Elizabeth (O'Killey) Sears (abt. 1678 - aft. 1732)

Born about 1678 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Silas Sears II — married 1 May 1707 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Died after 1732 after about age 54 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Elizabeth O'Killey was born about 1678, in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, to David O'Killey and Jane Powell. She married widower Silas Sears, as his second wife, on May 1, 1707. "he m. Yar., May 1, 1707, Elizabeth O. Killey, dau. of David and Jane O. K., of Yar."^[1]

Silas died in 1732 and it is presumed that she was living at that time. She is mentioned in his will written in 1727. Her death date is unknown. No children are recorded from this marriage.

":His (Silas Sears) will dated July 28, 1727, 'in ill health,' was proved Nov. 29, 1732, by Judah Paddock and Eleazar Sears, Exec", and was witnessed by Peter Thacher, Joseph Hall and Edward Sturges.

It mentions ' wife Elizabeth ; sons Silas, Thomas, Eleazar, and James ; and daus. Sarah Hamlin, Phebe Buck, and Deborah Gray.' The old homestead fell to Eleazar.^[2]"

Sources

1. ↑ The descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888 : With an appendix, containing some notices of other families by name of Searsby May, Samuel P. (Samuel Pearce), 1828-ca. 1, 914, Published 1890, p. 64, 65. https://archive.org/stream/descendantsofric1890mays#page/64/mode/2up
2. ↑ ibid

• David O'Killia, the immigrant of Old Yarmouth, Massachusetts with his descendants and allied families, 1651-1962, Compiled by Eunice Kelly Randall, p. 25.
• The descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888 : With an appendix, containing some notices of other families by name of Searsby, May, Samuel P. (Samuel Pearce), 1828-ca. 1, 914, Published 1890, p. 64, 65. https://archive.org/stream/descendantsofric1890mays#page/64/mode/2up
• Dodd, Jordan. Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (Liahona Research, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005) Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0945512.
• Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook) Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)
• Kelley, R. Dudley. David Okillea of Yarmouth, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 137.