• Born December 4, 1776 in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
• Parents were RICHARD SEARS and MARY LEE.

• Married ANNIS SILLIMAN in 1809. Annis was born July 29, 1782 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut; and died September 14, 1841 in West Butler, New York.

• Occupation - wagon builder
• Died in 1854 in Lyons, Wayne County, New York.

1. ORIN SEARS, born November 27, 1810 in Valley Falls, Rensselaer County, New York; died in August, 1839.

2. OSCAR SEARS, born June 23, 1812 in Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont. Married MARY MOORE on July 4, 1836 near Valley Falls, Rensselaer County, New York.

3. AMANDA SEARS, born March 1, 1815 in Valley Falls, Rensselaer County, New York; died October 12, 1869. Married MERRITT PURDY on December 25, 1836.

4. HIRAM SEARS, born July 17, 1818 in Valley Falls, Rensselaer County, New York. Married CLARA M. DAVIS on June 1, 1842 in Jonesville, Saratoga County, New York.

SOURCE: The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888 by Samuel Pearce May, J. Munsell, Albany, 1890. Page 308