Descendants of Richard Sears

Sixth Generation

(Continued)

1980. Calvin Sears (David , James , Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born about 1769 in Lenox, MA. He died 6 Mar 1859 in Lenox, MA.

BIRTH-FATHER-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-DEATH-BIOGRAPHY: Samuel Pearce May, THE
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SARES(SEARS) OF YARMOUTH,MASS; 1638-1888; Albany, Joel
Munsell's Sons, 1890; pp 274; NEHGS Library, Boston, MA.
Calvin Sears kept tavern in Worthington, MA

BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BIOGRAPHY: Letter from RAdm Scott L Sears, Newport, RI, to
Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1769-1994; Letter dtd 31 Mar 1994; ; copy in poss of
Ray Sears, Duncan, OK. Mary Hubby's will lists four children by her and
Calvin.

Calvin married (1) Mary Hubby on 25 Dec 1792 in Lenox, Pub., MA. Mary was born about 1768 in Pittsfield, MA. She died 16 Oct 1807 in Pittsfield, MA.

BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BIOGRAPHY: Letter from RAdm Scott L Sears, Newport, RI,
to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1769-1994; Letter dtd 31 Mar 1994; ; copy in poss
of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK. Mary Hubby's will was probated 3 Nov 1807, at which
time Calvin was appointed guardian of Mary Maria, Fanny, John Calvin and Polly
Hubby.

Calvin and Mary had the following children:

	4156	F	i	Mary Maria Sears was born 14 May 1800 in Lenox, MA. She died 25 Dec 1811 in Pittsfield, MA and was buried in , 1620. BIRTH-DEATH: Letter from RAdm Scott L Sears, Newport, RI, to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1769-1994; Letter dtd 31 Mar 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK. !BIRTH: Samuel Pearce May, THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SARES(SEARS) OF YARMOUTH,MASS; 1638-1888; Albany, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890; pg 274; NEHGS Library, Boston, MA.
	4157	F	ii	Fannie Sears was born 30 Mar 1802 in Lenox, MA. was buried in , 1621. BIRTH-DEATH: Letter from RAdm Scott L Sears, Newport, RI, to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1769-1994; Letter dtd 31 Mar 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK. Could be Fanny. !BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Samuel Pearce May, THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SARES(SEARS) OF YARMOUTH,MASS; 1638-1888; Albany, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890; pg 274; NEHGS Library, Boston, MA.
				Fannie married John Henry Phelps on 15 Jul 1823 in Lenox, MA. John was born 19 Apr 1792 in Lenox, MA. He died 6 Jun 1874 in Wadsworth, OH. MARRIAGE: Letter from RAdm Scott L Sears, Newport, RI, to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1769-1994; Letter dtd 31 Mar 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK. !BIRTH-DEATH: Letter from Dallas Phelps, Camden, SC, to Ray Sears; 1792-1899; Letter dtd 10 Jun 1993; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears; The Phelps Family of America & Their English Ancestors, 1899, Pittsfield, MA, by O S Phelps & A T Servin. !SPOUSE-MARRIAGE:S P May p 274 Showed his name as John A Phelps.
+	4158	M	iii	John Calvin Sears
	4159	F	iv	Polly Hubby Sears was born 1806 in . PARENTS: Letter from RAdm Scott L Sears, Newport, RI, to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1769-1994; Letter dtd 31 Mar 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK.

Calvin also married (2) Isabell about 1810 in Prob Pittsfield.

BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BIOGRAPHY: Letter from RAdmScott L Sears, Newport, RI, to
Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1769-1994; Letter dtd 31 Mar 1994; ; copy in poss of
Ray Sears, Duncan, OK.

Calvin and Isabell had the following children:

+	4160	M	v	George Washington Sears
	4161	M	vi	William Anson Sears was born 12 Jun 1813 in Worthington, MA. was buried in , 1621a. V.. BIRTH: Journal of Samuel P May; 1880-1913; Handwritten notes in May's personal copy of his book, Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears);p 274; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK; Was with John Brown in Kansas !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-BIOGRAPHY: Letter from RAdmScott L Sears, Newport, RI, to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1769-1994; Letter dtd 31 Mar 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK.
				William married Clark. Clark was born 1817 in , WA.
	4162	F	vii	Ann Maria Sears was born 19 Sep 1816 in Worthington, MA. BIRTH: Letter from RAdm Scott L Sears, Newport, RI, to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1769-1994; Letter dtd 31 Mar 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK.
	4163	F	viii	Hannah Sears was born 1 Jun 1821 in Lenox, MA. BIRTH: Letter from RAdm Scott L Sears, Newport, RI, to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1769-1994; Letter dtd 31 Mar 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK.

1982. Bethia Sears (David , James , Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born 1773 in .

Bethia married Jacob Goodrich, son of Goodrich. Jacob was born 21 Sep 1755 in Pittsfield, MA. He died after 1833.

I have been trying for years to further my Goodrich lines. My earliest
ancestor is Jacob Goodrich (09\21\1755-after 1833). He served in the
Rev. War out of Lenox, MA but lived in Saratoga County, NY by 1810
census and at time of his pension files-1833. His wife was Bethiah.He
had two known brothers: Lemuel who died during war and Allen who was
buried Ballston Spa in 1835.
Thanks.
Donna Goodwin, 8299 Village Drive #2, Hayden, Idaho, 83835
208-772-3039

Jacob and Bethia had the following children:

	4164	M	i	Jacob Goodrich was born 1781 in . was buried in Monroe co, WI. I have been trying for years to further my Goodrich lines. My earliest ancestor is Jacob Goodrich (09\21\1755-after 1833). He served in the Rev. War out of Lenox, MA but lived in Saratoga County, NY by 1810 census and at time of his pension files-1833. His wife was Bethiah.He had two known brothers: Lemuel who died during war and Allen who was buried Ballston Spa in 1835. His son, Jacob Jr. was buried in Monroe County, Wis. and the family then settled in northern Ill. My dad is a Goodrich. Do you have further information on your Bethiah Sears??? And anything on Jacob Sr.?? Thanks. Donna Goodwin, 8299 Village Drive #2, Hayden, Idaho, 83835 208-772-3039 dgoodwin@micron.net
	4165	M	ii	George Goodrich was born 1783 in . S.P. May p.174 Lived in Monroe, Green co., WI

1985. Abial Crosby (Sarah Sears , James , Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born 1754 in .

She had the following children:

	4166	M	i	Living
	4167	M	ii	Living
	4168	M	iii	Living

1988. Mary Foster (Thankful Sears , James , Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born 1764 in . She died after 1830.

PA001 - J Kelsey Jones

Mary married Obadiah Crosby. Obadiah was born 1760. He died after 1830.

PA001 - J Kelsey Jones

Obadiah and Mary had the following children:

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Thankful Crosby

1990. Enoch Hamlin Sears (Seth , James , Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born about 1761 in Southeast, Dutchess, NY.

Ruth G Pickard - The records of the Presbyterian Church at Ballston abound in
the names of the progeny of Enoch Hamlin Sears

Enoch married Smith, daughter of Jeremiah Smith. Smith was born 1760 in .

They had the following children:

+	4170	M	i	Alexander Sears
+	4171	F	ii	Betsy Sears
+	4172	F	iii	Ruth Sears
	4173	F	iv	Sally Sears was born 1788 in . was buried in , 1625. S.P. May p.274 d. six weeks after marriage of consumption
				Sally married Living
	4174	M	v	Lewis Sears was born 1790 in . He died in D. Consumption and was buried in , 1626.
	4175	M	vi	Smith Sears was born 1792 in . was buried in , 1627. S.P. May p.274 Was taken west by relatives, and not heard from since.

1991. Naomi Sears (Seth , James , Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born 23 Sep 1764 in prob Southeast, Dutchess, NY. She died 30 Mar 1846 in Winfield, Herkimer, NY and was buried in N Winfield, NY.

Ruth G Pickard The search for Naomi Sears' parents has been long and
frustrating. She is clearly referred to in two separate Bible records as the
wife of Zadock Rider. Her birth is recorded as 23 Sep 1764. Her father is
most certainly Seth Sears.
In regard to the family of Seth and Sarah (Sears) Sears in the May
Gebnealogy, there are several descrapancies. First of all, there is a
tremendous gap bewteen the birth of their first child Enoch Hamlin ca. 1760 and
the birth of their next listed child, Seth, to whom Samuel May assigns a ca.
1771 birthdate. A record of the family of Seth Sears, Jr., formerly in
possession of Porter Barrows of Sherburne, NY, and published by the James
Madison Chapter, DAR (NY DAR Church Cemetery and Town Records v. 123, p.88),
says Seth Sears 3rd was born in South East Town, Dutchess County, State of New
York, August 11th 176_(page torn). Ruamy Andress was born in Greeenfield,
Fairfield co, CT, 24 Jan 17__ (Page torn). Although the date of Seth's birth
is incomplete , it obviously did not take place in 1771, as May surmises. The
Foster-Livingston Collection of Putnam co Records quotes the tombstone
inscription in Milltown Cemetery as follows: "The graves of Seth and Rheuhamah,
he died May 1, 1819, 48 y, and she died Dec 9, 1813, 31y." This is the
apparent source of May's 1771 birthdate.
However, the Bible fragment referred to above is at odds with the date on the
tombstone and gives Seth's death date as May 1, 1817. This accords with thedate on which his will was entered into porbate-- 16 May 1817. If Seth was
indeed 48 years old when he died, he would have to have been born in 1769 and
not 1771.
This leaves Seth and Sarah's "third" child Eleazar H. with a birthdate of
1771, which seems entirely reasonable. Sarah Sears, their "fourth" child, has
no birthdate assigned, and their last child, Thankful, about whom a
considerable amount of accurate informationis given, was born on 30 Jun 1775.
In regard to the birthdate of Sarah, the International Genealogical Index,
published by the LDS Church, gives a birthdate of 24 Mar 1767, for Sarah Sears
but does not assign her any parents. A marriage to Thomas Randall in November,
1787, is also listed for Sarah Sears, but again no aprents are listed.
However, it seem slikely that this is Seth's daughter.
If the family births are arranged according to the inforamtiuon given above,
we arrive at a much more reasonable birth order and spacing than theone given
by May.

BURIED: Cemetery (abandoned)

Naomi married Zadoc(K) Rider, son of John Rider and Mary Paine, about 1793. Zadoc(K) was born 10 Jun 1752 in Southeast, Dutchess co, NY. He died 23 Jun 1827 in Winfield, Herkimer Co, NY.

They had the following children:

	4176	F	i	Anna Rider is printed as #2469.
+	4177	M	ii	Charles Paine Rider is printed as #2470.
+	4178	M	iii	Robert Delos Rider is printed as #2471.
+	4179	F	iv	Rebecca Rider is printed as #2472.
+	4180	M	v	James W Rider is printed as #2473.

1992. Sarah Sears (Seth , James , Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born 24 Mar 1767 in Southeast, Dutchess, NY. She died 26 Sep 1860 and was buried in Columbus, PA.

Mrs Charles N (Madeline) Dodd- The 1790 census of Dutchess co, NY shows four
families named Sears (Seth, Seth Jr., Benjamin and Stephen). In the 1830
census of Warren co, PA, there was a James Sears living near Zacheus & Sarah
Raymond, no connection known.

BURIED: Curtis Cemetery

Sarah married Zacheus Raymond on Nov 1787 in , Dutchess co, NY. Zacheus was born Jan 1766 in Norwalk, CT. He died 9 Dec 1844 in Columbus, Warren, PA.

Madeline Dodd - Samuel Raymond's genealogy shows Zacheus disappearing into
Nova Scotia after the War in the write-up under his father, Comfort, yet in
Zacheus' own paragraph, he supposedly "lived and died in Chenango co, NY,"
where his wife "lived to a very advanced age, dying about 1853," and "had two
children, Enoch and Lewis." Leach (who update Samuel's work) seemed unaware
that Zacheus had ever lived anywhere but CT and PA. In fact, he was living in
Dutchess co, NY on the 1790 census, and was listed in Chenango co, NY in 1810
and 1820. There was a Zachariah Raymond in Herkimer co in 1800, which was the
parent county of Chenango and it's almost certain that Zachariah and Zacheus
are the same person.
In May 1780 Zacheus enlisted in the Continental Army as Private, for a period of three months following which he reenlisted for another three months and again in 1781 for six months and twenty days as a teamster. He was under the command of Capt Couch and Colonel Canfield in the State of CT. At Zacheus' death, he was buried on his own farm on a hillside just off US Rt 6. Since his burial, a large cherry tree has grown above the grave, which is
surrounded by a metal fence.

BIRTH: Darwin Everett Leach, HISTORY OF ZACHEUS RAYMOND; 1630-1929; Corry, PA, 1932; p 1 ; copy in poss of Ray Sears; The origin of the family name, RAYMOND, dates back to the year 240, before given names were used. It starts with Raymond the 1st, Count of Toulouse, which was long before Germany, France or Spain were separate countries. Richard Raymond and his wife Judith were members of FIrst Church, Salem, MA. In 1660 he sold one quarter part of "THE GOOD KETCH," called the Hopewell of Salem, of the burthen of thirty tons, now being or riding at anchor in the harbor of Boston. 20 October 1662 he purchased a house and land at Norwalk CT. His children were all baptised in the First Church, Salem. The line to Zacheus is not clear bit appears to go John, Thomas, Comfort, Comfort.

Little is known of Zacheus' early life which was spent on a farm (in CT).
After the war he reomved to Columbus, PA where he resided on a farm until his
death.

Zacheus and Sarah had the following children:

+	4181	M	i	Lewis Napoleon Raymond
	4182	M	ii	Harvey Raymond was born 1790 in <, NY>.
	4183	M	iii	Enoch Raymond was born 1792 in <, NY>.
				Enoch married Living
+	4184	M	iv	Seth Sears Raymond
	4185	F	v	Matilda Raymond was born 1800 in <, NY>. Madeline Dodd - In Columbus Cemetery, Chenango co, NY, there is a Mary Howard, wife of Whipple R Howard, who died 4 May 1842, aged 44 yrs, the daughter of Zacheus Raymond. They had two children in the census of 1820, both boys. Is she a previously unknown daughter or Matilda? Note also that her brother Lewis married a Howard.
	4186	M	vi	Lorenzo Raymond was born 1802 in <, NY>.

1993. Seth Jr Sears (Seth , James , Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born 11 Aug 1769 in . He died 1 May 1817 in Milltown, Putnam, NY and was buried in gr-st.

Ruth G Pickard

Seth married (1) Ruhamah Andrews on 23 Aug 1797 in Prob Greenfield, Fairfield co, CT. Ruhamah was born about 1782 in . She died 9 Dec 1813.

They had the following children:

	4187	M	i	Ebenezer A Sears was born 28 Sep 1798 in Southeast, Dutchess, NY. was buried in , 1628. S.P. May p.274 m. and had a dau.
	4188	M	ii	Peter H Sears was born 26 Aug 1800 in Southeast, Dutchess, NY. He died in D. Unm..
	4189	F	iii	Naomi Sears was born 11 Oct 1802 in Southeast, Dutchess, NY. was buried in , 1630.
	4190	F	iv	Roxanna(Ruhamah) Sears was born 1 Apr 1805 in Southeast, Dutchess, NY. was buried in , 1631.
	4191	M	v	Lewis Sears was born 29 Jul 1807 in Southeast, Dutchess, NY. was buried in , 1633. S.P. May p.275 m. and went West
	4192	M	vi	Seth A Sears was born 16 Nov 1810 in Southeast, Dutchess, NY. He died in Norwalk, CT and was buried in , 1632. Ruth G Pickard changed order D.S.P.
				Seth married Polly. Polly was born 1814 in .

Seth also married (2) Eunice (Paddock) Crosby Mrs. Eunice was born 1792 in .

S.P. May p.274 She was a cousin of Joseph Crane Sears, through his mother; she
had two daughters by her first husband, viz.:"Blind Fanny J Crosby," the hymn
writer, and Mrs Morris, who was living in Bridgeport, CT, in 1885, ae. 86, to
whom I am indebted for data relative to this and connected families.

Seth and Eunice had the following children:

	4193	F	vii	Susannah Sears was born about 1814 in Southeast, Putnam, NY. She died 26 Dec 1830 in Southeast, NY and was buried in Southeast, NY. BURIED: Sears Burying Ground
	4194	F	viii	Ruhamah Sears was born 14 Aug 1817 in Southeast, Putnam, NY. Ruth G Pickard

1994. Eleazar H Sears (Seth , James , Silas , Silas , Richard ) was born 1771 in Southeast, (Or Danbury), NY. He died 1855 in Deruyter, Madison co, NY.

Ruth G Pickard- Served with his brother Seth as an administrator of their
father's will (1809)

CHILDREN: William H Tuttle, NAMES AND SKETCHES OF THE PIONEER
SETTLERS OF MADISON COUNTY NY; 1821-1868; Interlaken, Heart of the Lakes
Publishing, 1985; p 221; CT State Library; settled in DeRuyter 1805. Sons
Stephen G, George S, Francis

Eleazar married Betsy Marvin in S East, NY. Betsy was born about 1778 in . She died 1854 in de Ruyter, NY.