Silas Sears

Abt 1661 - Abt 1732  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Silas Sears  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1661	Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1732	Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I480	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	12 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Silas Sears,   b. Abt 1641, Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony d. 13 Jan 1696/97, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Anna Bursell,   b. Abt 1642, Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony d. 4 Mar 1725/26, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 84 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1659	Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony   [3]
  Family ID	F175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	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   [1, 4, 5]
  	On 02 Jun 1685 Barnstable County was created as one of three original counties in New Plymouth Colony (also Bristol and Plymouth).
  Children	1. James Sears,   b. 30 Mar 1704, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts d. 17 Mar 1791, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth O'Killy,   b. Abt 1672   d. Abt 1732 (Age ~ 60 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1707	Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Silas Sears, Yeoman, resided in the East precinct of Yarmouth, now Dennis, and was a prominent man there. His will, dated July 28, 1727, "in ill health", was proved Nov 29, 1732, by Judah Paddock and Eleazar Sears, Exec and was witnessed by Peter Thacher, Joseph Hall, and Edward Sturges. He left real estate valued at [1] (Research): On 13 Jan 1630 (NS) The Council for New England (chartered to establish colonies between 40 degrees and 48 degrees north latitude) issued a new land patent (the "Old Charter") that granted land title and trading rights, but no powers of government, to New Plymouth Colony for the area east of Narragansett Bay and south of a line from the Pawtucket (now Blackstone) River to the mouth of the Cohasset River. New Plymouth Colony included part of present Rhode Island. On 8 Jul 1663 New Plymouth Colony lost territory when King Charles II granted Rhode Island a charter as a self-governing corporate colony. New Plymouth Colony still included part of present Rhode Island. On 02 Jun 1685 New Plymouth Colony created three original counties: Barnstable, Bristol, and Plymouth to cover all non-county area in New Plymouth. On 07 Oct 1691 Barnstable continued under the new Massachusetts Bay provincial charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II; Massachusetts Bay absorbed New Plymouth Colony. [8]

  
  

• Sources

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