
Jacob Stears Sr. and Sally Pratt
Husband Jacob Stears Sr. [4349]
Born: 27 Jan 1792 - , Johnston, Fulton, NY 1 2 3 4
Christened:
Died: 6 Mar 1874 - , of Watertown, Jefferson, NY 3 4 Cause of Death: brief illness
Buried:
Married: 1816 4
Other
Spouse: Bethiah H. Mantle [808] (1800-1890) - 1840 1 4More records for this person:
Biography 5
Obituary 6
Wife Sally Pratt [4357]
Born: Abt 1797 - , , , MA 1 7 8
Christened:
Died: 26 Nov 1838 7 8 9 10
Buried: 1838 - Brookside Cem, Watertown, Jefferson, NY 7 8 11
Children
1 M Solomon B. Stears [7689] 4
Born: 4 Aug 1818 - , Watertown, Jefferson, NY 2 12 13
Christened:
Died: 13 Sep 1852 - , Watertown, Jefferson, NY 13
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Ann Tolman [7708] (1819-1852) Marr: 3 Feb 1841 - , Watertown, Jefferson, NY 12 13
2 M Albert Stears [2123] 4
Born: Abt 1822 7 8 11 14
Christened:
Died: 7 Jun 1848 7 8 15
Buried: 1848 - Brookside Cem, Watertown, Jefferson, NY 7 8 11
Spouse: Dorothy R. Mantle [2119] (1821-1901) Marr: 26 Jan 1847 - , Watertown, Jefferson, NY 14 16
3 M Jacob Stears Jr. [4352]
Born: 8 Dec 1828 - , Watertown, Jefferson, NY 1 2 4 8 17
Christened:
Died: 29 Sep 1896 - at home, Watertown, Jefferson, NY 7 11 17 18 19 20
Buried: 1896 - Brookside Cem, Watertown, Jefferson, NY 7 8 11 20
Spouse: Lorinda Fitch [4356] (1828-1902)
Sources:
1 B180. Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N.Y, "Town of Watertown", by Child, Hamilton, Publisher (Hamilton Child: 1890); copies published on the internet at http://jefferson.nygenweb.net/childwat.htm, and http://jefferson.nygenweb.net/childwac.htm, and http://www.nnygenealogy.com/watertownBD1890ac.htm.
2 C85.5. State Census, year 1855.
3 M184. Northern New York Genealogy : Death Notices, published on the internet at http://www.nnygenealogy.com/deathnotices.asp, 2004.
4 N164. Jefferson County Journal (NY), (newspaper) digital scans published on the internet at fultonhistory.com.
5 B180. Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N.Y, "Town of Watertown", by Child, Hamilton, Publisher (Hamilton Child: 1890); copies published on the internet at http://jefferson.nygenweb.net/childwat.htm, and http://jefferson.nygenweb.net/childwac.htm, and http://www.nnygenealogy.com/watertownBD1890ac.htm, Stears Family Sketch.
6 N164. Jefferson County Journal (NY), (newspaper) digital scans published on the internet at fultonhistory.com, 1874 Mar. 19. "One of the first to enter the town of Watertown was Jacob Stears, born at Johnstown, N.Y, Jan. 27th, 1792, he came to Watertown with his uncle, John Blivin, in 1803. Mr. Blivin taking up a farm where he resided until his death, and which Mr. Stears has since occupied. In 1816 he married Sallie Pratt, sister of Gen. T. R. Pratt, of Watertown, who died in 1838, leaving three sons, Solomon B, Albert, since deceased, and Jacob Jr. In 1840 he married Mrs. Barlow, who still survives him. A kind husband, an indulgent father, a good neighbor, a genial friend. His illness was brief. He retained his faculties in a remarkable degree to the last, and died as peaceful as he had lived, March 6th, 1874, Aged 82 years 1 month and 7 days. W.R.S."
7 CM045. Brookside Cemetery (Watertown, NY) (by Alice Corbett, compiler, 2003; published on the internet at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~aliecor/Cemeteries/Town_of_Watertown/Brookside_Cem/brookside.htm).
8 CM089. "Jefferson County, New York Cemetery Record List" (NY) (cemetery records) published online by Northern New York Genealogy at http://www.nnygenealogy.com/pages/cemetery/burials.php.
9 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, "41y."
10 N164. Jefferson County Journal (NY), (newspaper) digital scans published on the internet at fultonhistory.com, as mentioned in husband Jacob Stear's obituary.
11 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.
12 John Goodwin Locke, Book of the Lockes: A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Descendants ... (Boston, MA: James Munroe and Co, 1853).
13 Thomas Tolman Family, Thomas Tolman Family of Bountful, Utah, http://thomas.tolmanfamily.org/ (http://thomas.tolmanfamily.org/gedcom-tree/gp10115.htm#head1).
14 A155. Vital Records of Jefferson County, NY 1847-1849: Town of Watertown, transcribed by Dixon, Nancy. Published by NYGenWeb on the internet at http://jefferson.nygenweb.net/vrecwate.htm, 1999.
15 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, "27y."
16 B179. Eighty Plus, "An Autobiography of Lydia Mantle Fox", (typed manuscript) by Fox, Lydia Mantle, 1940s; a copy in my files.
17 N192.Watertown Herald (Watertown, NY), (newspaper) digital scans published on the internet at http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
18 CM089. "Jefferson County, New York Cemetery Record List" (NY) (cemetery records) published online by Northern New York Genealogy at http://www.nnygenealogy.com/pages/cemetery/burials.php, says d. Sep. 30. 1896.
19 N164. Jefferson County Journal (NY), (newspaper) digital scans published on the internet at fultonhistory.com, says d. Sept 29 (1896).
20 N121. Watertown Re-Union (Watertown, NY) (newspaper) digital scans of New York newspapers; published on the internet at http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
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