Some Descendants of Christopher Crowell and Sarah Matthews
  1. Hannah Crowell was born on 19 Sep 1725 [DRSY, p. 86-69][FCH] in Dennis. [DMVR d. Christopher and Sarah] She died on 22 Jun 1802. [DRSY, p. 86-69][FCH] She is buried in the Sears Cemetery in East Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Click here to see a photo of her gravestone. She married [her first cousin once removed] Capt. Edmund Sears on 7 Apr 1743 in Yarmouth. [DRSY, p. 86-69, d. Christopher and Sarah (Matthews)][FCH, d. Christopher and Sarah (Matthews)]
    Edmund and Sarah were admitted to the church in East Yarmouth on 12 May 1745. [DRSY, p. 86-69]
    Hannah's gravestone says, "In Memory of / Mrs Hannah / Widow of Mr / Edmund Sears / she died june 22 / 1802 in her 77th year. "

References

FCH Adams, Arthur, "Mrs. Fritz Carleton Hyde (Harriet Virginia Baker)", memoirs section, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 109, 1955, 219-220.
DMVR Baker, Mary Aba, "Dennis, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant 6, 1904, 2-6; 13, 1911, 14-18.
DRSY May, Samuel Pearce, The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888, Albany, J. Munsell, 1890.

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