Richard SEARS

1590 - 1676  (86 years)

• Name	Richard SEARS
  Birth	1590	Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  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 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 .
  Death	26 Aug 1676	Plymouth Colony, MA   [1]
  Person ID	I17699	MM
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2006

  
  

  Family	Dorothy JONES,   b. 1603, Dinder, Somerset, ENGLAND d. 19 Mar 1678, Plymouth Colony, MA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1637  [1]
  Children	1. Silas SEARS,   b. 1637, Marblehead, Essex, MA d. 13 Jan 1697, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA (Age 60 years)   2. Paul SEARS,   b. 1638, Marblehead, Essex, MA d. 20 Feb 1708, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA (Age 70 years)   3. Deborah SEARS,   b. Sep 1639, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA d. 17 Aug 1732, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F3990	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1590 - Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS Death - 26 Aug 1676 - Plymouth Colony, 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.