Mary Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 3 May 1755 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Sears (1699-Abt 1755)
Mother: Mehitable Fish (1731- )
Mary Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Apr 1799 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism: 5 May 1799
Death: 30 Jul 1895 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Willard Sears (1759-1852) 2
Mother: Hannah Sears (1766-1843) 3
Mary Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Apr 1750
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Willard Sears (1714-1765)
Mother: Susannah Howes (1720-1763)
Mary Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Aug 1718 - Harwich, Massachusetts 4
Baptism: 17 Aug 1718 - First Parish Church, Harwich
Death: Bef 20 Oct 1759 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Sears (1687-1726)
Mother: Ruth Merrick (1684-1766) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Joseph Snow (Est 1715 - 30 Apr 1761)
Marriage: 30 Nov 1738 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Joseph Snow (1740-1793)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Joseph Snow)
Children
Martha Snow
Joseph Snow
Isaac Snow
Mary Snow
Hannah Snow
Desire Snow
Sarah Snow
Mercy Snow
Sylvanus Snow
Ruth Snow
Nathan Snow b: 11 NOV 1743 in Eastham
Mary Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 4 Jun 1758 - Hardwick, Massachusetts 6
Death: 11 Apr 1770 - Hardwick, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Roland Sears (1711-1784) 7
Mother: Mary Freeman (1719-1784) 7
Mary Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 25 Aug 1728 - Harwich First Congregational
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Sears (1697-1754)
Mother: Mary Thatcher (Cir 1698-Cir 1761)
Mary Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Sep 1690 - (Boston, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death: 1741 - Boston, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Samuel Treat (Jul 1680 - 6 Oct 1734)
Marriage: 26 Jul 1721 - Boston, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Samuel Treat (1722-1766)
2. Robert Treat (1725-After 1766) 8
3. Mary Treat (Abt 1727- )
4. Sarah Treat (1730-Bef 1733)
Notes
General:
d/o Alexander Sears & Rebecca Staines 9
Mary Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Jan 1672 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: 7 Nov 1745 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Paul Sears (1638-1708) 7
Mother: Deborah Willard (1645-1721) 11
Spouses and Children
1. *Colonel John Knowles (10 Jul 1673 - 3 Nov 1757) 10
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Joshua Knowles (1696-1786) 12
2. Lieut. John Knowles (1698-1752) 13
3. Seth Knowles (1700-1752)
4. Paul Knowles (1702-Abt 1775) 14
5. James Knowles (1704-Abt 1732) 15
6. Jesse Knowles (1707- )
7. Mary Knowles (1708-1793)
8. Colonel Willard Knowles J.P. (1711-1786) 16
Mary Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1708 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1 Jan 1791 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain John Sears (1677-1738)
Mother: Priscilla Freeman (1686-1764)
Spouses and Children
1. *Ebenezer Paddock (18 Mar 1704 - 18 Oct 1767)
Marriage: 21 Oct 1725 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Priscilla Paddock (1728-1768)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Ebenezer Paddock)
Children, in Yarmouth
Ebenezer Paddock b: 12 JUL 1727
Ebenezer Paddock b: 15 FEB 1732
Josiah Paddock b: 09 MAY 1738
Mary Paddock b: 15 APR 1736
Mary Paddock b: 24 APR 1737
Mary Paddock b: 23 AUG 1739
Priscilla Paddock b: 10 OCT 1728
Seth Paddock b: 22 MAR 1734
Thankful Paddock b: 23 NOV 1730
Mary Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 12 Jul 1730 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Sears (1693-1738)
Mother: Elizabeth Hawes (1697-1749)
Notes
General:
died young
Mary Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Apr 1750 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Judah Sears (1699-1766)
Mother: Mary Paddock (1701- )
Mary Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Nov 1782 - Harwich, Massachusetts 17
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Reuben Sears (1753-1844)
Mother: Rhoda Mayo (Cir 1757-1784)
Spouses and Children
1. *Amos Kelley (1778 - )
Marriage: 5 Nov 1805 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Status:
Mary E Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1906 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Charles E Doherty (1905 - )
Marriage: 21 Aug 1930 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 18
Status:
Mary Pollard Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Jun 1860
Baptism:
Death: 29 May 1862
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Stephen Sears (1822- )
Mother: Henrietta Adelia Hull (Est 1826- )
Mehitable Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Sep 1750 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 19 May 1798 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Zechariah Sears (1706-1796)
Mother: Mehitable Crowell (1721-1760)
Mercy Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Jul 1781 - Winthrop, Maine
Baptism:
Death: 17 Dec 1843 - Knox, Maine
Burial: in Knox Ridge Cemetery 20
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Paul Sears (1744-1810)
Mother: Mercy Stevens (1753-1829) 20
Notes
General:
m John White
Mercy Sears
Sex: F
AKA: Marcy Sears
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Oct 1713 - Harwich, Massachusetts 21
Baptism:
Death: 25 Mar 1762 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death, , Yarmouth, Massachusetts in Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Samuel Sears (1687-1726)
Mother: Ruth Merrick (1684-1766) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Philip Howes (25 May 1705 - 28 Feb 1787)
Marriage: 10 Oct 1734 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Seth Howes (1738-1819)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Philip Howes)
Children
Mary HOWES b: 10 JUL 1735
Seth HOWES b: 03 FEB 1737
Mercy HOWES b: 28 DEC 1740
NN HOWES b: 08 JUL 1743
Ruth HOWES b: 15 APR 1744
Desire HOWES b: MAR 1747
The death dates for Philip and Mercy vary widely, and conflict with the probate dates.
Mercy Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Aug 1737 - Eastham, Massachusetts 22
Baptism:
Death: in Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Josiah Sears (1708-1772) 23
Mother: Azubah Knowles (1714-1762) 23
Spouses and Children
1. *Archelous Harding (31 May 1740 - 11 Mar 1829)
Marriage: 23 Nov 1769 - Eastham, Massachusetts 24
Status:
Children:
1. Mercy Sears Harding (1770-1843)
2. Azubah Harding (1772- )
3. Archelous Harding (1774-1859)
4. Sears Harding (1776- )
5. Deacon Samuel Harding (1778-1855)
6. Lucy Harding (1782- )
7. Knowles Harding (Est 1783-1826)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Archelous Harding)
John, Archelaus, Joshua and Nathaniel Harding and their families moved to Mt. Desert, Maine. Archelaus later moved to Prospect, Maine.
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from Tina Gagnon:
Archelaus Harding was born May 31, 1740 in Eastham, Massachusetts. He was the son of John & Elizabeth (Young) Harding. On May 23, 1769 in Eastham he married Mercy Sears, who was born August 23, 1737 in Eastham, Massachusetts, the daughter of Josiah & Azuba (Knowles) Sears. Archelaus served in the Revolutionary War in Captain Joshua Higgin's eleventh (third Easton) company; second Barnstable company, regiment of Massachusetts militia. On April 20, 1776 he was chosen from the regiment to be commissioned as a Lieutenant. For his service in the Revolution, Archelaus was given the choice of $20 or 100 acres of land on the Penobscot River in Prospect, Maine. In 1787, Archelaus and Mercy packed up their six children; Mercy, Azuba, Archelaus, Sears, Samuel and Lucy, and moved north. Archelaus and Mercy settled down and built a house. The children grew up, got married and settled nearby to have families of their own. Many years later, Archelaus turned into a colorful soul...
According to family lore, Archelaus "Archie" Harding, was an old man of unsound mind who belonged in Prospect, where he had become a Freewill Baptist preacher. Archie was a familiar sight in Belfast. He wore a long white beard down to his waist and was given to kneeling right in the street and mud whenever moved to prayer. Ignorant people regarded him as a prophet or as one gifted with 'second sight' because he was said to have foretold the death of several persons. Whenever derided, he would pronounce an anathema which even the most thoughtless feared. In March of 1829, Archelaus, to prove his devotion, thought he could fast for forty days and forty nights but found he couldn't and it caused his death. During Archelaus' life he lived in two countries; The English Colonies & The United States, two states; Massachusetts & Maine, four counties; Barnstable, York, Hancock & Waldo, four towns; Eastham, Waldo Patent B, Frankfort & Prospect, all with only moving once. He lived long enough to see the birth of six children, twenty-four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The original family lands are still owned by Archelaus' descendants. The lands contain two family homes, a family cemetery and a spring called "Old Archie". Archelaus and Mercy are buried in the Harding family cemetery on Bowden Point Road in Prospect, Maine.
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Mercy Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Jul 1716 - Chatham, Massachusetts 26
Baptism:
Death: 23 Dec 1765 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Rider farm, Chatham
Cause of Death: smallpox
Parents
Father: Captain Daniel Sears (Abt 1682-1756)
Mother: Sarah Howes (1685-1748)
Spouses and Children
1. *Stephen Rider (1718 - 18 Jan 1766)
Marriage: Est 1740 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Jerusha Ryder (1740-1766)
2. Mercy Rider (1743-1766)
3. Stephen Rider (1745- )
4. Experience Rider (1747- )
5. Richard Rider (1749- )
6. David Rider (1752- ) 27
7. Simeon Ryder (1755-1815)
Notes
General:
stoneMarriage Notes (Stephen Rider)
In Memory of
Mrs Marcy Rider
ye wife of Mr
Stephen Rider
She Died with ye Small
Pox Dece'mr 24th 1765 in
ye 49th Year of her Age 28
"All of [their] ten children except Simeon died in 1765-6 of small-pox, imported in a package of clothing, sent from the West Indies, and washed in the house. Another account says the disease originated in the family of Dea. Paul Crowell, a wealthy citizen who lived near Ryder's Mill; in all 65 persons took the infection; the town expended £ 901 7 0, besides individual contributions. Mr Ryder, his wife and ten children were stricken down with the disease at once. At that early day the science of medicine was comparatively in its infancy: but few of the doctors knew anything practically about the malady. The two resident doctors died of the disease; finally a physician was brought from Boston to see the family, who pronounced the disease to be small-pox, of the most virulent and malignant type. The father, mother and nine children died of the foul disease. Simeon, a child of eleven years, was the only survivor, and the only heir of a large landed property. The bodies were buried on the farm, in a row of eleven mounds, where they remain to this day, an object of sad curiosity to the passer by. There were buried in this spot, in all about twenty, connected with the family. A sister of Mrs Ryder, Rebecca Howes, died of the disease; also Nehemiah Doane, who m. Hope Sears. Simeon Ryder, the surviving child, was born in 1755; he lived and died on the place he inherited. " amidon
Mercy Sears
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Feb 1702 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 29
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Paul Sears (1669-1740) 11
Mother: Mercy Freeman (1674-1747) 30
Spouses and Children
1. *Joseph Blackmer (4 Sep 1697 - )
Marriage: 9 Jan 1725
Status:
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