Meshack Mears

Abt 1850 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Meshack Mears  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1850	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census with parents	1850	Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	He was shown as Meshack Mears, age 3/12 in HH#542 headed by John Mears, a 68 year old farmer.
  Census with mother	1860	Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	He was shown as Meshack Mears, age 11 in HH#269 headed by Sally Mears, age 46.
  Land - they sold land	1922	Messongo, Accomack Co, Virginia   [4]
  	It was in this year that Meshack Mears sold Smith land at Messongo and said his father John had left it to him (Acc Deed Bk 123, p. 344)
  Record ID	38989
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. Charlotte Mears,   b. 31 Jul 1847, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 2 Jul 1917  (Age 69 years) ╚═Benjamin T. Holly,   b. 13 Feb 1848, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1 Aug 1930  (Age 82 years),  m. 27 Sep 1865, Accomack County, Virginia, USA     2. Meshack Mears,   b. Abt 1850, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Bartholomew Mears, (I),   b. Abt 1641   d. Dec 1682  (Age 41 years)  (4 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth 'Betsy' Smith,   b. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	I38989	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2006

  
  

  Father	John Mears,   b. Abt 1786, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Apr 1854 (Age 68 years) Other Partners: ╚═Scarburgh Smith,   b. Abt 1785, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 31 Jul 1847  (Age < 62 years)  m. 2 Mar 1808
  Mother	Sally P. Guy,   b. Abt 1812, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Apr 1886, Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1847	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	David Mears and W.B. Finney were the securities on the M.L.B. of John Mears of Shardock and Sally "Gray" of John. Another record shows John Mears of Shadrock married Sally "Guy" on 4 Jun 1847. Her death records show her as the daughter of John and Betsy Guy. (NOTE: Sally Guy was his wife's niece, who he named in his will. Since her father died when whe was young and since his first wife Scarburgh and he had no children they may have raised his niece, which would explain why he left his niece the balance of his estate after his wife Scarburgh died.)
  Family ID	F8155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1850 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S638] Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, 1850 Virginia Census Microfilm Records, CD#309, 6 CD set, (Broderbund Software, Inc., 1997), 638. [S569] Gail M. Walczyk, Accomack Co, VA, Death Register, 1853-1896, (Coram, NY: Peter's Row, 1997), p. 108 (death of Sally P. Mears was reported by her son Meshack Mears), 569. [S7] 1860 Accomack County, Virginia, Federal Census, (National Archives Microfilm), 7. [S540] Accomack Co, VA, Deeds, No. 123, 540. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558.