Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 17 Apr 1675
• Probate: 25 May 1675

Notes:

Will:
Bequeathed to his only child, Sarah, at 16 years of age, the land on the north side of the Severn river, bequeathed to him by his father, Thomas Mears; 330 acres of Mears, Calver co., adjoining his brother-in-law John Homewood's Expectation, Calvert co., 300 acres in Transquakin, Eastern Shore; with reversion to his sister Sarah, wife of John Homewood. There were bequests to the child of his sister-in-law Eliza, wife of William Coale of West river; to his brother-in-law, Samuel Thomas, etc. The executors were Samuel Chew, Philip and Samuel Thomas, his brother-in-law, and Richard Johns.

John married Sarah THOMAS in 1672. Sarah (daughter of Philip THOMAS and Sarah HARRISON) was born before 1651 in ENGLAND; died in 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah MEARS was born on 4 Aug 1673.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: 25 May 1640, Norfolk Co., VA
• Emigration: 1 Dec 1649
• Land: 24 Aug 1665, Anne Arundel Co., MD
• Will: 16 May 1674, Anne Arundel Co., MD
• Probate: 9 Sep 1674, Anne Arundel Co., MD

Notes:

Note:
Thomas Mears was a member of the committee to build the church in Lower Norfolk Co., VA, 25 May 1640; and was appointed church warden of Elizabeth river parish 6 July 1640.

Emigration:
Thomas Mears was listed as pessenger, "a list of all adventurers from Virginia into Maryland on ye Discovery Voyage, Dec. 1, 1649. John Underhill, master."

Land:
Thomas Mears patented 24Aug1665, "Expectation," 40 acres in Anne Arundel Co., MD.

Will:
Excerpt of will of Thomas Mears, May 16, 1674 in Anne Arundel County, MD in which he "bequeath unto my cousin Christopher Rowles all my wearing clothes and one cow."
Ref. Wills Lib. 2 f. 3.

Thomas married Elizabeth FREEMAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]