Descendants of George Spear
Generation No. 1

1.  GEORGE1 SPEAR1 was born Abt. 1613 in Sheffield or Yarmouth England2,3,4,5, and died March 21, 1718/19 ?, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts6.  He married (1) MARY HEATH7 Abt. 16438, daughter of WILLIAM HEATH and MARY PERRY.  He married (2) MARY NEWCOMB8 April 27, 1675 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts - or 1676?8, daughter of FRANCIS NEWCOMB and RACHEL BRACKETT.  He married (3) ELIZABETH GENT9 Abt. 1680 in Sheepscot, (New Dartmouth), Maine10. He had over 200 descendants fighting in the Revolutionary War, over 100 bearing his name with 16 of them officers. An equal number of descendants from the Spear daughters enlisted from Massachusetts alone, and fought to free a nation. (The Spear Family)

1642: To Dorchester, Mass. (The Spear Family)

Abt 1644; leased land of Thomas Shepard of Boston and settled on it. Tradition states it was the Mount Wollaston farm previous to its being occupied by John Quincy. The territory was then known as Wollaston Heights. This was in the then town of Braintree, Mass., which included what is now Braintree, Randolph, Quincy and Holbrook. George has been placed by genealogists in what is now Braintree, but if so it is also reasonably sure that he located on the Quincy farm, and that he founded Spear Town, now Hough's Neck both of which are in Quincy. There is no record of his having owned real estate in Hough's Neck, but his descendants owned most of it. Quincy, north precinct of Braintree, was set off first and was settled on its northern shores in 1625. (The Spear Family)

April 1644;  Member of Braintree church when daughter Mary was baptized at Roxbury "by communion? of Churches".

May 29, 1644;  At Braintree, made freeman of the colony.  Became a tenant farmer to William Coddington and purchased by Captain Tyng.

May 28, 1652;  Will written.  Leaves to daughter Mary Spear, 10#.

Mar. 1, 1653, deposed "I am about 33 years of age," (The Spear Family)

March 06, 1659/60, mentioned in inventory of estate of Mahalaleel Munnings11

May 1662;  Of Bogastow or Natick, now Sherborn?, when he petitioned with others to have a new town there.  (MA Archives 112 - 136)

1672; Sold land in Medfield and Natick, MA.  May not have ever removed to either.  (The Spear Family)

1676; purchased an Indian boy at Boston, and Mar. 11, 1678, the Court paid for freeing the boy. (The Spear Family)

About 1678;  At Braintree took oath of allegiance with sons Ebenezer and Samuel.

1680;  Involved in court case at Braintree with Peter Bracket.

May 21, 1688;  petitioned for the lands at Sheepscot formerly belonging to the first husband of his current wife. George was living in New Dartmouth (now Pemaquid), Maine, as evidenced by a petition made by him "May ye 21th. 1688".  Tradition that he was killed by the Indians is warranted by the Indian wars and raids in the locality at that date as there is no further record of him. His youngest son's home in an adjoining town was a wooden fortress. (The Spear Family)

A large amount of material was gathered on this family in the 1880s - 1890s by William Gardner Spear of Quincy.  Records at the Quincy Historical Society and NEHGS. Mrs. Grace P. Bonsall of Quincy, a descendant,  continued and enlarged the data.

Children of GEORGE SPEAR and MARY HEATH are:
2. i. GEORGE2 SPEAR, b. 1642, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. Aft. 1669.
 ii. MARY SPEAR, abt April 21, 1644, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts15; d. 1644, Roxbury, Massachusetts16.  Christened: April 21, 1644, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts
 iii. SARAH SPEAR, b. May 11, 1647, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts16; d. Aft. 1672; m. GEORGE WITTY, June 19, 1672, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts16.
 iv. RICHARD SPEAR, b. Abt. 1650, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts16.
 v. SAMUEL SPEAR, b. October 18, 1651, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts16; d. died young17.
 vi. HANNAH SPEAR, b. March 30, 1653, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts18; d. May 10, 1668, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts19.
3. vii. EBENEZER2 SPEAR, b. August 03, 1654, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. March 21, 1718/19, Randolph, Massachusetts.
 viii. SAMUEL SPEAR, b. January 16, 1657/58, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts19; d. December 24, 1713, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts19; m. ELIZABETH DANIELS, June 05, 1654, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts19.  Buried Hancock Cemetary Quincy, Massachusetts
4. ix. NATHANIEL SPEAR, b. May 15, 1665, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. September 12, 1728, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
 x. HANNAH SPEAR, b. September 06, 1671, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts19; d. December 28, 1747, Killingly, Windham Co, Conneticut19; m. SIMON BRYANT, December 28, 1694, Braintree (Quincy), Norfolk Co., Massachusetts19.Burial: September 24, 1672 Killingly Cemetary, Killingly, Windham Co., Connecticut

Children of GEORGE SPEAR and MARY NEWCOMB are:
5. xi. MARY SPEAR, b. June 03, 1676, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. March 18, 1717/18, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
 xii. ELIEZER SPEAR, b. July 24, 1678, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts19; d. July 24, 1678, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts19.

Child of GEORGE SPEAR and ELIZABETH GENT is:
xiii. ROBERT SPEAR, b. New Dartmouth, Me. about 1682. Anyone have proof that Robert is child of George and Elizabeth Gent Spear?
 

Generation No. 2

2.  GEORGE2 SPEAR (GEORGE1) was born 1642 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts26, and died Aft. 166927.  He married MARY DEERING April 27, 166927, daughter of SAMUEL DEERING and MARY RAY.

Children of GEORGE SPEAR and MARY DEERING are:
 i. MARY3 SPEAR, b. Aft. 166927.
 ii. EBENEZER SPEAR, b. Aft. 166927.
 

3.  EBENEZER2 SPEAR (GEORGE1)20 was born August 03, 1654 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts21, and died March 21, 1718/19 in Randolph, Massachusetts22.  He married (1) RACHEL DEERING23 July 16, 1679 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts24, daughter of SAMUEL DEERING and MARY NEWCOMB (his stepmother).  He married (2) MARY BASS25 May 02, 1718 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts25, daughter of JOHN BASS and RUTH ALDEN.   Mary Bass was married 1st, May 24,1686, Christopher Webb, Jr., m. 2nd Apr.13,1694, William Copeland, m. 3rd 1718, Ebenezer Spear.

Children of EBENEZER SPEAR and RACHEL DEERING are:
 i. EBENEZER3 SPEAR25, b. June 27, 1680, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts25; d. January 28, 1731/32, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts25; m. MARY TOWER25, January 12, 1726/27, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts25.
6. ii. MARY SPEAR, b. June 18, 1682, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. November 12, 1713, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
 iii. RACHEL SPEAR25, b. April 10, 1686, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts25; d. Bef. 1755, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts25; m. CORNELIUS THAYER25, July 19, 1717, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts25.
 iv. NATHANIEL SPEAR25, b. May 18, 1693, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts25; m. LYDIA LITTLEFIELD25, April 03, 1718, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts25.
 v. ABIGAIL SPEAR25, b. November 07, 1695, Braintree, Massachusetts25; d. March 10, 1726/27, Braintree, Massachusetts25; m. NATHANIEL LITTLEFIELD25, December 18, 1718, Boston, Massachusetts25.
7. vi. DEERING SPEAR, b. March 06, 1699/00, Braintree, Massachusetts; d. November 12, 1767, Randolph, Massachusetts.
 

4.  NATHANIEL2 SPEAR (GEORGE1) was born May 15, 1665 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts28, and died September 12, 1728 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts28.  He married HANNAH HOLMAN August 08, 1689 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts29, daughter of THOMAS HOLMAN.

Children of NATHANIEL SPEAR and HANNAH HOLMAN are:
 i. HANNAH3 SPEAR.
 ii. NATHANIEL SPEAR.
 iii. JOHN SPEAR.
 iv. MARY SPEAR.
 v. DANIEL SPEAR.
 vi. JOSEPH SPEAR.
 vii. NATHAN SPEAR.
 viii. THOMAS SPEAR.
 ix. MARGARET SPEAR.
 x. LYDIA SPEAR.
 

5.  MARY2 SPEAR (GEORGE1)30 was born June 03, 1676 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts31, and died March 18, 1717/18 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts31.  She married NATHANIEL MILLS32 January 03, 1702/03 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts32.He was son of JOHN MILLS.

Child of MARY SPEAR and NATHANIEL MILLS is:
 i. SUSANNA3 MILLS32, b. July 23, 1708, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts32; d. Aft. January 15, 1774, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts32; m. BENJAMIN PRAY32, January 31, 1733/34, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts32.