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James Mears
1644 - 1712 (68 years)-
Name James Mears Born 9 Mar 1644 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States 
[1, 2] Christened 31 Mar 1644 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [3] Gender Male AFN 9J3N-MQ Died 6 Oct 1712 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Buried 8 Oct 1712 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Person ID I338 James Henry Martineau Last Modified 27 Oct 2015
Father Robert Meares, b. 1592, London, Middlesex, England , d. 20 Feb 1666, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 74 years) Mother Elizabeth Johnson, b. Abt 1602, Little Bowden, Northamptonshire, England , d. 24 Jul 1672, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 70 years) Married Abt 1631 , , England [4] Family ID F250 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Mellows, b. 5 Mar 1644, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. Aft 1722 (Age 78 years) Married Abt 1665 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 Family ID F252 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 9 Mar 1644 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States 
Christened - 31 Mar 1644 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Married - Abt 1665 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Died - 6 Oct 1712 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Buried - 8 Oct 1712 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - 1992 Ancestral File. Shows two James, one born 3 Mar 1644, the other in 1647. The earlier is assumed to have died between the two dates. Second James did not exist (see note below).
DJLRM: "Descendants of John and Lucy Rockwell Mears of Windsor, Conn.", compiled by Helen E. Rickley Healy, 1960 - D0002
DRM: "Descendants of Robert Meares of Boston, Mass.", compiled 1919-1950 by Theoda Mears Morse, copy at the NEHGS - D0001
BIRTH: DJLRM, pg. 1 & DRM, pg. 19.
CHRISTENING: DRM, pg. 19
MARRIAGE: DRM, pg. 19 (spouse and children only)
DEATH: DRM, pg. 19
BURIAL: DRM, pg. 19
NOTE: DRM, pg. 24 quotes the annals of Kings Chapel, Boston, indicating the James baptized 31 Mar 1644 is the same one who was the father of nine children and contributed to the building of Kings Chapel in July 1689.
- 1992 Ancestral File. Shows two James, one born 3 Mar 1644, the other in 1647. The earlier is assumed to have died between the two dates. Second James did not exist (see note below).
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Sources - [S73] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, n.d.), R.Rm. REF F74 M48 M54 1903., Boston: 17. (Reliability: 3).
1644 Town: James of Robert & Elizabeth Mers born 9th 1st
1st month is March - [S76] Harrises in Boston before 1700, Vol 105, p. 195 (Reliability: 3).
( Feltmaker, born in 1644, son of Robert who came from London 1635 ) - [S73] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, n.d.), R.Rm. REF F74 M48 M54 1903., Boston: 18. (Reliability: 3).
1644 First Church: James of Elizabeth & Robert Meares, aged about 4 days, 31 day 1 mo.
1st month is March - [S74] Some Descendants of John & Lucy Rockwell Mears of Windsor Connecticut, Compiled by Helen E. Rickley Healy, GSF #223,920, 3rd item., p. 1 (Reliability: 3).
- [S73] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, n.d.), R.Rm. REF F74 M48 M54 1903., Boston: 17. (Reliability: 3).