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Roswell Mears, Reverend
1772 - 1855 (83 years)-
Name Roswell Mears Suffix Reverend Born 16 Apr 1772 Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 
[1] Gender Male AFN 9J2R-85 Residence 3 Sep 1850 Georgia, Franklin, Vermont, United States [2] Died 25 Dec 1855 Georgia, Franklin, Vermont, United States [3] Buried Georgia, Franklin, Vermont, United States Person ID I588 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 [4] Family ID F234 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anna Abagail Glines, b. 11 Feb 1772, Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States , d. 2 Mar 1864, Georgia, Franklin, Vermont, United States (Age 92 years) Married 4 Apr 1795 Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 Family ID F240 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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 (born 1773)
HISTORICAL NOTES:
Preached the sermon at his mother's funeral.
He was a Baptist minister of some note. He joined the Baptist church in April 1793; was ordained 2 Jan 1795, and served in Groton & Conway, New Hampshire & Georgia & Swanton Vermont. He moved to Georgia in 1807 & retired from pastorial service in 1825. ( Some Descendants of John& Lucy (Rockwell) Mears - 43)
- 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 - [S74] Some Descendants of John & Lucy Rockwell Mears of Windsor Connecticut, Compiled by Helen E. Rickley Healy, GSF #223,920, 3rd item., p. 5, 43 (Reliability: 3).
- [S110] US Census - 1850 Franklin County, Vermont, Vermont, Franklin, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), M432, roll M432_924, Georgia, p. 45, dwelling 392, family 405, Roswell Mears (Reliability: 3).
Abram Mears?tab?46?tab?M?tab?Tanner?tab?NH
Laura?tab??tab?45?tab?F?tab??tab?Vt
Martha?tab??tab?14?tab?F?tab??tab?Vt
Datha C.?tab??tab? 8?tab?F?tab??tab?Vt
Ragine H.?tab??tab?11?tab?F?tab??tab?Vt
Cassius M.?tab? 5?tab?M?tab??tab?Vt
Radolphus Wood?tab?23?tab?M?tab?Laborer?tab?Vt
Horace Percival?tab?23?tab?M?tab?"?tab?Vt
Lovinia M. Percival?tab?18?tab?F?tab??tab?Vt
Roswell Mears?tab?78?tab?M?tab??tab?Conn.
Anna Mears?tab?78?tab?F?tab??tab?NH - [S109] History of Baptists in Vermont, Rev. Henry Crocker, (Bellows Falls, Vermont: The P. H. Gobie Press, 1913.), 334. (Reliability: 3).
On the twenty-fifth of December, 1855, he departed this life, in the triumphs of faith. - [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
- [S74] Some Descendants of John & Lucy Rockwell Mears of Windsor Connecticut, Compiled by Helen E. Rickley Healy, GSF #223,920, 3rd item., p. 5, 43 (Reliability: 3).