James Mears

Male 1742 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name James Mears 
    Born 21 Aug 1742  Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christened 10 Oct 1742  Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9J2V-Q0 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I599  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

    Father Samuel Mears,   b. 10 Apr 1700, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1757, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother 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
    Family ID F243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BIRTH: "Springfield Families" by Thomas B. Warren, vol. 2, pg. 456 - D0008
      1992 Ancestral File: 1743
      CHRISTEN.: "Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths 1736-1809, First Church of Springfield, Mass.", copy at CT Valley Historical Museum, pg. 4
      MARRIAGE: 1992 IGI: A James Mears marr. Mary Davis 21 Nov 1784 or 3 Feb 1785 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA

  • 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. 3 (Reliability: 3).
      Vital Record

    2. [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. 3 (Reliability: 3).
      Church record

    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