Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Knowles Sears
and Susanna (Townsend) Sears
Sister of
Daniel Sears, Betty (Sears) Hawley, Susanna Sears, Knowles Sears, Mary (Sears) Benedict, John Sears, Abijah Sears, Isaac Sears, Charles Sears [half], Charity (Sears) Crosby [half], Elizabeth (Sears) Brush [half], David Sears [half] and Phebe Sears [half]
Wife of
Caleb Curtis Gregory
— married
13 Nov 1796 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
John Sears Gregory, Albert Gregory, Adeline (Gregory) St. John, Lucy (Gregory) Benedict and Susanna Gregory
Died
at age 100
in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Aug 2019
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Biography
Desire was born in 1778. She was the daughter of Knowles Sears and Susanna Townsend. She passed away in 1879.
died aged 100y, 8m, 23d
Burial
- Westville Cemetery, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sources
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Danbury, Page 52 & Page 95.
- May, Samuel. The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888 Page 177 No 760.b., m., d. at the age of 100 years 8 mos 23 days , two children, bu. Buried in the cemetery two miles northeast of Danbury.
- No. 1010, pg 408 - The St. John genealogy; descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650 by Orline St. John Alexander Published 1907
- Find A Grave: Memorial #34056578
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Desire 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 Desire:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Desire 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 Desire:
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~0.78%
Craig Crosby
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cwcrosby421
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~0.78%
Mildred (Thomas) Rice :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A272296 [compare], Ancestry member juliagustafson9
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Brian Roth :
23andMe, GEDmatch TH9676940 [compare]
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~0.39%
Doug Collins :
23andMe
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