Thomas Sears

1745 - 1804  (58 years)

• Name	Thomas Sears  [1]
  Birth	30 Apr 1745	Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Abt 1804	Old Southeast Church Cemetery, Dutchess Co, NY   [2, 3]
  Death	26 Apr 1804	South East, Dutchess Co, New York   [1, 2, 4]
  Person ID	I476	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	James Sears,   b. 30 Mar 1704, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts d. 17 Mar 1791, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut (Age 86 years)
  Mother	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   [5]
  	Marriage intention: James Sears & Desiar Toby were published march ye 14 1729/30.
  Family ID	F173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deborah Baldwin,   b. 23 Nov 1749, Mansfield, Windham Co, Connecticut d. 13 Sep 1828, South East, Dutchess Co, New York (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	9 Sep 1767  [6]
  Children	1. Eli Sears,   b. 16 Oct 1768, South East, Dutchess Co, New York d. Yes, date unknown   2. Thomas Baldwin Sears,   b. 21 Feb 1773, South East, Dutchess Co, New York d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elizabeth Sears,   b. 3 Sep 1775, South East, Dutchess Co, New York d. 23 Sep 1790, South East, Dutchess Co, New York (Age 15 years)   4. James Sears,   b. 24 Mar 1778, South East, Dutchess Co, New York d. 28 Feb 1857, Tyre, Seneca Co, New York (Age 78 years)   5. Archibald Sears,   b. 8 Aug 1780, South East, Dutchess Co, New York d. 27 Oct 1864, South East, Dutchess Co, New York (Age 84 years)   6. Sophia C. Sears,   b. 12 May 1784, South East, Dutchess Co, New York d. 12 Apr 1869 (Age 84 years)   7. Isaac Sears,   b. 23 Jul 1786, South East, Dutchess Co, New York d. Yes, date unknown   8. Deborah Sears,   b. 18 Oct 1789, South East, Dutchess Co, New York d. Yes, date unknown   9. Sally B. Sears,   b. 26 Jun 1792, South East, Dutchess Co, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F172	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2007

  
  

• Photos

  Thomas Sears_d 1804.jpg

  
  

• 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 Sears, Capt Higgins' company, Dutchess Co NY militia - NARA Roll 2145 Thomas Sears was a captain in the Revolutionary Army, and after the peace settled in South East, Putnam [then Dutchess] County, N.Y. on land which he bought of the government, and on which his descendants still live. He was a prominent church member and trustee during many years. - Nelson Sears Journal, 1895 B Book of Wills, page 444, will dated 24 Apr 1804 To wife Deborah, one thid of the increase and profit of real estate and 1/4 from the personal estate, horse, saddle, bridle and all the furniture To son Archibald Sears $250 over and above and to have also an equal share with the rest of my sons; Thomas Baldwin Sears, Samuel Sears, and Isaac; to two grandsons, issue of son Eli, deceased, named Thomas and David, $40 each...his sons to have a double share, daughters (not named) a single share. Sons Thomas and Archibald executors to receive a reasonable compensation for their trouble in settling the estate. - Margaret H. Talbot (MHT) to HAA May 3, 1961 (no son James mentioned) A letter from Clifford M. Buck to HAA dated April 27, 1960: "Looking over B 444 carefully I find James is there inserted above the line after the name of Thomas Baldwin Sears and before Isaac Sears very similar to the way Baldwin is inserted in third line from bottom...".Why, then, did MHT not find the inserted names when she examined page 444 of the B Book of Wills in May of 1961 about one year later? In a letter Luedemann to Wasilik (who hired Luedemann in the early 1990s to study the Searses and Sherwoods as did HAA in the 1960s) dated 18 Jun 1991, Luedemann has examined the same book of wills page 444 (as did MHT) and found the following: "I Thomas Sears of Southeast, County of Dutchess...24 April 1804...dear wife Deborah Sears, son Archibald Sears, son Thomas Baldwin Sears, son James Sears, son Isaac Sears..." (what happened to Samuel Sears?) [7]

  
  

• Sources

  [S320] Samuel P. May, Sares main, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany NY, 1890), 28 Jul 2005, p. 178 (Reliability: 4). [S389] Janet Wethy Foley, Foley - NY Settlers, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), p474 (Reliability: 3). [S566] Find A Grave website founder Jim Tipton, Findagrave, Gravestone picture FAG memorial id 16829284 in Old Southeast Church Cem, Brewster Hill, Putnam Co, NY (Reliability: 3). [S387] NYGBR, v33 , p139 (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). ), 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), p178 (Reliability: 3). [S388] Thomas Sears will, p444 (Reliability: 3).