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George SPEARS

George SPEARS[1, 2]

Male - 1800


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  • Name George SPEARS 
    Birth Aachen, Germany/Aix-La-Chappelle Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Brandywine battlefield Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Immigration as a child  Shenandoah Valley, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Source Virginia Tyler Carpenter's Carpenter manuscript..."One family paper says that the Spears were Protestant refugees, driven by Catholic persecutions from Arensburg, Westphalis, Germmany, to Aix-La-Chappele." Adam Carpenter Bible says George migrated from Germany.
    Immigration as a child  Shenandoah Valley, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Name last name also spelled Speyers, in German, Spiers, in French. 
    Occupation farmer/planter 
    Possessions Between 1780 and 1789  adjacent to Carpenter's Station, Lincoln Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    2700 acres 
    Residence Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In spite of large land holdings and his ties with his children who had migrated to KY, he did not migrate to KY.
    Residence Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death shortly Aft 1800  Rockingham Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1169  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 

    Father Michael Christopher SPEARS,   b. GERMANY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Marie Louise de la NOYE,   b. Aix-La-Chappelle, France, now Aachen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage GERMANY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christeenah HARDWIN 
    Marriage Abt 1752 
    • source: Carpenters of Carpenter Station, KY, written by Virginia Tyler Carpenter. They had 10 children, of which, eightemigrated to KY.
    Married Abt 1752  [5
    Children 
    +1. Mary Agnes SPEARS   d. 1802
    +2. Elisabeth SPEARS
    +3. Catherine SPEARS   d. 1848
     4. Jacob SPEARS
     5. John F. SPEARS
     6. George SPEARS
     7. Hannah SPEARS
     8. David SPEARS
    Family ID F1042  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2016 

  • Notes 
    • RE; LETTER FROM TOM EVANS DATED AUG 1, 1998; GEORGE EITHER CAME TO AMERICA FROM GERMANY WITH HIS PARENTS OR WAS BORN HERE SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL HERE.

      RE; LETTER FROM TOM EVANS DATED AUG 1, 1998; GEORGE EITHER CAME TOAMERICA FROM GERMANY WITH HIS PARENTS OR WAS BORN HERE SHORTLY AFTERARRIVAL HERE.

  • Sources 
    1. [S198] Imported GEDCOM file.

    2. [S193] Imported GEDCOM file.

    3. [S222] SOURCE #29.

    4. [S223] SOURCE #30.

    5. [S589] SOURCE #396.