1. | Sarah 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. 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. Sarah married Silas Sears about 1692 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. Silas (son of Silas Sears and Anna Bursell) was born about 1661 in Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony; died about 1732 in Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | James Sears ![]() 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]
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3. | ![]() ![]() 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. | Living ![]() Notes: Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Eli Sears ![]() Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Thomas Baldwin Sears ![]() Thomas married Sarah Betsy Lewis on 2 Dec 1789 in South East, Dutchess Co, New York. Sarah was born about 1778 in Probably New York State; died on 12 Oct 1858 in South East, Dutchess Co, New York; was buried in Old Southeast Church Cemetery, Dutchess Co, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Elizabeth Sears ![]() |
8. | James Sears ![]() 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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9. | ![]() ![]() Notes: v32 p213-215 (1901) "The Church of East Philippi" The history of this old church, the annals of which have just been phblished in the Record runs back to 1743 when Rev Elisha Kent was installed the first pastor by the "Fairfield East Association." At that time, the adjoining parishes in the South Ward of Dutchess County (now Putman county) N.Y. since known as Southeast and Carmel, were distinguished as East and West Philippi, being situated in the southeast part of the Highland Patent of the Philipse Family... ...The Old Sears' Burying Ground, so called because it lies adjacent to the farm and homestead of the late Archibald Sears, was given by Frederick Philipse for burial purposes. Here lie the early settlers: Crosbys, Sears, Paddocks, Fosters, Banfs, Gage, and Halls, all among those who planted this little colony in "N.Y. Province". Family/Spouse: Polly Sellick. Polly was born on 2 Jul 1798; died on 26 May 1868 in South East, Dutchess Co, New York; was buried in Old Southeast Church Cemetery, Dutchess Co, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
10. | Sophia C. Sears ![]() Sophia married Archibald Young on 28 Apr 1801. Archibald and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Isaac Sears ![]() |
12. | Deborah Sears ![]() Deborah married [?] Craft on 25 Dec 1805. [?] and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: [?] Ludington. [?] and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Sally B. Sears ![]() |
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