ID: I07335

Name: Deborah WILLARD

Sex: F

Birth: ABT 1638 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA

Death: 13 MAY 1721 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA

Baptism: 14 SEP 1645 Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA

Father: George WILLARD b: 1614 in Horsmonden, Co. Kent, England

Mother: Dorothy DUNSTER b: ABT 1616 in England

Marriage 1 Paul SEARS b: 8 FEB 1636/37 in Marblehead, Essex Co, MA

Married: 1658 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA

Children

Mercy SEARS b: 3 JUL 1659 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA

Bethia SEARS b: 3 JAN 1660/61 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA

Samuel SEARS b: JAN 1662/63 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA

Lydia SEARS b: 24 OCT 1666 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA

Paul SEARS II b: 15 JUN 1669 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA

Mary SEARS b: 24 OCT 1672 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA

Ann SEARS b: 27 MAR 1674 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA

John SEARS b: ABT 1678 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA

Richard SEARS b: 1680 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA

Daniel SEARS b: ABT 1682 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA

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GEORGE, Scituate 1638, younger br. of major Simon, and s. of Richard of Horsmonden, Co. Kent, where he was bapt. Dec. 1614, heavily fined in 1641, for erroneous opinions, had Deborah and Daniel, both bapt. 14 Sept. 1645; and Joshua, 2 Nov. foll. rem. soon aft. perhaps to Maryland. Deborah m. Paul Sears, and, it is said, descend, are num. HENRY, Groton, fourth s. of major Simon, m. 18 July 1674, Mary Lakin, d. of John of the same, had Henry, b. 11 Apr. 1675; Simon, 8 Oct. 1678; Mary, 3 Aug. 1680; John, 3 Sept. 1682; Hezekiah; Joseph, a. 1686; and Sarah; but it must not be thot. that all these exc. the first, were b. at G. or any one other town, in those yrs. of Ind. incurs. At Lancaster he liv. in the latter part of his life, but L. as well as G. was more than once destr. by the enemy. By sec. w. Dorcas Cutler, sis. perhaps, of the w. of his br. Daniel, he had Samuel, 31 May 1690, a man of distinct. wh. command. a regim. at the capt. of Louisburg, 1745,; James; Josiah, a. 1693; Abigail; Jonathan, a. 1696; Susanna; and Tabitha, wh. d. soon; and he d. 1701. His wid. m. 1704, Benjamin Bellows.

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Captain Paul , son of Richard Sears , was born probably at Marblehead, Massachusetts , in 1637-38 , after February 20 , and died at Yarmouth , February 20, 1707-08 . He took the oath of fidelity in 1657 . He was captain of the militia at Yarmouth , and was in the Narragansett war. He was one of the original proprietors of Harwich , which was laid out between Bound Brook and Stony Brook as Wing's Purchase. He married, at Yarmouth , in 1658 , Deborah Willard , baptized at Scituate , September 14, 1645 , died May 13, 1721 , daughter of George Willard . Her mother was probably Dorothy Dunster . Children: Mercy , born July 3, 1659 ; Bethia , January 3, 1661-62 , died July 5, 1684 ; Samuel , January, 1663-64 , mentioned below; Daughter, 1666 , perhaps Lydia , who married Eleazer Hamblin ; Paul , June 15, 1669 ; -, October 24, 1672 , probably Mary , who married Colonel John Knowles ; 716a 717 Ann , March 27, 1675 , died November 14, 1745 ; John , 1677-78 , died May 24, 1718 , Daniel , 1682-83 , died August 10, 1756 .