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Paul Sears, son of Paul Sears and Deborah Willard

Mercy Freeman (1674–), daughter of Thomas Freeman and Rebecca Sparrow

Paul Sears is probably the ___ Sears who was born on 15 June 1669 (three years old on 15 June 1672). He died on 17 February 1740 and is buried in the Sears Cemetery in West Brewster, Barnstable County. [FAG]

The epigraph on his gravestone says, "Here lyes ye body of Mr. Paul Sears. Who departed this life Feb. 17 AD 1740 in ye 71 year of his age. [FAG]

Mercy, the daughter of Thomas Freeman and Rebecca Sparrow, was born in October 1674. [FSE]

Children of Paul Sears and Mercy Freeman: Births of the children recorded in Yarmouth. [VRMY]

i. Ebenezer Sears was born on 15 August 1694. He married Sarah Howes.

ii. Paul Sears was born on 21 December 1695.

iii. Elizabeth Sears was born on 27 August 1697.

iv. Thomas Sears was born on 6 June 1699.

v. Rebecca Sears was born on 2 April 1701.

vi. Marcy Sears was born on 7 February 1702.

vii. Deborah Sears was born on 11 March 1705.

viii. Ann Sears was born on 27 December 1706.

ix. Joshua Sears was born on about 20 December 1708.

x. Daniel Sears was born on 16 July 1710.

xi. Edmond Sears was born on 6 August 1712.

xii. Hannah Sears was born on 6 March 1714/5.

References:

FSE. David Hamlin, "First Settlers of Eastham, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6 (1852): 41–46.

VRMY. Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Vital Records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, vol. 1 (Warwick: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1975), 1a (Paul's birth), 18–19 (births of the children).

FAG. "Paul Sears," webpage, FindaGrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39171148/paul-sears), epigraph from photograph.

Last revised: 22-Nov-2022