1. | James Sears was born on 24 Mar 1778 in South East, Dutchess Co, New York (son of Thomas Sears and Deborah Baldwin); died on 28 Feb 1857 in Tyre, Seneca Co, New York. Other Events and Attributes:
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. James married Mehitable Sherwood on 19 Nov 1797 in Probably South East New York. Mehitable (daughter of Jehiel Sherwood and Sarah Squire) was born about Nov 1780 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut; died on 12 Mar 1826 in Wayne County, New York; was buried about 14 Mar 1826 in Hunt's Corners (Briggs Cemetery), Wayne Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | ![]() Notes: The following are extractions from various sources, especially from letters received by Hubert Andrew Arnold (HAA) when he hired professional genealogists in the early 1960s to investigate the Seases and Sherwoods of South East, New York Thomas married Deborah Baldwin on 9 Sep 1767. Deborah (daughter of Thomas Baldwin and Deborah Paddock) was born on 23 Nov 1749 in Mansfield, Windham Co, Connecticut; died on 13 Sep 1828 in South East, Dutchess Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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4. | James Sears was born on 30 Mar 1704 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts; was christened on 17 Sep 1704 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts (son of Silas Sears and Sarah Crosby); died on 17 Mar 1791 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut. 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 James married Desire Tobey on 28 May 1730 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. Desire (daughter of Thomas Tobey and Rebeckah Knowles) was born about 1707 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts; died on 28 Jul 1781 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Desire Tobey was born about 1707 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts (daughter of Thomas Tobey and Rebeckah Knowles); died on 28 Jul 1781 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut. Notes: Married:
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6. | Thomas Baldwin was born on 22 Feb 1723/24 in Billerica, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts (son of Thomas Baldwin and Dorothy Kidder); died about 1794 in New York. Thomas married Deborah Paddock on 16 Mar 1747/48 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. Deborah was born on 10 Oct 1727 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Deborah Paddock was born on 10 Oct 1727 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts; and died.
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8. | Silas Sears was born about 1661 in Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony (son of Silas Sears and Anna Bursell); died about 1732 in Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. 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 Silas married Sarah Crosby about 1692 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Crosby and Sarah (wife of Thomas Crosby) [?]) was born on 24 Mar 1666/67 in Eastham, New Plymouth Colony; died on 20 Mar 1705/06 in Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Sarah Crosby was born on 24 Mar 1666/67 in Eastham, New Plymouth Colony (daughter of Thomas Crosby and Sarah (wife of Thomas Crosby) [?]); died on 20 Mar 1705/06 in Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. Notes: Eastham In November of 1620 a hunting expedition from the Mayflower landed in the area on Cape Cod that became known as Eastham. This led to the "First Encounter": the Pilgrims and the local Nauset Native American tribe. However, the area, then known as Nauset, would not be settled by Europeans until 1644. By that time the settlers had become disenchanted with Plymouth with William Bradford writing of "the straightness and barrenness of the land" and commenting on the desire of many colonists to find a better location. A committee of seven freemen, led by Thomas Prence, was sent to evaluate Nauset and it was determined it was too small and remote to accommodate the entire population of Plymouth. Nonetheless, those seven men and their families, 49 hardy souls in all, remained and formed the new settlement with a strip by the harbor at the east side reserved for the Nausets to grow corn. Nauset continued as a settlement until 1646, when the General Court of Plymouth incorporated it as a town. The name of the town was changed to Eastham in 1661. Notes: Married:
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10. | Thomas Tobey was born on 2 Feb 1675/76 in Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony; died on 28 Feb 1757 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts; was buried about Feb 1757 in Dennis Village Cemetery, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. Notes: In agreement with the Tobey Genealogy, I have designated Thomas Tobey, father of Desire Tobey, to be the third but note, his Findagrave memorial and possibly his gravestone designate him as Junior. Thomas married Rebeckah Knowles on 18 Nov 1700 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. Rebeckah was born on 2 Mar 1674/75 in Eastham, New Plymouth Colony; died on 4 Mar 1758 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts; was buried about Mar 1758 in Woodside Cemetery, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Rebeckah Knowles was born on 2 Mar 1674/75 in Eastham, New Plymouth Colony; died on 4 Mar 1758 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts; was buried about Mar 1758 in Woodside Cemetery, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts.
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12. | Thomas Baldwin was born on 3 Mar 1695/96 in Billerica, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts (son of John Baldwin and Sarah Heywood); died on 23 Feb 1749/50 in Mansfield, Tolland Co, Connecticut. Thomas married Dorothy KidderBillerica, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts. Dorothy (daughter of Ephriam Kidder and Rachel Crosby) was born on 2 Sep 1696 in Medford, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; died before 1796. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Dorothy Kidder was born on 2 Sep 1696 in Medford, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts (daughter of Ephriam Kidder and Rachel Crosby); died before 1796. Other Events and Attributes:
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