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Jacob Sears 1773–1859 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1773

Birth Location: Rowan, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 18 April 1859

Death Location: Vermillion, Indiana, USA

Father: JOHANNES (Immigrant)

Mother: Barbara Miller

Spouse(s): Mary Huffstutter

Children(s): Frances Sears

Jacob Sears was born in 1773 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA, the child of Johannes Georg Mathis Zaher Sears Immigrant And Barbara Miller. Jacob Sears married Mary Huffstutter, and had children including Frances Sears. Jacob Sears passed away in 1859 in Vermillion, Indiana, USA.

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Biography

  • Jacob Sears was born in 1773 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA, the child of Johannes Georg Mathis Zaher Sears Immigrant And Barbara Miller.
  • Jacob Sears married Mary Huffstutter, and had children including Frances Sears.
  • Jacob Sears passed away in 1859 in Vermillion, Indiana, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

JOHANNES (Immigrant)
1710–1807
Birth Location: Switzerland
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Barbara Miller
1735–1790
Birth Location: Rowan, North Carolina, United States
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Spouses(s)

Mary Huffstutter
1775–1855
Birth Location: , Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Frances Sears
1806–1884
Birth Location: Shelbyville, Shelby, KY
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Jacob Sears's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Sears
1773–1859
Birth Place: Rowan, North Carolina, USA
Parents
JOHANNES GEORG MATHIS ZAHER-SEARS (Immigrant)
1710–1807
Switzerland
Barbara Miller
1735–1790
Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Johann (Georg (Sears)) Zaher
1675–1752
Switzerland from the German side of Switzerland, Possibly Schopfheim, Lorrach, Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Maria (Catharine) Palinkas
1675–1726
Probably Switzerland, from the German side of Switzerland, Possibly Schopfheim, Lorrach, Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacob Sears's Descendants

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Jacob Sears (1773–18 April 1859) m. Mary Huffstutter (11 November 1775–2 October 1855)
  1. 1. Frances Sears 1806–1884 m. Daniel Bush 1798–1849
    1. 1. David Bush 1831–1893 m. Jane Porter 1843–1905
      1. 1. Enoch (Perry) Bush 1878–1943 m. Amy (Belle) Curtis 1886–1963
        1. 1. Geneva (Margaret) Bush 1905–1978 m. Virgil (Franklin) Trainer 1901–1982
        2. 2. Ruby (Kathleen) Bush 1917–2008
      2. 2. Oliver (Schuyler) Bush 1874–1955

Jacob Sears's Timeline

2 Records

1773
1773
Birth of Jacob Sears in Rowan, North Carolina, USA
Rowan, North Carolina, USA
1859
18 April 1859
Age 86
Death of Jacob Sears in Vermillion, Indiana, USA
Vermillion, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1773
    Event Place: Rowan, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 April 1859
    Event Place: Vermillion, Indiana, USA
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