Zachariah Paddock

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁶⁵⁸
Zachariah Paddock was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 20 Mar 1636, died in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, 1 May 1727, aged 91. However his obituary stated he was "born in the beginning of the year 1640" and died "in the 88th year of his age" having "retained his Reason to an uncommon degree, until his last Sickness, which lasted but a few Days."

Zachary Paddock married at Yarmouth in 1659, to Deborah Sears who was born in Yarmouth, Sep 1639. Deborah was the daughter of Richard Sears and Dorothy Jones. Zachary and his wife were mentioned in the will of her father, 10 Mar 1667.

Zachary served on a coroner's jury to investigate the death of a child of Nicholas Nickerson 24 Oct 1667. He was assessed for King Phillip's War, Yarmouth 1676. He was granted 50 acres at Seaconnet, part of Tatamanuck's land 7 Jul 1680, and later that year he was again on the grand jury.

Of his sons, Ichabod, Joseph and Nathaniel moved to Nantucket Island where there name often appeared as Paddack. Of these sons and their sons, many were mariners and whaling ship captains.

The children of Zachary Paddock and Deborah Sears were:

Capt. Ichabod, b. 2 Feb 1661/62, d. 17 Jul 1748; m. 16 Aug 1707, Elizabeth Brown
Zachariah, b. 14 Apr 1664; m. 1st, Bethiah Hall, m. 2nd, Mary (Hedge) Thatcher
Elizabeth, b. 1 Aug 1666, d. abt 1690 "in childbirth"; m. 28 Nov 1689, John Howes
Capt. John, b. 5 May 1669; m. Priscilla Hall
Sgt. Robert, b. 17 Jan 1670/71; m. Martha Hall
Joseph, b. 22 Sep 1677; m. Sarah Gardner
Nathaniel, b. 22 Sep 1677; m. Ann Bunker
Capt. Judah, b. 13 Sep 1681; m. Alice Alden

~Robert Paddock of Plymouth Colony. pp. 28 - 29

Zachariah married Deborah Sears, daughter of Richard Sears and Dorothy Jones, on 1 May 1659 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.⁶⁵⁸ (Deborah Sears was born on 16 Sep 1639 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts and died on 17 Aug 1732 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.)