Richard Sears, son of John Bouchier Sears and Marie Lamoral van Egmond, Heritage Consulting, Salt Lake, UT |
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Based on his reported age at death, Richard Sears was born about 1595. The earliest record of Richard Sears is the 1633 Plymouth tax list |
Based on his reported age at death, Richard Sears was born about 1595. The earliest record of Richard Sears is the 1633 Plymouth tax list.{{efn|Several mid-19th century publications give a claimed English pedigree for Richard Sears, and claimed he had a son Knyvett Sears. These assertions, contending a connection to the Bourchiers and Egmonds, were promulgated in a genealogy commissioned by David Sears of Boston, a wealthy descendant of Richard Sears, and were widely copied in genealogical writings of the time. These claims were examined by [[Samuel Pearce May]] and found to be baseless. May published his genealogy of the family (''The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888'') in 1890. It traces much of the genealogical forgery back to [[Horatio Gates Somerby]].<ref name=Doubts>{{Citation | last = May | first = Samuel Pearce | title = Some Doubts concerning the Sears Pedigree | journal = The New England Historical and Genealogical Register | volume = 40 | issue = | year = 1886 | pages = 261-8}}</ref><ref name = GMB>{{cite book | last1 = Anderson | first1 = Robert Charles | author-link1 = Robert Charles Anderson | year = 1995 | title = The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 | location= Boston, Massachusetts | publisher = Great Migration Study Project, New England Historic Genealogical Society | pages = 1642-4 | isbn = 0-88082-044-6}}</ref>}} |
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According to professional source(s), including Heritage Consulting of Salt Lake, Utah, his parents are John Bouchier Sears (1563-1629) and Marie Lamoral van Egmond (1564-1678), daughter of Prince Lamoral van Gravere Count van Egmond (1522-1568) and Pfalzgräfin Sabina Dutchess Bavaria von Simmern (1528-1578), she a direct descendant of King Ruprecht Wittelsbach von der Pfalz of Germany (1352-1410). |
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By 1637, by which time he had removed from Plymouth to Marblehead, he had married Dorothy Jones, daughter of George and Agnes Jones of Dinder, Somerset, England. She was the sister of Richard Jones of Dorchester and of Elizabeth (Jones) Thatcher of Yarmouth.<ref name = GMB/> Dorothy survived Richard, and was buried 19 March 1679 at Yarmouth.<ref name = GMB/> |
By 1637, by which time he had removed from Plymouth to Marblehead, he had married Dorothy Jones, daughter of George and Agnes Jones of Dinder, Somerset, England. She was the sister of Richard Jones of Dorchester and of Elizabeth (Jones) Thatcher of Yarmouth.<ref name = GMB/> Dorothy survived Richard, and was buried 19 March 1679 at Yarmouth.<ref name = GMB/> |
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“SEARS, RICHARD, Salem 1638. THOMAS, Newbury, m. |
“SEARS, RICHARD, Salem 1638. THOMAS, Newbury, m. |
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Mary Hilton 1656, and d. 26 May, 1661.” |
Mary Hilton 1656, and d. 26 May, 1661.” |
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Richard died at Yarmouth 5 September 1676 at the age of 81 years and 4 months.<ref name = GMB/> |
Richard died at Yarmouth 5 September 1676 at the age of 81 years and 4 months.<ref name = GMB/> |
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Richard Sears | |
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Born | about 1595 |
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Nationality | English |
Other names | Richard Sares |
Citizenship | Yes |
Richard Sears (about 1595 - 5 September 1676) was an early settler of New England who lived in both the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony.
Life
Based on his reported age at death, Richard Sears was born about 1595. The earliest record of Richard Sears is the 1633 Plymouth tax list.[a]
According to professional source(s), including Heritage Consulting of Salt Lake, Utah, his parents are John Bouchier Sears (1563-1629) and Marie Lamoral van Egmond (1564-1678), daughter of Prince Lamoral van Gravere Count van Egmond (1522-1568) and Pfalzgräfin Sabina Dutchess Bavaria von Simmern (1528-1578), she a direct descendant of King Ruprecht Wittelsbach von der Pfalz of Germany (1352-1410).
By 1637, by which time he had removed from Plymouth to Marblehead, he had married Dorothy Jones, daughter of George and Agnes Jones of Dinder, Somerset, England. She was the sister of Richard Jones of Dorchester and of Elizabeth (Jones) Thatcher of Yarmouth.[2] Dorothy survived Richard, and was buried 19 March 1679 at Yarmouth.[2]
Children who were identified by probate records are Paul, Deborah, and Silas Sears. In A Genealogical Record of the First Settlers of New England, published in 1829 by John Farmer (1789-1838), Corresponding Secretary of the New Hampshire Historical Society, page 257 lists son Thomas Sears who predeceased Richard Sears by 15 years.
“SEARS, RICHARD, Salem 1638. THOMAS, Newbury, m. Mary Hilton 1656, and d. 26 May, 1661.”
Richard died at Yarmouth 5 September 1676 at the age of 81 years and 4 months.[2]
Legacy
Today, over 20,000 people, can trace their lineage to Richard Sears. These people have had an impact on not only the British Colonies but the United States and the world. Today, many thousands of those descendants live in the United States alone.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ Several mid-19th century publications give a claimed English pedigree for Richard Sears, and claimed he had a son Knyvett Sears. These assertions, contending a connection to the Bourchiers and Egmonds, were promulgated in a genealogy commissioned by David Sears of Boston, a wealthy descendant of Richard Sears, and were widely copied in genealogical writings of the time. These claims were examined by Samuel Pearce May and found to be baseless. May published his genealogy of the family (The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888) in 1890. It traces much of the genealogical forgery back to Horatio Gates Somerby.[1][2]
References
- ^ May, Samuel Pearce (1886), "Some Doubts concerning the Sears Pedigree", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 40: 261–8
- ^ a b c d Anderson, Robert Charles (1995). The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston, Massachusetts: Great Migration Study Project, New England Historic Genealogical Society. pp. 1642–4. ISBN 0-88082-044-6.