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Culloden. Lieuts. Barnabas Sears; Nathan Sears. Ensign John Sayers. The heirs of the above officers have never demanded the sums due to them from Government for their ancestor’s services.

Captain Moses Soule was born on 2 Apr 1738 in Pembroke, , MA, USA. He died on 4 Apr 1796 in New York, , NY, USA. Revolutionary War hero and commander, including Minute Men. Two or more sons were also in Revolutionary Army. Parents: Isaac Soule and Agatha Perry .

Capt. Simon5 Adams(1746) Joseph4, Henry3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was Sergeant from Sandisfield and New Marlboro, Mass., in Capt. Moses Soul's , Col. John Fellows' , and served 17 days, going to Lexington in April, 1775;

Whelock, Levi (Great Barrington, also given Tyringham); Volume 16, page 1029 Private, Capt. William King's co. of Minute-men, Col. John Fellows's regt., which marched April 21, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; service to May 7, 1775, 17 days; reported enlisted into the army; also, Capt. King's (1st) co., Col. Fellows's (8th) regt.; company return dated Dorchester, Oct. 7, 1775;

Obabiah BROWN, Pension W - 18645 . _B. Abt 1750, New Marlborough, Berkshire County, MA.; D. Mar/May, 1808, Canaan, Litchfield County, CT._Minuteman in 1775, Capt Moses SOUL, Col John FELLOWS, Regiment;

Oliver Edwards (1755-1829) was a minute man at the Lexington Alarm and served in the expedition to Quebec under Col. John Fellows. He was born in Northampton; died in Chesterfield, Mass.

Mayflower Index: No. 30,042 and 43; Willard Sears; father and mother both MD

Plympton, MA Marriage Records 1741 - 1780 From Early Marriages _Prior to 1800 By Frederick W. Bailey June 6, 1707. "Part of Plymouth established as Plympton." First Congregational Church organized 1698

Ancestry Record shows b. 7 Aug 1748

Children of Willard Sears and Sarah Robbins were as follows: + 1361 i Sally6 Sears [4825], born <1775> in ; died 18 Jun 1799 in Carver, Plymouth,MA. She married Bezaliel Lucas [4846]. 1362 ii Willard6 Sears [4820], born abt 1776 in ; died 22 May 1796; buried in Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth. Notes: S.P. May No 519 p.134 His bro. Eleazar, a chair-maker, was boiling varnish, when it took fire; he threw the pot of varnish out of the window on to his bro. Willard as he was passing unseen by him, and he died from the injuries. NEHGS Cemetery records-To the memory of Willard Sears Son of Mr Willard Sears & Mrs. Savy his wife who died May 22 1796 aged 20 years. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=3724750&pid=-1156294869 + 1363 iii Joseph6 Sears [4821], born <1778> in Plymouth, MA; died <1848> in Carver, MA. He married Hannah Robbins [7032]. + 1364 iv Eleazar6 Sears [4817], born May 1778 in Plymouth, MA; died 24 Mar 1855 in Plymouth, MA. He married Polly Morton [6986]. + 1365 v Edmund6 Sears [4819], born 1782 in Plymouth, MA; died 1868. He married (1) Elizabeth Bartlett [7018]; (2) Rebecca Lucas [7028]; (3) Ruby Maxima Mrs [7031]. + 1366 vi David6 Sears [4818], born 1 Aug 1786 in Plymouth, MA; died 23 Mar 1865 in Plymouth, MA. He married (1) Nancy Manter [6998]; (2) Jane Warren [7004]. 1367 vii Betsy6 Sears [4824], born 1790 in ; died 23 Oct 1839 in Plymouth,MA. She married (1) on 30 Nov 1814 in Plymouth, MA Thomas Sherman [4844] (see 3229), born 15 Aug 1791 in Plymouth, MA; died 1824, son of Thomas Sherman [3245] and Priscilla Calderwood [61789]; (2) Eliab Wood [4845], born abt 1785; died 14 Jun 1842. Notes: SPM No 523 L Ray Sears, III, 821 SW 42nd St, Moore, OK 73160, [email protected], 405/703-0779