1. | Eli Sears was born about 1800 in South East, Dutchess Co, New York (son of James Sears and Mehitable Sherwood); died on 12 Jun 1854 in Carroll Twp, Chataqua Co, New York. Notes: The Descendants of Richard Sares lists the first child of James Sears as Archibald and the second as James. Eli married Harriet Powers on 3 Feb 1821 in Probably New York State. Harriet died on 3 Apr 1822. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Eli married Roxanna Bivins on 15 Mar 1825 in Probably New York State. Roxanna died on 1 Nov 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
Eli married Minerva Gardner on 3 Feb 1833. Minerva died on 4 Sep 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | 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] |
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Notes: Mehitable/Mabel Sherwood was the daughter of Jehiel Sherwood. She was born about November 1780. The first solid reference to "Mehitable" wife of James Sears, appears on the 1826 gravestone at Hunt's Corners, Wayne Co, New York. Previous references to the wife of James Sears had her name as "Mabel" Sherwood. Is the "Mabel" of South East, New York the "Mehitable", wife of James Sears, at Hunt's Corners? Circumstantially, it is convincing but no specific documentation exists to verify that Mehitable/Mabel Sherwood was the daughter of Jehiel Sherwood. She died 12 Mar 1826 in Wayne County NY aged 45 years and this inscription on Mehitable's gravestone was what I used to arrive at a birth date of approximately Nov 1780. The central problem with Mehitable is that in a Fairfield Church journal of families (not kept in real time), a list of Jehiel Sherwood's family members does not contain either Abigail or Mehitable. This has caused over a century of consternation even leading 19th century DAR applicants to falsify records (in the New York City Public Library) to enable the inclusion of these two children. In fact, Hezakiah Sherwood's name was erased from the Fairfield Church list in order to get Abigail's name in there. There's no justification for doing this. I am able to "fit" birthdates for all without erasing anyone. The burnng of Fairfield by the British in 1779 could well have prevented the recording of Abigail and Mehitable Sherwood's births. From Wikipedia: "On the morning of July 7, 1779, approximately 2,000 enemy troops landed on Fairfield Beach near Pine Creek Point and proceeded to invade the town. When they left the following evening, the entire town lay in ruins, burned to the ground as punishment for Fairfield's support of the rebel cause. Ten years later, President George Washington noted after traveling through Fairfield, that "the destructive evidences of British cruelty are yet visible both in Norwalk and Fairfield; as there are the chimneys of many burnt houses standing in them yet."
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4. | ![]() 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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6. | ![]() Notes: DAR Patriot: Connecticut, Ensign, 9th Co, 4th Regt, Jan 1780 Jehiel married Sarah Squire on 5 Oct 1763 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Squire and Abigail Osborn) was born on 23 Jan 1746/47 in Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 6 May 1793 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Sarah Squire was born on 23 Jan 1746/47 in Fairfield County, Connecticut (daughter of Daniel Squire and Abigail Osborn); died on 6 May 1793 in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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8. | 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] |
9. | 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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10. | 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] |
11. | Deborah Paddock was born on 10 Oct 1727 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts; and died.
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12. | ![]() Joseph married Sarah Osborn on 17 Feb 1730/31 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of David Osborn and Dorothy Bulkeley) was christened about Jun 1711 in Fairfield County, Connecticut; died after 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Sarah Osborn was christened about Jun 1711 in Fairfield County, Connecticut (daughter of David Osborn and Dorothy Bulkeley); died after 1793. Notes: On 19 Dec 1793, Sarah Sherwood, widow, and Eleazer, Joseph, Jehiel, David, and Reuben Sherwood, all of Fairfield, and Grace Hull, widow, of Weston, and Gershom Osborn and Grizzel his wife of Fairfield, conveyed to Abel Sherwood of Weston land set to the widow of Joesph Sherwood deceased, the aforesaid Sarah Sherwood reserving life use of the same. - The Bulkeley Genealogy
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14. | Daniel Squire was born about 1722 in Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 17 Jun 1755 in Greenfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut. Daniel married Abigail Osborn about Sep 1746 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut. Abigail was born in Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 12 Sep 1815 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Abigail Osborn was born in Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 12 Sep 1815 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut.
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