Richard Sears

Richard Sears

Male 1590 - 1676  (86 years)


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  • Name Richard Sears  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 1 Jan 1590  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1630  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FSID G5NX-81J 
    Occupation Husbandman 
    Burial Aug 1676  Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Death 26 Aug 1676  Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Person ID I2494  footsteps
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Father John Bouchier Sears,   b. 1558, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1629, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Marie Lamoral Van Egmond,   b. 1563, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1595, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 8 May 1585  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage John was ~ 27 years and 5 months - Marie was ~ 22 years and 5 months. 
    Family ID F2402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorothy Thatcher Jones,   b. Abt 1608, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1678, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 1632  Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Richard was ~ 41 years and 11 months - Dorothy was ~ 24 years. 
    Children 
    +1. Deborah Sears,   b. 16 Sep 1639, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1732, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Paul Sears, Captain,   b. 20 Feb 1638, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1708, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F882  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Early in the 19th century the name Sears was pronounced by the family a s Say-ers, thus leading to confusion about how it was spelled.[3] He ap peared in the records sometimes as Seeres, Seer, Saeres, Sares.

      There is no evidence he came to Plymouth in 1630 nor had any connection t o the migrants from Leyden. "Richard Seer" is first seen in Plymouth Co lony records in the tax list of 25 Mar 1633, when he was 44, in a list o f 86 persons assessed 9 shillings in corn, at 6 shillings per bushel, u pon one poll. He does not appear in the 1634 tax list or the 1633 list o f freemen.

      He was in Marblehead (then part of Salem) in 1637, and in 1639 is in Ya rmouth as one of its' founders. In 1643 he is shown in the list of Yarm outh citizens "liable to bear arms".

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sears_(pilgrim)_
      Early in the 19th century the name Sears was pronounced by the family a s S ay-ers, thus leading to confusion about how it was spelled.[3] He ap pe ared in the records sometimes as Seeres, Seer, Saeres, Sares.

      There is no evidence he came to Plymouth in 1630 nor had any connection t o t he migrants from Leyden. "Richard Seer" is first seen in Plymouth Co lo ny records in the tax list of 25 Mar 1633, when he was 44, in a list o f 8 6 persons assessed 9 shillings in corn, at 6 shillings per bushel, u po n one poll. He does not appear in the 1634 tax list or the 1633 list o f f reemen.

      He was in Marblehead (then part of Salem) in 1637, and in 1639 is in Ya r mouth as one of its' founders. In 1643 he is shown in the list of Yarm o uth citizens "liable to bear arms".

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sears_(pilgrim)_
      Early in the 19th century the name Sears was pronounced by the family a s Say-ers, thus leading to confusion about how it was spelled.[3] He ap peared in the records sometimes as Seeres, Seer, Saeres, Sares.

      There is no evidence he came to Plymouth in 1630 nor had any connection t o the migrants from Leyden. "Richard Seer" is first seen in Plymouth Co lony records in the tax list of 25 Mar 1633, when he was 44, in a list o f 86 persons assessed 9 shil lings in corn, at 6 shillings per bushel, u pon one poll. He does not appear in the 1634 tax list or the 1633 list o f freemen.

      He was in Marblehead (then part of Salem) in 1637, and in 1639 is in Ya rmouth as one of its' founders. In 1643 he is shown in the list of Yarm outh citizens "liable to bear arms".

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sears_(pilgrim)_
      Early in the 19th century the name Sears was pronounced by the family a s S ay-ers, thus leading to confusion about how it was spelled.[3] He ap pe ared in the records sometimes as Seeres, Seer, Saeres, Sares.

      There is no evidence he came to Plymouth in 1630 nor had any connection t o t he migrants from Leyden. "Richard Seer" is first seen in Plymouth Co lo ny records in the tax list of 25 Mar 1633, when he was 44, in a list o f 8 6 persons assessed 9 s hillings in corn, at 6 shillings per bushel, u po n one poll. He does not appear in the 1634 tax list or the 1633 list o f f reemen.

      He was in Marblehead (then part of Salem) in 1637, and in 1639 is in Ya r mouth as one of its' founders. In 1643 he is shown in the list of Yarm o uth citizens "liable to bear arms".

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sears_(pilgrim)_

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  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index," databaseFamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-6JRF : 24 May 2022), Richard Sears, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 45611900Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

    2. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QVVN-NYGP : Fri Apr 04 03:01:25 UTC 2025), Entry for Richard Sears.

    3. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QVK2-PNRT : Wed Apr 02 18:09:08 UTC 2025), Entry for Richard Sears.