Simeon Mears

Male 1779 - 1810  (30 years)


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  • Name Simeon Mears 
    Born 27 May 1779  Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9J2R-BH 
    Died 9 Feb 1810  Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I592  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

    Father John Mears,   b. 12 Mar 1735, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1811, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Lucy Rockwell,   b. 1735, , , Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1818, Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 14 Jan 1761  East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F234  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Polly Hosford,   b. 24 Aug 1784, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1844, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1803  Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BIRTH: "Descendants of Robert Meares of Boston, Mass.", compiled 1919-1950 by Theoda Mears Morse from vital, church and family records, pg. 66 - D0001
      1992 IGI: christening 24 May
      MARRIAGE: Vermont Vital Records Index
      DEATH/BURIAL: Vermont Vital Records Index; Poultney Cemetery Inscriptions (microfiche 6089178), pg. 55 (31st year)

      Alt death place Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, NY

      He died leaving 3 children and another born posthumously. His wife married second, Simeon's older brother Joseph & later a third hus. Festus Giddings & she removed to Ohio taking some of the Mears children with her. (Some Descendants of John &Lucy (Rockwell)Mears, p. 88)

  • Sources 
    1. [S74] Some Descendants of John & Lucy Rockwell Mears of Windsor Connecticut, Compiled by Helen E. Rickley Healy, GSF #223,920, 3rd item., p. 5, 88 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S74] Some Descendants of John & Lucy Rockwell Mears of Windsor Connecticut, Compiled by Helen E. Rickley Healy, GSF #223,920, 3rd item., p. 4 (Reliability: 3).
      from East Windsor Vital Records