Mehitable/Hetty Wing Sears 1798 – 1856

Mehitable Sears Headstone
Josiah G & Mehitable Sears Headstones
Josiah G & Mehitable Sears Headstones

 

Ancrstry:  Lemuel Jesse Wing, Rev War;  Nathaniel Wing;  Ebeneezer Wing;  Nathaniel Wing, KP War;  Stephen Wing;  John Wing, Rev.

Born: February 13, 1798 in Pocasset Ma.

  • Father: Lemuel Jesse Wing, Rev War;  (1756 – 1824) (Nathaniel Wing & Thankful Swift)
  • Mother: Mercy Gray; (1763 – 1855)

Died: May 2, 1856 in Brewster Ma. at 58 yrs, 2 mos, 19 d.

  • Buried: Cataumet Cemetery; area B; (next to her grandson Josiah G. Sears)

Married: Int. March 25, 1824

  • To: Elisha Sears; (1795 – 1838) (Elisha Sears & Thankful Thomas)

Children: 5

  • 1. Franklin Sears; (September 4, 1826 – 1890); Married Susan Ann Chadwick (1828 – 1894) (Joseph Chadwick & Susan Wing) in int. April 7, 1849; Franklin was a farmer in Ohio; He & Susan are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Bowling Green Ohio.
  • 2. Elisha Harvey Sears; (June 17, 1829 – March 30, 1896); Married Mary Burgess Godfrey (1828 – 1905) (Josiah Godfrey, Capt. & Mary/Polly Wing) in Sandwich Ma. on September 2, 1852; Their son Josiah Godfrey Sears is buried next to his grandmother Mehitable Sears in Cataumet Cemetery; Elisha was a grocer in Fairhaven Ma.; He & Mary are buried in Riverside Cemetery in Fairhaven.
  • 3. Docie Sears; (May 12, 1830 – ?)
  • 4. Keziah Sears; (August 17, 1833 – March 17, 1834)
  • 5. Mercy Wing Sears Poe Poucher; (December 15, 1835 – June 1913); Married (1) John Poe & married (2) John Poucher, Rev.; Mercy & John Poucher, Rev. are buried in Floral Grove Cemetery in West Unity Ohio.