Zachariah Paddock, Captain

1635 - 1727  (92 years)

• Name	Zachariah Paddock  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Title	Captain
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	20 Mar 1635	Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LZ8P-28Y
  Death	1 May 1727	Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Burial	Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I378	footsteps | Bangs, Bunker, DonCampbell
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Paddock,   b. 16 Sep 1584, County Dublin, Ireland d. 25 Jul 1650, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Holmes,   b. 1610, County Louth, Ireland d. Bef 20 Oct 1646, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age < 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	12 Oct 1630	Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deborah Sears,   b. 16 Sep 1639, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 17 Aug 1732, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1659	Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
  Children	+ 1. Zachariah Paddock,   b. 14 Apr 1664, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 18 Apr 1718, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Joseph Paddock,   b. 12 Sep 1674, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 19 Oct 1732, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States (Age 58 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  This day died here Mr Zachariah Paddock, in the 88th year of his age, was born in Plymouth in the beginning of the year 1640. He retained his reason to an uncommon degree, until his last illness, which lasted but a few days. He was married in 1659 to Mrs Deborah Sears, born in this town, and now survives him, having lived together about 68 years, and by her, God blest him with a numerous offspring, especially in the third and fourth generations, having left behind him of his own posterity, 48 grand-children and 38 great grand-children, and of this latter sort no less than 30 descendants from his second son. The old gentleman, his wife, one of his sons and his wife lived for a considerable time in a house by themselves, without any other person, when their ages computed together, amounted to over 300 years. Mr Paddock had obtained the character of a righteous man, and his widow, now near fourscore and eight years old, is well reputed for good works."["N.E. Weekly News Letter."]

  
  

• Sources

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