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SPEAR George[1]

Male Abt 1613 -


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  • Name SPEAR George 
    Birth Abt 1613  Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • Perhaps Yarmouth.
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Abt 1642  Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Religion 1644  Braintree, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Baptist 
    _UID F15C0D38EB9ED5118A06444553540000C16E 
    Death New Dartmouth, Massachusetts, British North America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Legend says he was killed during an indian raid. New Dartmouth is now Pemaquid, Maine.
    Notes 
    • Immigrant ancestor of all colonial families of this surname in New England.

      He is first mentioned in Braintree in 1644 when he was made freeman of the colony on May 29,1644 where he became a tenant farmer to William Coddington and purchased by Capt. Tyng. There is no record that George Spear owned any land of his own in Braintree. He remained on the Mt. Wollaston farm until after 1679 when he removed to Sheepscot, Me. with his third wife, where he was May 21,1688 when he petitioned for the lands there formerly belonging to his wife's first husband. He was probably killed by the Indians soon after in the massacres there as there is no further record of him. He was a member of the Braintree Church in April 1644 when his daughter Mary was baptized at Roxbury "by communion? of Churches". He married 1st about 1643 Mary Heath, bapt. 2 Sep.1627 at Nazing, daughter of William & Mary (Cramphore) Heath of Roxbury. She died Dec.7,1674. In his will May 28,1652 he left œ10 to daughter MarySpear. He married 2nd Apr.27,1675 Mary (Newcomb) Deering widow of Samuel Deering, born Apr.1,1640, died Aug.1,1678, daughter of Francis & Rachel (-) Newcomb. He married 3rd Elizabeth Gent (or Jent) widow of John Jent who had been of Sheepscot, Me. cast away while his family was in Boston during the Indian Wars. George Speere and his sons Ebenezer & Samuel took the oath of allegiance at Braintree about 1678 and he was probably here in 1680 when he had a court case with Peter Bracket.
      4351
      A large amount of material on this family was gathered in the 1880's & 1890's by William Gardner Spear of Quincy from whose records at the Quincy Hist. Soc. and N.E. Hist. Gen. Soc. help has been derived. Acknowledgement for much aid on this family also is here made to Mrs. Grace P. Bonsall of Quincy, a descendant, who has continued and enlarged the data gathered over 50 years ago by Wm.G. Spear. Elizabeth Speare who joined the church at Roxbury July,1662 might possibly be a daughter of George also. He was living in Bogastow or Natick, now Sherborn in May 1662 when he petitioned with others to have a new town there (Mass. Arch. 112-136).
    Person ID I693  Noyes Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2023 

    Family 1 HEATH Mary,   b. Bef 2 Sep 1627, Nazeing, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1674, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 47 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1643  [2, 3] 
    Children 
     1. SPEAR Mary,   b. Bef 21 Apr 1644, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. SPEAR Sarah,   b. 11 May 1646/7, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. SPEAR Samuel,   b. 15 Oct 1652, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1654, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     4. SPEAR Ebenezer,   b. 3 Aug 1654, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1718/9, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     5. SPEAR Hannah,   b. 30 Mar 1656, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1668 (Age 12 years)
     6. SPEAR Samuel,   b. 16 Jan 1657/8, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1713, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     7. SPEAR Nathaniel,   b. 15 May 1665, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1728, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     8. SPEAR Hannah,   b. 6 Sep 1671, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1747, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F479  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 2 NEWCOMB Mary,   b. 1 Apr 1640, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1678, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage 27 Apr 1675  Braintree, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Children 
     1. SPEAR Mary Deering,   b. 3 Jun 1676, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1717/8, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     2. SPEAR Eleazer,   b. 24 Jul 1678, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1678, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F6742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 3 Elizabeth   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Aft 1678  [2, 4] 
    Family ID F6745  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1613 - Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsReligion - Baptist - 1644 - Braintree, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S219] Microfilm-Old Braintree Families 1640-1850, 4350R, 4351R.

    2. [S219] Microfilm-Old Braintree Families 1640-1850, 4350R.

    3. [S384] Book-Descendants of George Spear, p.17.

    4. [S384] Book-Descendants of George Spear, p.18.


  

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