Joshua Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Nov 1766 - Sandisfield, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Sears (1735- )
Mother: Sarah Blackmore (1744-1824)
Joshua Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 May 1697 - Harwich, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death: 21 Jul 1754 - Norwalk, Connecticut
Burial: in Pine Island Cemetery, Norwalk
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Sears (1663-1742) 3
Mother: Mercy Mayo (1664-1749)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Thatcher (Cir 1698 - Cir 1761)
Marriage: 17 Sep 1719
Status:
Children:
1. Josiah Sears (1720-Cir 1761) 4
2. Nathaniel Sears (1722-1724)
3. Joshua Sears (1724- )
4. Nathaniel Sears (1726-1752)
5. Mary Sears (1728- )
6. Captain Isaac Sears (1730-1786)
7. John Sears (1735- )
8. Anthony Sears (1737- )
Notes
General:
About 1714 he built and lived in the old house at West Brewster, at Bound Brook, nearly opposite the ancient Sears burying ground. In the SE corner room the first seven of his children, were born. He moved to Norwalk CT around 1734 and was dismissed from the church in Harwich to the church in Norwalk 28 Mar 1736. His estate in Harwich was sold to Willard Sears of Yarmouth. In 1732 he bought an acre of the "Home Lot" from his brother-in-law Josiah Thacher Jr., on Washington Avenue, South Norwalk. There he built a house in which he lived until his death. He also owned other lands in Norwalk which at various times he deeded to his children. He was held to be an excellent man, a prominent citizen, a good husband, ajnd a generous father; and he held various positions in the town.
Note: A blue stone marks his grave. Nearby is a similar memorial to his son Nathaniel. A mound between them is probably the grave of Mary, his wife.
Will: 11 JUN 1754
Note: It was proven 15 Oct 1754. It mentions his wife Mary; children Josiah, Mary Ketchum, Phebe Squires, Joshua, Isac, John, and Anthony; and grandsons Nathaniel and Thacher.
(Sears Gen. via alex1136) 5
Captain Joshua Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Jun 1817 - East Dennis, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 22 Mar 1885 - (Dennis, Massachusetts)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Minerva Handren (29 Jan 1819 - 22 Dec 1904)
Marriage: 11 Jun 1840 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Louisa Maria Sears (1852-1951)
Notes
General:
Judging from his detailed logs and letters, Captain Joshua seems a paradox. On one hand a highly accomplished sailor and businessman, hard driving with his vessel and crew, insistent that the Wild Hunter be a paragon of orderliness, and a talkative colorful character, yet he was plagued by seasickness and longed to retire to a place , "where I shall never see a ship again." He was known to bring not only his wife Minerva and daughter Louisa on voyages, but Louisa's pet pony, so that she could ride about the deck!
The Wild Wave was a clipper launched by the Shiverick shipyard in Dennis, Mass. in 1855.
Joshua Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Feb 1735 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: in Sandisfield, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Sears (1708-1753)
Mother: Rebecca Mayo (1710-Abt 1776)
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Blackmore (1744 - 21 Aug 1824)
Marriage: 28 Nov 1760 - Sandisfield, Massachusetts 6
Status:
Children:
1. Rhoda Sears (1761-1761)
2. David Sears (1762- )
3. Caleb Sears (1764- )
4. Joshua Sears (1766- )
5. Daniel Sears (1769- )
6. Amos Sears (1771- )
7. Sarah Sears (1774- )
8. Mary Sears (1776- )
9. Joseph Sears (1778- )
Notes
General:
"In 1746 he moved to Middletown CT with his parents, and later to Sandisfield MA, where he was one of the earliest settlers. He enlisted in the old French war, and joined the expedition commanded by Abercrombie against Ticonderoga and Crown Point, then in possession of the French under Montcalm. He surived the campaign hardships, but "died in middle life in conequence of them"" 5
Joshua Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Jul 1753 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 31 Mar 1825 - West Brewster, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Edmund Sears (1712-1796) 7
Mother: Hannah Crowell (1725-1802)
Joshua Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 15 May 1724 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism: 24 May 1724 - Harwich First Congregational
Death: in (North Salem, Westchester, New York)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Sears (1697-1754)
Mother: Mary Thatcher (Cir 1698-Cir 1761)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Rachel MARVIN b: 27 MAR 1728 in Norwalk, CT
Married: 1
Children
Enoch SEARS b: 1751
Isaac M. SEARS b: 1753
Hannah SEARS b: 1755
Joshua SEARS b: 08 JAN 1757 in CT
Joshua Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Nov 1708 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 8
Baptism:
Death: 27 Sep 1753 - Middletown, Connecticut
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Paul Sears (1669-1740) 9
Mother: Mercy Freeman (1674-1747) 10
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Mayo (2 Dec 1710 - Abt 1776)
Marriage: 10 Feb 1732 - Eastham, Massachusetts 11
Status:
Children:
1. Elkanah Sears (1734-1816)
2. Joshua Sears (1735- )
3. Paul Sears (1740-1832)
4. Simeon Sears (1742- )
5. Thomas Sears (1744- )
Notes
General:
Joshua Sears was Constable of Harwich in 1745. He was a man of large stature, and of great strength and hardihood. In 1746, he removed to Middletown, CT, and purchased land on the east side of the Connecticut river, in that part of town afterward set off as Chatham. In Col. Rec. CT., vol. X, we find the memorial of Rebecca Sears, admx, to the Assembly, setting forth that debts exceeded personal estate by L 135 16 10, and asking liberty to sell real estate. Mar. 9, 1732, Ebenezer Nickerson deeded to Joshua Sears, for the consideration of £ 532, "about 36 acres of land with the buildings, &c., eastward of Point of Rocks, Harwich, 3 Lots: First, the eastern-most originally laid out to Capt. Jona. Bangs; Second, to successors Mark Snow; Third, the westward to Thomas Clark, bounded on Deacon Chillingsworth Foster, Nathaniel Hopkins, John Freeman, and Clark & Cole lot." 12Marriage Notes (Rebecca Mayo)
Children
Rebecca Sears b: 14 Nov 1732 in Yarmouth, Mass.
Elkanah Sears b: 12 Apr 1734 in Harwich, Mass.
Joshua Sears b: 14 Feb 1735/36 in Harwich
Betsy Sears b: 19 Jun 1738 in Harwich
Paul Sears b: 18 Oct 1740 in Harwich
Simeon Sears b: 14 Jan 1742/43 in Harwich
Willard Sears b: 24 mar 1744 in Harwich
Hannah Sears b: 26 oct 1746 in Harwich
Theophilus Sears b: 2 Apr 1749 in Middletown, Conn.
Benjamin Sears b: 3 Nov 1751 in Middletown 13
Josiah Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Jun 1720 - Harwich, Massachusetts 14
Baptism: 21 May 1721 - Harwich First Congregational
Death: Cir 1761 - Norwalk, Connecticut
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Sears (1697-1754)
Mother: Mary Thatcher (Cir 1698-Cir 1761)
Josiah Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Feb 1745 - Eastham, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death: 27 Jul 1819 - Nova Scotia
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Josiah Sears (1708-1772) 16
Mother: Azubah Knowles (1714-1762) 16
Josiah Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1675 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: 1727 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Silas Sears (1637-1697) 12
Mother: Anna Bursell (1642-1726) 12
Spouses and Children
1. *Mercy Howes (Abt 1682 - 20 May 1720)
Marriage: 2 Apr 1702 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 18
Status:
Children:
1. Edward Sears (1704- )
2. Samuell Sears (1706- )
3. Josiah Sears (1708-1772) 16
4. David Sears (1710- )
Notes
General:
Josiah is said to have 2nd married Judith Gilbert, 18 Aug 1720 in Bridgewater, Mass. Maybe.
Josiah Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Aug 1708 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 19
Baptism:
Death: Jan 1772 - Eastham, Massachusetts 20
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, , Monomoit (Chatham), Massachusetts in Monomoit (Chatham), Massachusetts
• Occupation 16
Parents
Father: Josiah Sears (Abt 1675-1727) 17
Mother: Mercy Howes (Abt 1682-1720)
Spouses and Children
1. *Azubah Knowles (6 Feb 1714 - Mar 1762) 16
Marriage: 30 Sep 1736 - Eastham, Massachusetts 21
Status:
Children:
1. Mercy Sears (1737- )
2. Jerusha Sears (1743- )
3. Josiah Sears (1745-1819)
4. Azubah Sears (1747-1839)
5. Bethia Sears (1750- )
6. David Sears (1753- )
7. Samuel Sears (1755-1773)
8. Martha Sears (Cir 1739-1823) 16
2. Mercy Lincoln (31 Dec 1710 - After Jan 1772)
Marriage: 26 May 1763 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Azubah Knowles)
Married by Joseph Doane, JP.
21
Judah Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Oct 1773 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 18 Jan 1860 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Burial: in Village Cemetery, Dennis
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Edmund Sears (1744-1832) 7
Mother: Hannah Taylor (1755-1828)
Judah Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Oct 1699 - Harwich, Massachusetts 22
Baptism:
Death: 1766 - Rochester, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Sears (1663-1742) 3
Mother: Mercy Mayo (1664-1749)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Paddock (10 Jul 1701 - )
Marriage: Nov 1731 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Ann Sears (1733- )
2. Judah Sears (1734- )
3. Alden Sears (1738- )
4. Nathan Sears (1741- )
5. David Sears (1744- )
6. Richard Sears (1746- )
7. Mary Sears (1750- )
8. Elizabeth Sears (Cir 1752- )
9. Alice Sears (Cir 1753- )
10. Sarah Sears (Cir 1755- )
Judah Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Nov 1734 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Judah Sears (1699-1766)
Mother: Mary Paddock (1701- )
Katherine Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Sep 1782
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Sears (1746- )
Mother: Phebe Taylor (1746-1784)
Kezia Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Oct 1740 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 15 Feb 1766 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Deacon John Sears (1713-1791)
Mother: Deborah Crowell (1719-1753) 23
Spouses and Children
1. *Isaac Hamblin (14 Mar 1736 - 28 Jan 1805)
Marriage: Est 1760 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Betsy Hamblin (1762- )
2. Keziah Hamblen (1764-1838)
3. Isaac Hamblin (1766- )
Keziah Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Aug 1763 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Deacon Stephen Sears (1736-1815)
Mother: Lydia Sears (1734-1792)
Spouses and Children
1. *Enoch Hall (15 Jun 1759 - 1 Aug 1833)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. William Hall (1785-1870)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Enoch Hall)
Children in Yarmouth
William HALL b: 17 SEP 1785
Enoch HALL b: 15 JUN 1787
Hannah HALL b: 01 OCT 1789
Stephen HALL b: 03 SEP 1792
Edmund HALL b: 14 JAN 1799
John HALL b: ABT 1806
Keziah H Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Oct 1827 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 28 Sep 1828 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Joseph Hamblen Sears (1801-1885)
Mother: Olive Bangs (1802-1889) 5
Knowles Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1738 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Sears (1704-1791)
Mother: Desire Tobey (Cir 1707-1781)
Larned Sears
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1739 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 11 Oct 1760 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Burial: in Sears cemetery, Brewster
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Sears (1708-1779)
Mother: Ruth Sears (1715-1761)
Notes
General:
stone:
Here lyes Buried
the Body of Mr
LARNED SEARS son
of Mr JOSEPH & Mrs
RUTH SEARS Who died
Octo'r ye 11th 1760 in ye
22d Year of His Age 24
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Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no "Harwick."
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