Richard Sears (1680 - 1718)

Born 1680 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 24 May 1718 at about age 38 in Chatham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Richard Sears was born in 1680 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Plymouth Colony, England as the ninth child of Paul Sears and Deborah Willard). He had nine siblings, namely: Mercy, Bethia, Samuel, Lydia, Paul, Mary, Ann, John, and Daniel. He died on 24 May 1718 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. When he was 26, he married Hope Howes, daughter of Samuel H Howes and Rebecca Howes, on 15 May 1706 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

Richard Sears was buried in Chatham Old Burial Ground, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

Richard Sears and Hope Howes had the following children:

Birth

Date: 1680

Place: Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Marriage

Richard married Hope Howes on May 15,1706.^[1]

Residence

Residence: "moved to Chatham"

Date: AFT 1706

Place: Chatham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)^[2]

Death

Date: 24 MAY 1718

Place: Chatham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)^[3]

Burial: Chatham Old Burial Ground, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find-a-grave, Richard Sears
2. ↑ Title: Cape Cod Library Vol. 1, Thomas Howes...pamphlet pg 26- combined volume Page: pg. 447
3. ↑ Source: #S2300 Page: Rebecca Eldridge - b. 23 Feb 1796 [from Robert Wells - Sebastien, Florida] Quality or Certainty of Data: 2

See also:

• The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888Page 59 No 13, Richard Sears purchased land in Monomoy, now Chatham, in 1707. (By deed dated 3 Mar 1707/8, he bought of Samuel Sprague of Marshfield all the lands and rights of the latter at Monomoit. This included the farm, formerly of Joseph Quason, Indian, extending from the head of the Oyster pond east to the bay or salt water, and from the Black pond south to the head of the Mill pond, also one-third interest in the undivided lands. 30 Mar 1708: "the inhabitants gave Richard Sears leave to fence across the highway in two places, said Sears to make and maintain convenient gates on the highways, for those who wish to pass," etc.

He was on the grand jury, 1710; Town Treasurer, 1713; Constable, 1714-15; Selectman, 1717. His estate was settled Sep. 19,1723, and Daniel Sears and Hope Sears, adms discharged. "Hope Rich, formerly widow of the deceased was allowed £ 70 6 2, being her full part of the movable estate, and right of dower; "Thankful Sears, £ 70 6 3; Hannah Sears the other third part of the personal estate; Paul, eldest son, two-thirds of the real estate, his guardian to pay Thankful, £ 57 16 3, and to Hannah, £ 19 5 5. Samuel, youngest son, one-third of real estate, his guardian to pay Hannah, £ 38 10 0. Daniel Sears of Chatham was appd guardian of Samuel, ae.10; Thankful, ae.17, and Hannah, ae. __; and John Rich of Eastham, guardian to Paul, ae.13. The real estate was appraised at £ 500, and the personal at £ 280 18 11.

In the "Sears Gen'y," by Rev. E.H. Sears, Richard Sears is made the junior by two years of his brother Daniel, and born 1684. On the contrary it appears by their gravestones in (West) Chatham old burying-ground, that Daniel was the younger; being born in 1682, and Richard in 1680. On a half sunken gravestone in a south-easterly direction from the Sears monument, may still be read the following inscription: "Here lyes ye Body of Richard Sears, who died May ye 24th 1718 in ye 38th year of his age." It is the oldest stone in the cemetery. Samuel Howes of Yarmouth, in his Will, June 8, 1722, gives to his " dau. Hope Sears, 40s in addition to what she has already had." The gravestone displays a winged skull carved in the style of Nathaniel Emmes of Boston.

Source

Author: Ancestry.com

Title: American Marriages Before 1699

Publication: Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997;

NOTEAncestry.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

Source

Author: Edmund West, comp.

Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records

Publication: Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000;

NOTE Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records(Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000), Source Medium: Ancestry.com

Source

Author: Ancestry.com

Title: One World Tree (sm)

Publication: Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.;

NOTEAncestry.com, One World Tree (sm) (Provo, UT, USA: The GenerationsNetwork, Inc., n.d.), Source Medium: Ancestry.com

Source: S2300 Pedigree Resource File - LDS Title: Pedigree Resource File - LDS Page: Rebecca Eldridge - b. 23 Feb 1796 [from Robert Wells - Sebastien, Florida] Quality or Certainty of Data: 2 QUAL Source: D Information: S EVID D

Source: Ancestral File (R) Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998)

Source

Abbreviation: Ancestry Family Trees

Title: Ancestry Family Trees Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4478194&pid=-555317785

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

• Sources Not Listed Above: William C. Smith, Early Chatham Settlers; Library of Cape Cod History & Genealogy, No. 36, CW Swift Publishers, Yarmouthport, Mass., 1915; William C. Smith, A History of Chatham, Massachusetts: formerly the Constablewick or Village of Monomoit ; with maps and illustrations and numerous genealogical notes, 1909 Posted by Chris http://massandmoregenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/03/richard-sears-1681-1718-and-hope-howes.html

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