Paul SEARS

1638 - 1708  (70 years)

• Birth	1638	Marblehead, Essex, MA   [1]
  Note	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 II) Captain Paul , son of Richard Sears , was born probably at Marblehead, Massachusetts , in 1637-38 , after February 20 , and died at Yarmouth , February 20, 1707-08 . He took the oath of fidelity in 1657 . He was captain of the militia at Yarmouth , and was in the Narragansett war. He was one of the original proprietors of Harwich , which was laid out between Bound Brook and Stony Brook as Wing's Purchase. He married, at Yarmouth , in 1658 , Deborah Willard , baptized at Scituate , September 14, 1645 , died May 13, 1721 , daughter of George Willard . Her mother was probably Dorothy Dunster . Children: Mercy , born July 3, 1659 ; Bethia , January 3, 1661-62 , died July 5, 1684 ; Samuel , January, 1663-64 , mentioned below; Daughter, 1666 , perhaps Lydia , who married Eleazer Hamblin ; Paul , June 15, 1669 ; -, October 24, 1672 , probably Mary , who married Colonel John Knowles ; 716a 717 Ann , March 27, 1675 , died November 14, 1745 ; John , 1677-78 , died May 24, 1718 , Daniel , 1682-83 , died August 10, 1756 .
  Death	20 Feb 1708	Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA   [1]

  
  

  Father	Richard SEARS,   b. 1590, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS d. 26 Aug 1676, Plymouth Colony, MA (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Dorothy JONES,   b. 1603, Dinder, Somerset, ENGLAND d. 19 Mar 1678, Plymouth Colony, MA (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F3990	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deborah WILLARD,   b. 14 Aug 1645, Scituate, Plymouth Colony, MA d. 13 May 1721, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1658	Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA   [1]
  Children	1. Bethia SEARS,   b. 3 Jan 1662, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA d. 5 Jul 1724, Chatham, Barnstable, MA (Age 62 years)   2. Samuel SEARS,   b. Jan 1664, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA d. 8 Jan 1742, West Brewster, Barnstable, MA (Age 78 years)   3. Lydia SEARS,   b. 24 Oct 1666, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA d. 1748, Harwich, Barnstable, MA (Age 81 years)   4. Paul SEARS,   b. 15 Jun 1669, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA d. 17 Feb 1740, West Brewster, Barnstable, MA (Age 70 years)   5. Mary SEARS,   b. 24 Oct 1672, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA d. 7 Nov 1745, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA (Age 73 years)   6. Ann SEARS,   b. 27 Mar 1675, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA d. 14 Nov 1745, Truro, Barnstable, MA (Age 70 years)   7. John SEARS,   b. Abt 1677, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA   8. Richard SEARS,   b. 1680, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA d. 24 May 1718, Chatham, Barnstable, MA (Age 38 years)   9. Daniel SEARS,   b. 1682, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA d. 10 Aug 1756, Chatham, Barnstable, MA (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F3980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1638 - Marblehead, Essex, MA Marriage - 1658 - Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA Death - 20 Feb 1708 - Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S475] Robert M. Wells Genealogy Project, 475. [S296] Cutter, William Richard, History of Connecticut, (Lewis Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1911), 296.