Born in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Bryant
and Hannah (Eaton) Briant
Sister of
Mercy (Bryant) Leach, Hannah (Bryant) Curtis, Micah Bryant Sr., Jerusha (Bryant) Leach and Jesse Bryant
Wife of
David Sears
— married
29 Nov 1733 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died
at age 66
in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2013
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Biography
Phebe (Bryant) Sears was born on 18 September 1713. She was the daughter of Benjamin Sears and Hannah (Eaton) Bryant.
She married David Sears in 1733.
In 1733, Phebe and her husband signed a receipt for her share of her father, Benjamin Bryant's estate.[1]
She passed away on 9 October 1779 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-F6J5 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 226 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
- Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013
- Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook) Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
- Smith, D. Alden. The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of His Son-In-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2000) Vol. 154, Page 50.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142698492/phebe-sears
- Mayflower Descendant 14, p.131 Old Cem., Middleboro gr-st
- Mayflower Society documented descendant of Francis Eaton and Degory Priest for General Society member number: 105,089.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Phebe by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Phebe:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Phebe by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Phebe:
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~0.78%
Fred Burwell
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member faburwell
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~0.78%
Jim Adams :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Richard Stevens :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #250145
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~0.39%
Mary (Ulmer) Carmouche :
23andMe, GEDmatch M721576 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A294409 [compare], Ancestry member 1_mfr1
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FB13853 [compare], FTDNA kit #B13853
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~0.39%
Richard Stevens :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member richardmstevens2
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #59080
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~0.39%
Janice Adams :
23andMe, GEDmatch M708062 [compare]
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~0.39%
Suzanne (Adams) Kulshrestha :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Christine Adams :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Lynette Litteral :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A178473 [compare], Ancestry member LyJensen15
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Cathy (Lee) Brandstetter :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ES8675068 [compare], Ancestry member cathy_brandstetter
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