Zachariah PADDOCK, I

  General Notes:

His obit. says b. beginning of 1640, d. ae 88. If he was born 20 Mar 1636 as stated in Ply Rec., he would have been aged 90, but perhaps there were two Zacharys, the first dying in infancy. "Yarmouth, co. Barnstable, 1 May 1727. This day died here Mr Zachariah Paddock, in the 88th year of his age, was born in Plymouth in the beginning of the year 1640. He reatined his reason to an uncommon degree, until his last illness, which lasted but a few days. He was married in 1659 to Mrs Deborah Sears, born in this town, and now survives him, having lived together about 68 years, and by her, God blest him with a numerous offspring, especially in the third and fourth generations, having left behind him of his own posterity, 48 grand-children and 38 great grand- children, and of this latter sort no less than 30 descendants from his second son. The old gentleman, his wife, one of his sons and his wife lived for a considerable time in a
house by themselves, without any other oerson, when their ages computed together, amounted to over 300 years. Mr Paddock had obtained the character of a righteous man, and his widow, now near fourscore and eight years old, is well reputed for good works."["N.E. Weekly News Letter."]

Zachariah married Deborah SEARS, daughter of Richard SEARS and Dorothy JONES, on 1 May 1659 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA. (Deborah SEARS was born on 16 Sep 1639 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA and died on 17 Aug 1732 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA.)