Samuel Mears

Male 1700 - 1757  (56 years)


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  • Name Samuel Mears 
    Born 10 Apr 1700  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christened 14 Apr 1700  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9J2V-GL 
    Died 8 Mar 1757  Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I594  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

    Father Samuel Mears,   b. 22 May 1671, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1727, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Maria Katharina Smith,   b. Abt 1675, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1706, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years) 
    Married 7 Dec 1697  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F248  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Kilbourne,   b. Abt 1705, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1803, West Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 98 years) 
    Married 14 Nov 1724  Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Children 
     1. Joseph Mears,   b. 15 Jan 1725, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 17 Jun 1745, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
     2. Samuel Mears, Jr.,   b. 16 Jul 1727, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 17 Jun 1745, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
     3. Mary Katherina Mears,   b. 7 May 1729, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Ruth Mears,   b. 2 Apr 1733, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1815, Pompey, Onondaga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +5. John Mears,   b. 12 Mar 1735, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1811, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     6. Sarah Mears,   c. 17 Jul 1737, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1808, Palmer, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
     7. Elizabeth Mears,   c. 17 Jun 1739, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Hannah Mears,   c. 27 Feb 1741, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1741, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     9. James Mears,   b. 21 Aug 1742, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. William Mears,   c. 8 Jul 1744, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Mears,   b. Abt 1747, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1747, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     12. Samuel Mears,   c. 25 Jul 1754, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1754, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2016 
    Family ID F243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Apr 1700 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 14 Apr 1700 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BIRTH: "Descendants of Robert Meares of Boston, Mass.", compiled 1919-1950 by Theoda Mears Morse, copy at the NEHGS, p. 39-40. - D0001
      CHRISTENING: "Descendants of Robert Meares...", pg. 39-40
      MARRIAGE: "Descendants of Robert Meares...", pg. 39-40: Intention recorded at Springfield 26 Sep 1674, published 14 Nov 1724.
      DEATH: "Descendants of Robert Meares...", pg. 39-40;
      "Springfield Families" by Thomas B. Warren, vol 2, pg. 456 - D0008
      HISTORICAL NOTES:
      Before 1723 left home and settled in Springfield, Mass. where he was a joiner and carpenter, the trade of both his father and grandfather in Boston. Was a member of Capt. Adijah Dewey's company, serving as Centinel from 3 Sep to 18 Sep 1723. Was a member of troop of horse. - D0001

  • Sources 
    1. [S74] Some Descendants of John & Lucy Rockwell Mears of Windsor Connecticut, Compiled by Helen E. Rickley Healy, GSF #223,920, 3rd item., p. 2 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S74] Some Descendants of John & Lucy Rockwell Mears of Windsor Connecticut, Compiled by Helen E. Rickley Healy, GSF #223,920, 3rd item., p. 2 (Reliability: 3).
      aged 57 years

    3. [S108] Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford 1622-1709, With Notes and Dates of Other Emigrant Nortons, etc., Walter Whittlesey Norton, (Lakeville, Conn., The Journal Press 1909), p. 2 (Reliability: 3).
      intentions at Springfield26 Sep 1724

    4. [S111] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001. FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org :n.d.), Hampden, Springfield, Births, marriages, deaths 1638-1728 vol 1, image 126, accessed 22 February 2016. (Reliability: 3).
      Samuel Meeares Entered his Intention of Marriage with Ruth Kilborn & their Publishment was posted up Novembr 14: 1724