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Samuel Sears 1687–1726 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1687

Birth Location: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1726

Death Location: West Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Samuel I

Mother: Mercy Sunderland

Spouse(s): Ruth Merrick

Children(s): Abigail Sears, Mercy Sears, Desire Sears, Seth Sears, Samuel Sears, Hannah Sears, Ruth Sears, Isaac Sears, Mary 1\16, Isaac Foster

Samuel Sears was born in 1687 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Sears I And Mercy Sunderland. Samuel Sears married Ruth Merrick, and had children including Abigail Sears, Desire Sears, Hannah Sears, Isaac Foster, Isaac Sears, Mary Sears 1 16, Mercy Sears, Ruth Sears, Samuel Sears, Seth Sears. Samuel Sears passed away in 1726 in West Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Samuel Sears was born in 1687 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Sears I And Mercy Sunderland.
  • Samuel Sears married Ruth Merrick, and had children including Abigail Sears, Desire Sears, Hannah Sears, Isaac Foster, Isaac Sears, Mary Sears 1 16, Mercy Sears, Ruth Sears, Samuel Sears, Seth Sears.
  • Samuel Sears passed away in 1726 in West Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel I
1664–1741
Birth Location: Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
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Mercy Sunderland
1664–1749
Birth Location: Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Spouses(s)

Ruth Merrick
1684–1766
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
RM

Children(s)

Abigail Sears
1711–1795
Birth Location: Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Mercy Sears
1713–1790
Birth Location: Brewster, BC, Massachusetts, USA
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Desire Sears
1717–1802
Birth Location: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
DS
Seth Sears
1725–1770
Birth Location: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
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Samuel Sears
1721–1774
Birth Location: First Church, Harwich, Barnstable, MA, Massachusetts, USA
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Hannah Sears
1720–1760
Birth Location: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
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Ruth Sears
1715–1761
Birth Location: Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
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Isaac Sears
1723–1725
Birth Location: Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
IS
Mary 1\16
1718–1761
Birth Location: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
M1
Isaac Foster
1718–1777
Birth Location: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
IF

Samuel Sears's Ancestors

Self
Samuel Sears
1687–1726
Birth Place: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Samuel Sears, I
1664–1741
Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
Mercy Sunderland
1664–1749
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
Paul Sears
1637–1707
Marblehead, Essex County, Massachussetts, Massachusetts, USA
Deborah Willard
1645–1721
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Samuel Mayo
1620–1664
Boston, Suffolk, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
Tamsen Sunderlin
1626–1709
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Richard Sears
1590–1676
Dorothy Jones
1603–1678
George Willard
1614–1656
Dorothy Dunster
1615–1650
John Rector
1569–1635
Elizabeth Bradford
1572–1645
William Lumpkin
1604–1671
Thomasine Constable
1600–1683
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Sayres
1561–1629
Mary Egmont
1564–1678
George Jones
1572–1626
Alice Unknown
1578–1626
Richard Willard
1583–1616
Joan Morebreade
1585–1617
Henry Dunster
1580–1646
Isabel Kaye
1595–1638
John Maye
1530–1598
Elizabeth Bradford
1544–1577
Thomas Berwick
1503–1596
Eleanor Moreton
1512–1607
Richard GGF
1569–1642
Sarah Baker
1560–1664
Thomas Constable
1559–1616
Sarah Drake
1562–1653

Samuel Sears's Descendants

1.
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Samuel Sears (1687–1726) m. Ruth Merrick (1684–13 Feb 1766)
  1. 1. Abigail Sears 1711–1795 m. Peter (Hall) Sr 1715–1790
    1. 1. Mary Hall 1741–1814 m. Benjamin Sears 1738–1827
      1. 1. Samuel Sears 1774–1830
      2. 2. Peter Sears 1763–1822
      3. 3. Heman Sears 1767–1817
      4. 4. Deliverance Sears 1769–1791
      5. 5. Isaac Sears 1772–
    2. 2. Peter (Hall) Jr 1757–1777
  2. 2. Mercy Sears 1713–1790 m. Philip Howes 1705–1787
    1. 1. Ruth Howes 1744–1830 m. Edward Howes 1739–1811
    2. 2. Desire Howes 1747–1822
    3. 3. Mercy Howes 1740–1822
    4. 4. Seth Howes 1737–1819
  3. 3. Desire Sears 1717–1802 m. Lemuel Freeman 1716–1790
    1. 1. Isaac Freeman 1759–1823
    2. 2. Ruth Freeman 1739–1812
    3. 3. Seth Freeman 1750–1825
    4. 4. Cyrenius Freeman 1758–1785
    5. 5. Lemuel Freeman 1746–1825
    6. 6. Grace Berry 1743–1810
  4. 4. Seth Sears 1725–1770
  5. 5. Samuel Sears 1721–1774
  6. 6. Hannah Sears 1720–1760 m. Isaac Foster 1718–1777
    1. 1. Seth Foster 1747–1818 m. Sarah Cobb 1755–1796
      1. 1. Molly Foster 1771–1861 m. Enos Rogers 1768–1857
        1. 1. Olive Allen 1799–1850
        2. 2. Mehitable Rogers 1794–1875
        3. 3. Vianna Rider 1806–1894
        4. 4. Polly Sparrow 1804–1851
      2. 2. Betsey Foster 1796–
      3. 3. Sears Foster 1784–1834
      4. 4. Sally Foster 1774–
      5. 5. Seth Foster 1778–
      6. 6. Barnabas (Cobb) Foster 1792–1828
      7. 7. Jerusha Foster 1786–
      8. 8. Rebecca Foster 1788–
      9. 9. Abigail Foster 1776–
  7. 7. Ruth Sears 1715–1761 m. Joseph (Sears) Jr 1708–1779
    1. 1. Stephen Sears 1736–1812
    2. 2. Larned Sears 1738–1760
    3. 3. Isaac Sears 1734–1759
  8. 8. Isaac Sears 1723–1725
  9. 9. Mary (Sears) 1\16 1718–1761 m. Joseph Snow 1718–1761
    1. 1. Nathan (Snow) 1\32 1743–1788 m. Mary Holmes 1736–1814
      1. 1. Susanna Snow 1762–1841 m. William 1755–1842
        1. 1. John (Spinney) 1\128 1784–1879 m. Mercy (Mary Atwood) 5\64 1785–1863
        2. 2. Susanna Smith 1787–1828 m. Nathaniel (Smith) III 1782–1860
        3. 3. Deborah Spinney 1793–1857
        4. 4. Thomas Spinney 1776–1867
        5. 5. Mary Spiney 1786–1813 m. Theophilus Crowell 1787–1812
        6. 6. Elizabeth (Betty) Spinney 1789–1874 m. Stephen Smith 1786–1870
        7. 7. William (Doughty) Spinney 1798–1874 m. Olivia Snow 1800–1864
        8. 8. Sarah (Elizabeth) Spinney 1779–1819 m. John (Hervey) Lyle 1750–1831
      2. 2. Benjamin Snow 1763–1814
      3. 3. John Snow 1771–1824 m. Hannah Smith 1778–1847
        1. 1. Abigail Snow 1802–1857
        2. 2. James Snow 1820–1911 m. Mercy Crowell 1821–1910
        3. 3. Winthrop Snow 1814–1862
        4. 4. Deborah Snow 1808–1880
        5. 5. Rebecca Snow 1795–
        6. 6. Sophia Snow 1812–
        7. 7. William Snow 1816–
        8. 8. Nathan Snow 1796–
        9. 9. Mary (Ann) Snow 1808–1879
        10. 10. Letitia Snow 1798–
        11. 11. David Snow 1810–1853
        12. 12. Elizabeth Snow 1804–1846
        13. 13. Deborah Snow 1806–1807
        14. 14. John Snow 1800–1888
      4. 4. Hezekiah Snow 1774–1818
      5. 5. William Snow 1765–1843
      6. 6. Seth Snow 1769–1823 m. Rebecca Smith 1778–1819
        1. 1. Stephen Snow 1805–1880
        2. 2. Rebecca Snow 1795–
        3. 3. Seth Snow 1811–1889
        4. 4. Mahala Snow 1819–
        5. 5. Olive Snow 1817–
        6. 6. James Snow 1820–1911
        7. 7. Olivia (Mary) Snow 1798–
        8. 8. Isaac (King) Snow 1807–1889
      7. 7. Howes (Steuart) Snow 1783–1868
      8. 8. Nathan (Snow) Jr 1763–1821 m. Mercy (Alice) Smith 1770–1830
        1. 1. William Snow 1790–1847
      9. 9. Josiah Snow 1778–1864 m. Nancy Hipson 1781–1864
        1. 1. Olivia Snow 1800–1864 m. William (Doughty) Spinney 1798–1874
    2. 2. Mary Snow 1745–1841 m. John Percival 1740–1802
      1. 1. John Percival 1779–1862
      2. 2. Anna Percival 1781–1839
      3. 3. Abigail Percival 1765–1833
      4. 4. James Percival 1798–1825
    3. 3. Isaac Snow 1741–
    4. 4. Joseph Snow 1740–1793 m. Priscilla Snow 1738–1808
      1. 1. Priscilla Snow 1777–1815 m. David Nickerson 1771–1819
        1. 1. David Nickerson 1799–1847
        2. 2. Jonathan (Snow) Nickerson 1807–1882
        3. 3. Thomas Nickerson 1810–1892
        4. 4. Isaiah Nickerson 1819–1837
        5. 5. Francis (Freeman) Nickerson 1817–1869
        6. 6. Priscilla (Snow) Nickerson 1814–1831
        7. 7. Frederic (W) Nickerson 1808–1879
    5. 5. Mercy Snow 1752–
    6. 6. Desire Snow 1748–1811 m. Simeon Omans 1733–1815
      1. 1. Thomas Omans 1759–1841
    7. 7. Silvanus (Snow) Esq 1754–1772 m. Deborah Cook 1755– m. Hannah Cole 1715–1750
      1. 1. Silvanus Snow 1780–
      2. 2. Edward Snow 1745–1791 m. Betty Merrick 1748–1822
        1. 1. Statira Snow 1778–1826
        2. 2. Sarah Snow 1786–1851
        3. 3. Betsy Snow 1775–
        4. 4. Collins Snow 1790–1875
        5. 5. Daniel Snow 1773–1860 m. Elizabeth Snow 1777–1856
        6. 6. Sylvanus Snow 1782–
        7. 7. Mehitable Snow 1775–1859
        8. 8. Edward Snow 1770–
        9. 9. William Snow 1784–1846
        10. 10. Jabez Snow 1788–1861
        11. 11. Mary Snow 1777–
      3. 3. Collier Snow 1750–1799 m. Hannah King 1772–1783
        1. 1. Edward Snow 1794–1835 m. Mary Twining 1794–1864
      4. 4. Mary Snow 1743–
      5. 5. Tabitha Snow 1748–
      6. 6. Edward Snow 1734–
    8. 8. Sarah Snow 1750–1780 m. Paul Cook 1750–
      1. 1. Anne Cook 1777–1827
    9. 9. Martha Snow 1739–1809 m. Eleazer Day 1741–1825
      1. 1. Matoon (Eleazer) Day 1777–1846
      2. 2. Charlotte Ely 1781–1868
      3. 3. Elizabeth Bradley 1773–1858
      4. 4. Martha (Patty) Ely 1770–1843
      5. 5. Hosea Day 1779–1860
    10. 10. Hannah Snow 1746– m. Jonathan Berry 1743–1830
      1. 1. Mary Berry 1769–
      2. 2. Pedea Berry 1771–
      3. 3. Abraham Berry 1786–1821
      4. 4. Jonathan Berry 1776–1830
      5. 5. Theodore Berry 1779–
      6. 6. Sally Berry 1782–1855
      7. 7. Isaac Berry 1786–
      8. 8. David Berry 1773–1854
  10. 10. Isaac Foster 1718–1777 m. Hannah Sears 1720–1760

Samuel Sears's Timeline

11 Records

1687
15 September 1687
Birth of Samuel Sears in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
1687
15 September 1687
Birth of Samuel Sears in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1687
15 Sep 1687
Birth of Samuel Sears in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1687
15 September 1687
Birth of Samuel Sears in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1687
1687
Birth of Samuel Sears
None
1710
2 Nov 1710
Age 23
Samuel Sears was married in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1726
22 November 1726
Age 39
Death of Samuel Sears in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
1726
22 November 1726
Age 39
Death of Samuel Sears in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1726
Bef. 20 Jan 1726/7
Age 39
Death of Samuel Sears in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1726
22 November 1726
Age 39
Death of Samuel Sears in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1726
1726
Age 39
Death of Samuel Sears
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 September 1687
    Event Place: Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 September 1687
    Event Place: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1687
    Event Place: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 September 1687
    Event Place: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1687
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 2 Nov 1710
    Event Place: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 November 1726
    Event Place: Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 November 1726
    Event Place: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Bef. 20 Jan 1726/7
    Event Place: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 November 1726
    Event Place: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1726
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: West Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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