• General Notes

  Will dated 9 Dec 1746. Inventory of his estate shows he was a wealthy man.
  
  The will of Joseph Sears of Yar., Yeoman, dated Dec. 9, 1746 names, wife
  Hannah; sons, Zachariah, Joseph, Peter, "If still alive" and Rowland; and daus. of son Stephen, decd, and Stephen, Hannah and Mary, children of Barnabas, decd, also son Silas, and daus. Priscilla Gorham, Hannah Blackmore, Bethia Howes and Thankful Taylor. Inv'y L 320 08 08.
  Styles him "gent."
  He lived in the East precinct Yarmouth, now East Dennis, and was also styled "Captain."
  Marriage info from Robert D Kelley
  
  BIRTH: Letter from Carol Aldrich, Tulsa, OK, to Ray Sears, Duncan, OK;
  1675-1989; Letter dtd 18 May 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK;
  Had 7 sons and 4 daughters.
  
  children
  Priscilla SEARS b: 1 JUL 1701 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA
  Hannah SEARS b: 10 DEC 1703 in Yarmouth, Plymouth County, MA
  Zachariah SEARS b: 22 APR 1706 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA
  Joseph SEARS b: 27 MAY 1708 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA
  Stephen SEARS b: 22 JUL 1710 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA
  Roland SEARS b: 17 MAY 1711 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA
  Barnabas SEARS b: 5 APR 1714 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, MA
  Peter SEARS b: 20 MAY 1716 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  Bethia SEARS b: 30 MAR 1719 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA
  Silas SEARS b: 11 FEB 1719/20 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA
  Thankful SEARS b: 11 APR 1723 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA

Details of Joseph's family with Hannah Hall