Some Descendants of Capt. Daniel Sears (Paul, Richard) and Sarah Howes of Chatham

  1. Rebecca Sears was born on 19 Mar 1710 in Chatham. [MVRC, 4;201, d. Daniel and Sarah][HHP, pp. 1567-8][DRSY, p. 60] She died of smallpox on 9 Dec 1765, age 55, in Chatham. [HHP, pp. 1567-8][DRSY, p. 60] She married Thomas Howes. [HHP, pp. 1567-8][DRSY, p. 60]
  2. Capt. Daniel Sears was born on 1 Jun 1712 in Chatham. [MVRC, 4;201, s. Daniel and Sarah][DRSY, p. 60] Capt. Daniel Sears died on 10 Feb 1761, age 49, in Chatham. [OBGC, 8;239][DRSY, p. 96] He is buried in the Oldest Burying Ground in Chatham. [OBGC, 8;239] He married Fear Freeman. [OBGC, 8;239] Fear was the daughter of Benjamin and Temperance (Dimmick) of Harwich. [DRSY, p. 96] She was born on 23 Mar 1721/2. [DRSY, p. 96] She died in 1808 in Boston, age 86. [DRSY, p. 96] She married second as his second wife Samuel Ballard of Boston on 1 Nov 1763. [DRSY, p. 96]
    Daniel lived in Chatham. [DRSY, p. 96] He was coroner in 1751. [DRSY, p. 96] He was town treasurer and town clerk 1733 to 1754. [DRSY, p. 96] He was a selectman in 1756 and 1757. [DRSY, p. 96] He was judged "non compos" on 10 Feb 1758 and his wife Fear was appointed his guardian. [DRSY, p. 96]
  3. Sarah Sears was born 11 Apr 1714 in Chatham. [MVRC, 4;201, d. Daniel and Sarah][DRSY, p. 60] She died on 30 Apr 1741. [DRSY, p. 60] She married Joshua Atkins on 1 Aug 1734. [DRSY, p. 60] He married second Mary Doane after 1751, when they published their intention. [DRSY, p. 60]
  4. Mercy Sears was born 17 Jul 1716 in Chatham. [MVRC, 4;201, d. Daniel and Sarah][DRSY, p. 61] She died on 23 Dec 1765. [DRSY, p. 61] She married Stephen Ryder. [DRSY, p. 61] He died on 18 Jan 1766. [DRSY, p. 61]
    Mercy, Stephen and nine of their ten children died of small pox, imported in a package of clothing sent from the West Indies and washed in their house. [DRSY, p. 61]
  5. Richard Sears was born 26 Apr 1718 in Chatham. [MVRC, 4;201, s. Daniel and Sarah][DRSY, p. 61] He died in 1746. [DRSY, p. 61]
  6. David Sears was born 21 Apr 1720 in Chatham. [MVRC, 4;201, s. Daniel and Sarah][DRSY, p. 61] He died in 1746. [DRSY, p. 61]
    Richard and David were mariners and they probably died on a voyage. [DRSY, p. 61]
  7. Deborah Sears was born on 13 Oct 1722 in Chatham. [SWAE, 47;126][MVRC, 4;202, d. Daniel and Sarah][DRSY, p. 63] She died on 6 Jan 1796, age 74. [RMSM, 3;1334][SWAE, 47;126][DRSY, p. 63] She is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Chatham. [SWAE, 47;126] She married Joseph Atwood [SWAE, 47;126] after 14 Apr 1742 (int.) [NENS, p. 9]
    Click here to see a photo of her grave on the Findagrave website.

References

MVRC Bowman, George Ernest, "Vital Records of Chatham," Mayflower Descendant 4, 1902, 182-185, 198-202; 5, 1903, 141-143, 120-122, 7, 1905, 137-142; 9, 1907, 33-34, 180; 12, 1910, 217-218; 13, 1911, 27-31; 15, 1913, 132.
NENS Crowell, Fred E., New Englanders in Nova Scotia, Manuscript R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.
HHP

Cutter, William Richard, Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, V. 4, New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1908.
OBGC Linnell, Arthur E., "Gravestone Records in the Oldest Burying Ground in Chatham, Mass.," Mayflower Descendant 8, 1906, 236-239; 13, 1911, 76-79, 175-179.
RMSM No author, Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co., 1912.
SWAE Williams, Alicia Crane, "Stephen Wood alias Atwood of Eastham, Massachusetts," Mayflower Descendant 46, 1996, 131-136; 47, 1997, 33-40, 123-130.

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