David SEARS

Father: Willard SEARS
Mother: Sarah ROBBINS

Family 1: Nancy MANTER
  1. Sarah P SEARS
  2. Nancy SEARS
  3. David SEARS
  4. Stephen SEARS
  5. Albert M SEARS
Family 2: Jane DOTEN
  1. Angeline Warren SEARS
  2. Benjamin Warren SEARS
  3. Mercy Ann SEARS
  4. Rufus Warren SEARS
  5. Joseph Henry SEARS
  6. Ruth Warren SEARS 
                  _Thomas SEARS _______
 _Willard SEARS _|
|                |_Elizabeth BARTLETT _
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|--David SEARS 
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|                 _____________________
|_Sarah ROBBINS _|
                 |_____________________
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David SEARS

Father: Joshua SEARS
Mother: Sarah BLACKMORE

Family 1:
  1. Sarah SEARS
  2. Mary SEARS 
                    _Joshua SEARS _
 _Joshua SEARS ____|
|                  |_Rebecca MAYO _
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|--David SEARS 
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|                   _______________
|_Sarah BLACKMORE _|
                   |_______________
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!S.P. May p.227 David Sears of Sandisfield, laborer, age 18, 5 ft. 9 in. height, light complexion, brown hair, enlisted in Capt Robins' Co., in Col Ashby's Regt, 2 Jul 1780, and was discharged 5 Jan 1781, having served 6 mos. 7 days, travel 75 miles from home, wages L12.9.4; he was in Capt John Barrows' Co., Col Caleb Hyde's Regt, and served at Stillwater, NY, 20-28 Oct 17__; 9 days, 60 miles travel. Rev EH Sears says:"He enlisted in the war of the Revolution, was in Washington s Army, and passed through the trying scenes of the New Jersey Campaign."

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David SEARS

Father: Reuben SEARS
Mother: Abigail VINCENT 

                    _Willard SEARS __
 _Reuben SEARS ____|
|                  |_Susannah HOWES _
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|--David SEARS 
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|                   _________________
|_Abigail VINCENT _|
                   |_________________
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David SEARS (Hon)

Father: David SEARS
Mother: Ann WINTHROP

Family 1: Miriam Clarke MASON
  1. David Mason SEARS
  2. Anna Powell SEARS
  3. Harriet E Dickason SEARS
  4. Cordelia Mason SEARS
  5. Ellen SEARS
  6. David SEARS
  7. Frederic Richard SEARS
  8. Winthrop SEARS
  9. Grace Winthrop SEARS
  10. Knyvet Winthrop SEARS 
                 _Daniel SEARS _
 _David SEARS __|
|               |_Fear FREEMAN _
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|--David SEARS 
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|                _______________
|_Ann WINTHROP _|
                |_______________
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!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; p 261; NEHGS Library, Boston, MA; David Sears was educated in the best schools that Boston at that time afforded, and after a preparatory course of study in the Latin School, entered Harvard College in 1803, at the age of 16, taking his Bachelor's degree in 1807. He read law for a time, and soon after his marriage in 1809, sailed for Europe with his wife, and passed several years in foreign travel, at a most interesting period in Continental history. The sudden death of his father devolved on him the care of a large estate, and before he was thirty years of age he was called to assume that responsible position among the very richest men of Boston, which he continued to hold during half a century. Building for himself a costly and elegant mansion fit for the generous hospitalities which belong to wealth, he began early to make plans for doing his share in acts of public and private beneficience. In 1820 he was actively associated with the erection of St Paul's church, on Tremont street, and he subsequently gave that parish a fund which now exceeds forty thousand dollars in value; this was followed in succeeding years by various provisions for other religious, literary and charitable objects, which, while accomplishing valuable purposes at once, may not exhibit their full fruit for a long time to come. The 'Sears Tower' of the Observatory at Cambridge, built at his cost, gave the first encouragement to an establishment which has been munificently endowed by others, and whose permanent fund he was also a handsome contributor. About 1820, Mr Sears purchased some 200 acres of land in the suburbs of Boston which has since become the beautiful village of Longwood, which he proceeded to lay out and beautify at great expense, giving to many of the streets and squares names which he believed to be identified with the family in this country and England. A capacious stone chapel, built after the design of St Peter's Church in Colchester, Eng., and to which he gave the name of 'Christ's Church in Longwood, contains, in its basement, vaults constructed as a last resting-place for him- self and those most dear to him. For this church he prepared a form of service in accordance with his peculiar views, and which has been described as 'the Book of Common Prayer, with any thing of the nature of Calvinism carefully weeded out mildly tinctured with the writings of Channing, butmore strongly flavored with Romanism, and stated service was maintained during the last eight years of his life. A block of houses nearby, destined ultimately for the dwellings of such as had seen better days, and to be known as 'The Scearstan Charter House,' and an accumulating fund under the control of the Overseers of the Poor, Boston, which has added not a little, year by year, to the comfort and support of a large number of poor women, will bear testimony to his thoughtful and well- considered benevolence. After the death of Mr Sears, by an arrangement bewteen his heirs and the city of Boston, his various endowments for the poor of his native place were amalgamated under the comprehensive title of "The David Sears Charity." In 1886 this fund amounted to near $280,000, and will be much further increas- ed by the rise in real estate. Mr Sears often enjoyed such public honors as he would accept, and served as a Representative to the Mass Leg. in 1816-18, 1824-25 and 1828, and as a Senator in 1826 and 1851. He was Presidential Elector in 1868, and invited his colleagues of the State Electoral College to meet the President elect, General Grant, at his house in Boston. In early life he was a member of the Independant Corps of Cadets and Com'd Ensign. In 1818 he presented the company with a new standard, and provided for them an elegant entertainment. He occasionally mingled in the public discussion of the day, and an elaborate letter which he addressed to John Quincy Adams on the best method of abolishing slavery, while that was still a living question, will be particularly remembered among his contributions to the press. In middle life Mr Sears became interested in the subject of family history and genealogy, and employed the late Mr H G Somerby to make searches in England to trace his ancestry, and expended a large sum in these researches. His kinsman, Rev Edmund H Sears, undertook to edit the material collected, but he had no practical acquaintance with genealogy, and allowed himself to become responsible for a series of romantic legends under the title of "Pictures of the Olden Time", to which was added, in a private edition for the family, a genealogical account of the English and American branches. About the year 1848 Mr Saers erected monuments and mural tablets to various members of the family in Yarmouth and Chatham, Mass., Newport, RI, and in St Peter's Church, Colchester, Eng., to which church he presented in 1852 a flagon and paten of elegant design and elaborate workmanship inclosed in a handsome wainscot box. In 1855 he endowed the church with L100, in trust,for charitable purposes, to which he added, in 1858, a further sum, now known as the "Sears Dole." Mr Sears deposited with the NE Hist Gen Society, medals to be given those of the name of Sears proving their descent from Richard and Dorothy Sares, a description of which may be found in Gen Reg, vol 26, p.182. Subsequent investigation has developed that Mr Sears was grossly deceived in regard to many particulars of the pedigree and early history of his family, so that monuments erected by him, and the genealogies he printed, now for the most part only serve to perpetuate unfortunate delusions. Mr Sears was one of the first to own and occupy a summer residence at Nahant, but finding it too bleak for his own taste, and tempted by the softer atmosphere of the Gulf Stream, he built, in 1845, a marine villa at Newport, to which he gave the name of 'Red Cross.' Its extensive grounds are built over, but the immediate neighborhood is still pleasantly associated in many minds with the rembrance of his refined, graceful and unostentious hospitality. With his characteristic generosity, he conveyed to the municipality a fund of five thousand dollars, the income to be applied to benevolent objects. The summer of 1869 was his last at Newport; the next year his health became seriously impaired , and he died in Boston, 14 Jan 1871, at the advanced age of eighty-three, his wife, with whom he had lived near sixty-three years, having preceded him by a few months. He will long be remembered by all who have known him as one of the courteous and dignified gentleman of the old school, of whom so few are now left to remind us of the manners and bearing of other days.

!BIOGRAPHY: "The Sears Medals"; 1872-1954;THE NE Historic Genealogical Society Register, Vol 26, Apr 1872; pp 182-3; NEHGS Library; At the request of the president, Charles W Tuttle, Esq, secretary of the board of directors, reported, that at the stated meeting of the board, held 2 Jan 1872, a sealed box inscribed to the "President and Officers of the Historic, Genealogical Society,Boaston, 1854," left in the custody of the society at that date, by the late Hon David Sears, with directions that it be opened after his decease, was unsealed in presence of the directors. It contained eighty bronze medals; also a sealed package on which is written: "To be delivered to the eldest lineal male descendant of David Sears and Ann Winthrop Sears in 1954." Only two of the packages, which were seven in number, were opened. The medals in these two packages, with a single exception to which I will presently refer, were alike. On the obverse of the medal is a monument surmounted by a creast on whose main feature is an open ehlmet with the hilt of a dagger on its right. On the left stands an American Indian, with his right hand resting on the monument, with a bow in his left hand, a tomahawk slung at his side, and several arrows on his back, the ends visible above the left shoulder. On the right is a figure in mail, with left hand resting on the monument, a sword at his side, holding a shield in his right hand charged with armorial bearings. On the monumnent is this inscription: SCEARSTAN SAYER SEARS COLCHESTER Over the whole is a scroll on which is inscribed, ST PETERS CHURCH In the exergue is H DE LONGUEIL. On the reverse, the field is left blank, while between a beaded circle and the extreme edge, is this circumscription: DESCENDED FROM RICHARD SEARS THE PILGRIM. *PLYMOUTH ROCK 1630.* The exception, to which reference has been made, is a medal enclosed in a wrapper, inscribed "Model. Richard Sears of Chatham, ... reverse engraving." This medal is made from the same die as the others, but the following inscription has been cut on the blank fieldof the reverse: RICHARD SEARS OF CHATHAM SON OF DANIEL II OF CHATHAM BORN 1750 MARRIED MEHITABLE MARSHALL DIED 1839 IN LINEAL DESCENT FROM KNYVET OF YARMOUTH ELDEST SON OF THE PILGRIM In case of the same size as the package to be delivered in 1954, are two medals having the same obverse as that already described, but the reverse is from a different die. One of them has the same circumscription as that before described, with the following in the field:- DAVID SEARS I OF BOSTON SON OF DANIEL II OF CHATHAM BORN 1752 MARRIED ANN WINTHROP DIED 1816 IN LINEAL DESCENT FROM KNYVET OF YARMOUTH ELDEST SON OF THE PILGRIM. The other medal has in the field a shield on wich are various quarterings of arms which we need not describe. On a circular band surrounding it is this inscription: EXALTAT HUMILES On a scroll beneath is HONOR ET FIDES The whole is surmounted by an eagle. The medal has this circumscription: PLY COL 1630 BOS MASS 1770 A paper fastened to the inside of the lid of the box, has the following written on it:-- "Monuumental Memorials, Bronze Medals. To be given by the President of the HIstoric, Genealogical Society to the members of the Sear Family. Any individual of the name of Sears applying for a medal. must prove his descent from Knyvet, Paul or Sylas Sears, the three sons of Richard Sears the Pilgrim, and must promise to have engraved on the reverse the inscription ordered by the President." "Richard Sears landed at Plymouth on the 8th of May, 1630."

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David SEARS

Father: David SEARS
Mother: Mary PADDOCK

Family 1: Huldah CARR
  1. David SEARS
  2. Lovilly SEARS
  3. Abigail SEARS
  4. Huldah SEARS
  5. Eleazar SEARS
  6. Isaac SEARS
  7. Edward SEARS
  8. John SEARS
  9. Major SEARS 
                 _James SEARS __
 _David SEARS __|
|               |_Desire TOBEY _
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|--David SEARS 
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|                _______________
|_Mary PADDOCK _|
                |_______________
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!S.P. May p.272 David Sears was in Capt Wm. Ford's Co, Col John Brown's Regt at Stone Arabia, NY, 21 Jul to 27 Oct 1780, and marched to Stillwater in Capt Josiah Yale's Co, 12 Oct 1781, doing 12 days' service.

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David SEARS

Father: Stephen SEARS
Mother: Elizabeth SEARS 

                    _Joseph SEARS ________
 _Stephen SEARS ___|
|                  |_Ruth SEARS __________
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|--David SEARS 
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|                   _Silas SEARS _________
|_Elizabeth SEARS _|
                   |_Elizabeth NICKERSON _
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!S.P. may p.183 Was David Sears of Br., who m. Esther ___, before 1828, his son?

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David SEARS

Father: David SEARS
Mother: Martha COLE 

                _Josiah SEARS ___
 _David SEARS _|
|              |_Azubah KNOWLES _
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|--David SEARS 
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|               _________________
|_Martha COLE _|
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David SEARS

Father: John B SEARS
Mother: Achsah WHITCOMB

Family 1: Sarah Milby WALKER
  1. Allen SEARS
  2. Achsah SEARS
  3. George Washington SEARS
  4. Vesta SEARS
  5. Roscoe SEARS
  6. Maria SEARS
  7. Wesley SEARS
  8. Frances SEARS
  9. John Franklin SEARS
  10. Theo Hall SEARS 
                    _Paul SEARS ____
 _John B SEARS ____|
|                  |_Mercy STEVENS _
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|--David SEARS 
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|                   ________________
|_Achsah WHITCOMB _|
                   |________________
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!S.P. May p.344 David Sears lived in Knox till autumn of 1855, when he removed to Wisconsin and settled in Monticello, living for a time at Hillsdale, but returning to Me.; has been a teacher and farmer. He and his wife were good and consistent Christians, and leaders in the Baptist Church AFN-GVQC-PN

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David SEARS

Father: Silas SEARS
Mother: Abigail BURGESS 

                    _Paul SEARS ____
 _Silas SEARS _____|
|                  |_Mercy STEVENS _
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|--David SEARS 
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|                   ________________
|_Abigail BURGESS _|
                   |________________
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!S.P. May p.216 David married and in 1866, had 3 children; he carried on the farm. !BIRTH: The Burgess History Tree; 1530-1993; Paul F Burgess; p 113; ;listed here as Daniel

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David SEARS

Father: David SEARS
Mother: Nancy MANTER 

                 _Willard SEARS _
 _David SEARS __|
|               |_Sarah ROBBINS _
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|--David SEARS 
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|                ________________
|_Nancy MANTER _|
                |________________
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