Record evidence
Started selling watches by mail in 1886 and co-founded Sears, Roebuck & Co. The proposed Cape Cod connection runs through Paul Sears and Deborah Willard.[1] [2] [3]
Cape Cod cousin connection
The proposed relationship branches at John and Samuel, sons of Paul Sears and Deborah Willard. The New York link uses a will and deed for the same Dryden tract together with records of Richard’s family. The exact cousin degree follows that reconstruction. Evidence and records
Children and later descendants
Richard and Anna’s four children are listed in the descendants tree, with later branches where records identify them. The precise branch for Richard Warren “Rick” Sears III remains open. Evidence and records