This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YOC.2ACE/451.449.468.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Rev. Edwin Crowell and the Township Records agree that Mercy married Sargent Sears, but they also agree that Azuba was the sister of John W.Sargent Sears and not his daughter. Crowell says: Mercy Knowles, daughter of Nathaniel, married Sargent sears, son of Josiah Sears. Their children were Josiah, Lavina, Nathaniel, Winthrop and Mahala. The Township Records say: Josiah Sears and Elizabeth his wife - their oldest child was Azuba, born Feb.26, 1791; deceased October 25, 1822. Other children of Josiah were Martha, Mercy, Jerusha, John Sargent, Mary, Phebe, Huldah, Elizabeth, Josiah (Jr), and Margaret. Crowell also says Azuba Sears was the daughter of Josiah Sears and Phebe Adams. She was born in 1791 and after she grew up she married Daniel McComiskey. Josiah Sears Sr. seems to have had lots of wives - presumably there is a problem there - one of them may have been the wife of Josiah Jr. Roland.