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Elkanah Sears 1734–1816 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 April 1734

Birth Location: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 24 November 1816

Death Location: East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

Father: Joshua Sears

Mother: Rebecca Mayo

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The story of Elkanah Sears began in 1734 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Elkanah Sears passed away in 1816 in East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Elkanah Sears began in 1734 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Elkanah Sears passed away in 1816 in East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.

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Elkanah Sears's Ancestors

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Elkanah Sears
1734–1816
Birth Place: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Joshua Sears
1713–1753
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Rebecca Mayo
1713–1776
Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
Paul (11) Sears
1669–1739
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachussetts, Massachusetts, USA
Mercy ((Marcy)) Freeman
1674–1747
Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
John Mayo
1691–1756
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Susannah Freeman
1691–1736
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Paul Sears
1637–1707
Deborah Willard
1645–1721
Thomas Freeman
1653–1715
Rebecca
1655–1740
Hannah
1664–1743
John Mayo
1656–1725
John Freeman
1651–1721
Sarah Merrick
1654–1696
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Sears
1590–1676
Dorothy Jones
1603–1678
George Willard
1614–1656
Dorothy Dunster
1615–1650
John Freeman
1622–1719
Mercy Prence
1631–1711
Jonathan Sparrow
1633–1706
Rebecca Bangs
1636–1677
John Freeman
1622–1719
Mercy Prence
1631–1711
Samuel Mayo
1620–1664
Tamsen Sunderlin
1626–1709
John Freeman
1622–1719
Mercy Prence
1631–1711
Lieut. Meyrick
1601–1689
Rebecca Tracy
1624–1686

Elkanah Sears's Timeline

2 Records

1734
12 April 1734
Birth of Elkanah Sears in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1816
24 November 1816
Age 82
Death of Elkanah Sears in East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 April 1734
    Event Place: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 November 1816
    Event Place: East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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