Richard SEARS

Richard SEARS

Male 1590 - 1676  (86 years)

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  1. 1.  Richard SEARS was born in 1590 in Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS; died on 26 Aug 1676 in Plymouth Colony, MA.

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    Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation
    The first edition of the Sears genealogy gave what purported to be the English ancestry of the family, but the second edition by Samuel P. May , in 1890 , shows that the ancestry was conjectural and erroneous. The parentage and ancestry of Richard Sears , American immigrant, have yet to be established. The surname spelled Sares , Seares , Sayer , Seers and Seir , in this country, and many other variations in England are to be found in the records. The surnames Sawyer and Sayer furnish almost identical variations in spelling and make the work of the genealogist very difficult. There is a belief in the family that the Sears family is of Norman origin. The eastern parishes of London and vicinity had many families of this name about 1600 . The name is common in the islands of Guernsey and Jersey , from which many emigrants came with the early settlers at Marblehead and vicinity. (I) Richard Sears , immigrant ancestor, was a taxpayer in Plymouth colony as early as 1632 . He removed to Marblehead , where he was a landowner in 1637 , but returned to the Plymouth colony about 1638 , and settled at Yarmouth . He took the freeman's oath June 7, 1653 . Commissioners were appointed to meet at his house, on Indian affairs, October 26, 1647 . He was one of the settlers and founders of Yarmouth . He was buried August 26, 1676 . His widow Dorothy was buried March 19, 1678-79 . Children: Silas , died at Yarmouth , January 13, 1697-98 ; Paul , born 1637-38 , mentioned below; Deborah , born at Yarmouth , September, 1639 , died August 17, 1732 .

    Richard married Dorothy JONES about 1637. Dorothy was born in 1603 in Dinder, Somerset, ENGLAND; died on 19 Mar 1678 in Plymouth Colony, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Silas SEARS was born in 1637 in Marblehead, Essex, MA; died on 13 Jan 1697 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA.
    2. Paul SEARS was born in 1638 in Marblehead, Essex, MA; died on 20 Feb 1708 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA.
    3. Deborah SEARS was born in Sep 1639 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA; died on 17 Aug 1732 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA.

Generation: 2