Joshua SEARS

Father: Edmund SEARS
Mother: Hannah CROWELL

Family 1: Sarah SEARS
  1. Betsy SEARS
  2. Joshua SEARS
  3. Rebecca SEARS
  4. Lot SEARS
  5. Ezra SEARS
  6. Betsy SEARS
Family 2: Olive CLARK
  1. Sally SEARS
  2. George SEARS
  3. Abigail (Nabby) SEARS
  4. Clarissa SEARS
  5. Reuben Clarke SEARS
  6. Calvin SEARS
  7. Olive SEARS 
                   _Paul SEARS __________
 _Edmund SEARS ___|
|                 |_Mercy FREEMAN _______
|
|--Joshua SEARS 
|
|                  _Christopher CROWELL _
|_Hannah CROWELL _|
                  |_Sarah MATTHEWS ______
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!S.P. May p.149 Joshua Sears was, when young, a seaman, and later a farmer; served in Lt. Micajah Sears' Co., 6 Sep 1778, on alarm at Dartmouth and Falmouth; and shipped in ship "General Putnam," Capt. Daniel Waters, for naval s service, 12 Jul 1779, at L2 per mo.; was taken prisoner and committed to Forton Prison, England, and imprisoned several years, during which he had the small-pox from which and other hardships he nearly died. He was an active member of the churchin Dennis. His will, dated 3 Sep 1824, and proved 1825, names children: Ezra, George, Reuben C., Rebecca Gray, wife of Leverett G.; Sarah, wife of Zoeth Howes; Nabby wife of John Hedge; and Clarissa, wife of Peter Hall.

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Joshua SEARS

Father: Joshua SEARS
Mother: Mary THACHER

Family 1: Rachel MARVIN
  1. Enoch SEARS
  2. Isaac M SEARS
  3. Hannah SEARS
  4. Joshua SEARS 
                 _Samuel SEARS _
 _Joshua SEARS _|
|               |_Mercy MAYO ___
|
|--Joshua SEARS 
|
|                _______________
|_Mary THACHER _|
                |_______________
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Notes

!S.P. May p.112 Thenames of the first three children are given upon the auth- ority of H.G. Somersby's manuscript collections, re. Sears. The fourth is ascribed by family tradition to a bro. of Col. Isaac Sears, and was probably a son of Joshua, and I have so placed him subject to correction. Joshua Sears is said to have removed to North Salem, Westchester Co, NY and some data of his family may be found in the recorsds or churchyards of that place. I find nothing in the County Surrogate's office relative to his estate.

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Joshua SEARS

Father: Joshua SEARS
Mother: Sarah SEARS 

                 _Edmund SEARS ___
 _Joshua SEARS _|
|               |_Hannah CROWELL _
|
|--Joshua SEARS 
|
|                _Prince SEARS ___
|_Sarah SEARS __|
                |_Betsy HALL _____
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!S.P. May p.147 Joshua was master of a schooner, and lost at sea on a passage from Straits Belle Isle

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Joshua SEARS

Father: Joshua SEARS
Mother: Rachel MARVIN

Family 1: Anna MILES
  1. Joseph SEARS
  2. John SEARS
  3. Betsy SEARS
  4. Isaac SEARS
  5. Anna SEARS
  6. William SEARS
  7. Miles SEARS 
                  _Joshua SEARS _
 _Joshua SEARS __|
|                |_Mary THACHER _
|
|--Joshua SEARS 
|
|                 _______________
|_Rachel MARVIN _|
                 |_______________
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!S.P. May p.197 Was an ensign in NY militia

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Joshua SEARS

Father: Joshua SEARS
Mother: Sarah BLACKMORE

Family 1:
  1. Frederic SEARS
  2. Harvey SEARS 
                    _Joshua SEARS _
 _Joshua SEARS ____|
|                  |_Rebecca MAYO _
|
|--Joshua SEARS 
|
|                   _______________
|_Sarah BLACKMORE _|
                   |_______________
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!S.P. May p.227 Joshua Sears served in Capt Jere. Hickok's Co, Lt Col Sears' Regt, 6 Aug to 8 Nov 1781, 3 mos 7 days. He removed to NY state.

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Joshua SEARS

Father: Paul SEARS
Mother: Mercy FREEMAN

Family 1: Rebecca MAYO
  1. Rebecca SEARS
  2. Elkanah SEARS
  3. Joshua SEARS
  4. Betsy SEARS
  5. Paul SEARS
  6. Simeon SEARS
  7. Thomas SEARS
  8. Sarah SEARS
  9. Hannah SEARS
  10. Willard SEARS
  11. Theophilus SEARS
  12. Benjamin SEARS 
                  _Paul SEARS ______
 _Paul SEARS ____|
|                |_Deborah WILLARD _
|
|--Joshua SEARS 
|
|                 __________________
|_Mercy FREEMAN _|
                 |__________________
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! S.P. 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.

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Joshua SEARS (Capt)

Father: Ezra SEARS
Mother: Mary "Polly" SEABURY

Family 1: Minerva HANDREN
  1. Louize Maria Nee'_Martin SEARS 
                         _Joshua SEARS _
 _Ezra SEARS ___________|
|                       |_Sarah SEARS __
|
|--Joshua SEARS 
|
|                        _______________
|_Mary "Polly" SEABURY _|
                        |_______________
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!S.P. May hand note shows death date. p.391 Capt Sears followed the sea from the age of 10 to 50 years, commencing as cook in a fisherman; he commanded several ships sailing out of Boston, in the India and China trade, and to most all the ports east of Cape of Good Hope, and west of Cape Horn. Resided in E Dennis, MA !S.P. May handnotes Capt Joshua Sears at ten years of age chose the profession in which in after life he so greatly excelled. He was mate at the age of twenty-three, and at thirty, in 1847, was in command of the 'Burmah,' his first ship. His ambition was to command the best ships, and his scrupulous neatness on board, and conscientious preservation of any property entrusted to his care, enabled him to choose his vessels. He was engaged entirely in foreign voyages, visiting the East Indies nineteen times, and often touching at China and the Sandwich Islands. His experience of forty years on the sea was more extensive and responsible in its nature than most of his contemporaries. His many long voyages had dangers, but his careful command insured crew, ship and cargo against accident and loss. He was married 11 Jun 1840, to Minerva, dau of Wm & Sally (Small) Handren, of Harwich. She accompanied the captain on four long voyages, the last being in the 'Wild Hunter,' and around the world. He left the sea during the war of the rebellion, retiring to his pleasant home in East Dennis, where he died 22 Mar 1885. He was much beloved by the entire community for his genial, uniformly kind and upright character and by the ship owners and the commercial world for his fine, just and reliable dealings. His record is one of honor, of honest labor and well done duties. He was not only a model as a seaman, and officer, but in preserving old friendships and in making others happy by kind and generous deeds. !Shipmaster of Cape Cod, by H.C. Kittredge, c1935: "Half a dozen Cape men and boys were on board the Eben Preble when Capt James B Crocker took her out to China in 1837. Joseph Crocker was first mate; John C Howes and Joshua Sears of Dennis and East Dennis repsectively were able seaman; Allen Howes was an oridnary seaman. p.202 The Hong Kong Dailey Press, 26 Nov 1859, gave account of a gala ball, Capt Joshua Sears was in port with the Wild Hunter, a clipper built by Shiverick shipyard in 1854-55. The voyage lasted three years and a half. "The Wild Hunter in every port was a show, so complete in every respect was she kept- her decks always bright, her paintwork and rigging in immaculate condition. Even a capstan bar could only be laid on deck pointing fore and aft."

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Joshua SEARS

Father: Enos SEARS 

               _John SEARS __
 _Enos SEARS _|
|             |_Phebe SEARS _
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|--Joshua SEARS 
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|              ______________
|_____________|
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Joshua SEARS

Father: Charles Esq SEARS
Mother: Elizabeth HALLET 

                      _Ebenezer SEARS _
 _Charles Esq SEARS _|
|                    |_Hannah GRAY ____
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|--Joshua SEARS 
|
|                     _________________
|_Elizabeth HALLET __|
                     |_________________
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Joshua Albert SEARS

Father: Joshua SEARS
Mother: Rosanna E MCCABE 

                     _Eldredge SEARS _
 _Joshua SEARS _____|
|                   |_Hannah C CLARK _
|
|--Joshua Albert SEARS 
|
|                    _________________
|_Rosanna E MCCABE _|
                    |_________________
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!S.P. May p.539 lives in Taunton, MA

!BORN: GEDCOM from Dale Fink, Martinez, CA, to Ray Sears; 1996; dtd 18 Feb 1996; ;

!BIRTH: Massachusetts Vital Records; Dennis 1710-1890; Births Registered; Page 4. May, Samuel P.; THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SARES (SEARS) OF YARMOUTH, MA; 1638-1888; Albany, NY; 1890; P 529; Sears #4029; Sutro Library, San Francisco, CA CS71.S44 Dennis, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1793-1900, Volume One, Published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1993; page 343.

!MARRIAGE: Certified Copy of Marriage Certificate from Town of Taunton, MA Records, Book 6 page 23, in possession of Dale & Carol Fink, received 18 Oct 1993; See also Index to Marriages; 1877; p142; line 14; FHL film 0954871

!CENSUS-BIRTH-RESIDENCE: 1855 MA Census, Dennis, Barnstable, MA; 1855; Dwelling 188, Family 214, line 12; FHL film. NOTE: Age 5 mo [1855] born Dennis.

!CENSUS-BIRTH-RESIDENCE-OCCUPATION: 1900 U.S. Census; 1900; Taunton, Bristol Co., MA; Vol 13, Ward 8, E.D. 235; page 5, line 72. NOTE: Boarding at 33 Cottage St., Occupation is Brittania Worker, marital status is single.

!CENSUS-BIRTH-RESIDENCE-OCCUPATION: 1920 US Census, Taunton, Bristol, MA, ED 191 sheet 18B, Household 295, family 391. NOTE: Lodging with Daniel Nichols at 305 Bay Street, working as Burinsher at a Silver Factory.

RESIDENCE-OCCUPATION-DEATH: The Taunton Directory; 1878 SEARS, Joshua A. Laborer, house E Britannia near Bay, 1895 SEARS, Joshua A. Burnisher, House Bassett near Bay, 1897 SEARS, Joshua Burnisher, house 21 Lawrence, 1900 SEARS, Joshua Burnisher, boards 33 Cottage, 1901 SEARS, Joshua Burnisher, boards 223 Washington, 1902 SEARS, Joshua Burnisher, boards 23 Cottage, 1903 SEARS, Joshua A. Burnisher, boards 23 Cottage, 1905 SEARS, Joshua A. Burnisher, boards 8 Cottage, 1906 SEARS, Joshua A. Burnisher, boards 7 Washington, 1907 SEARS, Joshua Burnisher, boards 7 Washington, 1908 SEARS, Joshua Burnisher, boards 8 Cottage, 1909 SEARS, Joshua Burnisher, boards 8 Cottage, 1914 SEARS, Joshua Burnisher boards 105 Bay, 1916 SEARS, Joshua Burnisher rooms 317 Bay, 1917 SEARS, Joshua Burnisher rooms 317 Bay, 1918 SEARS, Joshua Burnisher, boards 305 Bay, 1919 SEARS, Joshua Burnisher, boards 305 Bay, 1928 SEARS, Joshua A. silver Worker, res 317 Bay, 1929 SEARS, Joshua A. died May 31, 1928, age 69.

!RESIDENCE: City of Taunton, Assessors Street List of Men, Ward 5, Precinct A, April 1, 1928, page 6. NOTE: Bay Street, House No. 305, Sears, Joshua A. age 66, Silversmith.

!DEATH: Certified copy of Death Certificate from Town of Taunton, MA, Book 16, Page 18, Certificate 321, in possession of Dale & Carol Fink received 18 Oct 1993. NOTE: Divorced husband of Mary Byrne, died of natural causes - Heart Disease, Residence 305 Bay St, Burial at Providence, RI, Occupation Burnisher.

!DEATH-BURIAL: Sexton's Records, Acotes Hill Cemetery, Chepachet, RI, per interview with Robert F Tucker, Superintendent on Oct 15, 1993 by Dale & Carol Fink. NOTE: Mary A. Sears bought Block 2000, plot 11 on 3 Nov 1928. Records show Joshua Sears buried there 29 Oct 1929. CONFLICT: Joshua Sears died 31 May 1928 in Taunton, MA. QUESTION: Is it possible that the plot contains Mrs. JOSHUA SEARS [Mary A. Bryant Sears] ?

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