: Memorial #93218483, citing Lakeview Cemetery, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Blaine Winslow (contributor 46960617) .