Rachel Stetson was born on September 16,1767 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, ("child of Robert and Ledy Stetson." [1]) or at Scituate, Massachusetts. [2] She was the 4th child and daughter of Robert and Lydia (Rich) Stetson[2]).
Marriage
Married Andrew Haskell Sears, "of Greenwich," on 1 March 1787 in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. [3][4] (O.F. Stetson has their marriage in Greenwich, same date[2]) (as his first wife.)
(v) Turner Sears b. 4 Apr. 1798 at Greenwich, Massachusetts [7]; chris. as "Tanner" Sears, 7 May 1797 [8]; d. 14 Sep 1860 at Greenwich, Massachusetts. [9]
She died August 2, 1835 in Greenwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts, and is buried in Quabbin Cemetery, Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA. [15].
Research Notes
Stetson Kindred Index #: 1-1-2-8-1-4
A. Her son, Clark had a daughter with Hannah Spring, also named Lydia F. Sears, b. 4 May 1834. [16]
Sources
↑Massachusetts, Town Clerk of Wellfleet, Town Records, 1626-2001: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk...d Town Records, 1626-2001"
Catalog: Births, marriages, deaths, ca. 1734-1875 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts) Births, marriages, deaths, ca. 1734-1875
Image path: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 > Barnstable > Wellfleet > Births, marriages, deaths 1734-1875 > image 9 of 400; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston
FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G97M-Y1PM (accessed 29 November 2023)
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F421-4BQ : 14 January 2020), Rachel Sears in entry for Mary Tabetha Sears, 1804.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 February 2019), memorial page for Rachel Stetson Sears (16 Sep 1767–2 Aug 1835), Find A Grave: Memorial #132078764, citing Quabbin Park Cemetery, Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493)
↑ FamilySearch.org entry for Lydia F. Sears FamilySearch Person: MDXT-L11, b. May 1834
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
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