Comfort Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Mar 1751 - Ridgefield, Connecticut
Baptism:
Death: 24 Dec 1827 - Ridgefield, Connecticut
Burial: in Miltown, New York
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Sears (1704-1791)
Mother: Desire Tobey (Cir 1707-1781)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Eunice Crane b: 20 NOV 1754
Captain Constant Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1800
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Notes
General:
Barnstable Patriot notes
14 aug 1855
report of the Barnstable County Mutual Fire Insurance Company
"The dwelling house of Sylvester Baxter, in Hyannis, was entirely consumed by fire on the 27th day of November last, on which $1800 was insured by this company, and the same amount paid; also a total loss of $1050 on the dwelling house of and furniture of Constant Sears, of West Brester, destroyed on the night of the 16th of June. The origin of neither of these fires has ever been satisfactorily ascertained."
Constant Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1749
Baptism:
Death: 27 Jun 1768 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Burial: in Sears cemetery, Brewster
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elisha Sears (Cir 1707-1790)
Mother: Sarah (1709-1783)
Notes
General:
stone:
In Memory of
Constant Son to Mr
Elisha Sears & Mrs
Sarah his wife who
Dec'd June ye 27th
1768 Aged 19 years 1
Daniel Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Feb 1769 - Sandisfield, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Sears (1735- )
Mother: Sarah Blackmore (1744-1824)
Captain Daniel Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Jun 1712 - Chatham, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death: 10 Jan 1761 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Daniel Sears (Abt 1682-1756)
Mother: Sarah Howes (1685-1748)
Spouses and Children
1. *Fear Freeman (23 Mar 1722 - Sep 1806) 4
Marriage: 11 Jul 1745 - Harwich, Massachusetts 5
Status:
Children:
1. Sarah Sears (1747- )
2. Richard Sears (1749- )
3. David Sears (1752- )
4. Fear Sears (1754-1797)
5. Daniel Sears (1757- )
Notes
General:
Town clerk 1753-1755. He took over from Paul Sears.
Daniel Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Jul 1710 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 6
Baptism:
Death: 18 Nov 1771 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial: in Sears cemetery, Brewster
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death 1, , Harwich, Massachusetts in Harwich, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Paul Sears (1669-1740) 7
Mother: Mercy Freeman (1674-1747) 8
Spouses and Children
1. *Mercy Snow (26 Sep 1713 - 8 May 1790)
Marriage: 13 Jan 1737 - Eastham, Massachusetts 9
Status:
Children:
1. Micajah Sears (1738-1823)
Notes
General:
stone:Marriage Notes (Mercy Snow)
In Memory of
Mr DANIEL Sears
Who died Nov'r 28th 1771
in the 62d Year
of his age 1
Children, in Yarmouth, Mass
Micajah Sears, Lt b: 25 APR 1738
Jerusha Sears b: 28 JUN 1740
Hannah Sears b: 17 AUG 1742
Daniel Sears b: 17 JUN 1744
Phebe Sears b: 13 MAR 1746/47
Paul Sears b: 2 JUN 1750
Enos Sears b: 11 JUN 1752
Captain Daniel Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1682 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: 10 Aug 1756 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Paul Sears (1638-1708) 10
Mother: Deborah Willard (1645-1721) 7
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Howes (1685 - 9 Nov 1748)
Marriage: 12 Feb 1709 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Rebecca Sears (1710-1765)
2. Captain Daniel Sears (1712-1761)
3. Sarah Sears (1714-1751)
4. Mercy Sears (1716-1765)
5. Richard Sears (1718-1746)
6. David Sears (1720-1746)
7. Deborah Sears (1722-1796)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Sarah Howes)
"Daniel Sears was appd admr upon the estates of [his sons David and Richard], 13 May 1747. They were styled "mariners" and probably died, or were lost while on a voyage, as 12 months were allowed to elapse before taking out letters of administration. David was probably the one mentioned by Benj. Bangs of Harwich, in his diary in 1744, as having "got home from the Spaniards" [on the Cartagena Expedition]. They perhaps went on the Louisburg Expedition in 1745, in Col Gorham's Regt, or as sailors, and never returned."
"Sarah,(r1) b. about 1686; m.(r) Feb. 12, 1708-9, at Yarmouth, Daniel Sears , (who moved to Chatham) and had among other children Sarah, b. April 11, 1714, who m. Joshua3 (Thomas2, Henry1) Atkins August 1, 1734, and d. April 30, 1751, leaving among other children Susannah (b. March 6, 1738-9) who m. 1st Aug ,17, 1756, William4 (William5, Joseph2, Robert1) Eldredge, and had by him among other children Sarah (Sally), b. Sept. 18, 1761, who m. Reuben C. Taylor and was the grandmother of the compiler of this article.(s) Sarah (Howes) Sears, wife of Capt. Daniel Sears, d. in Chatham Nov. 9, 1748, in her 63d year.(t)"
(r) Sears Genealogy by May, 11, 59, 60, 63, 68.
(r1) J. C. Howes (p. 11) is in error in making her the daughter of Thomas2 Howes.
(s) Sears Geneal. by May, 60; "Atkins" by the compiler, 9, 10, 16, 17; "Eldred, Eldredge" by the compiler, 17, 18, 28, 29; "Richard Taylor, Tailor," by the compiler, 31, 35.
(t) Gr. St.; 8 Mf. 239. 11
Daniel Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1757 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Daniel Sears (1712-1761)
Mother: Fear Freeman (1722-1806) 12
Daniel Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1745
Baptism:
Death: 23 Sep 1776 - Harwich, Massachusetts 1
Burial: in Sears cemetery, Brewster
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Priscilla (Cir 1749 - 11 Mar 1777)
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
parents likely Daniel Sears of Chatham & Fear Freeman of Harwich
David Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Oct 1762 - Sandisfield, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Sears (1735- )
Mother: Sarah Blackmore (1744-1824)
David Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Oct 1710 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 13
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Josiah Sears (Abt 1675-1727) 14
Mother: Mercy Howes (Abt 1682-1720)
David Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 27 Apr 1746 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Sears (1701-1774)
Mother: Grace Paddock (1716-1780)
Spouses and Children
1. *Phebe Taylor (6 May 1746 - 16 Aug 1784)
Marriage: 8 Apr 1773 - Eastham, Massachusetts 15
Status:
Children:
1. Rebecca Sears (1775- )
2. Katherine Sears (1782- )
2. Katherine Selew (21 Oct 1743 - )
Marriage: 27 Oct 1765 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Status:
David Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Jul 1832 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Barnabas Sears (1790-1875) 16
Mother: Hannah Crocker (1792-1879) 17
David Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Sep 1722 - Harwich, Massachusetts 18
Baptism:
Death: Bef 1724 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Sears (1693-1738)
Mother: Elizabeth Hawes (1697-1749)
David Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Dec 1777 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Sears (1753- )
Mother: Martha Cole (1757- ) 20
David Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Apr 1753 - Eastham, Massachusetts 21
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Josiah Sears (1708-1772) 22
Mother: Azubah Knowles (1714-1762) 22
Spouses and Children
1. *Martha Cole (1 Oct 1757 - ) 20
Marriage: 30 Jan 1777 - Eastham, Massachusetts 23
Status:
Children:
1. David Sears (1777- )
David Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 May 1744 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Judah Sears (1699-1766)
Mother: Mary Paddock (1701- )
David Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Apr 1720 - Chatham, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death: 1746
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Daniel Sears (Abt 1682-1756)
Mother: Sarah Howes (1685-1748)
David Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Nov 1752 - Chatham, Massachusetts 24
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth 25, , Chatham, Massachusetts in Chatham, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Captain Daniel Sears (1712-1761)
Mother: Fear Freeman (1722-1806) 12
David Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Aug 1731 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Sears (1704-1791)
Mother: Desire Tobey (Cir 1707-1781)
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1. Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
2. Capt. Elizur Yale Smith, editor, Vital Records of Sandisfield, Massachuestts to the year 1850 (1936. Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Publishing Co.), 62.
3. Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 7.
4. Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 11. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no 'Harwick.'
5. The Mayflower Descendant (Society of Mayflower Descendants in Massachusetts. Boston. 1901-1935, vols. I-XXXIV.), 25:101.
6. George Ernest Bowman, transcriber, "Yarmouth, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant, in several parts), 7:250.
7. New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston), 109:220.
8. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 42 MD8:93. Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
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11. Ryan M. Amidon (Rootsweb.com. file: amidon). .... James W. Hawes, Thomas Howes of Yarmouth, Mass., and some of his descendants, together with the Rev. John Mayo, allied to him by marriage. (1917. Yarmouthport MA: C. W. Swift, No. 13, Library of Cape Cod History & Genealogy), 26-27.
12. Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 11.
13. George Ernest Bowman, transcriber, "Yarmouth, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant, in several parts), 9:253.
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annotated marriage records, 1772-1828 (Mayflower Descendant 46:109-120, 47:21-26, 47:111-116, 48:49-58, 48:141-148), 46:112.
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pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 33.
19. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:84. highly incomplete
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22. New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston), Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass. 79:381-2 (1925).
23. marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 15. .... Robert P Smith, "Historic Records of the Federated Church of Orleans, Massachusetts"
annotated marriage records, 1772-1828 (Mayflower Descendant 46:109-120, 47:21-26, 47:111-116, 48:49-58, 48:141-148), 46:114.
24. Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 33.
25. Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 26.