Joshua Sears (11/20/1708-09/27/1753)
Spouse: Rebecca Mayo (Sears) (10 Oct 1713 - ?) Children: Son: Rebecca Sears ((14 Nov 1732 - ?)) Son: Captain Elkanah Sears (12 Apr 1734 - 24 Nov 1816 (B:Harwich,MA, D:East Hampton,CT)) Son: Joshua Sears, II (14 Feb 1735/1736 - ?) Daughter: Betsy Sears (Hitchcock) (19 Jun 1738 - ? Born in Harwich,MA ) Son: Paul Sears (10/18/1740) Son: Simeon Sears (14 Jan 1742/1743 - ? (Born in Harwich, MA)) Son: Thomas Sears (? - ? (Born in Harwich, MA)) Daughter: Sarah Sears (Hitchcock) (? - ?) Daughter: Hannah Sears (Sheldon) (? - ?) Son: Willard Sears (Bef. 14 Jan 1742/1743 - 24 Aug 1754) Son: Theophilus Sears (2 Apr 1749 - ? (Middletown, CT)) Son: Benjamin Sears (3 Nov 1751 - ? (Middletown, CT)) Parents Father: Paul Sears, II (06/15/1669 Est.-02/14/1739 Est.) Mother: Mercy or Marcy Freeman (Sears) (10/25/1674 Est.-08/30/1747) Siblings Brother: Ebenezer Sears (15 AUG 1694-after 1748) Brother: Paul Sears, III (21 Dec 1695-about 1771) Sister: Elizabeth Sears (27 Aug 1697-28 Feb 1728/9) Brother: Thomas Sears (6 Jun 1699-1755) Sister: Rebecca Sears (2 Apr 1701-?) Sister: Mercy Sears (7 Feb 1702/3-?) Sister: Deborah Sears (11 Mar 1704/5-before 1741) Sister: Ann Sears (20 Dec 1706-?) Brother: Daniel Sears (16 Jul 1710-1771) Brother: Capt. Edmond Sears (08/06/1712-08/12/1796) Sister: Hannah Sears (March 6, 1713/4-1741)
Joshua's Personal Information
Born in Yarmouth, Massachusetts (MA), USA on November 20, 1708 Occupation: Constable of Harwich	Died in Middletown, Connecticut (CT), USA on September 27, 1753 (Age 45) Cemetary: Ancient Cemetery in West Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts (MA), USA
Marriage to Rebecca Mayo (Sears) on 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.	Other Website Links: Dolores Ford Mobley and Mark Mobley Source: Sears Family Assoc. Website