Silas Sears (1788 - 1873)

Born 30 Mar 1788 in Wethersfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Page) Sears — married 3 Jul 1812 in Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont

Husband of Anna Henry (Dodge) Sears — married 9 Oct 1853 in Coventry, Orleans County, Vermont

Died 10 Apr 1873 at age 85 in Underhill, Chittenden County, Vermont

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Biography

Silas Sears was born to Silas and Elizabeth West Sears in 1788 in Wethersfield, Windsor Vermont.

Silas Sears married twice: first, to Abigail "Nabby" Page, daughter of Thomas Page and Abigail Dustin Page, in Cambridge, Vermont 3 July 1812. The couple had sons Thomas Page Sears - born 1813 - and Elias Green Sears born in Coventry in 1823. He married, second, Anna H. Dodge, 9 October 1853 in Coventry, Vermont.

Silas served Coventry, Vermont in several capacities: as Selectman in 1825 and as Constable in 1830, 1834, 1835, and 1840. He served Orleans County as High Bailiff in 1847 and 1850.

Silas and Anna moved to Underhill sometime in 1859. They were dismissed by the Congregational Church in Coventry Feb 3, 1859 to Underhill. Silas had united with the church in 1831.

Silas Sears died at 85 years of age in Underhill, Vermont in 1873.

Burial: Sand Hill Cemetery Underhill Chittenden County Vermont, USA Plot: Section 1 Lot C06 Grave 41

Sources

• Vermont, Vital Records, Births, 1720-1908.

• Vermont, Vital Records, Marriages 1812, A-301, 1720-1908 for Silas Sears.

• 1830 - 1870 US Federal Censuses, Vermont.

• The Vermont Historical Gazetteer.., Volume 3, page 158 and 159.

• Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont. By Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives, October Session, 1847, 1850.

• Vermont, Vital Records, Deaths Underhill, Vermont, 1720-1908.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #133215435

• May, Samuel. The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888Page 218 No 1131