Samuel Mears

Male 1671 - 1727  (55 years)


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  • Name Samuel Mears 
    Born 22 May 1671  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9J2Z-JC 
    Died 10 May 1727  Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I611  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

    Father Samuel Mears,   b. 7 Jun 1641, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 19 Jul 1676, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Mother Mary Stacy,   b. Abt 1641, Bocking, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1682  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Married Abt 1664  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 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 
    Children 
     1. Mary Mears,   b. 12 Sep 1698, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1720-1721  (Age 22 years)
    +2. 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)
     3. Katharine Mears,   b. 25 Sep 1701, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1797, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     4. James Mears,   b. 11 Feb 1704, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 19 Jul 1771  (Age 67 years)
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F248  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Hannah Whale,   b. Abt 1675, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1733  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Married 23 Sep 1706  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 May 1671 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Dec 1697 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Sep 1706 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BIRTH: "Descendants of John and Lucy Rockwell Mears of Windsor, Conn.", compiled by Helen E. Rickley Healy, 1960, pg. 2 - D0002
      "Descendants of Robert Meares of Boston, Mass.", compiled 1919-1950 by Theoda Mears Morse, copy at the NEHGS, pg. 14 & 26 - D0001
      MARRIAGES: D0002, pg. 2, lists children; D0001, pg. 14 & 26, lists children.
      DEATH: D0002, pg. 2; D0001, pg. 26. Also shows death (22) May. New Calendar?
      NOTE: D0001, historical info, pp. 26-32. First marriage performed by Cotton Cotton Mather, pastor of Second Church. Never joined a church. Will dated 9 Mar 1726 mentions Katharina (his only daughter) and Samuel Dexter, and sons Samuel and James.

      Sources; 1. Gates-Dawes ancestral lines, by Mary W. Ferris
      2. Some descendants of John & Lucy (Rockwell ) Mears, by H.E. Healey
      3. Mears Family History - In possession of Carolyn Bakow
      4. Report of Rec, Commissioners - Boston Records, V, 1630-1699 & V, 1700- 1850
      Samuel Mears was listed as an Innholder in Boston in 1714(vol 43, p. 59 in NEH&GR

  • 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 "on his birthday"

    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).