Rachel (Stetson) Sears (1767 - 1835)

Born 16 Sep 1767 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Andrew Haskell Sears — married 1 Mar 1787 in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 2 Aug 1835 at age 67 in Greenwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Birth

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.)

They had ten children:

1. (i) Hetty Sears b. 13 Feb. 1788
2. (ii) Calvin Sears b. 30 Oct. 1790; chris. Nov 1789 at Greenwich ^[5]
3. (iii) Cynthia Sears b. 13 Apr. 1792 ^[6]
4. (iv) Mercy Sears b. 13 Oct. 1795
5. (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]
6. (vi) Clark Alonso Sears b. 7 Apr. 1800; m. Hannah Spring ^[A]
7. (vii) Lydia Sears b. 17 Apr. 1802 ^[10]
8. (viii) Mary Fletcher/Tabetha Sears b. 16 Aug. 1804 ^[11]; chris. 23 Sep 1804 as "Mary Tabetha Sears" ^[12]
9. (ix) Andrew Haskell Sears, Jr. b. 10 Oct. 1806 ^[13]
10. (x) Phebe Powers Sears b. 17 Apr. 1809 ^[14]

Death

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

1. ↑ 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)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Stetson: Vol 1, No. 2 Pg 120
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHN-6W1 : 24 January 2020), Rachael Stetson in entry for Andrew Sears, 1787.
4. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp, Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Film # 0873754 item 3. [Link]
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F421-7BW : 14 January 2020), Andrew Sears in entry for Calvin Sears, 1789.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXY-LQZ : 14 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Syntha Sears, 1792.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPW-Z2D : 14 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Turner Sears, 1798.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ5C-1P6 : 14 January 2020), Rachel Sears in entry for Tanner Sears, 1797.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DRBS-DR9?cc=1463156&wc=MJCX-16D%3A1043008701 : 22 May 2019), 0960176 (004220466) > image 390 of 747; State Archives, Boston.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXY-P1S : 14 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Lydia Sears, 1802.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPW-Z2L : 14 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Mary Fletcher Sears, 1804.
12. ↑ "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.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC35-647 : 14 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Andrew Haskell Sears, .
14. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXY-PQ6 : 14 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Pheba Powers Sears, 1809.
15. ↑ 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)
16. ↑ FamilySearch.org entry for Lydia F. Sears FamilySearch Person: MDXT-L11, b. May 1834

See Also:

• Ancestry; Rachel Stetson - Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Wellfleet Births, Marriages and Deaths, Volume 1. Name: Rachel Stetson. Event Type: Birth. Date 1767 Sept. 16.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #132078764
• Stetson, O.F., Ed.;Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts (Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., 1933, 1956, 2008)
• Stetson, Francis Lynde; Stetson Kindred book 4, P 70.
• Various Contributors; FamilySearch.org entry for Rachel Stetson, FamilySearch Person: KJCT-F56; accessed 25 Mar 2020; © 2019 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.