Born in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ebenezer Sears
and Sarah (Howes) Sears
Sister of
Sarah (Sears) Mayo, Desire Sears, Ebenezer Sears, Desire (Sears) Markham, Hezekiah Sears, Hezekiah Sears, Thomas Sears, Bette (Sears) Norcott, Dinah (Sears) Kellogg, Hannah Sears, Ann Sears, Unknown Sears and Paul Sears
Wife of
Thomas Shepard
— married
10 Jan 1760 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Mother of
Edward Sears Shepard
Died
at age 42
in East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
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Biography
Mercy Sears was born on 11 Feb 1737/38 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA as the tenth child of Ebenezer Sears and Sarah Gorham Howes. She had thirteen siblings, namely: Sarah, Desire, Ebenezer, Desire, Hezekiah, Hezekiah, Thomas, Betsey, Dinah, Hannah, Ann, Sears, and Paul. She died on 09 Nov 1780 in East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA. When she was 21, she married Thomas Shepard on 10 Jan 1760 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
Thomas Shepard and Mercy Sears had the following children:
- Hannah Shepard was born on 10 Nov 1760.
- Edward Shepard was born on 07 Feb 1763.
- Alden Shepard was born on 09 Dec 1773.
- Paul Shepard was born on 02 May 1775.
- Elijah Shepard was born on 18 Mar 1782.
- Mercy Shepard was born on 12 Aug 1784.
Sources
- May, Samuel. The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888Page 80, No 177, b., m., children
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