Richard SEARS

Sources:

Richard Sears, the Pilgrim (Internet)
"Some Doubts concerning the Sears Pedigree," Samuel Pearce May, 1886. (NEHGR, Vol. 40, pp. 261-268)
Robert M. Wells Family Genealogy Project (Internet)
Descendants of Richard Sears, by Samuel P. May
Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England, p. 328
Will of Richard Sears (Sares), dated 10 May 1667, Yarmouth, Massachusetts
www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sears-65
Lineage of Richard Sears (Internet)
Ancestry.com
RootsWeb.com
New England Families (http://nefamilies.com)
Descendants of Richard Sears (www.angelfire.com/ny/chickened/searsfamily. html)
New.familysearch.org

Notes:

                   Taxed at Plymouth 25 Mar 1633.
Moved from Plymouth to Marblehead, where he was taxed in Jan 1637, Jan 1638, and was granted land on 14 October 1638.  In early 1639 he was among those who accompanied Anthony Thacher in the settlement of Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
Richard Sears was named a Freeman in 3 June 1652, Constable in 6 June 1660, Deputy to the Plymouth General Court, 3 June1662.

Name: Sears or Sares/Sarres (most often Sares in early documents).  "The early settlers of Marblehead were many of them from the Channel Islands, Guernsey and Jersey, and in these places the family of Sarres has been established for several centuries, and is still represented in Guernsey under the names of Sarres and Serres."  (Richard Sears, the Pilgrim)