James Sears^{[1, 2]}

1778 - 1857  (78 years)

• Name	James Sears  [3]
  Birth	24 Mar 1778	South East, Dutchess Co, New York   [3]
  Gender	Male
  _TODO	Open
  Death	28 Feb 1857	Tyre, Seneca Co, New York   [4]
  Person ID	I137	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Sears,   b. 30 Apr 1745, Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts d. 26 Apr 1804, South East, Dutchess Co, New York (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Deborah Baldwin,   b. 23 Nov 1749, Mansfield, Windham Co, Connecticut d. 13 Sep 1828, South East, Dutchess Co, New York (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	9 Sep 1767  [5]
  Family ID	F172	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mehitable Sherwood,   b. Abt Nov 1780, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut d. 12 Mar 1826, Wayne County, New York (Age ~ 45 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1797	Probably South East New York
  Children	1. Eli Sears,   b. Abt 1800, South East, Dutchess Co, New York d. 12 Jun 1854, Carroll Twp, Chataqua Co, New York (Age ~ 54 years)   2. Archibald Sears,   b. 23 Feb 1802, South East, Dutchess Co, New York d. 28 Oct 1893, Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois (Age 91 years)   3. Thomas Sears,   b. Probably South East New York d. Bef 1850, Grafton, Lorain Co, Ohio   4. Isaac W Sears,   b. 14 Oct 1813, Probably New York State d. 20 Mar 1895, Chatham Twp, Medina Co, Ohio (Age 81 years)   5. Caroline Sears,   b. Abt 1816, Dutchess County, New York d. 6 Apr 1859, Tyre, Seneca Co, New York (Age ~ 43 years)   6. Deborah Sears,   b. 15 Jun 1807, Probably New York State d. 6 Oct 1840, Savannah, Wayne Co, New York (Age 33 years)   7. Melanthe Sears,   b. Abt 1816, Probably New York State d. Abt 1870, Probably Wayne County, New York (Age ~ 54 years)   8. Sally Sears,   b. Abt 1815, Probably Wayne County, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2007

  
  

• Notes

  "James Sears was present in the probate of Jehiel Sherwood's estate" - taken from a letter to Hubert Andrew Arnold from a professional genealogist identified as "Box 480, Salt Point" (Salt Point is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It lies northeast of Poughkeepsie following New York Route 115, the Salt Point Turnpike). This statement is very important with respect to establishing circumstantial evidence that Mehitible Sherwood, James Sears' wife, was the daughter of Jehiel Sherwood.

  
  

• Sources

  [S389] Janet Wethy Foley, Foley - NY Settlers, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), Jan 1942 Vol VIII Nos. 7-8 (Reliability: 3). [S383] H Calkins, Jr (Ed.), Philippi Dismission, (The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol XXXII, No. 3, July 1901 ), p170 (Reliability: 3). [S320] Samuel P. May, Sares main, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany NY, 1890), 27 Jul 2005, p178, 279 (Reliability: 4). [S25] Helen L. Sears, Anne M. Sears and Barbara S. Sears, Helen Sears main, (Self-published paper by authors), p4 (Reliability: 3). [S320] Samuel P. May, Sares main, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany NY, 1890), p178 (Reliability: 3).