Sarah Mears

Abt 1742 - Bef 1790  (< 48 years)

• Name	Sarah Mears  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1742	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Female
  Will - Named in Father's will	4 Jul 1761	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Will - Named as a Brother in a will	6 May 1766	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	She was shown as sister Sarah Duncan in the will of Robert Meers.
  Marr Name	Sarah Duncan
  Record ID	54144
  Death	Bef 18 Dec 1790	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	It was on this date that Southy Bull was the security on the M.L.B. of James Duncan, widower, and Anne Moor, widow.
  Siblings	4 brothers and 4 sisters
  + 1. Jonathan Mears, (Guilford),   b. Abt 1725, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Feb 1796, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 71 years) ╚═Joyce (w_o Jon Mears) (--?--),   b. Abt 1725   d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1750   + 2. Shadrack (of Bar) Mears, (Guilford),   b. Abt 1730, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   3. Robert Mears,   b. Abt 1732, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Jul 1768  (Age 36 years)   4. Susanna Mears,   b. Abt 1734, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   5. Rachel Mears,   b. Abt 1736, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   6. Elizabeth Mears,   b. Abt 1740, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Sarah Mears,   b. Abt 1742, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 18 Dec 1790, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 48 years) ╚═James Duncan, Sr.,   b. Abt 1735, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 29 Nov 1813, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 78 years),  m. Abt 1760   + 8. Meshack Mears, I,   b. Abt 1745, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1794  (Age 49 years) ╚═Susannah 'Sukey' Northam,   b. Abt 1748, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1768   + 9. Leah Mears,   b. Abt 1746, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═Isaiah Baker,   b. Abt 1728, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1804  (Age 76 years),  m. Abt 1770
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Bartholomew Mears, (I),   b. Abt 1641   d. Dec 1682  (Age 41 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Susanna (--?--),   b. Abt 1640   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I54144	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Bartholomew Mears, (III),   b. Abt 1693, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Apr 1766 (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Rachel Kellam,   b. Abt 1705, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1779 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1725  [4]
  Family ID	F16867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Duncan, Sr.,   b. Abt 1735, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 29 Nov 1813, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 78 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Anne 'Nanny' Drummond,   b. Abt 1740, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Jun 1812, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 72 years)  m. 12 Oct 1799    ╚═Anne (--?--),   b. Abt 1740, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  m. 18 Dec 1790
  Marriage	Abt 1760  [5]
  	On 25 Jan 1780 James Duncan was named to settle the estate of Bartholomew Mears, unadministered by Rachel Mears, dec'd.
  Children	+ 1. Leah Duncan,   b. Abt 1760, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Aug 1834, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years) ╚═ John Sandford  (Age 48 years)  m. Abt 1785 + 2. Eli Duncan,   b. Abt 1761, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Oct 1789, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 28 years) ╚═ Mary 'Polly' Conquest  m. Abt 1783 + 3. Jesse Duncan, Sr.,   b. Abt 1763, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Kesziah Taylor  m. Abt 1790;    ╚═ Elizabeth 'Betsy' Riggin  m. 19 Aug 1817 + 4. (d_o James Sr.) Duncan,   b. Abt 1765   d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Nathaniel Byrd, Jr.  (Age 42 years)  m. Abt 1783   5. Meshack Duncan,   b. Abt 1768, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 25 Jun 1798, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 30 years) + 6. James Duncan, Jr. (of James),   b. Abt 1770, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ (1w_o James Duncan) (--?--)  m. Abt 1790;    ╚═ Attalanta 'Atta" Delastatius  m. 20 Jan 1812 + 7. Rachel Duncan,   b. Abt 1778, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Bennett Mason  (Age 48 years)  m. 11 Mar 1799 + 8. Sally Duncan,   b. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ William Fisher  (Age 65 years)  m. Bef 1798
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F16910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1742 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Father's will - 4 Jul 1761 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named as a Brother in a will - 6 May 1766 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - Bef 18 Dec 1790 - 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. 224-225 (will of Bartholomew Mears, wife Rachel), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 242 (will of Robert Meers, brother of Jonathan), 570. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558. [S890] Mary Frances Carey, Carey, Mears - Bartholomew Mears, (New Church, VA: Self Published via Photo Copy, 1989), p. 52 (Chart I), 890. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 242 (will of Robert Meers, brother of Jonathan) & p. 304 (adm. of Bartholomew Mears), 570.