Born in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Rowland Sears
and Mary (Freeman) Sears
Sister of
Freeman Sears, Barnabas Sears, Elisha Sears, Mercy (Sears) Snow, Hannah Sears and Mary Sears
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 20
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Apr 2019
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Biography
Thankful was born in 1745. She was the daughter of Roland Sears and Mary Freeman. She passed away in 1766.
Sources
- Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, Boston, Mass., 1917 ; Thankful and John Cobb, m. July 19, 1764.
- May, Samuel. The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888Page 43 (Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890) No 327, b., d., m., child
- Hardwick marriage accessed 5 Apr 2019
- Snow Family Bible, Benjamin Snow, His Book, Dated 1724, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2000) Vol. 154, Page 61.
- "Aprile ye 12 1766 my sister Thankfull Cobb Died in the 21 yere of her age."
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Thankful:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Thankful:
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~0.78%
Harris Howland
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~0.78%
Rita (Arbuckle) Gritman :
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