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James Taylor

Singer-Songwriter

Deborah Sears

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• • 6th Great-grandmother of James Taylor — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 367 
  • Father:
  • Paul Sears Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Mercy Freeman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Mar 1704/1705 
  • Birth Location:
  • Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 6 May 1705 
  • Christening Location:
  • First Parish Church, Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 11 Sep 1781 
  • Death Location:
  • Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • Old Burying Ground, Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Thomas Howes
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 18 Jul 1724 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Moody Howes

  Desire Howes

  Deborah Howes

  Betty Howes

  Mercy Howes

  Jerusha Howes

  Daniel Howes

  Edmund Howes

  Reuben Howes

  Sarah Howes (Ahnentafel No:183 )

• Sources for Deborah Sears

  • ¹ Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, Reuben Hall, pp. 1-9.
  • ² Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 6, 3rd ed., Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001), 397.
  • ³ Merrick, Barbara Lambert, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 24, Part 3, William Brewster, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2019), 31.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 371, 532-533.
  • ⁵ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 393-394.