Descendants of Richard Sears

Sixth Generation

(Continued)

1585. Eliza Jane Clark (Temperance Sears , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 22 Apr 1810 in . She died 21 Jan 1899 in Brewster, MA.

Eliza married Nathaniel Winslow on 29 Jul 1830. Nathaniel was born 14 Apr 1804 in . He died 4 Jan 1880 in Brewster.

They had the following children:

	3583	F	i	Mary Frances Winslow was born 13 Feb 1832 in .
	3584	F	ii	Eliza Winslow was born 18 Mar 1835 in . She died 29 Jan 1844.
	3585	F	iii	Emma Winslow was born 13 Apr 1839 in . She died 24 Feb 1840.
	3586	M	iv	Albert Winslow was born 23 Jan 1841 in .
	3587	F	v	Eliza Emma Winslow was born 15 Dec 1844 in .
				Eliza married Francis B Foster Capt on 6 Jul 1868. Francis was born 1840 in . He died 1886 in at sea.
	3588	F	vi	Ida Maria Winslow was born 8 Jan 1848 in . She died 19 Jul 1878.

1586. Nancy Sears (Hannah Sears , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 20 Mar 1788 in Harwich, MA and was christened 24 Oct 1796. She died 11 Jun 1852 in Grantville Sta, MA.

S.P. May p.159 She was killed by the cars at Grantville Station, MA ae 64.

Nancy married Isaiah Howes Capt, son of Isaiah Howes and Lydia Chapman, on 9 Feb 1812. Isaiah was born 10 Jul 1788 in .

S.P. May p.159 He died from the effects of a fall from a wagon at Worcester.

Isaiah and Nancy had the following children:

	3589	M	i	Clinton Howes was born 8 May 1813 in . He died 15 Nov 1837.
	3590	F	ii	Arlette Howes was born 12 Mar 1815 in . She died 31 Jul 1816.
	3591	F	iii	Arlette Howes was born 17 Aug 1817 in . She died 23 Dec 1819.
	3592	M	iv	Willard Sears Howes was born 30 Oct 1819 in . He died 4 Nov 1819.
+	3593	F	v	Lorenza Howes
	3594	M	vi	George W Howes was born 8 Aug 1823 in . He died 23 Feb 1899 in Worcester.
				George married Clara M Howland on 20 Apr 1881. Clara was born 1860 in Stafford, CT.
+	3595	F	vii	Martha Custis Howes
+	3596	F	viii	Mary Burr Howes
	3597	F	ix	Arlette Howes was born 9 Sep 1832 in . S.P. May p.159 Arlette is unm., lives in Newton, MA

1587. Sukey Sears (Hannah Sears , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 24 Jun 1790 in Harwich, MA and was christened 24 Oct 1796. She died 15 Jul 1874 and was buried in , 679.

Sukey married Ebenezer Higgins, son of Jacob Higgins and Mercy, on 16 Nov 1815. Ebenezer was born 29 Jul 1729 in Brewster. He died 7 Apr 1875.

They had the following children:

	3598	F	i	Susan Sears Higgins was born 28 Aug 1816 in . She died in Unm..
+	3599	M	ii	Ebenezer Higgins
	3600	M	iii	Jacob Higgins was born 6 Feb 1821 in . He died 20 Dec 1838.
+	3601	F	iv	Abigail Freeman Higgins
	3602	M	v	Willard Sears Higgins was born 12 Dec 1826 in . He died 9 Jan 1866 in Queenstown, Ireland. S.P. May p.160 Willard drowned in going on board his ship at Queenstown.
				Willard married Olive Clark Freeman, daughter of Solomon Freeman and Huldah Crosby, on 21 Aug 1854. Olive was born 4 Jun 1827 in .

1588. Jane Sears (Hannah Sears , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 17 Oct 1792 in Harwich, MA and was christened 24 Oct 1796. She died 1 Sep 1849.

Jane married Jonathan Foster on 14 Dec 1815. Jonathan was born 1788 in .

They had the following children:

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Jonathan Foster was born Aug 1817 in . He died 1 Jul 1849.

1589. Ebenezer Sears (Hannah Sears , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 17 Jan 1795 in and was christened 24 Oct 1796. He died 17 Sep 1849 in Boston, MA and was buried in , 681.

S.P. May p.160 B. also 24 Jan. The entry of birth was not made at once, and
it has always been a question which of above dates is correct.

Ebenezer married Eliza Fair Crease, daughter of Samuel Crease and Elizabeth Warden, on 28 Apr 1822 in Boston, By Rev Dwight, MA. Eliza was born 6 Jun 1799 in Boston, MA. She died 22 Apr 1846 in Boston, MA.

They had the following children:

	3604	F	i	Eliza Crease Sears was born 9 Apr 1823 in Boston, MA. She died 23 Nov 1831 and was buried in , 1444. S.P. May p.248 A remarkably beautiful and interesting child, still remembered and spoken of with admiration and affection, after a lapse of more than fifty years.
	3605	F	ii	Caroline Sears was born 23 Dec 1824 in Boston, MA. She died 23 Sep 1825 and was buried in , 1445.
+	3606	F	iii	Mary Jane Sears
+	3607	M	iv	Eben Sears
	3608	M	v	William Crease Sears was born 15 Nov 1831 in . He died 6 May 1837 and was buried in , 1448.
	3609	M	vi	Richard Willard Sears was born 22 Nov 1835 in Boston, MA. He died 15 Sep 1880 in Boston, MA and was buried in , 1449. S.P. May p.249 Richard was educated at Phillips Acad., Exeter, NH, and at Wilbraham, MA, received a business education in the counting rooms of Wm Tucker, Boston, and Coolbaugh & Brooks, Bankers, Burlington, IA; entering business with his brother, under the firm of E. & R.W. Sears, shipping and commission merchants, Boston. The business being broken up by the war, they engaged in real estate and mining enterprises. Of an eminently social nature, he made frineds of all he met, was extremely fond of children, and had a peculiar faculty for entertaining them, liberal with his friends, and generous to a fault, his purse was ever open. He was a member of the Cadets, NE Hist Gen So, Art Club, Apollo Club, etc., Revere Lodge, St Andrews R.A. Chapter, St Bernard Encampment, and Sov Consistory of Boston.
+	3610	F	vii	Emma Elizabeth Sears
+	3611	F	viii	Adelaide Louisa Sears
	3612	M	ix	William Albert Sears was born 10 Feb 1845 in Boston, MA. He died 25 Aug 1847 in Worcester, Drowned, MA and was buried in , 1452.

1590. Hannah Sears (Hannah Sears , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 17 Feb 1797 in Harwich and was christened 2 Apr 1797. She died 27 Mar 1865.

Hannah married Hopkins Foster on 31 Dec 1821. Hopkins was born 15 Nov 1796 in . He died 15 Apr 1823 in Drowned.

They had the following children:

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Mary Hopkins Foster

1593. Harriet Sears (Hannah Sears , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 30 Oct 1807 in Harwich, MA. She died 11 Jun 1871.

Harriet married John Crosby on 8 Dec 1835 in Oct 25 T.C.. John was born about 1810 in . He died 1 May 1867.

They had the following children:

	3614	M	i	Charles Clinton Crosby was born 1836 in . He died in Died Young.
	3615	M	ii	John H Crosby was born 1838 in . He died Jul 1870. S.P. May p.161 John died of a disease contracted in the army.
	3616	M	iii	Charles Clinton Crosby was born 1840 in . He died in Died Young.
+	3617	F	iv	Harriet Sears Crosby

1594. Josiah Sparrow (Rebecca Knowles , Joshua Knowles , Mary Sears , Paul , Richard ) was born 10 Feb 1759. He died 18 Jul 1849 in Orleans, MA.

Josiah married Mercy Smith, daughter of Samuel Smith and Zerviah Hamilton, on 11 Jan 1782. Mercy was born 1760 in Chatham, MA. She died Jul 1845.

They had the following children:

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Lydia Sparrow

1597. Mehitable Knowles (Elisha Knowles , John Knowles , Mary Sears , Paul , Richard ) was born about 1752 in Haddam, CT. She died 9 Dec 1841 in Haddam, CT.

Mehitable married Amos Dickinson, son of Nehemiah Dickinson Lt, on 1769. Amos was born 22 May 1741 in Haddam, CT. He died Aug 1777.

EPW p.32 Amos served in the Revolutionary War in Gen Wadworth's Brigade, Col
William Douglas' CT Regiment, 8th Company under Capt Cornelius Higgins of
Haddam, which reinforced General Washington's Army at NY; served in the city
and on the Brooklyn front being at the right of line of works during the Battle
of Long Island 27 Aug 1776; engaged in the retreat to NY Aug 29-30; stationed
with the militia brigade under Col Douglas at Kips Bay (34th St) on the East
River at the time of the enemy's attack of NY Sep 15th; later forced to retreat
hurriedly at the Battle of White Plains 28 Oct 1776. Recording of his death
has not been found, but was before 1787, when guardianship papers for his
children were filed in Haddam Probate Records.

Amos and Mehitable had the following children:

	3619	F	i	Mehitable Dickinson was born about 1769.
	3620	F	ii	Abigail Dickinson was born 1770.
	3621	M	iii	Amos Dickinson was born 1773. He died 10 Oct 1850. EPW p.33 He fought in the War of 1812.
				Amos married (1) Nancy Coomer on 1798.
				Amos also married (2) Sarah Whitney Ross after 1824.
+	3622	M	iv	John Dickinson

1617. Living (Abigail Knowles , Paul Knowles , Mary Sears , Paul , Richard )

Living married Living

They had the following children:

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Living

1618. Abigail Crosby (Sarah Wing , Mary Knowles , Mary Sears , Paul , Richard ) was born 3 Jan 1748/1749 in Harwich, MA. She died 4 Feb 1826 in Barre, MA.

LHH- shows alt b. date 29 Dec 1748
!MSM pedigree shows b. date 12 Aug 1753

Abigail married Edmund Howes, son of Amos Howes and Rebecca Matthews, on 11 Feb 1773. Edmund was born 21 Aug 1743. He died 10 Sep 1828.

HG- Joined Cong Ch 13 Jul 1789. Rev War vet

Edmund and Abigail had the following children:

	3624	F	i	Susannah Howes was born 13 Feb 1775.
+	3625	F	ii	Bethia Howes
+	3626	F	iii	Molly Howes
	3627	M	iv	Edmond Jr Howes was born 21 Mar 1782.
	3628	M	v	John Howes was born 24 Dec 1785.
+	3629	F	vi	Sophrina Howes
	3630	M	vii	Living
	3631	F	viii	Living
	3632	M	ix	Joshua Howes was born 14 Apr 1790.
	3633	M	x	James Howes was born 11 Mar 1791.
	3634	M	xi	Living
+	3635	M	xii	John Howes

1632. Abigail "Nabby" Knowles (William Knowles , Willard Knowles , Mary Sears , Paul , Richard ) was born 1788. She died 1862.

BIRTH-DEATH: Letter from Richard Dennis Souther 70540.774@compuserve.com;
1839-1956; Letter dtd 27 Feb 1996; ;

Abigail married Isaiah Higgins Gill. Isaiah was born 1785. He died 1857.

BIRTH-DEATH: Letter from Richard Dennis Souther 70540.774@compuserve.com;
1839-1956; Letter dtd 27 Feb 1996; ;

Isaiah and Abigail had the following children:

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Beniah H Gill

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