Descendants of Richard Sears
Sixth Generation
(Continued)
2031. Eunice Sears (Comfort
, James
, Silas
, Silas
, Richard
) was born 4 Feb 1784 in Ridgefield, CT. She died 8 Jul 1858.
Eunice married James Weed on 18 Dec 1810. James was born 31 Mar 1783 in . He died 8 May 1814.
S.P. May p.179 James died of the malignant fever that raged in So. E. that
spring.
James and Eunice had the following children:
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James Orville Weed was born 4 Sep 1814 in .
S.P. May p.179 They live on the old homestead of Comfort Sears, his grandfather
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James married Sarah E Crane on 12 Apr 1843. Sarah was born 23 Oct 1818 in South East. |
2033. James Sears Dea. (Comfort
, James
, Silas
, Silas
, Richard
) was born 10 Nov 1788 in Ridgefield, CT. He died 19 Jan 1878 in Seneca Castle, NY.
S.P. may p.282 James Sears removed from Millplain, CT to Seneca Castle, NY in
1836, having sold his farm (which adjoined his bro. Lewis', and was 2 miles from
the old homestead,) to his bro. Joseph C. He was a well-to-do farmer, of
excellent literary taste, and of much spiritual culture. His idea of honesty
was, good measure, pressed down and running over, and every thing was done
heartily, and as unto the Lord, who seemed ever present with him.
He was single-hearted, pure-minded beyond most Christians, and had great
humility. All his children were taught by example as well as precept. He was a
Deacon for 30 years, and was blessed with two most excellent wives.
James married (1) Deborah Crosby, daughter of Enoch Crosby, on 11 Oct 1808 in S East, NY. Deborah was born 11 Oct 1790 in Southeast, Dutchess co, NY. She died 3 Feb 1849 in Phelps, NY.
They had the following children:
James also married (2) Charity (White) Hopkins Mrs. Charity was born 1792 in . She died 11 Apr 1883.
S.P. May Having been thrice married
2034. Atha Sears (Comfort
, James
, Silas
, Silas
, Richard
) was born 18 Dec 1790 in Ridgefield, CT. She died 17 Sep 1827 and was buried in gr-st, Bogg's Dist Cem.
Atha married Ezra Pearce Benedict, son of Elijah Benedict and Mary Sears, on 22 Jan 1811. Ezra was born 31 Aug 1792 in . He died 19 Jan 1852 and was buried in gr-st.
They had the following children:
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Tamar Benedict was born 22 Apr 1813 in . |
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Philander Benedict was born 2 Sep 1816 in . |
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Philander married Sarah Vail on 2 Feb 1842. Sarah was born about 1816. |
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Joanna Benedict was born 20 Apr 1820 in . She died 20 Jul 1860. |
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Joanna married Living |
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Elijah Benedict was born 1827 in . |
2035. Joseph Crane Sears (Comfort
, James
, Silas
, Silas
, Richard
) was born 18 Dec 1792 in Ridgefield, CT. He died 29 May 1857 in Millplain, CT.
S.P. May p.284 Joseph Sears lived in South East, NY, till 1827-7, when he
removed to his father's place, remaining there til 1836, when he purchased the
farm of his brother James in Millplain, Ct.
The house that Herman B Sears was born in, was also the birthplace of George
Belden Sears.
The old boundary line between CT and NY passed through the house, and the room
they were born in was on the New York side.
By a later survey the whole house is in CT.
Mr Sears was a public spirited man, and interested in all improvements.
He was a Rep to State Leg in 1835-6, and 1842.
He was greatly loved by all his neighbors, especially the young, was an active
church member, often on committees, and in 1829 sent to the Presbytery.
Joseph married (1) Patty M Barnum on 26 Oct 1814. Patty was born 9 Dec 1793 in S East, NY. She died 14 Nov 1815 in S East, NY and was buried in Old Cem, Milltown, NY.
They had the following children:
Joseph also married (2) Mary A Brush on 22 Feb 1818. Mary was born 3 Jan 1796 in . She died 13 Dec 1872 in Camden, NJ.
S.P. May p.283 Died at the house of her daughter Camilla
Joseph and Mary had the following children:
2036. Lewis Sears Dea (Comfort
, James
, Silas
, Silas
, Richard
) was born 26 Jun 1795 in Ridgefield, CT. He died 10 Nov 1868 in Danbury, CT.
Lewis married Sarah Crosby, daughter of Enoch Crosby, on 30 Sep 1824 in Phelps, NY. Sarah was born 27 Jun 1800 in S East, NY. She died 31 May 1869 in Buffalo, NY.
They had the following children:
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Theodore Crosby Sears Hon |
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William Henry Sears was born 23 Dec 1830 in Danbury, CT. was buried in , 1715.
S.P. May p284 Lives in KA or CO, and has several children
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Francis Augustus Sears |
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Mary Eliza Sears was born 15 Oct 1836 in Danbury, CT. was buried in , 1717.
S.P. May p.284 Lives in Buffalo with brother Francis
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2037. Polly M Sears (Comfort
, James
, Silas
, Silas
, Richard
) was born 26 Jul 1800 in Ridgefield, CT. She died 12 Apr 1873.
Polly married Nehemiah Perry on 22 Oct 1831. Nehemiah was born 1796 in . He died 1872.
They had the following children:
2038. George Sears (George
, Seth
, Richard
, Silas
, Richard
) was born 1765 in Newport, RI. He died 17 Sep 1800 in Christiana, DE.
S.P.May p.285 George Sears was a clerk in the store of George Gibbs, a merchant
of Newport, RI, (Father of Mrs Channing,) weent to Baltimore, to take charge of
a brnch there, became general shipping merchant, and was prosperous and highly
respected.
He was Secretary of the "Republican Society," in Aug 1795. He died suddenly
of yellow fever, 17 Sep 1800, at Christiana, Del, whither he had fled with his
family to escape the pestilence, then epidemic in Baltimore.
His wife's mother, Mary(Greene) Fry, was sister of Nath'l Greene's father, and
first cousin to Gen Nath'l G., of the Revolutionary army.
The Greenes and Frys were uakers, and had intermarried for several generations
in Rhode Island.
Amy F., sister of Lucretia, m. __ Bailey of Tiverton, RI, and her sister,
Mary
m.____ Ganot , an officer of Rochambeau's staff, who disappeared mysteriously,
and was never heard of again. Christopher F., a brother, lived in Norfolk, VA,
and d.Newport, ae. 94.
Gen George Sears Greene, civil eng. of the Aqueduct Com., NY, was named for
George Sears, Senior, out of intimate family friendship.
George married Lucretia Fry, daughter of Fry and Mary Greene. Lucretia was born 1769 in .
They had the following children:
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George Sears was born 1791 in . He died in D. Unm..| |
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Richard Sears was born 1793 in . He died in d. young and was buried in , 1719.| + |
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Abigail Sears |
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2039. Ruth Sears (George
, Seth
, Richard
, Silas
, Richard
) was born 1770 in . She died 1802 and was buried in gr-st.
Ruth married Joseph Rogers. Joseph was born 1766 in .
They had the following children:
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William Rogers was born 1794 in . | |
2051. Jasper Peck Sears Col (John
, John
, Richard
, Silas
, Richard
) was born 7 Jul 1763 in Lyme, CT and was christened 4 Aug 1771. He died 17 May 1811 in West Bloomfield, NY and was buried in gr-st.
S.P. May p.287 Jasper Sears emigrated to West Bloomfield, Ont. co., NY, then
called the "Genesco settlement," in 1790, in company with Mr Clark Peck and
Mr Marvin.
They bought farms together, their purchase being a mile square. Col Sears, as
he was styled, kept the pioneer-tavern, and his farm is now occupied by Henry C
Brown, son-in-law of Simeon Sears, No.1041
May copied an article from the Sunday Sun, 14 Jun 1885 :Mr Coddington was born
in Northumberland co, PA, in 1787, and came with his parents to Tompkins co in
1803, when what is now the town of Hector was but little better than a
wilderness. The Cossingtons took up land in the forest, and the settler, with
the aid of his son John, in three years cleared up a fine farm. In Jun 1806, a
man named Jasper Sears, who lived in New Bloomfield, Ontario co, stopped at
Coddington's clearing, and while there hired young John to go to New Bloomfield
and work for him for $7 a month. When the young man started from home the next
week to take the job, all the money his father had to give him was three silver
sixpences. This was the first pay John Coddington ever received. The distance
to New Bloomfield was seventy-five miles, and the journey was to be made on
foot, through an almost trackless forest. On the site of that forest, and
along the route travelled by the young pioneer, now stand some of the most
populous and thriving towns and villages in the State. Geneva and Canandaigua
then had each about twenty small houses. Young Coddington used one of his
sixpences to pay for being ferried across Seneca River, on the evening of his
first day's journey, and to pay for lodging on the floor of the ferryman's
house and a bowl of bread and milk in the morning. The next day he spent
another sixpence at Canandaigua settlement for a glass of ale and a piece of
gingerbread, arriving at Sears's that night with but one sixpence left. He
walked the seventy-five miles in two days, and had nothing but the bread and
milk, the ale, and the gingerbread on the way. He worked until the first of
the next January for Sears when drew the $40 that was due him and returned
home, walking the distance in twenty hours.
Jasper married Martha Parsons on 29 Jan 1793 in W Springfield, MA. Martha was born about 1762 in . She died 20 Nov 1828.
They had the following children:
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Mary Parsons Sears was born 9 May 1794 in W Bloomfield, NY. She died 19 Jan 1878 in Hamburg, NY and was buried in , 1723. |
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Mary married (1) Erastus Hunt on 24 Oct 1809. Erastus was born 1790 in W Bloomfield, NY. He died 1822.
S.P. may p.287 E.A. Hunt, a grand-son, lives in Hamburg.
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Mary also married (2) Josiah Taft. Josiah was born 1790 in W Bloomfield, NY. |
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John Sears was born 28 Aug 1796 in W Bloomfield, NY. He died 24 Apr 1837 in Lancaster, Unm, NY and was buried in , 1724. |
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Orra Sophronia Sears was born 12 Jul 1798 in W Bloomfield, NY. She died 24 Apr 1872 in Tonawanda, NY and was buried in , 1725. |
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Richard Sears |
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Jasper Peck Sears |
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Israel Parsons Sears |
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2057. Elizabeth Dyer (Hannah Hinckley
, Mary Snow
, Hannah Sears
, Silas
, Richard
) was born 20 Jul 1753 in Truro, Barnstable co, MA. She died 25 Nov 1797 in Truro, Barnstable co, MA.
BIRTH-DEATH: Email from Carol Hall (jimncarol@earthlink.net); 1727-1821; email
dtd 2 Apr 1996; ;
Elizabeth married Jonathan Smith on 13 Jan 1780 in Truro, Barnstable co, MA. Jonathan was born 18 May 1751. He died about 1781 in at sea.
BIRTH-DEATH: Email from Carol Hall (jimncarol@earthlink.net); 1727-1821; email
dtd 2 Apr 1996; ;"lost at sea in 30th year"
Jonathan and Elizabeth had the following children:
2058. Isabel Smalley (Elizabeth Hinckley
, Mary Snow
, Hannah Sears
, Silas
, Richard
) was born 30 Jul 1766 in Truro. She died 26 Sep 1857.
Isabel married Robert Soper on 11 Nov 1790 in Truro. Robert was born 15 Aug 1770 in Milton. He died 6 May 1796.
They had the following children:
2059. Samuel Coan (Christian Hinckley
, Mary Snow
, Hannah Sears
, Silas
, Richard
) was born 2 Nov 1766 in Truro. He died 15 Dec 1808 in Truro.
Samuel married Elizabeth Dyer on 30 Nov 1788 in Truro. Elizabeth was born 11 Sep 1772 in Truro. She died 1 Oct 1854 in Truro.
They had the following children:
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