• Born June 1, 1787.
• Parents were RICHARD SEARS and MARY LEE.

• Married MARY VAN PELT on December 30, 1807 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. Mary was born March 6, 1789 in Essex County, New Jersey; and died August 3, 1865.

• Died August 22, 1842 in Scott County, Illinois.

1. CHARLOTTE SEARS, born July 9, 1809 in Rensselaer County, New York; died April 16, 1873 in Mt. Pleasant, Union County, Illinois. Married JOHN DAVIS on April 24, 1825 in Yankeetown, Fayette County, Ohio.

2. ANGELINE SEARS, born November 26, 1810 in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York; died August 13, 1813 in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York from an accident.

3. DIANTHA SEARS, born March 30, 1812 in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York. Married HENRY L. FARMER on October 14, 1830 in Yankeetown, Fayette County, Ohio.

4. Dr. ALEXANDER SEARS, born March 16, 1814 in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York; died February 6, 1855 in Marshall, Texas. Married VESTA CORDELIA HAWLEY on December 15, 1847 in Texas.

5. WASHINGTON SEARS, born June 3, 1816 in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York. Married ELIZABETH J. MORRISON on November 7, 1841 in Oxville, Scott County, Illinois.

6. HANNAH JANE SEARS, born March 1, 1818 in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York; died November 30, 1879. Married JAMES G. KILLPATRICK on August 8, 1844 in Naples, Scott County, Illinois.

7. RICHARD VAN RENSELLAER SEARS, born November 5, 1819 in Yankeetown, Fayette County, Ohio; died February 23, 1884 in Oxville, Scott County, Illinois. Married HANNAH PIKE on December 2, 1841 in Oxville, Scott County, Illinois.

8. ANGELINE SEARS, born September 10, 1822 in Yankeetown, Fayette County, Ohio; died August 20, 1852 in Naples, Scott County, Illinois.

9. Rev. HIRAM SEARS, born April 10, 1825 in Yankeetown, Fayette County, Ohio. Married MARY HENDERSON PRENTICE on ay 25, 1851 in Whitehall, Green County, Illinois.

10. CAROLINE SEARS, born April 30, 1827 in Yankeetown, Fayette County, Illinois. Married HENRY B. MORRISON on August 10, 1843 in Naples, Scott County, Illinois.

11. ADDISON SEARS, born January 1, 1830 in Yankeetown, Fayette County, Ohio. Married ADELAIDE DELPHINE WARNER on February 27, 1861 in Marion County, Texas.

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Abner Sears lived for a time in Rensselaer, Schenectady and Otsego counties, New York, working at his trade of wagon-builder.

In the fall of 1818, he emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Yankeetown, Madison township, Fayette co., and became a thrifty farmer, removing in the fall of 1836 to the vicinity of Naples, Morgan (now Scott) co., Illinois.

He was an honored member and exhorter in the Methodist church.

His wife was a woman of remarkable ability for planning wisely in the industirous and religious cultivation of the family.

She is said to have been a second cousin to the late Maj. Anderson, the hero of Fort Sumter, and connected on her mother's side with the family of Richard Stockton, signer of the Declaration of Independence.