Hester (Howe) Sears (abt. 1635 - 1680)

Born about 1635 in Hatfield, Broad Oaks, Essex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Sears — married 20 Nov 1677 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Died 14 Aug 1680 at about age 45 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Biography

Hester (Howe) Sears immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Esther Howe could have been born in either England or New England. Her birth date is unknown, and there are no known records to fix her date of birth or location. She married first Henry Mason, a malster in Boston, date unknown. They had no children. He died in 1676, and she married second John Sears of Woburn on 2 Nov 1677. She died in Woburn 14 Aug 1680. They had no children.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, NEHGS, Boston, 1929, Vol. 2, page 5

• http://daynesfamilytree.com/howefamilyconnections.htm

• Notes - Court Files in Middlesex County, Mass., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1932) Vol. 86, Page 349.

• "Sears, John, of Woburn and Hester Mason of Boston, widow, were married. She lived two and a half years after. She had a boy kinsman by the name of Joseph Elliot, in 1681."

• Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686 (The Essex Institute, 1921) Vol. 8, Page 2. "Will of Hester Sears of Wobourne, dated Mar. 2, 1679-80, and proved, Sept. 2, 1680"