Silas Sears

Abt 1641 - 1697  (~ 56 years)

• Name	Silas Sears  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1641	Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _TODO	Open
  	SE 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 32, 37, 38, 40, 43, 44 (evidence for Mehitable, dau of Jehiel?), census data, 54 (Savage), 61, 67 (back, DAR)
  Death	13 Jan 1696/97	Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I482	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	5 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Richard Sares,   b. Abt May 1595, Probably England d. 5 Sep 1676, Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony (Age ~ 81 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Jones,   b. Abt 1603, Dinder, Somersetshire, England bur. 19 Mar 1678/79, Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony (Age ~ 76 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1637	Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony   [3]
  Family ID	F176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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   [4]
  Children	1. Silas Sears,   b. Abt 1661, Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony d. Abt 1732, Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 71 years)
  Family ID	F175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Lt Silas Sears' birthdate is not given in Sares (May) but elder brother Paul's birth year is 1637-8 (p32) and sister Deborah was b. Sep 1639 in Yarmouth. Lient. Silas Sears lived in that part of Yarmouth known as the East precinct, now East Dennis; he was "propounded to take up Freedom" June 6, 1682; com(missioned) Ensign, Oct. 28, 1681; Lieut. July 7, 1682; chosen Representative to the General Court at Plymouth, 1685-91; Selectman, 1680-94; and Juryman, 1680-82. 25 Dec 1689 "Silace Sears and others fined 20(s) for not appearing and attending at Court or disorderly departing therefrom; ' \emdash fines remitted later' it being first offense of the kind." 1694, "Lt Silas Sears was on a Com(mittee) to seat men, women, and others in the meetinghouse" (an onerous duty in those day). 1 Nov 1676, Emott Bursell and Silas Sears appointed administrators of the Estate of James Bursell of Yarmouth. [Strong circumstantial evidence that his wife's surname was Bursell]. He left no will so letters of administration were granted to his widow Anna, May 1, 1698. The settlement of his estate was made May 5, 1698...mentions sons Silas, Richard, Joseph and Josiah; and daughters, Hannah, Elizabeth, and Dorrity. [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. [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S320] Samuel P. May, Sares main, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany NY, 1890), p48-52 (Reliability: 3). [S320] Samuel P. May, Sares main, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany NY, 1890), p32 (Reliability: 3). [S670] AmGenealogist, (Held by NEHGS), Jones surname found here (Reliability: 3). [S627] Torrey, Clarence Almon, Sanborn, Melinde Lutz (supplements), NE Marriages, (Database and images. Ancestry. https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3824, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012. ). [S534] Website, http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/MA_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies (Reliability: 3).