Descendants of Richard Sears

Fourth Generation

(Continued)

87. Thankful Sears (Richard , Paul , Richard ) was born 18 Mar 1706 in Yarmouth, MA. She died 17 Oct 1782.

S P May, p 59, No 56, b., m.
!MD 5, p.160 Yar. VR

Thankful married John Jr Rich on 13 Apr 1727. John was born 23 Jan 1705/1706 in Eastham, MA. He died 27 Mar 1779.

They had the following children:

	553	M	i	Samuel Rich was born 2 Mar 1727 in and was christened 27 Apr 1729. He died 16 Dec 1777 and was buried in N Truro.
+	554	M	ii	Richard Rich
	555	M	iii	John Rich was born 20 Feb 1732 in . He died 19 Apr 1806 and was buried in N Truro.
				John married (1) Jane Atkins on 2 Dec 1756. Jane was born 1735 in .
				John also married (2) Betsy Doane on 11 Aug 1760. Betsy was born 1739 in . She died 24 Mar 1806.
+	556	F	iv	Thankful Rich
	557	F	v	Hannah Rich was born 19 Apr 1740 in . She died 18 Oct 1794.
				Hannah married Elisha Snow on 2 Dec 1762. Elisha was born about 1736. He died 30 Jun 1802.
+	558	F	vi	Hope Rich
+	559	F	vii	Betty Rich

88. Paul Sears (Richard , Paul , Richard ) was born 1710 in Chatham, MA. was buried in , 57.

S.P. May p.95 Paul Sears was chosen Surveyor of Highways, 1733; Tything-man
and pound-keeper, 1739; Sealer of Weights and Measures, 1739; Selectman, 1742;
and Town Clerk, 1752-3.
Rev. E.H. Sears, in his Gen'y of the family, says he removed to Maine. I find
nothing to confirm the statement, and his wife died in Chatham, but she may have
returned.
!WCS Paul returned to Chatham and settled upon the real estate assigned to him
out of his father's estate.

MA011

Paul married Anna Atkins, daughter of Joseph Atkins and Martha Pease, on 1730. Anna was born 12 Dec 1713 in Eastham, Barnstable co, MA. She died 17 Oct 1783 in Chatham, Barnstable co, MA.

BIRTH: ROOTS III GEDCOM; 1993; John C CLement, Denver, CO; ; ;NEHGS Register,
Jan 1852, p 43
!MOTHER: ROOTS III GEDCOM; 1993; John C CLement, Denver, CO; ; ;Dana A
Batchelder to John Clement, 24 May 1990

Paul and Anna had the following children:

+	560	F	i	Hope Sears
+	561	F	ii	Martha Sears
+	562	F	iii	Hannah Sears
	563	F	iv	Thankful Sears was born 27 Jul 1736 in . She died 17 Mar 1747 and was buried in , 270. BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969; BIRTH-DEATH: Samuel Pearce May, THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SARES(SEARS) OF YARMOUTH,MASS; 1638-1888; Albany, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890; p 94; NEHGS Library, Boston, MA; May originally wrote 26 July as her birthdate and then crossed it out and wrote 27 July in his personal copy.
	564	F	v	Anna Sears was born 16 Feb 1737/1738 in Chatham, Barnstable co, MA. She died 4 Apr 1747 and was buried in , 271. BIRTH-DEATH: Samuel Pearce May, THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SARES(SEARS) OF YARMOUTH,MASS; 1638-1888; Albany, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890; p 95; NEHGS Library, Boston, MA; May originally wrote 27 Feb as her birthdate and then crossed it out and wrote 16 Feb in his personal copy. BIRTH-DEATH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969;
	565	F	vi	Ruth Sears was born 12 Nov 1740 in Chatham, Barnstable, MA. She died 11 Apr 1747 and was buried in , 272. BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969; shows d. 4 Apr 1747, same as Anna (disease?) BIRTH-DEATH: Samuel Pearce May, THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SARES(SEARS) OF YARMOUTH,MASS; 1638-1888; Albany, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890; p 95; NEHGS Library, Boston, MA; May originally wrote 12 Oct as her birthdate and then crossed it out and wrote 12 Nov in his personal copy.
+	566	F	vii	Experience Sears
	567	F	viii	Elizabeth Sears was born 11 Jul 1745 in Chatham, Barnstable co, MA. She died 26 May 1766 and was buried in , 274. BIRTH-DEATH: Samuel Pearce May, THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SARES(SEARS) OF YARMOUTH,MASS; 1638-1888; Albany, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890; p 95; NEHGS Library, Boston, MA; May added in 21 yr after her death in his personal copy BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969; shows b. 4 Jul 1745
	568	F	ix	Thankful Sears was born 2 Mar 1747/1748 in Chatham, Barnstable co, MA. was buried in , 275. BIRTH: Samuel Pearce May, THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SARES(SEARS) OF YARMOUTH,MASS; 1638-1888; Albany, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890; p 95; NEHGS Library, Boston, MA; BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969;
+	569	F	x	Anna Sears

90. Hannah Sears (Richard , Paul , Richard ) was born 1714 in Chatham, MA.

S P May, p 59, No 59, b. place, m.

Hannah married Zoathe Smith, son of Samuel Smith and Abigail, on 23 Feb 1737/1738. Zoathe was born 11 Dec 1716 in .

S.P. May originally spelled Zoheth

Zoathe and Hannah had the following children:

	570	M	i	Zoheth Smith was born 12 Oct 1739 in .
	571	M	ii	Richard Smith was born 18 Mar 1741/1742 in .
	572	F	iii	Elizabeth Smith was born 6 Feb 1745/1746 in .
	573	F	iv	Hannah Smith was born 9 Mar 1746/1747 in .
	574	M	v	Joshua Mayo Smith was born 1748 in .

91. Rebecca Sears (Daniel , Paul , Richard ) was born 19 Mar 1710/1711 in Chatham, Barnstable, MA. She died 9 Dec 1765 in Chatham, MA.

S.P. May p.60, No 60, died of smal-pox. Thos Howes and Rebecca, his wife, made their marks to receipt for portion of her father's estate, 10 Jun 1758

BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson;
1969;

BIRTH-PARENTS: PAF GEDCOM; 1996; Benjamin F Rollins, Jr, email:
brollins@capecod.net "Mooncusser: ; ; ;RINs:33943-34450

Rebecca married (1) Thomas Howes, son of Thomas Howes and Rebecca Howes. Thomas was born 1726 in .

They had the following children:

	575	M	i	David Howes was born 9 May 1732 in Chatham, Barnstable, MA. He died 17 Jan 1751/1752. BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969; born at 5 pm, poss 1732??
	576	M	ii	Thomas Howes was born 31 Oct 1738 in Chatham, Barnstable, MA. S.P. May p.60 Not mentd in Danl Sears will, 1753 BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969;
	577	M	iii	Richard Howes was born 19 Apr 1742 in . BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969; born at 5 pm, poss 14 or 19 Apr 1742?

Rebecca also married (2) Thomas Howes, son of Thomas Howes and Content Smith. Thomas died 21 Dec 1768.

BIRTH-PARENTS: PAF GEDCOM; 1996; Benjamin F Rollins, Jr, email:
brollins@capecod.net "Mooncusser: ; ; ;RINs:33943-34450
BIRT DATE CIR. 1712
MARR DATE CIR. 1730

Thomas and Rebecca had the following children:

+

578

M

iv

Richard Howes

92. Daniel Sears Capt (Daniel , Paul , Richard ) was born 1 Jun 1712 in Chatham, Barnstable, MA. He died 10 Jan 1761 and was buried in Chatham, MA, 61.

S.P. May p.96 Daniel Sears lived in Chatham, in the house built by his father
and taken down in 1863.
He was Coroner, 1751; Town Treasurer and Clerk from 1733 to 1754; Selectman,
1756, 1757; and was a Lieut. in the Militia.
It appears by the records of the Prob. Court, Barnstable, Feb. 10, 1758,
"Upon inquisition of the Selectman of Chatham, Daniel Sears was adjudged 'Non
Compos,' and Fear Sears, his wife, was appd. his guardian." Letters of adm. were
granted to his widow in 1761, and she was app. guardian to the children, viz.:
Richard, David, Sarah and Fear., Invnetory foots up R. Est., L 689 6 8.
Personal, L 716 4 3. Mar. 11, 1772, 2/3 was set off to Richard, he to pay David
,Daniel, Sarah Ballard and Fear Sears in money; he also had land in Dartmouth,
bought by his father of Joseph Ellsi, set off to him, he paying his bros. and
sisters their part.
The "Sears Genealogy" says, "Fear Sears was the daughter of John Freeman of
Sandwich;" but she was the daughter of Benj. F., of Harwich; as is abundantly
proved by his will dated Nov. 25, 1757, and proved Apr. 4, 1758; and by the
town records.
The "Freeman Genealogy" says "she m. 2d, Samuel Ballard, a wealthy merchant of
Boston, who brought up her son David in his counting-house, and dying childless,
left him the chief of his large property," and adds, (apparently copying some
gravestone, which I have not found,)"Madame Fear Freeman Sears, d.1808, ae.86,
a widow Ballard."
Mr. Freeman is quite strong in his statement.
Samuel Ballard had by his 1st wife four children, who survived him, and had
numerous descendants. He died in Boston about 1793, and his will recorded there
names: wife Fear; sons William, Samuel, Ebenezer, and grand-dau. Betsy Pope. The
Sears children are none of them mentioned. He gives to his wife his house near
the Common, with the furniture, and his chaise, while she remains unmarried;
also certain claims against persons in Barnstable county, due to her late
husband.
In the Directory for 1789, he is called "hay-weigher," Common st. now Tremont
st.; he lived in the third house south of Winter st., between Mr. Cole's and
Mrs. Swan's houses, about half way to West st., or at the corner of Temple Place
then known as "Turnagain Lane." Mrs. Sears, on her second marriage, took her children to Boston, but Richard
soon returned to the Cape, and was brought up and received his education there.
In a letter from one J. Hawes, printed in the "Sears Genealogy," Daniel Sears
is said to have possessed a manuscript history of the family, and other int-
eresting family papers and documents now lost, a statement that needs confirm-
ation.

MD 25, p.61 Harwich VR p.34- These Are to Enter ye Intention of Marriage
bewteen Capt Daniel Sears Jur of Chatham & Mrs Fear Freeman of Harwich Feby 23
AD 1744

MD 25, p.101 Harwich VR p.39 Married by Revd Nathl Stone

BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson;
1969;

Daniel married Fear Freeman, daughter of Benjamin Freeman, on 11 Jul 1745 in Harwich, MA. Fear was born 23 Mar 1721/1722 in . She died 1808 in Boston, MA.

S.P. May p.95 (m. 2d, by Rev StephenEmery, 3 Nov 1763, to Samuel Ballard of
Boston; his 2d wife)

Daniel and Fear had the following children:

+	579	F	i	Sarah Sears
+	580	M	ii	Richard Sears Hon.
+	581	M	iii	David Sears
+	582	F	iv	Fear Sears
	583	M	v	Daniel Sears was born 1757 in Chatham, MA. He died Nov 1814 in Watertown, Died Unm., MA and was buried in , 281. S.P. May p.95-6 In 1798, he was a merchant on Sears' wharf, Purchase street, Boston, residing on Common street, probably with his mother, who lived at what is now the corner of Tremont street and Temple place. At the time of his death he kept bachelor's hall in Watertown, and had apparently given up business. His death is recorded in Boston, butnot in Watertown, and his estate was adm. upon in Mid. co., by his brother David; succeeded by David, Jr., and Wm. P. Mason. He left a house and 7/8 acre acre of land in Dedham, appraised at $1,000, and household goods, etc., $511; was styled "Husbandman" and "Yeoman." Mary and Penelope Aspinwall kept house for him, as appears by court records.

93. Sarah Sears (Daniel , Paul , Richard ) was born 11 Apr 1714 in Chatham, Barnstable, MA. She died 30 Apr 1751.

S P May, p 60, No 62, b., m., d.

BIRTH-DEATH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson;
1969;

MARRIAGE: Abstracts of Chatham, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon
Nickerson; 1969;

Married by Rev Lord

Sarah married Joshua Atkins, son of Thomas Atkins, on 1 Aug 1734 in Chatham, MA. Joshua was born 1710 in .

S.P. May p.60 was pubd in 1751, to mary Doane

Joshua and Sarah had the following children:

	584	F	i	Desire Atkins was born 10 Mar 1734/1735 in . She died 6 Jan 1766. BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969;
	585	M	ii	John Atkins was born 7 Mar 1736/1737 in . He died before 20 Jan 1753. BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969; http://www.tiac.net/users/teschek/atkins/d0000/g0000163.htm#I141-eath
	586	F	iii	Susannah Atkins was born 6 Mar 1738/1739 in . BIRTH-SPOUSE: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969;listed as Susan http://www.tiac.net/users/teschek/atkins/d0000/g0000163.htm#I141 says shw m. 1st William Eldredge and 2nd Jonathan Nickerson
				Susannah married Edmund Snow on 8 Oct 1775. Edmund was born 1734 in of Eastham.
	587	F	iv	Sarah Atkins was born 28 Jun 1742 in . BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969;
+	588	F	v	Rebecca Atkins
	589	F	vi	Fear Atkins was born 15 Mar 1746/1747 in . BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969;
	590	F	vii	Ann Atkins was born 11 Jun 1750 in . She died 16 Sep 1750. BIRTH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969;CONFLICT: Shows b. 11 Jun 1759. Maybe it should be 1749?

94. Mercy Sears (Daniel , Paul , Richard ) was born 17 Jul 1716 in Chatham, Barnstable, MA. She died 23 Dec 1765.

S.P. May p.61, No 63, All of the ten children except Simeon died in 1765-6 of
small-pox, imported in a package of clothing, sent from the West Indies, and
washed in the house. Another account says the disease originated in the family of Dea. Paul Crowell, a wealthy citizen who lived near Ryder's Mill; in all 65 persons took the infection; the town expended L 901 7 0, besides individual contributions. Mr Ryder, his wife and ten children were stricken down with the disease at once. At that early day the science of medicine was comparatively in its infancy: but few of the doctors knew anything practically about the malady. The two resident doctors died of the disease; finally a physician was brought from Boston to see the family, who pronounced the disease to be small-pox, of the most virulent and malignant type. The father, mother and nine children died of the foul disease. Simeon, a child of eleven years, was the only survivor, and the only heir of a large landed property. The bodies were buried on the farm, in a row of eleven mounds, where they remain to this day, an object of sad curiosity to the passer by. There were buried in this spot, in all about twenty, connected with the family. A sister of Mrs Ryder, Rebecca Howes, died of the disease; also Nehemiah Doane, who m. Hope Sears. Simeon Ryder, the surviving child, was born in 1755; he lived and died on the place he inherited. He married 1st, Mercy Godfrey; 2d, in 1788, Patience Crowell, and had several children, of whom were Stephen and Simeon; the latter a noted shipmaster, and for many years a prominent railroad man and citizen of Alton, IL, where he died in 1877, aged 82 years.

BIRTH-DEATH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969;

Mercy married Stephen Ryder, son of John Ryder and Mehitable Crowell. Stephen was born 1718 in Chatham, Barnstable co, MA. He died 18 Jan 1766.

BIRTH-SPOUSE-DEATH: Letter from Ladonna Weltmer, Smith Center, KS; 1620-1900;
Letter dtd 8 Jun 1996; ;died of smallpox - had 10 children, 9 died of smallpox

Stephen and Mercy had the following children:

	591	F	i	Jerusha Ryder was born 3 Oct 1740 in .
	592	F	ii	Mary Ryder was born 4 Feb 1742/1743 in .
	593	M	iii	Stephen Ryder was born 20 Apr 1745 in .
	594	F	iv	Experience Ryder was born 23 Jul 1747 in .
	595	M	v	Richard Ryder was born 26 Nov 1749 in .
	596	M	vi	David Ryder was born 31 Mar 1752 in .
+	597	M	vii	Simeon Ryder

97. Deborah Sears (Daniel , Paul , Richard ) was born 13 Oct 1722 in . She died 6 Jan 1796 and was buried in gr-st.

S P May, p 62, No 66, b., m., d.

BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Abstracts of Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol 1, by Vernon Nickerson; 1969;

Deborah married Joseph Atwood, son of Joseph Atwood and Bethia Crowell, on 1742. Joseph was born 19 Feb 1720/1721 in <, 184>. He died 18 Feb 1794.

They had the following children:

	598	F	i	Bethia Atwood was born 3 Feb 1743/1744 in .
				Bethia married Benjamin Godfrey on 27 Jul 1762. S.P. may p.62 m. 2d , Sarah, who d. 23 Jan 1815, ae 75, gr-st
	599	M	ii	David Atwood was born 3 Feb 1745/1746 in . He died 25 Jun 1751.
	600	F	iii	Deborah Atwood was born 3 Sep 1748 in .
	601	M	iv	Joseph Atwood was born 25 May 1752 in . He died 30 May 1774.
	602	F	v	Sarah Sears Atwood was born 15 May 1754 in . She died 3 Apr 1828 in Unm.
	603	F	vi	Salome Atwood was born 31 Aug 1758 in .
				Salome married Weal Cushman on 8 Mar 1783. Weal was born 1754 in Of New Bedford.
+	604	M	vii	Sears Atwood

98. Phebe Sears (Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born 26 Jun 1694 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA.

S.P. May p.64, No 67, Lives in Harwich

Phebe married John Buck. John was born 1690 in .

They had the following children:

+

605

F

i

Deborah Buck

99. Silas Sears (Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born Dec 1695 in Yarmouth, MA. He died 10 Apr 1760 and was buried in , 68.

S.P. May p.97 Silas Sears was a member of the West Church in Yarmouth, in
1729. His will, dated July 11, 1755, was filed May 6, 1760; names wife Elizh. and children James, Silas, Moody, Eleazar, Mary Crowell, Hannah Kent, Elizabeth Sears, and Tabathy Sears.
Wife Elizabeth and son Edward, Exrs. Eleazar had the homestead.
John Nickerson of Yar., in his will, July 2, 1744, names daus. Elizabeth
Sears, Mary Sears, and Patience Sears, three sisters married to three brothers.

Silas married Elizabeth Nickerson, daughter of John Nickerson and Elizabeth Baker. Elizabeth was born 11 May 1699 in Yarmouth, MA.

Kingman - WWW

Silas and Elizabeth had the following children:

	606	M	i	James Sears was born 24 Jun 1722 in Yarmouth, MA. He died after 1755.
+	607	F	ii	Mary Sears
+	608	M	iii	Silas Sears
+	609	M	iv	Edward Jr Sears
	610	F	v	Hannah Sears was born 19 Jan 1732/1733 in Yarmouth, MA. was buried in , 286.
				Hannah married William Kent on 16 Jan 1755. William was born 1728 in Eastham, MA.
+	611	M	vi	Moody Sears
+	612	M	vii	Eleazar Sears
	613	F	viii	Rachel Sears was born 1730 in . S.P. May p.97 not mentd in father's will, 1755.
+	614	F	ix	Elizabeth Sears
	615	F	x	Tabathy Sears was born 1734 in . was buried in , 291.
				Tabathy married Moses Godfrey on 12 May 1763 in Yarmouth, MA. Moses was born 8 Jan 1740/1741 in Chatham.

100. Sarah Sears (Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born 3 Apr 1697 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA. She died 6 Feb 1785 in Sharon, CT and was buried in Sharon Burying G, CT.

S.P. May, p. 65, No 69, b., m.

Sarah married Eleazar Hamblin Dea, son of Isaac Hamlin and Elizabeth Howland, on 1718. Eleazar was born 22 Aug 1699 in Barnstable, MA. He died 31 Oct 1771 in Sharon, CT and was buried in Sharon Burying G, CT.

S.P. May p.65 m. 2d Alice Phinney

Esther A Savage(contrib by Nancy Otis) in the Connecticut Nutmegger, Dec 1992,
p.362-368 "Notes on Cape Cod, New York and Connecticut Surnames HAMBLIN, SEARS,
CROSBY, BARBOUR" Amos Otis (p.533) records that an Eleazer HAMBLIN b.
Barnstable MA 22 Aug 1699 m. Sarah SEARS of Harwich, to which town they moved,
and they had children: Barnabas, 1719; Sarah, 1720/21; Eleazer, 1723. Otis
then states that he married again and had other children in Harwich of which he
had no record, and that his names "disappears in Harwich about 1740."

Eleazar HAMBLIN (Adams, p. 122) was descended from Isaac(3), Eleazer(2),
James(1) HAMBLIN of Barnstable. His wife Sarah, Adams tells us, was a daughter
of Silas and Sarah (CROSBY) SEARS, b Yarmouth 3 Apr 1697. After his marriage
to Sarah in 1718 Eleazer moved to Harwich where he was called "Yeoman" (perhaps
a trader).

Adams is in error, as is Otis, in stating that Eleazer HAMBLIN married a
second time. Barnstable Vital Records show that Alice PHINNEY m another
Eleazer HAMBLIN, who became his second wife on 10 Dec 1724, the first wife
having been her sister.

Family records for the Eleazer HAMBLIN who m Sarah SEARS in 1718 are to be
found in what is now Carmel, Putnam co, NY (Pelletreau, p.281):
"The town of Carmel includes the southern half of Lots 5 and 6 of the Philips
Patent... the earliest account of a settlement in this town is derived from the
HAMBLIN family. In the year 1739 Eleazer HAMBLIN with his family left Cape Cod
to seek a home in New York. (bro-in-law, James SEARS, No. 139 RIN2514 and Benj.
SEARS, No.50 RIN2506 also headed west to Southeast, NY in the 1640s) On his
way he stopped at the house of John HAZEN in Norwich, CT. He concluded to
leave his family there and to go forward himself to find a suitable place for
settling.

On his return he found that his daughter, Sarah (ae 19), had married Caleb
HAZEN, the son of the host. His son-in-law went with him and both settled in
what is now the town of Carmel."

Before the Revolution(Pelletreau, p.249) Carmel as a village had no
existence. Land was held by tenants in large farms who paid yearly rents to
the Philipse family or their agent.

Pelletreau notes that many of the earliest settlers had come from Cape Cod.
The 1975 index (prepared by Marion Baker) to Pelletreau yields numerous Cape
Cod surnames.

The first settlers of the area around Carmel made their own arrangements with
the Indians for land in which to live. Later this land was surveyed in order
to yield taxes. There was a great deal of trouble about this in all of
southeastern New York some years before the Revolution. Increasing
confrontations between the British and the American colonists added fuel to the
fires. Religious dissension was also a factor in their churches.

Lot 6 was divided into farms on which people had already been living, in
1762. In 1771 (Pelletreau, p.289) a survey was made "for more effectually
collecting his Majesty's quit rents." This survey "crossed Fish Brook where
Dea Hamblin's saw mill formerly stood, at 294 James Sear's house 8 ch to the
right, at 308 Eleazar Hamblin's 6 ch to the right." The entire Lot 6 was
partitioned in 1771 among the heirs of Philip Philipse, who had died in 1768.

When questioned the Indian Chief, Nimham, said that all the Indians in the
Philipse Patent had abandoned it long before 1756 (Pelletreau, p.121). Nimham
and others of his tribe fought in the Revolution on the American side, andNimham was killed.

The first settlers early founded a church society known as the Church at West
Phillipi (Pelletreau, p. 306). By 1752 the society was bearing one third of
the salary of John Davenport, the minister for them and for other churches,
including one in the near-by town of Southeast. These churches were
Congregational. Old Gilead, as the church came to be called, remained
Congregational until some time before the Revolution, when it was dissolved,
later to become organized as Presbyterian in 1792.

The people of Carmel wanted a church of their own. In 1756 they issued a
call to the Rev Ebenezer KNIBLOE who had recently come from Scotland. The
first deacons of the Old Gilead Church were Ebenezer Hamblin and Thomas Crosby.
The Rev. Knibloe carefully kept records during the three years he spent with
this church. They were used by Pelletreau, and preserved in his history.
Knibloe lived with the Crosby family while he was in Carmel. He went next to
Amenia, NY, where he spent the rest of his life and was well-known in the NY-CT
border area which included Salisbury and Sharon, CT (See "Litchfield co
History")

It was here that Eleazer Hamblin went to live, some time before the
Revolution. He left a will dated 19 Dec 1768 in Sharon, CT where he says he is
"of Salisbury". The records of his death and that of his wife Sarah are here
(Van Alstyne), Eleazer's on 31 Oct 1771, and Sarah's on 6 Feb 1785. Both were
buried in the Sharon Burying Ground. The 1768 will named the following
children: Barnabas, Saran Hazen, Eleazer, Reuben, David, Hannah(provided for,
for life), Rebeckah, and Desier.

To Grace L Knox (now deceased), I owe research on the Hamblin family in the
CT State Library. I shall always be grateful for the intelligent searches she
made for me, which opened several new paths for further study.

There were other Hamblins in Sharon, CT, most from Wareham, MA ("History of
Litchfield co, CT", p. 578) and also records of the Rev Ebenezer Knibloe are
found there.

In the Carmel area, the Rev Ebenezer Knibloe performed the marriage of
Thankful Hamblin and John BARBOUR, 16 Sep 1756, in the first year of
his ministry there (Pelletreau, p.309)

Thankful was thought by some researchers to have been a daughter of Eleazer
Hamblin, but his failure to name her in his will seems to indicate that she
must have come from another HAMBLIN family. I think it is quite possible that
she was the daughter of Israel Hamblin (Otis, p. 527), by his second wife
Bathsheba BAKER, whose son Israel Hamblin (b 13 Feb 1725) was named an executor
of the will of John Barbour of Ridgefield and called "son-in-law"; he was the
brother of the Thankful Hamblin b 29 Dec 1739 and it seems likely that she
could have been the step-daughter of John Barbour of Ridgefield. The young
couple who were married in 1756 were both very young, 17, but since they had
been living in the same household it may have seemed best for them to marry.
No other possibility for a father of Thankful is to be found in records from
the area around Carmel in 1756.

The names of children given in the 1768 will of Eleazer Hamblin indicate that
the three oldest who came with him to settle in New York remained in the NY-CT
border area; records for all three exist there.

Eleazar and Sarah had the following children:

	616	M	i	Barnabas Hamblin was born 30 Mar 1719 in . He died before 1796. CT001 The CT Nutmegger, Dec 1992, p.365-66 Barnabas Hamblin, b 1719, was a grantee of land from John Barbour of Ridgefield in 1764, and from John Barbour, Jr. in Ridgefield in 1781. In 1796 the estate of Barnabas Hamblin was granted land by a Thomas Barbour(LDS Microfilm #0005496, "Ridgefield CT Town Clerk, Land Records, 1704-1901"). A Barnabas Hamblin fought in the Revolution (Rockwell, p.161). S.P. May, p. 65
+	617	F	ii	Sarah Hamblin
+	618	M	iii	Eleazar Hamlin Dea
	619	M	iv	Reuben Hamblin was born 1725 in . He died 13 Nov 1772 in Sharon, CT. CT001 The CT Nutmegger, p.366 The sons Reuben and David were made executors of their father's will of 1768 in Sharon. Reuben died 13 Nov 1772 in Sharon. I have not searched for the records of the remaining four children (David, Hannah, Rebeckah and Desier).
+	620	M	v	David Hamblin
	621	F	vi	Hannah Hamblin was born 1729 in .
	622	F	vii	Rebeckah Hamblin was born 1731 in .
	623	F	viii	Desier Hamblin was born 1733 in .

101. Deborah Sears (Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born Jan 1699/1700 in .

S.P. May p.65, No 70, Remd to vicinity Haddam, CT

Deborah married William Gray on 8 Oct 1719.

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Gray Family

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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN GRAY
JOHN GRAY was in Yarmouth on Cape Cod, MA by 1642 when he was "presented for swearing and committed to prison." In 1645 he was "presented for abusing Ann, the wife of Wm. Eldredge in an injurious manner." The inventory of his estate was appraised on the 10th of Feb. 1674. He married HANNAH LUMPKIN, daughter of William Lumpkin and Thomasine (unknown).

SECOND GENERATION

Children of JOHN GRAY and HANNAH LUMPKIN:

1. Benjamin born 7 Dec 1648.

+2. WILLIAM born 10 Oct 1650 Yarmouth MA; died 1723 Harwich MA; married REBECCA DILLINGHAM; daughter of John Dillingham and Elizabeth Feake. He was a sergeant under Capt. Gorham in King Philip's War. Left will dated 22 May 1723; proved 18 July 1723; which is recorded in Barnstable Records Vol 4.

3. Probably Mary who married Benjamin Rider 13 June 1670.

4. Probably Gideon.

+5. Probably John; died 31 Mar 1732 Harwich MA; married Susannah Clark; died 10 Sep 1731 Harwich MA; daughter of Andrew Clark.

THIRD GENERATION

Children of WILLIAM GRAY and REBECCA DILLINGHAM:
Named in will of William dated 22 May 1723; (*);

+1. (*) WILLIAM married 8 Oct 1719 DEBORAH SEARS born Jan 1699 Yarmouth MA; daughter of Silas Sears and Sarah Crosby.

2. Hannah married 1715 William Penney.

3. Dorothy married 25 June 1719 Josiah Swift.

4. (*) Sarah married 23 Oct 1718 Eldad Atwood; born 9 July 1695; died 6 May 1754.

5. (*) Mehitable married 23 Oct 1718 Isaac Atwood.

6. Rebecca married 16 Oct 1712 Samuel Berry.

7. (*) Thankful died before 12 Aug 1721; married 18 June 1718 John Atwood; born 10 Aug 1686; died about 1745.

Children of John Gray and Susannah Clark:

1. Lot married (1) Oct 1718 Bethia Paddock born 25 May 1699; died 16 Oct 1728; daughter of Zachariah Paddock and Bethiah Hall; married (2) Jenney Otis.

2. Susannah married (1) 10 Oct 1712 Nathaniel Sears; married (2) C. Foster.

3. Hannah married 8 Feb 1721/2 Thomas Hallet.

4. Lydia married 18 May 1721 Daniel Hall.

5. Sarah married 30 Jan 1723/4 Watson Freeman.

6. Thomas married Rachel (unknown).

7. Samuel married 23 Sep 1721 Alice Prince.

8. Mehitable born 7 Apr 1706; died 21 Feb 1738; married 29 Dec 1726 John Dillingham Jr. born 23 Mar 1702; died 1763; son of John Dillingham and Lydia Chapman.

9. Andrew born 29 Sep 1707; married Anna (unknown) born 31 Aug 1709.

+10. Elisha born 29 Nov 1711; married 12 Aug 1739 Susanna Sturgis, widow of Thomas Davis; daughter of Edward Sturgis.

11. Joshua born 19 Oct 1713; died 2 Sep 1735; unmarried.

12. Anna born 30 Nov 1714; married 27 Jan 1731/2; Thacher Freeman.

FOURTH GENERATION

Children of WILLIAM GRAY and DEBORAH SEARS:
All born Harwich MA;

1. William born 13 Feb 1720/1.

2. REBECCA born 16 June 1723; married 23 Aug 1744 JABEZ BERRY.

3. Thankful born 14 Jan 1724/5.

4. Sarah born 19 Dec 1726.

5. Thomas born 19 Nov 1728.

6. Anna born 16 Oct 1730.

7. Mary born 22 Jan 1732.

8. Deborah born 21 Oct 1734.

9. John.

10. Silas.

Children of John Gray and Hannah Taylor:
All born in Yarmouth MA;

1. Oliver born 4 Feb 1721/2; married 1746 Sarah Hallet.

2. Meletiah born 22 Jan 1723/4.

3. Edward born 24 Mar 1725/6.

Children of Elisha Gray and Susannah Sturgis:

+1. Elisha married Mary/Polly Crosby.

FIFTH GENERATION

Children of Elisha Gray and Mary/Polly Crosby:

1. Edward born 2 Oct 1770.

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William and Deborah had the following children:

	624	M	i	William Gray was born 13 Feb 1720/1721.
+	625	F	ii	Rebecca Gray
	626	F	iii	Thankful Gray was born 1725.
	627	F	iv	Sarah Gray was born 1726.
	628	M	v	Thomas Gray was born 19 Nov 1728.
	629	F	vi	Anna Gray was born 1730.
	630	F	vii	Mary Gray was born 1732.
	631	F	viii	Deborah Gray was born 1734.
	632	M	ix	Living
	633	M	x	Living

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