MEARS: Introduction and Table of Contents

CONNECTIONS - TWO MEARS FAMILIES

William F. Mears and Joel Mears Family Intermarry!

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Help Us in Our Search

Let's work together and help Cindy Mears, whose husband is a descendant of Joel Mears (1754 Johnston Co.,NC - Dec 1835 Warren Co., TN), and myself, Ann (Jobe) Brown, a descendant of William F. Mears, grandson of Zadock Mears who died winter 1789/90, find any connections between the two families!

How This Started

Cindy and I became acquainted recently through the net. We soon discovered that we were researching the same areas and the same families. Though we have not, as of yet, found a proven connection between our two Mears families, we do know that they travelled the same routes - with Cindy's line from Joel arriving in Warren Co., TN about 15 years before my line from Zadock and mine arriving in Marion Co., Arkansas about 10 years before hers. They were neighbors to each other in both locations there were crossovers between the families. As a result, we have 'pooled' our information and making both our files available for all to see and pointing out the connections between the two families as we discover them. We encourage anyone researching the Mears and any other families that migrated from NC to Middle TN to Marion Co., AR to work with us. The names in both families are very similiar.

This page will show the connections between the descendants of William F. Mears who married Frances Elizabeth Young and the descendants of Joel Mears. As we find any other connections to my William F. Mears and Joel's family, they will be added. Another page will be set up that connects any of Joel's family to the siblings of my William F. Mears.


  1. Margaret (Barnhill) Estes Mears

    Margaret BARNHILL was m/1 to Gallant ESTES and had a family before she m/2 Joel MEARS, who had fought in the Revolutionary War and died 1835 in Warren Co., TN on Sept 30, 1827 in Warren Co., TN.

    By her first marriage, she had a daughter, Bethany E. 'Barthan' ESTES born 1806 who would marry Andrew 'Andy' McCABE. Andrew McCABE can be found on the 1840 Cannon Co., TN Census, page 125, and on the 1850 Cannon Co., TN Census, page 284. It is believed that Margaret, Joel's widow is enumerated with the McCabe familly in 1840 and it is known for sure that she is enumerated with them in 1850. At the same time, my William F. MEARS is also on the 1840 and 1850 Cannon Co., TN Census. By 1860, both the McCABE and the William F. MEARS show up on the Marion Co. AR census. It is known that William went in 1854 and it is believed that the McCabe family migrated in the early 1850's also.

    In a Revolutionary War pension application for widow of Joel MEARS, Andrew McCabe helps Margaret (Barnhill) Estes Mears, his mother-in-law, complete the papers and Margaret even mentions going to Marion County, AR. Though the pension application says she was in Arkansas in 1850, we now know that she and the Andrew McCabe family were still in Cannon Co., TN for the 1850 census.

    As you can see from the previous pages on the children of William F. MEARS, two daughters of William, married two sons of Andrew McCABE - one in 1857 and one in 1871.

    CONCLUSION

    ALL the descendants of Lucinda (Mears) McCABE and Margaret M. (Mears) McCabe, daughters of William F. MEARS and Frances Elizabeth YOUNG, ARE ALSO DESCENDANTS of Margaret (Barnhill) Estes Mears - the 2nd wife of Joel MEARS.


  2. Lidia - 3rd Wife of William Mears

    William MEARS Sr. (1780-1856), s/o Joel MEARS and unknown 1st wife, 3rd marriage was to Lidia (surname may be Morgan) on June 7, 1838 Cannon Co., TN. Lidia had previously been married to a Morgan and had a son, Allen Morgan (1813-1870) who married Sylvia BARRETT.

    Allen and Sylvia had a son, Robert Allen MORGAN (1853-1923) who married Mary S. HAYES April 26, 1874 Cannon Co., TN. Robert and Mary had a son, Ricie K. MORGAN (1876-1932) who married Mary Janetta SHELTON February 16, 1916.

    Well Mary Janetta SHELTON was d/o James Thomas 'Tom' Shelton and Nancy Jane Young, gd/o John Alexander Young Sr, gt gd/o Alexander Young and Nancy MULLENS, and 2nd gt gd/o Henry YOUNG and Elizabeth KEDEY/KIDDY.

    From the previous pages, I have already shown that my William F. MEARS married Frances Elizabeth YOUNG and she was a sister to Alexander YOUNG, shown above.

    CONCLUSION

    Any descendants of Ricie K. MORGAN are descendants of Lidia (wife of William Mears SR) and are also related to ALL descendants of William F. Mears and Frances Elizabeth Young.

    Also of Interest - Sylvia BARRETT, mentioned above, was d/o Ward V. BARRETT, Sr. and Charity MEARS, who was born 1768 Buncome Co., NC. Now just how does this Charity Mears tie in with my Zadock or Cindy's Joel MEARS?


  3. Elizabeth Louisa (Mears) Burnes Smith

    Elizabeth was d/o Gabriel Murphy Mears and Sarah Elizabth Phillips and gd/o William Mears and Elizabeth T. Stephens. Elizabeth m/1 Calvin Henderson Burnes Jan 26, 1862 Marion Co., AR - s/o Thomas S. Burnes and Elizabeth Holtzclaw. Elizabeth and Calvin were divorced in 1876 and then she married John W. Smith whose wife, Julia Ann Burnes died in 1876. Julia was a sister to Calvin Burnes.

    Though no direct connections, YET I should say between this Elizabeth and my Mears, there are several interminglings of which I'll try to name a few.

    • Calvin Burnes had sister, Charlotte Barbara Burnes who married James Matthew 'Matt' Goodall - the parents of George Washington Goodall who married Martha Jane Harris (d/o Malvina A. Mears and John F. Harris and gd/o William F. Mears and Elizabeth Young)

    • Calvin Burnes had sister, Susan Burnes who married Samuel D. Glenn - the parents of William Louis Glenn wo married Barbara Catherine Mears (d/o William Bluford Mears and Anna Elizabeth Brashears and gd/o William F. Mears and Elizabeth Young)

    • Calvin Burnes, ex of Elizabeth, m/2 Rosie Kyles Oct 19, 1876 and had a son, Bradford 'Brad' Burnes. Brad married Margaret Jane Faulkenberry (d/o David James 'Davey J' Faulkenberry and Mary Ann Mears and gd/o William F. Mears and Elizabeth Young)

    • John W. Smith, 2nd husband of Elizabeth, by his first marriage to Julia Ann Burnes, also a sister of Calvin Burnes, had a daughter, Julia Ann Smith. Julia married James W. 'Jim' Faulkenberry (s/o David James 'Davey J' Faulkenberry and Mary Ann Mears and gd/o William F. Mears and Elizabeth Young)

    CONCLUSION

    Anyone connected with this family would have been very well acquainted with both the William F. Mears descendants and the Gabriel Murphy Mears descendants and Elizabeth would have been related by marriage to many of the descendants of William F. Mears.

    Also of Interest - Don't forget that the Margaret (Barnhill) Estes Mears, listed at the top of this page, was married to Joel Mears, the father of William Mears and grandfather of Gabriel Murphy Mears. So in reality Margaret was married to Elizabeth's great grandfather and would have certainly have known the Mears-McCabe descendants!


    Continue to - William Mears and Christina Melton

    Parents of William F. Mears (1805-1870)


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