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Joseph Mears

Male 1767 - 1828  (60 years)


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  • Name Joseph Mears 
    Born 17 Sep 1767  Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Christened 20 Sep 1767  East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9J2R-6S 
    Died 28 Apr 1828  Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I584  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  [3] 
    Family ID F234  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Esther Benedict,   b. Abt 1770,   d. 3 Mar 1810, St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married Abt 1788  Poultney (of), Rutland, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F238  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 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 Aft 1810  Milton (prob.), Chittenden, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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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
      MARRIAGES: "Descendants of Robert Meares...", pg. 66 (spouses only). Joseph's wife, Esther, and his brother, Simeon, husband of Polly Hosford, both died in 1810. He then married Simeon's wife, Polly.
      DEATH/BURIAL: Vermont Vital Records Index (son of John and husband of widow Polly "Hosford" Mears, age 61); Poultney Cemetery Inscriptions (microfiche 6089178), pg. 55 (61st year)

      Alt death place Pougkeepsie, Dutchess, NY

  • 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 (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. 35 (Reliability: 3).
      GED 61 YEARS

    3. [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