Jesse Sears was born 1783 in Hampshire county, Virginia. He married Margaret Ellen Cox on March 5, 1807 in Knox county, Kentucky. She was born 1786 in Virginia and died September 19, 1852 in Pulaski county, Kentucky. They had 11 children
1. James S. Sears was born April 27, 1809
2. Nathaniel Sears was born 1812. He married Nancy Mills
3. John Riley Sears, nothing more is known
4. Lydia Sears, nothing more is known
5. William H. Sears was born 1816 in Kentucky
6. Jessie Sears was born April 16, 1816
7. Indiana Sears was born March 10, 1818
8. Elias W. Sears was born August 16, 1821
9. John Simeon Sears, nothing more is known
10. Mary Ann Sears was born December 5, 1828
11. Bennett Sears was born April 5, 1833