Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Sears was born on 27 August 1733, in Hopkinton, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Ebenezer Sears, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Gorham Howes, was 33. She married William Norcott IV on 5 October 1753, in Middletown, Mattabeset, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 13 June 1828, at the age of 94.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- Bette Sears Norcott, "Find A Grave Index"
- Bette in entry for Reuben Norcott, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- findagrave
Spouse and Children
1719–1810 Male
1733–1828 Female
Children (6)
1754–1830 Male
1756–1792 Female
1758– Female
1761–1832 Male
1763–1841 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1694– Male
1700–1748 Female
Siblings (15)
1721– Female
1722–1723 Female
1723–1814 Male
1724– Male
1725–1786 Female
+10 More Children
World Events (2)
1763 · First Synagogue in America
Age 30
1772 · The Gaspee Affair
Age 39
Name Meaning
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair ‘son of Saoghar’, a borrowing in Anglo-Norman Ireland of the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Saher, Seier (Old French Seheri), from ancient Germanic Sigeheri, Sighari, composed of the elements sig‘victory’ + hari, heri ‘army’. See Sayer 5.
English: variant of Sayers .
Americanized form of French (or French Canadian) Cyr and French Saint-Cyr (see St. Cyr ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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