Joab Meares

"North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKJM-LS5 : 8 March 2021), Joab Meares, 1864; citing Columbus, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,769,485.

Notes wife Mary Meares, trustee, Phillip Coleman.

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8. JOHN3

MEARS, SR. (BARTHOLOMEW2  THOMAS1  MEARES) was born 1675 in Keller, Accomack County, VA, and

died Bet. August 14, 1745 - September 29, 1747 in Accomack County, VA. He married MARGARET GARRISON Bef.1693 in Accomack County, VA, daughter of RICHARD GARRISON and ROSE KELLAM. She died Bef. 1747 in Accomack County, VA.

More About JOHN MEARS, SR.:
Fact 1: 8/14/1745 will: probated 9/29/1747. 3

Children of JOHN MEARS and MARGARET GARRISON are:
11. i. GEORGE4 MEARS.
ii. ELIZABETH MEARS, m. ?? MAJOR.
12. iii. MARY MEARS, d. 1747.
13. iv. BARTHOLOMEW MEARS, b. 1693.
14. v. JOHN MEARS, JR., b. 1698, Accomack County, VA; d. 1762, Accomack County, VA.
15. vi. THOMAS MEARS, b. 1708, Accomack County, VA; d. 1800, Surry County, NC.
16. vii. MARK MEARS, b. 1710, Accomack County, VA; d. Aft. October 28, 1779, Dobbs (now Craven) County,
NC.

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16. MARK4 MEARS (JOHN3, BARTHOLOMEW2 THOMAS1 MEARES) was born 1710 in Accomack County, VA, and died Aft. October 28, 1779 in Dobbs (now Craven) County, NC. He married (1) SARAH JOHNSON 1733 in Accomack County, VA. He married (2) ELIZABETH VAN PELT Abt. 1753, daughter of DANIEL VAN PELT. She died in Dobbs County, NC.

More About MARK MEARS:

Emigration: Bef 1754 Dobbs County, NC
Military service: Rev War, rec'd 400 ac in Dobbs Co., NC.

Children of MARK MEARS and SARAH JOHNSON are:
32. i. GEORGE5 MEARS, d. 1795.
ii. ANTHONY MEARS.

Children of MARK MEARS and ELIZABETH VAN PELT are:
33. iii. JESSE5 MEARS, b. Dobbs (now Craven) County, NC.
34. iv. JOAB MEARS, b. Dobbs (now Craven) County, NC; d. 1818.
35. v. JOEL MEARS, b. May 1754, Dobbs (now Craven) County, NC; d. December 21, 1835, Warren County, TN.
36. vi. JAMES MEARS, b. 1760, Dobbs (now Craven) County, NC; d. Abt. 1806, Bladen County, NC.
37. vii. MOSES MEARS, b. 1762, Dobbs (now Craven) County, NC.
38. viii. WILLIAM MEARS, b. June 05, 1770, Bladen, Cumberland, or Dobbs County, NC; d. November 10, 1849.
39. ix. JONATHAN MEARS, b. Abt. 1775, Dobbs County, NC; d. 1822, Columbus County, NC.