Brewster (Cape Cod), MA

Since these slate, granite and sandstone stones are becoming very hard to read and are very difficult to photograph, I have started going by the burial ground and "sketching" them with my limited artistic skills.

Sears Family Association Home Page

New this week(2 Jun) 9, 11, 16, 17
(26 May) 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, skull icon closeups(bottom)
(14 May 99) numbers 12, 13,14,15

1 - Mrs Mercy (Mayo) Sears

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                                M^rs MERCY
                                  SEARS 

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Here lyes y^e Body of
Mrs MERCY SEARS, Wife
to Cap^t. SAMUEL SEARS
Who Departed this Life
Jan^ry 20^th AD 1748/₉ in
y^e 84^th Year of Her Age

2 - Capt Samuel Sears

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                                Cap^t SAMUE
                                  SEARS 

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Here lyes Buried
y^e Body of Cap^t.
SAMUEL SEARS,
Who departed this Life
Jan^ry 8^th AnnoDomⁿⁱ I74I/₂
in y^e 78^th Year of his Age

3 - Capt Joseph Sears

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[Footstone]
   Cap^t
J          S 

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Here lyes buried
Cap^t Jofeph Sears
Who dec^d Aug^st y^e
25^th I765 in y^e
71^st year of
his age ~

4 - Elesebath (Paddock) Sears

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To the memory of
Elefebath Sears the
wife of dec^d Cap^t Jofeph Se
ars who died June y^e
II^th Ad I772 Æ 75

5 - Mr Edmund Sears (my g-g-g-g-grandfather)

[Headstone - Icon Winged Cherub]

In Memory of M^r
Edmund Sears he died
Augft y^e 19^th 1796
In his 85^th year

Remember me as you pafs by
For as you are so wonce was I
And as i am now so you muft be
Therefore Prepare to Follow m^e

6 - Mrs Hannah (Crowell) Sears

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[Footstone]
                                M^rs  
Hannah
Sears 

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In Memory of
M^rs Hannah
Widow of M^r
Edmund Sears
she died June 22
I802 in her 77^th year

7 - Miss Mercy Sears

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[Footstone]
                                M.    S.  

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MISS MERCY SEARS
DIED
Jan. 27, 1849;
Æt.  89.

8 - Capt John Sears

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[Footstone]
                                Cap^t JOHN
                                  SEARS 

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Here lyes Buried
y^e Body of Cap^t.
JOHN SEARS Who
departed this Life April
9  AnnoDomⁿⁱ I739 in y^e
61^ft Year of His Age

9 - Mrs Prissilla (Freeman) Sears

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                                MR^s    
PRISSLLA
                                  SEARS 

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Here lies buried
MR^s PRISSILLA SEARS
y^e widow of  Cap^t
JOHN SEARS who
died May y^e 8^th
I 7 6 4 in y^e
78^th year of
her age

10 - Mr Paul Sears (my g-g-g-g-g-grandfather)

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                                M^r PAUL
                                  SEARS 

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Here lyes Buried
y^e Body of M^r
PAUL SEARS Who
departed this Life
Febry 17^th AD 1740 in y^e
71^ft Year of His Age

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                                M^rs MARCY
                                  SEARS 

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Here lyes Buried y^e Body
of M^rs MARCY SEARS Wife
to M^r PAUL SEARS
Who Departed this life
Aug^ft 30^th I747 in y^e
74^th Year of Her Age

12 - Mr Daniel Sears

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[Footstone]
M^r DANIEL SEARS
          I77I 

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In Memory of
M^r DANIEL SEARS
who died Nov^r. 28^th I77I
in the 62^d Year
of his Age

13 - Mrs Mary (Snow) Sears

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[Footstone]
                                M^rs    
Mary Sears

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In Memory of
M^rs Mary Widow of
M^r Daniel Sears She
Died May y^e 8^th 1790
in her 76^th Year ~

14 - Mr Elisha Sears

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[Footstone]
     M^r    
   Elifha
    Sears

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In Memory of
M^r Elifha Sears
he Died March
7^th 1790 in his
84^th Year

15 - Mrs Sarah (Vincent) Sears

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[Footstone]
     M^rs    
   S     S

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In Memory of
M^rs SARAH SEARS
Confort of
M^r Elifha Sears
who Died April I2^th 1783
in the 75^th Year of her
Age

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     M^rs    
   E   S    

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In Memory of
Conftant Son to M^r
Elifha Sears & M^rs
Sarah his wife who
Dec^d June ye 27^th
I768 Aged 19 years

17 - Enoch Sears

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[Footstone]
         
   E   S    

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Here Lies buried
Enoch Sears Son
to M^r Elifha
Sears & M^rs
Sarah his wife who
Dec^d march y^e 29^th
I767 in y^e 21^st
year of his Age

90 - Mr Joseph Sears

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[Footstone]
                                Mr Jofeph 

Momento Mort
[Headstone Icon-Winged Cherub]

In Memory of
M^r. Jofeph Sears
he Died Aug y^e 6^th
1779 in y^e 72^d Year
of his Age

89 - Ruth (Sears) Sears

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[Footstone]
                                Ruth Sears
1761     

[Headstone Icon-Winged Cherub]

In Memory of
Ruth y^e Wife of
M^r. Jofeph Sears
who died March
27^th: I76I in y^e
46^th Year of her Age

117 - Mr Elkanah Sears (my g-g-g-grandfather)

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SACRED
to the memory of
Mr ELKANAH SEARS
who died
June 1 1836
AEt. 78

Farewell my wife & children dear
I leave you all below
O may you serve the Lord while here
That home to glory you may go

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L. Ray Sears, III
LRSEARS@Gmail.com