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Sears Richard [Male] b. 1658 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts - d. 1664

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Sears Thomas [Male] b. 1664 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts - d. 16 AUG 1707 Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island

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Sears Richard [Male] b. 1665 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts - d. BEF 1672 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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Sears Joseph [Male] b. 27 JAN 1667/68 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts - d. 7 MAR 1749/50 Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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Sears Josiah [Male] b. 27 JAN 1670 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts - d. 1727 Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Howes Mercy [Female] b. 1680 - d. 1720

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Hall Hannah [Female] b. 1681 - d. 1753

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Sears Hannah [Female] b. 1672 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts - d. 1706 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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Snow Thomas [Male] b. 1699 - d. 1706

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Sears Richard [Male] b. 1672 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts - d. 12 MAY 1726

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Harlow Bathshua [Female] b. 1667 - d. 1707

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Sears Elizabeth [Female] b. 1675 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts - d. 21 JAN 1724/25 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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Cooke John W. [Male] b. 1682 - d. 1741

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Sears Dorothy [Female] b. 1679 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts - d. 10 MAR 1753 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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Staples Joseph [Male] b. 1688 - d. 1753

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Sears Richard [Male] b. 1 JAN 1589/90 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands - d. 26 AUG 1676 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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Richard Sears,( son of John Bourchier Sears (Sayres) ), was born in 1590. He is recorded as having been a member of Robinson�s Leyden Congregation before coming to Plymouth (MA) in the New World during 1630; he was a Puritan by religion. Richard married Dorothy Thatcher. Their children were, Paul, Silas and ? Deborah. It is through daughter, Deborah Sears that this colonial line is descended.

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. Richard was living in Marblehead, MA in 1637 and was one of the founders of Yarmouth, MA. He moved again, to Yarmouth, by 1639. He was appointed assessor for Yarmouth on March 1, 1658/9, and constable on June 6, 1660.

Richard died September 26, 1676(1676-09-26) Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, at about 86 years of age. His wife Dorothy, died in the year 1680.

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His origins are not known at this time, though there have been several different theories over the years. Many of these have been discredited.

Richard Sears arrived in Plymouth in 1632, then came to Essex County. He was in Marblehead by 1637 and Yarmouth by 1639.

His wife's name, fairly confidently, has been established as Dorothy Jones, who came from Dinder,Co.Somerset. There is a "Burial Unknown" memorial for her at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34753166/dorothy-sears.

Children: Paul Sears, Deborah Sears Paddock, and Silas Sears.

(The existence of a son Knyvet is completely fictitious, though his name lives on in the 19th century cenotaph erected at the Ancient Cemetery at Yarmouth.)

It is not clear where he and his wife are buried, though they likely were interred here, in the Ancient Sears Cemetery, which is located about 200 yards from his homestead. However, it is just as possible they are at the Ancient Cemetery at Yarmouth (see the cenotaph for him and his sons here: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48961743/richard-sears, or even somewhere on the grounds of their homestead.

The cenotaph mentioned above was erected in 19th century, and is based on an early family history that has since been debunked.

Source: FindaGrave.com.