• Born June 23, 1812 in Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont.
• Parents were ORANGE SEARS and ANNIS SILLIMAN.
• Married MARY MOORE on July 4, 1836 near Valley Falls, Rensselaer County, New York.

1. GEORGE W. SEARS, born March 31, 1838 in Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York. Married MELISSA WHITFORD on March 30, 1862.

2. JOHN HENRY SEARS, born October 13, 1839 in Rensselaer County, New York. Married HARRIET M. FAULKNER on March 8, 1874 in Wattsburg, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Married RHODA A. AUSTIN on November 27, 1876 in Wattsburg, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

3. MARY ELIZABETH SEARS, born in New York; died November 22, 1841.

4. CHARLOTTE ANN SEARS, born in New York; died July 4, 1845 in Butler, New York.

5. WILLIAM O. SEARS, born November 22, 1845 in Butler, New York. Married LIBBIE BARNES in 1874 in Union City, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

6. ANDREW J. SEARS, born June 7, 1848 in Wattsburg, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Married ELLA A. CHAFFEE. Occupation - physician

7. MARY ADELL SEARS, born September 30, 1856 in Wattsburg, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Married AUGUSTUS J. GRANT.

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Mr. Sears lived for a time in West Butler, N.Y., removing in 1847, to Venango township, Pa., and now lives in vicinity of Lowville; is a farmer