James Sears

1704 - 1791  (86 years)

• Name	James Sears  [1]
  Birth	30 Mar 1704	Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Christening	17 Sep 1704	Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Mar 1791	Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut   [1, 4]
  Person ID	I478	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Silas Sears,   b. Abt 1661, Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony d. Abt 1732, Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Sarah Crosby,   b. 24 Mar 1666/67, Eastham, New Plymouth Colony d. 20 Mar 1705/06, Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1692	Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts   [5, 6, 7]
  	On 02 Jun 1685 Barnstable County was created as one of three original counties in New Plymouth Colony (also Bristol and Plymouth).
  Family ID	F174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Desire Tobey,   b. Abt 1707, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts d. 28 Jul 1781, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut (Age ~ 74 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1730	Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts   [8]
  	Marriage intention: James Sears & Desiar Toby were published march ye 14 1729/30.
  Children	1. Thomas Sears,   b. 30 Apr 1745, Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts d. 26 Apr 1804, South East, Dutchess Co, New York (Age 58 years)   2. Living
  Family ID	F173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Oscar Weed, who lives in the old Sears homestead at Mill Plains Connecticut has a deed dated July 10, 1739, from Robert Hebard, Jr and Ruth, his wife, of the town and county of Windham Ct to James Sears, late of Yarmouth, county Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay, of a tract of land in Windham, near the Shautucket river, containing 52 acres, the consideration being [9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S320] Samuel P. May, Sares main, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany NY, 1890), pp98-99 (Reliability: 3). [S592] Holbrook, Jay Mack, MVR, (Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). ), Ancient page mounted on new page 44 (Reliability: 3). [S320] Samuel P. May, Sares main, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany NY, 1890), p65 by "Communion of Churches" (Reliability: 0). [S626] Connecticut State Library 1967, Conn church, p14 of the index, p6 of the original record; Ridgebury Church Records (Reliability: 3). Ridgebury Church, Ridgefield Conn record; "Sears, James d. Mar 17, 1791 age 87y". [S320] Samuel P. May, Sares main, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany NY, 1890), p64-65 (Reliability: 3). [S387] NYGBR, v LXXI, pp232-235 (Reliability: 3). [S475] Godfrey Memorial Library, AGBI. [S592] Holbrook, Jay Mack, MVR, (Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). ), Yarmouth, Town Records 1670-1773, Vol 3, p40 (Reliability: 3). "James Sears & deziar toby was marriad may ye 28th 1730 by jd Smith" [S320] Samuel P. May, Sares main, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany NY, 1890), p99 (Reliability: 3).