John Sears was born August 11, 1771 in Hampshire county, Virginia and died May 18,1841 in Orange county, Indiana. He married three times. Mary Adams,Nancy Brock and Mary Elizabeth Stanfield. Nancy Brock was born May 7, 1777 and died May 7, 1819. John had 12 children
Children of John Sears and Nancy Brock
2. Elizabeth Sears was born September 12, 1791 and died December 24, 1824 in Lawrence county, Indiana. She married James Gherton on February 13, 1812 in Knox county, Kentucky.
3. Jesse Sears, nothing more is known
4. William Sears, nothing more is known
Children of John Sears and Mary Elizabeth Stanfield
5. Frances Asbury Sears was born 1820 and died 1886 in Crawford county, Kansas. He married Martha Fisher
6. Daniel Fletcher Sears was born 1821. He married America A. Kimbley
7. Eliza Ann Sears, nothing more is known
8. Mary Jane Sears married Jeptha S. Jeter
9. John William Sears was born 1830. He married Sarah E. Showers
10. William Franklin Sears was born January 26, 1832. He married Rebecca Parks
11. Martha Talbat Sears was born 1834. She married Henry Reid
12. Thomas Morris Sears was born February 7, 1837. He married Sarah Ellen Brothers