A genealogical profile of Richard Sears
Birth: Richard Sears was born about 1595.
Death: He died on September 5, 1676 in Yarmouth.
Ship: Unknown, 1633
Life in England: Nothing is known of his life in England. His
wife, Dorothy, was the daughter of George and Agnes Jones of
Dinder, Somerset.
Life in New England: Richard Sears first appeared in
Plymouth records in the tax list of March 25, 1633. His name
did not occur in the 1634 tax list, and he may have moved to
Marblehead by then, although the first record for Marblehead
places him there in January 1637/8. He moved again, to
Yarmouth, by 1639. He was appointed assessor for Yarmouth on
March 1, 1658/9, and constable on June 6, 1660.
Family: Richard Sears married Dorothy Jones by about 1637
and had three children. She was buried on March 19, 1678/9, in
Yarmouth:
Children of Richard and Dorothy Sears:
• Paul was born about 1637. He married Deborah _____ by
1659 and had seven children. He died on February 20,
1707/8, in Yarmouth.
• Deborah was born about 1639. She married Zachariah
Paddock by 1661 and had eight children. She died on August
17, 1732, in Yarmouth. He died in Yarmouth on May 1, 1727.
• Silas was born about 1641. He married Anna _____ by about
1665 and had seven children. He died in Yarmouth on January
13, 1697/8.
For Further Information:
Robert C. Anderson. The Great Migration Begins. Boston: New
England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
Robert C. Anderson. The Pilgrim Migration. Boston: New
England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.
Samuel P. May. The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of
Yarmouth, Mass. 1638–1888. Albany: Joel Munsells’ Sons, 1890.
Myrtle Stevens Hyde. “Jones-Thacher-Sears: England and
Massachusetts.” The American Genealogist 58 (1982): 244–46.
A collaboration between PLIMOTH PLANTATION and the
NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY®
Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
www.PlymouthAncestors.org
A genealogical profile of
A collaboration between PLIMOTH PLANTATION and the
NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY®
Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
www.PlymouthAncestors.org