* Noah Sears (1751-1835) Freeman Remick was married to Abigail Sears. He served in Captain Benjamin Berry's Harwich Militia. Edmund Sears, born in 1712, was also at the Boston Tea Party. He was the father of four other Sears who fought in the war. He married Hannah Crowell. One son was another Edmund Sears and then there was Edward Sears, who fought under Lt. Col. Nathaniel Freeman. Elkanah Sears was another of Edmund's sons and the home he built on School Street in 1805 still stands. John Sears invented the saltworks. Joshua Sears sailed on the General Putnam and was taken prisoner by the British and sent to Forton Prison in England. He caught smallpox there and nearly died but returned to America and lived until 1825. Lt. Micajah Sears was born in Yarmouth and Noah Sears served in his company.