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from Wikitree
 
from Wikitree
 
   1  Richard Sears
 
   1  Richard Sears
  2    Silas Sears
 
  3      Joseph Sears
 
  4        Zachariah Sears
 
  5          Rowland Sears
 
  6            Lysander Sears
 
  7              Orange Almoin Sears
 
  8                Robert Percy Sears
 
  9                  Almond Keith Sears
 
  10                    ''tester'' <!-- S. Sears, FTDNA kit #288941 Y-37STR tested -->
 
 
   2    (Capt.) Paul Sears
 
   2    (Capt.) Paul Sears
 
   3      Paul Sears (II)
 
   3      Paul Sears (II)
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   8                Leslie Ray Sears
 
   8                Leslie Ray Sears
 
   9                  ''father of tester'' <!-- Leslie Ray Sears Jr. -->
 
   9                  ''father of tester'' <!-- Leslie Ray Sears Jr. -->
   10                    ''tester'' <! Leslie Ray Sears III FTDNA Kit #71407 Big Y-700 -->
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   10                    ''tester'' <!-- Leslie Ray Sears III FTDNA Kit #71407 Big Y-700 -->
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  2    (Lt.) Silas Sears
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  3      Joseph Sears
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  4        Zachariah Sears
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  5          Rowland Sears
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  6            Lysander Sears
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  7              Orange Almoin Sears
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  8                Robert Percy Sears
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  9                  ''father of tester'' <!-- Almond Keith Sears -->
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  10                    ''tester'' <!-- S. Sears, FTDNA kit #288941 Y-37STR tested -->
  
 
==External Links and References==
 
==External Links and References==
 
* Anderson, Robert Charles, ''The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633.'' New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004. Pages 409-412.
 
* Anderson, Robert Charles, ''The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633.'' New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004. Pages 409-412.

Latest revision as of 22:31, 13 April 2026

Status summary

Completed as of April 7, 2026

  • Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of Richard Sears for NGS/WGS testing. Any male who believes they are such a descendant should Read me First

IMPORTANT: Read me First

Still to do as of April 7, 2026

  • NGS/WGS test multiple JRichard Sears direct paternal (Y-DNA) descendants to firmly place family clade as well as discover any subclades unique to descendants lines

Biography

First Generation

Richard Sears was born England abt 1595 date, place and parentage currently unknown. He died Yarmouth 5 Sep 1676. He married 1635 Dorothy Jones and they had three children: Paul (1637/8), Deborah (c1639) and Silas (c1641).

Second Generation

(Capt.) Paul Sears was born Marblehead 20 Feb 1637/8 and died Yarmouth 20 Feb 1707/8. He married Yarmouth 1659 Deborah Willard and they had twelve children: Deborah, Mercy, Judah (1659), Bethiah (1662), Samuel (1664), Lydia (1666), Paul (1669), Mary (1672), Ann (1675), John (c1678), Richard (1680) and Daniel (1682).

(Lt.) Silas Sears was born Yarmouth abt 1641 and died there abt 13 Jan 1697/8. He married Yarmouth bef 1661 Anna Burnell and they had: Hannah (1672), Joseph (c1675), Josiah (c1675), Elizabeth (c1675) and Dorothy (c1687)

Third Generation

Judah Sears


DNA results R1b-BY35994

Previous Y-DNA testing

The Sears surname DNA Project Group "R1b1a2a1a1c2b2a1a1: SNP Z8 SEARS/SAYERS: Richard (1595-1676)" is comprised of eight individuals. From Y-STR testing, FTDNA predicts the family falls under R1b-M269 and Family Finder autosomal DNA testing revealed they fall under U106.

NGS/WGS testing

One individual in the above group has taken the Big Y-700 test and falls under the following haplogroup: R-U106>Z2265>BY30097>FTT8>Z381>Z301>L48>Z9>Z30>Z27>Z345>Z2>Z7>Z31>Z8>Z1>Z344>Z6>S18951>FGC17230>S3262>A6904>BY35994

Lineage of testers

from Wikitree

 1   Richard Sears
 2     (Capt.) Paul Sears
 3       Paul Sears (II)
 4         Edmund Sears
 5           Elkanah Sears
 6             William Sears
 7               Elkanah Howes Sears
 8                 Leslie Ray Sears
 9                   father of tester 
 10                     tester 
 2     (Lt.) Silas Sears
 3       Joseph Sears
 4         Zachariah Sears
 5           Rowland Sears
 6             Lysander Sears
 7               Orange Almoin Sears
 8                 Robert Percy Sears
 9                   father of tester 
 10                    tester 

External Links and References

  • Anderson, Robert Charles, The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004. Pages 409-412.