Genealogy Record For
Joshua Sears - (Sam's G7 Great Uncle)
Joshua Sears (11/20/1708-07/21/1754)
  • Spouse: Rebecca Mayo (Sears) (10 Oct 1713 - ?)
  • Children:
    1. Son: Rebecca Sears ((14 Nov 1732 - ?))
    2. Son: Captain Elkanah Sears (12 Apr 1734 - 24 Nov 1816 (B:Harwich,MA, D:East Hampton,CT))
    3. Son: Joshua Sears, II (14 Feb 1735/1736 - ?)
    4. Daughter: Betsy Sears (Hitchcock) (19 Jun 1738 - ? Born in Harwich,MA )
    5. Son: Paul Sears (10/18/1740 - ?)
    6. Son: Simeon Sears (14 Jan 1742/1743 - ? (Born in Harwich, MA))
    7. Son: Thomas Sears (? - ? (Born in Harwich, MA))
    8. Daughter: Sarah Sears (Hitchcock) (? - ?)
    9. Daughter: Hannah Sears (Sheldon) (? - ?)
    10. Son: Willard Sears (Bef. 14 Jan 1742/1743 - 24 Aug 1754)
    11. Son: Theophilus Sears (2 Apr 1749 - ? (Middletown, CT))
    12. Son: Benjamin Sears (3 Nov 1751 - ? (Middletown, CT))
  • Parents
    1. Father: Paul Sears, II (06/15/1669 Est.-02/14/1740 Est.)
    2. Mother: Marcy Freeman (Sears) (10/30/1674-08/30/1747)
  • Siblings
    1. Brother: Ebenezer Sears (15 AUG 1694-after 1748) B:Yarmouth,MA D:E Hampton,,CT; Married: Sarah Gorham Howes on 26 MAY 1720 in Yarmouth,,MA, they had 14 children)
    2. Brother: Paul Sears, III (21 Dec 1695-about 1771) B:Yarmouth,MA D:Rochester,,MA; Marriage to Charity Whittredge on 30 MAY 1721 in Rochester,MA, they had 7 children )
    3. Sister: Elizabeth Sears (Crosby) (27 Aug 1697-28 Feb 1728/9) Married Nathaniel Crosby on 10 FEB 1725/1726 and they had one son)
    4. Brother: Thomas Sears (6 Jun 1699-1755) B:Yarmouth,MA, D:Plymouth, MA; Married Elizabeth Bartlett (1707-1752) in 1734 in Plymouth, MA and they had 6 children)
    5. Sister: Rebekah Sears (Hall) (Apr. 2, 1701-Mar. 10, 1791) B:Plymouth, MA; Married Joseph Hall, Jr. (1697 - 1772) on 15 OCT 1719 and they had 11 children)
    6. Sister: Mercy Sears (Blackmer) (02/07/1702-10/24/1742)
    7. Sister: Deborah Sears (Howes) (11 Mar 1704/5-11 SEP 1781) B:Yarmouth, MA; Married  Thomas A Howes (1699 - 1764) and they had 10 children)
    8. Sister: Ann Sears (Bangs) (20 Dec 1706-?) B:Yarmouth; Married Ebenezer Bangs on 18 DEC 1727 in Yarmouth, MA and they had 9 children)
    9. Brother: Daniel Sears (16 Jul 1710-28 NOV 1771) B:Yarmouth,MA, D:W Brewster,MA; Married Mercy Snow (1713-1790) on 13 JAN 1736/1737 in Eastham,MA and they had 7 children)
    10. Brother: Captain Edmond Sears (08/06/1712-08/12/1796)
    11. Sister: Hannah Sears (March 6, 1714-1741) B:Yarmouth, MA; Married Thomas Howes on 4 JUL 1734 in Yarmouth,MA and they had 3 children)
Joshua's Personal Information
Born in Yarmouth, Massachusetts (MA), USA on Saturday, November 20, 1708
Occupation: Constable of Harwich
Died in Middletown, Connecticut (CT), USA on Sunday, July 21, 1754 (Age 46)
Marriage to:
    Rebecca Mayo (Sears) (10 Oct 1713 - ?) on Wednesday, February 10, 1731 (Age 22)
     - in Eastham, Massachusetts (MA), USA
     - Marriage date 10 FEB 1731/1732
Comments: May p.84 Joshua Sears was Constable of Harwich in 1745. He was a man of large stature, and of great strength and hardihood. In 1746, he removed to Middletown, CT, and purchased land on the east side of the Conneticut river, in that part of town afterward set off as Chatham. In Col. Rec. Ct., vol. X, we find the memorial of Rebecca Sears, admx, to the Assembly, setting forth that debts exceeded personal estate by L 135 16 10, and asking liberty to sell real estate. Mar. 9, 1732, Ebenr Nickerson deeded to Joshua Sears, for the consideration of L 532, "about 36 acres of land with the buildings, &c., eastward of Point of Rocks, Harwich, 3 Lots: First, the eastern-most originally laid out to Capt. Jona. Bangs; ---. Second, to successors Mark Snow; --. Third, the westward to Thos. Clark, bounded on Dea. Chillingsworth Foster, Nathaniel Hopkins, John Freeman, and Clark & Cole lot." I have found no record of marriage of Theophilus, or Benjamin Sears; but think Dr. Willard Leonard Sears, (p. 578 #1) b. Glastenbury, CT, Sep 16, 1816, derived from one of them, perhaps Benjamin, as he named his eldest son Benjamin Willard Sears.
Source: Cap Cod History Site and
Sears Family Assoc. Website
Family Lines: Joshua is listed in the following family line reports: Sears, and Brewster
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