Samuel Sears
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Samuel Sears (1664 - 1742)

Capt. Samuel Sears
Born in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married before 1685 in Harwich, Barnstable, Plymouth Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 77 in Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

Samuel Sears was born on 31 Jan 1664 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, son of Capt Paul Sears (1638 - 1707) and Deborah (Willard) Sears (<1645 - 1721).[1][2] [3] [4] [5]

His siblings were:

  1. Deborah Sears ( - )
  2. Judah Sears ( - )
  3. Mercy Sears (1659 - 1672)
  4. Bethiah (Sears) Crowell (1662 - 1724)
  5. Lydia (Sears) Snow (1666 - 1748)
  6. Paul Sears II (1669 - 1740)
  7. Mary (Sears) Knowles (1672 - 1745)
  8. Ann (Sears) Merrick (1675 - 1745)
  9. John Sears Sr. (~1678 - 1738)
  10. Richard Sears (1680 - 1718)
  11. Daniel Sears (1682 - 1756)

Samuel married Mercy Mayo (~1664 - 1749) in 1685 in Harwich, Barnstable.[2][6] [7] [3][4][8][5] Their children were:

  1. Hannah (Sears) Vincent (1685 - )
  2. Samuel Sears Jr. (1687 - ~1726)
  3. Nathaniel Sears (1689 - 1720)
  4. Tamsen (Sears) Freeman (1691 - 1761)
  5. Jonathan Sears Sr. (1693 - 1738)
  6. Joseph Sears (1695 - 1765)
  7. Joshua Sears I (1697 - 1754)
  8. Judah Sears (1699 - <1775)
  9. John Sears Sr. (1701 - 1774)
  10. Seth Sears (1703 - ~1749)
  11. Benjamin Sears (1706 - <1749).

Samuel died on 8 Jan 1742 in Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony aged 77.[2][4][5], and is buried in the Ancient Sears Cemetery, West Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts[9]

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX9-YZP : 15 January 2020), Seares, 1663.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bassett-Preston Ancestors: A History of the Ancestors in America of Marion Bassett Luitweiler, Howard Murray Bassett, Preston Rogers Bassett, Isabel Bassett Wasson, and Helen Bassett Hauser, Children of Edward M. and Annie (Preston) by Preston, Mary Isabella; (New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor, 1930), see page 245 for the children of Samuel and Deborah
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Colonial Ancestry of the Family of John Greene Briggs: Son of Job Briggs, and Patience Greene, and Isabell Gibbs De Groff, Daughter of William Stoutenburgh De Groff, and Susan Hopkins by Briggs, Harry Tallmadge, [H. B. Tyrrel New York, 1940], page 383
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638–1888; with an Appendix, Containing Some Notices of Other Families by the Name of Sears by May, Samuel P. (Albany: Joel Munsell’s Sons, 1890)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson; Digitizing sponsor Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners; Volume Vol. 43 (Sears to Smalley), page 93 shows Sears, Capt Samuel, son of Paul and his wife Mercy May. Note the sources in the right margin
  6. Torrey's New England Marriages Volume 2, page 1347 found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states: SEARS, Samuel (1663-) & Mercy (?LUMPKIN) [MAYO] (1664-), w Samuel?; by 1685; Harwich, CT (Mercy Mayo according to MD 17:99); {Barnstable Co. Prob. 2:164; Bassett-Preston 245; Cape Cod Lib. 31:31, 33:29; Briggs-DeGroff 383; Harwich (ms) 1; Mayo (ms) 2; Sears 53; MD 3:175; ?Howes #2:31; Hamlin 41, 495; Brewster Cemetery Inscriptions 62; Tatcher 169; MD 17:99
  7. Cape Cod Library of local history and genealogy : a facsimile edition of 108 pamphlets published in the early 20th century compiled and indexed by Leonard H. Smith, Jr. See Early Settlers of Eastham page 29, and Thomas Howes of Yarmouth Mass and some of His Descendants, page 31
  8. Harwich Mass Vital Records Vol 1, page 22 found in Volume 3, page 275 of The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history; by Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants; Publication date 1899; Publisher Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants
  9. Find A Grave: Memorial #14082058
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  • BAD LINK: [chambersboothe.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I15732&tree=chambot Chambers-Boothe Family Tree:]
  • American Marriages Before 1699 Publication: Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997; Repository: Ancestry.com, American Marriages Before 1699 (Provo, UT, USA: TheGenerations Network, Inc., 1997), Source Medium: Ancestry.com Clemens, William Montgomery, American Marriage Records Before 1699,Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926
  • Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Births Publication: Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001; Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births (Provo, UT, USA:The Generations Network, Inc., 2001), Source Medium: Ancestry.com
  • One World Tree (sm) Publication: Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.; Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm) (Provo, UT, USA: The GenerationsNetwork, Inc., n.d.), Source Medium: Ancestry.com
  • Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;
  • AncientAncient Sears Cemetery, West Brewster, Mass Title: L. Ray Sears III -- LRSears_at_gmail.com,
  • Deduction based on Death Date minus age at death Title: Mike Walton.




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Sears-2089 and Sears-29 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate profiles other than dates +/- 1yr.
posted by Larry Ridgley