Immigrant ancestor of all colonial families of this surname inNew England. He is first mentioned in Braintree in 1644 when he was madefreeman of the colony on May 29,1644 where he became a tenantfarmer to William Coddington and purchased by Capt. Tyng. Thereis no record that George Spear owned any land of his own inBraintree. He remained on the Mt. Wollaston farm until after1679 when he removed to Sheepscot, Me. with his third wife,where he was May 21,1688 when he petitioned for the lands thereformerly belonging to his wife's first husband. He was probablykilled by the Indians soon after in the massacres there as thereis no further record of him. He was a member of the BraintreeChurch in April 1644 when his daughter Mary was baptized atRoxbury "by communion? of Churches". He married 1st about 1643Mary Heath, bapt. 2 Sep.1627 at Nazing, daughter of William +Mary (Cramphore) Heath of Roxbury. She died Dec.7,1674. In hiswill May 28,1652 he left 10 to daughter MarySpear. He married2nd 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 ofJohn Jent who had been of Sheepscot, Me. cast away while hisfamily was in Boston during the Indian Wars. George Speere andhis sons Ebenezer + Samuel took the oath of allegiance atBraintree about 1678 and he was probably here in 1680 when hehad a court case with Peter Bracket. 4351 A large amount ofmaterial on this family was gathered in the 1880's + 1890's byWilliam Gardner Spear of Quincy from whose records at the QuincyHist. Soc. and N.E. Hist. Gen. Soc. help has been derived.Acknowledgement for much aid on this family also is here made toMrs. Grace P. Bonsall of Quincy, a descendant, who has continuedand enlarged the data gathered over 50 years ago by Wm.G. Spear.Elizabeth Speare who joined the church at Roxbury July,1662might possibly be a daughter of George also. He was living inBogastow or Natick, now Sherborn in May 1662 when he petitionedwith others to have a new town there (Mass. Arch. 112-136).