Born in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Eleazer Sears
and Bethia (Godfrey) Sears
Sister of
Patience (Sears) Crowell, Thomas Sears, Winthrop Sears, Sally (Sears) Smalley, Sabra (Sears) Matthews, Thomas Sears and Richard Sears
Wife of
Gorham Baker
— married
9 Apr 1795 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Mother of
Sears Hallett
Died
at age 54
in Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Aug 2019
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Biography
Bethia was born in 1765. She was the daughter of Eleazer Sears and Bethia Godfery. She passed away in 1820.
Bethiah was born in 1765. Bethia Sears married married Benjamin Hallett in 1787 in Yarmouth, and they had two sons:
- Sears b, 1787 and
- Banjamin, 1790,.
Her husband was lost at sea in 1790, and she married Gorham Baker in April of 1795. The baptismal records for her sons Sears and Benjamin give them the surname Baker
She passed away in 1820.
Sources
- May, Samuel. The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888Page 173 (Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890) No 729- May says she m. _______ Matthews but other records show differently.
- Dennis VRGORHAM MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: p 167
- Yarmouth VR Book 4, p. 140 ent int
Jan 27 1787; p.141 m. by David Thacher, Esq Benjn Hallet and Bethyah
- Find A Grave: Memorial #31226039
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bethia 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 Bethia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bethia 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 Bethia:
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~0.78%
Phyllis (Coverdell) Smith
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A673742 [compare]
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~0.78%
Allen King :
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~0.78%
David Whittington :
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