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John Mears
1765 - 1861 (95 years)-
Name John Mears Born 16 Dec 1765 Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 
[1] Gender Male AFN 9J2R-5M Died 8 Feb 1861 Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States [2] Buried Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States Person ID I582 James Henry Martineau Last Modified 27 Oct 2015
Father John Mears, b. 12 Mar 1735, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States , d. 11 Dec 1811, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States (Age 76 years) Mother Lucy Rockwell, b. 1735, , , Connecticut, United States , d. 6 Mar 1818, Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States (Age 83 years) Married 14 Jan 1761 East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [3] Family ID F234 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Nancy Hickock, b. 20 May 1770, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States , d. 29 Aug 1842, Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States (Age 72 years) Married Abt 1793 Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 Family ID F237 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 16 Dec 1765 - Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 
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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
MARRIAGE: "Descendants of Robert Meares...", pg. 66 (spouse only)
DEATH/BURIAL: Vermont Vital Records Index (age 95)
John Mears ran a stick in his eye when a boy and lost the sight of it at the age of 65, he went totally blind and remained so for 30 years. He owned 400 acres of land, had a large house used as an Inn in olden times and still occupied by his descendants at the present time (1926), owned 60 cows & other stock and was called a wealthy man in those days. ( "Some Descendants of John & Lucy (Rockwell) Mears, p. 19)
- BIRTH: "Descendants of Robert Meares of Boston, Mass.", compiled 1919-1950 by Theoda Mears Morse from vital, church and family records, pg. 66 - D0001
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Sources - [S108] Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford 1622-1709, With Notes and Dates of Other Emigrant Nortons, etc., Walter Whittlesey Norton, (Lakeville, Conn., The Journal Press 1909), p. 5 (Reliability: 3).
- [S74] Some Descendants of John & Lucy Rockwell Mears of Windsor Connecticut, Compiled by Helen E. Rickley Healy, GSF #223,920, 3rd item., p. 19 (Reliability: 3).
aged 95 years - [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
- [S108] Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford 1622-1709, With Notes and Dates of Other Emigrant Nortons, etc., Walter Whittlesey Norton, (Lakeville, Conn., The Journal Press 1909), p. 5 (Reliability: 3).