Silas Sears

Some Descendants of Lieut. Silas Sears (Richard) and Anne Unknown of Yarmouth

Silas Sears was born in 1661 in Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 48] He died in 1732. [DRSY, p. 64] He is called the eldest son in the settlement of his father's estate on 5 May 1698. [ABPR, 32;165] He married first Sarah Crosby in 1692. [DRSY, p. 64] Sarah was the daughter or Rev. Thomas and Sarah Crosby. [DRSY, p. 64] Sarah, the wife of Silas, died on 20 Mar 1705/6 in Yarmouth. [MVRY] He married second Elizabeth Okilly on 1 May 1707 in Yarmouth. [MVRY][DRSY, p. 64] Elizabeth was the daughter of David and Jane Okilly of Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 64]
Richard Sears was about 1665 in Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 65] He died after 5 May 1698. [ABPR, 32;165] He married first Bathsheba Harlow of Plymouth on 21 Oct 1696 in Yarmouth. [MVRY][DRSY, p. 65] Bathsheba was the daughter of Sgt. William and Mary (Shelly) Harlow of Plymouth. [HF][DRSY, p. 65] She was born on 21 Apr 1667. [HF] Richard married second as her second husband Sarah (Graham) Marvin. [DRSY, p. 65] Sarah was the daughter of Henry and Mary Graham of Hartford. [DRSY, p. 65] She died on 14 Dec 1760. [DRSY, p. 65] She married first John Marvin of Old Lyme. [DRSY, p. 65] He died on 11 Dec 1711. [DRSY, p. 65]
Hannah Sears was born in Dec 1672 in Eastham. [DRSY, p. 48] She married Thomas Snow on 8 Feb 1692/3. [DRSY, p. 48, s. Mark and Jane (Prence)]
Hannah was admitted to the church in Harwich in 1701. [DRSY, p. 49]
Capt. Joseph Sears was born about 1675 in Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 49] He died on 7 May 1750, age 75. [DRSY, p. 66] He was buried in North Dennis. [DRSY, p. 67] He married Hannah Hall on 19 Sep 1700 in Yarmouth. [MVRY][DRSY, p. 67] She died on 28 Jul 1753, age 73. [DRSY, p. 67]
1. Lieut. Zachariah Sears was born on 29 Apr 1706 in Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 101] He died on 13 Jan 1796, age 90, in Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 101] He was buried in North Dennis. [DRSY, p. 56] He married first Mehitable Crowell on 31 Mar 1743. [DRSY, p. 101, d. John and Keziah (Eldridge)] He married second Mary Oakes. [DRSY, p. 101] She died on 20 Jul 1765, age 58. [DRSY, p. 101] He married third Mary Howes. [DRSY, p. 101] She died on 2 Oct 1789, age 75. [DRSY, p. 101]
  1. Bethiah Sears was born on 28 Aug 1748 in Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 102] She married Reuben Howes on 8 Jul 1773. [DRSY, p. 56]
2. Stephen Sears was born on 22 Jul 1710. [DRSY, p. 104] He married Abigail Burgess in 1733 in Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 104] He died before 30 Jun 1737 when Abigail married second Benjamin Sears.
3. Bethiah Sears was born on 20 Mar 1718/9 in Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 67] She married as his second wife Thomas Howes on 15 Oct 1741 [DRSY, p. 56, 67, d. Capt. Joseph and Hannah (Hall)] in Yarmouth. [MVRY]
Josiah Sears was born about 1675 in Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 68] He died in 1727 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [DRSY, p. 68] He married first Mercy Howes on 3 Apr 1702 in Yarmouth. [MVRY] Mercy was the daughter of Samuel Howes of Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 68] She died in 1720. [DRSY, p. 68] Josiah married second Judith Gilbert of East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [DRSY, p. 68]
1. David Sears was born on 2 Oct 1710 in Yarmouth. [MVRY][DRSY, p. 68][MF23, p. 235] He died on 20 Aug 1788, age 78, in Yarmouth. [MF23, p. 235] He married first Phebe Bryant. [MF23, p. 235] He married second as her third husband Hannah (Tinkham) (Vaughan) Weston. [MF23, p. 235] All of David's children are with his first wife. [MF23, p. 235]
  1. Zebedee Sears [MF23, p. 235] was born on 16 Jun 1734 in Middleboro. [DRSY, p. 108]
  2. Huldah Sears was born on 10 Aug 1737 in Middleboro. [DRSY, p. 108]
  3. Abner Sears [MF23, p. 235] was born on 19 Feb 1738/9 in Middleboro. [DRSY, p. 108]
  4. David Sears [MF23, p. 235] was born on 25 Jun 1741 in Middleboro. [DRSY, p. 108]
2. Mercy Sears was born on 17 Aug 1717 in Bridgewater. [DRSY, p. 95] She married Dr. Josiah Paddock on 17 Feb 1736/7. [DRSY, p. 95, s. John and Priscilla (Hall)]
Elizabeth Sears was born in Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 49] She married John Cook [CN, daughter of Silas and granddaughter of Richard] on 22 Nov 1705 in Yarmouth. [MVRY][DRSY, p. 49] John was the son of Caleb Cook, the grandson of Jacob Cook and the greatgrandson of Francis Cook. [CN] He was born on 5 Feb 1682/3 in Plymouth. [CN] He married second Hannah (Unknown) Morton before 3 Apr 1727. [CN] Hannah was the widow of Ephraim Morton. [CN] Ephraim was the son of George Morton, the grandson of Ephraim Morton and the greatgrandson of George Morton. [CN]
Dorothy Sears was born about 1687 in Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 49] She died on 28 Feb 1753, age 65, in North Dennis. [DRSY, p. 49] She married Joseph Staples on 8 Feb 1715/6 in Yarmouth. [MVRY][DRSY, p. 49]
Dorothy was admitted to the second church in Yarmouth on 30 Jun 1728. [DRSY, p. 49]

References

HF	Adams, Theodore P., "The Harlow Family," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 14, 1860, 228-233.
CN	Bowman, George Ernest, "Cooke Notes," Mayflower Descendant 17, 1915, 55-60.
MF23	Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, v. 23 (Family of John Howland), Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006.
DRSY	May, Samuel Pearce,The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888, Albany, J. Munsell, 1890.
MVRY	Sherman, Robert M. and Ruth W. Sherman, comp., Vital Records of Yarmouth, Mass. to the Year 1850, Society of Mayflower Descendants, no date.
BCPR	Unknown, "Abstracts of Barnstable County, Mass. Probate Records," Mayflower Descendant 32, 1934, 165-167.