3550. Elkanah Howes Sears (William , Elkanah , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 25 Apr 1849 in E Dennis, Barnstable, MA. He died 26 Jun 1914 in E Dennis, MA and was buried in E Dennis, MA.
1900 Census Vol 1,7,7,9 Dennis, Barnstable, MA
DVR, p 301, b., d.; p 453 d., Elkanah H and his wife Lelia Y.[sic] A record of their children
LJB Carpenter, windmills built church in Wellfleet, worked in the Shiverick Shipyard 1882
Pam Cooper discovered that Elkanah's maternal grandfather was Howes Berry and
Howes Berry's maternal grandmother was Sarah Howes, grandaughter of Jeremiah
Howes. Hence Elkanah's (Mr El-kay'-ney according to Ellen Sears Curran) middle nameby Lelia Brownscombe-grandaughter of Elkanah (9 Nov 1992) My grandfather was
born in a house built in 1805 by his grandfather, Elkanah Sears (No. 401), whose home on the Southwest corner of South and School Streets, E Dennis, had burned.
This beautiful Cape Cod house, located at 51 School St, replaced the destroyed one.
Elkanah Howes' father, William (No. 1144), was also born in the 1805 house.
His mother was Ruth Berry. I have an old silver tablespoon with the initials
WR engraved on the handle. This was unusual because they stand for William and Ruth. The usual way was to use the first initial of the last name of the
married couple. Elkanah (No. 2568) had two brothers, William Gray and Isaac
Berry. (ed. the autographs in the Sears Genealogical Catalogue were collected by Isaac)
As a boy, grandfather said, if it rained he had to get up in the middle of
the night to help pull up the canvas which protected the salt beds from getting wet. He also had a pet skunk and a turtle in his closet.
On 22 Dec 1881, Elkanah married Lelia Eldridge (No 6984b. i). (I was
surprised that my grandmother's line through her mother was back to Richard
Sears) She lived at 2666 Route 28, S Chatham. (The house is still there) She had been a teacher in Chatham before her marriage.
My grandfather was a carpenter and had a beautiful workshop in the carriage room of the large barn on Center St. across the street from the Church. He also called himself a mechanic probably because he installed and repaired windmills. he built a Church in Wellfleet, repaired the steeple on the E Dennis Church when it was struck by lightning, repaired the Brewster Mill according to brother Isaac's note book. He built many houses on Cape Cod.
When he was first married, Kanah, as his wife called him, worked in the
Shiverick Shipyard on Quivet Neck according to Lelia T Sears' diary written
in 1882. (ed. according to Dean Stanley Sears, Quivet rhymes with quiet)
Kanah and Lelia lived lived in a duplex at 26 or 28 South St near School St. It is still standing. All four of their children were born in this house, James William, Lewis Elkanah, Lelia Estelle and Leslie Ray. Elkanah added dormer windows, bathroom, screen porch and pump house and water system to the 1805 house after 1905.BURIED: South St Cemetery
Elkanah married Lelia Tabitha Eldredge, daughter of James Eldridge and Esther Phillips, on 22 Dec 1881 in Chatham, MA. Lelia was born 7 Aug 1850 in Chatham, Barnstable, MA. She died Jun 1940 in Santa Cruz, CA and was buried in E Dennis, MA.
LJB
Elkanah and Lelia had the following children:
6360 M i James William "Billy" Sears was born 21 Oct 1882 in E Dennis, Barnstable, MA.
My Dad always talked about Uncle Billy who went to California. His brother
Leslie went out to visit him in the 1930's and returned by boat and that was my Dad's first trip through the Panama Canal.
Mom said things didn't work out (it was the depression) so they came back to Massachusetts
DVR, p 453, b.
Yarmouth Register, 26 Apr 1930, East Dennis - Mr and Mrs James W Sears of Boston were in town for the holiday.James married Mabel Williams. Mabel died after 1931.
Lelia Brownscombe -Here is a letter that Aunt Mabel (Uncle Jim's wife) sent to
me. 1 Feb 1931 15 grace Road, W Medford, Mass.
Dear Lelia
I have been going into the genealogical rooms in Boston lately. having
great fun looking into my Williams ancestry- and incidentally I found one or
two things I think nice for you to know about your Sears ancestors. You know
probably the first Sears ancestor was Richard who was supposed to have come
here in 1630. and your line from him is ... Well your great great great
grandfather Edmund was a sea captain, and was unloading his ship in Boston
Harbor when the Boston Tea Party occured. He left his ship- boarded the vessel
which had the tea on board and assisted in throwing it overboard. It was thePaul Revere Lodge of Masons who planned the affair. When Edmund Sears returned
home he went to the "Bowfat" (a circle around the fireplace)and took the teapot
and caddy and threw them out of doors telling his wife ther was to be no more
tea ever in his house, and also forbid the wearing of any article of British
make- He had 4 sons in the Revolution and when there was a threatened invasion
of the Cape, he rode horseback and offered his services altho then an old man.
You see you are a good D.A.R. candidate as well as a special bar for being a
direct descendant of a member of the Boston Tea Party. Of course your mother
is too. I am a member of Boston Tea Party Chapter and we have scarcely 1/2
doz- who can claim descent from real Boston Tea Partiers and aren't they proud
of it? All I can claim is that I married one-
Also I find Wm Sears your great grandfather, your mother's grandfather, and his
father Elkanah set out the first cranberries ever cultivated on Cape Cod on
what is now flax pond- owned now by Cousin Edmund. These two things are a
matter of record and I thought maybe you'd enjoy knowing them. The remark
Edmund's wife made when he threw out the tea is also in record, she turned to
the children who had ghathered to "welcome" father home and said-"your poor
father has losthis mind."
The Sears Coat of Arms is beautiful and the motto is "Exaltat Humiles" If
... you can translate that. Hope this will interest you. It did your Uncle
Billy and he wanted me to write it to you. This is taken from published
records and is supposed to be as authentic as any records can ever be.
Deep snow here 8 in & it is now snowing on top of that.
Love to all,
Aunt Mabel+ 6361 M ii Lewis Elkanah Sears + 6362 F iii Lelia Estelle "Stella" Sears + 6363 M iv Leslie Ray Sears
3569. Anna Atherton Clark (Lot Clark , Temperance Sears , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 9 Jan 1842 in Roxbury, MA. She died 13 Oct 1923.
John W Sears Archive: d. date
SP May pp 472 Daughter of Lot and Mary (Barnard) C. Clark of Boston.
Anna married Abraham Winslow Sears, son of Nathan Sears and Sarah Winslow, on 17 Aug 1864 in Dorchester, MA. Abraham was born 14 Feb 1835 in Brewster, Barnstable, MA. He died 28 Oct 1908 and was buried in , 2001.
Mayflower Index: No 29,881 and 29,882 (father and mother are both MD)
!John W Sears Archive: d. date
Abraham and Anna had the following children:
+ 6364 M i Henry Darrah Sears 6365 F ii Mary Clark Sears was born 18 Apr 1868 in Dorchester, MA. was buried in , 3422. 6366 M iii Nathan Frederick Sears was born 13 Oct 1870 in Dubuque, Dubuque, IA. was buried in , 3423.
3593. Lorenza Howes (Nancy Sears
, Hannah
, Edmund
, Paul
, Paul
, Richard
) was born 27 May 1821 in
Lorenza married Leander Elmer Mann on 6 May 1845.
They had the following children:
3595. Martha Custis Howes (Nancy Sears
, Hannah
, Edmund
, Paul
, Paul
, Richard
) was born 3 Jan 1826 in
Martha married Ogden Hall Rev on 29 Nov 1855. Ogden was born 1822 in
S.P. May p.159 Martha was his second wife
Ogden and Martha had the following children: