Adah Mears

Abt 1777 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Adah Mears  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1777	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Will - Named in Fathers will	17 Dec 1784	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	She was shown as a daughter Adah Mears in the will of John Mears.
  Census with another person	1850	St. George Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	She was shown as Adah Roberts, age 73 in HH#850 headed by Edward W. Mason, a 25 year old farmer. Also listed was Jane Mason, age 20. (Note: Her relationship to either of these has not been determined.)
  Marr Name	Adah Roberts
  Record ID	44268
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Bartholomew Mears, (I),   b. Abt 1641   d. Dec 1682  (Age 41 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Mary (--?--),   b. Abt 1728, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  (Grandmother)
  Siblings	6 brothers and 5 sisters
  + 1. Richard (of Jno) Mears, (Sea Side),   b. Abt 1763, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Dec 1824  (Age 61 years) ╚═ Ruth (--?--),  m. Abt 1784 + 2. Leah Mears,   b. Abt 1764, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Frederick Beach,  m. Bef 17 Dec 1784 + 3. Abel Mears, Sr.,   b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 25 Oct 1841, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 76 years) ╚═ Ann Downing,  m. Abt 1790 ;   Patience (--?--),  m. Abt 1802 ;   Elizabeth 'Betsy' Spiers,  m. 15 Mar 1817 ;   Elizabeth Wallace,  m. 19 Aug 1828 + 4. John (Neck) Mears,   b. Abt 1767, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Sep 1819  (Age 52 years) ╚═ Mary Bradford,  m. Abt 1790 > 5. Polly Mears,   b. Abt 1768, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ (--?--) Twiford,  m. Abt 1790 + 6. Robert Mears,   b. Abt 1769, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Permelia 'Milly' Taylor, (Taylor?),  m. Abt 1805 ;   Nancy Watson,  m. 26 May 1819 + 7. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Mears,   b. Abt 1772, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Robinson (of Rowland) Savage,  m. 28 Aug 1792 > 8. Patience Mears,   b. Abt 1774, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Major LeCato,  m. Abt 1795 > 9. Adah Mears,   b. Abt 1777, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ John (196) Roberts,  m. 16 Mar 1818 + 10. Margaret 'Peggy' Mears,   b. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1835  (Age 55 years) ╚═ Arthur Mears,  m. 25 Oct 1802 + 11. James (of Molly) Mears,   b. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1837  (Age 57 years) ╚═ Hester N. 'Hessy' Harmon,  m. 10 Oct 1806 ;   Sally Wallace,  m. 28 Mar 1814 + 12. William (of Molly) Mears,   b. Abt 1783, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. May 1837  (Age 54 years) ╚═ Bridget Bull,  m. 2 Jan 1808 ;   Elizabeth Sherlock,  m. 21 Dec 1824
  Person ID	I44268	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2007

  
  

  Father	John (122) Mears,   b. Abt 1730, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1785 (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Mary 'Molly' Beach,   b. Abt 1744, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1762	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	John and Molly Mears lived in the Fair Oaks section of the county on land inherited from his grandfather Richard Armitrader. This homestead was in the same neighborhood as Cottrels Ridge, the home of Joseph Beach, father of Molly.
  Family ID	F16885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John (196) Roberts,   b. Abt 1762, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Apr 1835, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 73 years)  Other Partners: ╚═(--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1765   d. Yes, date unknown  m. Abt 1790    ╚═Anne 'Nancy' (102) Bagge,   b. Abt 1762, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  m. 27 Oct 1806
  Marriage	16 Mar 1818	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	John S. Beach was the security on the M.L.B. of John Roberts, widower, and Adah Mears of Jno.
  Family ID	F13767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1777 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Fathers will - 17 Dec 1784 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 16 Mar 1818 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 353 (will of John Mears, wife Molly), 570. [S638] Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, 1850 Virginia Census Microfilm Records, CD#309, 6 CD set, (Broderbund Software, Inc., 1997), 638. [S890] Mary Frances Carey, Carey, Mears - Bartholomew Mears, (New Church, VA: Self Published via Photo Copy, 1989), 890. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558.