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William Spear 1721–1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1721

Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 1789

Death Location: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Father: Capt III

Mother: Patience Cotton

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Spear

Children(s): Dorcas Patterson

William Spear was born in 1721 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Capt John Speir Spear Speare Iii And Patience Cotton. William Spear married Elizabeth Galbraith Spear, and had children including Dorcas Spear Patterson. William Spear passed away in 1789 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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Biography

  • William Spear was born in 1721 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Capt John Speir Spear Speare Iii And Patience Cotton.
  • William Spear married Elizabeth Galbraith Spear, and had children including Dorcas Spear Patterson.
  • William Spear passed away in 1789 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Capt III
1693–1764
Birth Location: Virginia, United States of America
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Patience Cotton
1703–1725
Birth Location: Isle of Wight County, VA
PC

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Spear
1737–1780
Birth Location: Donegal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Children(s)

Dorcas Patterson
1761–1814
Birth Location: Baltimore City, Maryland, United States of America
DP

William Spear's Ancestors

Self
William Spear
1721–1789
Birth Place: Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Capt John Speir Spear Speare III
1693–1764
Virginia, United States of America
Patience Cotton
1703–1725
Isle of Wight County, VA
Grandparents
John (Price) Spiers
1665–1736
Jamestown, James City County, Virginia
Joane Mendenhall
1657–1731
Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England
John ("Bertie" Cotton *) Jr.
1658–1728
Queens Creek, Isle of Wight, Virginia
Frances Downing
1657–1681
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
John Sr
1639–1716
Sir Sr
1621–1702
Anne *
1630–1702
2nd-Great-Grandparents
THOMAS Connington
1594–1662
Margaret Howard
1593–1621
Bridget Hutchinson
1602–1688

William Spear's Descendants

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William Spear (1721–1789) m. Elizabeth (Galbraith) Spear (1737–Oct 1780)
  1. 1. Dorcas (Spear) Patterson 1761–1814 m. William Patterson 1752–1835
    1. 1. William (Patterson) Jr 1780–1808
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Betsy Patterson) Bonaparte 1785–1879
    3. 3. William (P) Patterson 1810–1871 m. Lydia (Catherine) Clark 1823–1864
      1. 1. Catherine (Elizabeth) Patterson 1840–1920 m. John (Frederick) SEYLE 1834–1907
        1. 1. Maud (Genevieve) Seyle 1880–1951 m. Andrew (J) McGuiness 1871–1924

William Spear's Timeline

2 Records

1721
1721
Birth of William Spear in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
1789
1789
Age 68
Death of William Spear in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1721
    Event Place: Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1789
    Event Place: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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