Descendants of
George Leare

1. George¹ Leare (I) , born Est 1633 of Gillingham, Dorset, England. He married unknown.

Notes for George LEARE (I)
Butcher of Gillingham, Dorset, England

Children of George LEARE (I) were as follows:
George² Leare (II) , born abt. 1666. He married unknown.

2. George² Leare (II) (George¹), born abt. 1666; died abt. 1745. He married unknown.

Notes for George LEARE (II)
Freeman & Fruiterer

Children of George LEARE (II) were as follows:
William³ Leare , born 1694. Freeman & Fruiterer
George³ Leare (III) , born abt. 1700. He married (1) unknown. He married (2) Ann Pigborn .
Henry³ Lear , born 1709 of London, Middlesex, England. He married Margaret Lester .

4. George³ Leare (III) (George², George¹), born abt. 1700. He married (1) unknown.He married (2) in St. Benet's, Paul's Warf, London, England, Ann Pigborn .

Notes for George LEARE (III)
Freeman & Fruiterer

Children of George LEARE (III) and Ann PIGBORN were as follows:
William⁴ Leare , born abt. 1730.
George⁴ Leare (IV) , born 1731.

5. Henry³ Lear (George², George¹), born 1709 of London, Middlesex, England; died 1763 in Whitechapel, Stepney, London, England. He married in 1744 in All Hallows, London Wall, London, England, Margaret Lester , born Est 1710; died 1795.

Notes for Henry LEAR
His father was probably George Leare 1666-1745, but the lineage has not been proven.
Occupation: Sugar refiner, of St Benet's, Paul's Warf, London.

Children of Henry LEAR and Margaret LESTER were as follows:
Mary⁴ Lear , born Est 1854 of London, Middlesex, England; died 1797. Of Great Garden St, Whitechapel, Stepney, East London, England.
Jeremiah⁴ Lear , born 1757 of London, Middlesex, England. He married Ann Clark Skerritt .

9. Jeremiah⁴ Lear (Henry³, George², George¹), born 1757 of London, Middlesex, England; died 30 Aug 1833 in Gravesend, Kent, England; buried 5 Sep 1833 in Milton, Kent, England. He married on 24 Aug 1788 in Wanstead Church, Wanstead, Kent, England, Ann Clark Skerritt , born 1766 in , Durham, England; died 26 May 1844 in Dover, Kent, England; buried 1 Jun 1844 in St James Ch Yd, Dover, Kent, England, daughter of Edward Skerritt and Florence Usher .

Notes for Jeremiah LEAR
Of the borough of Whitechapel.
Occupations: freeman, fruiterer, sugar refiner, stockbroker.
Buried at Milton-next-Gravesend, Co Kent, England.

Children of Jeremiah LEAR and Ann Clark SKERRITT were as follows:
Henry⁵ Lear (I) , born abt. 1789 of Pinners Court, London, England. His position in family based on the family naming pattern & the spacing of his siblings.
Henry⁵ Lear (II) , born abt. 1790 of Pinners Court, London, England. His position in family based on the family naming pattern & the spacing of his siblings.
Ann⁵ Lear , born 17 Jan 1791 in Pinners Court, London, England; died 11 Mar 1861 in Islington, London, England; buried 16 Mar 1861 in Highgate Cem, Islington, London, England.
Sarah⁵ Lear (I) , born abt. 1792 in , England.
Sarah⁵ Lear (II) , born abt. 1793 in , England.
Sarah⁵ Lear (III) , born 21 Dec 1794 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England. She married Charles Street .
Mary⁵ Lear , born 1 May 1796 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England; died 4 Mar 1861 in At Sea, Near New Zealand; buried 4 Mar 1861 in At Sea, Near New Zealand. She married Richard Shuter Boswell . Died aboard ship in route from New Zealand to England Birthdate & place from birth record sent by Vivien Noakes ltr 27 Jul 1980
Henry⁵ Lear (III) , born 25 Aug 1798 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England. He married unknown.
Eleanor⁵ Lear , born 29 Nov 1799 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England; died Est 15 Mar 1885 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. She married William Newsom . Exact day of death not certain, day given is estimate Birth date & place from birth record sent by Vivien Noakes let 27 Jul 1980
Jane⁵ Lear , born abt. 1800 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England.
Olivier⁵ Lear , born abt. 1801 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England.
Harriett⁵ Lear , born 13 Sep 1802 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England; died Jul 1859 in , Scotland.
Cordelia⁵ Lear , born 21 Nov 1803 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England; died 7 Apr 1834; buried in Gravesend, Kent, England.
Frederick⁵ Lear , born 1 Mar 1805 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England. He married Rosa Annie Smyth .
Florence⁵ Lear , born 3 Jun 1806 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England; died abt. 1837; buried in Gravesend, Kent, England.
Charles⁵ Lear , born 30 Nov 1808 in Holloway, Middlesex, England; died abt. 1888 in , Sierra Leone, West Africa; buried abt. 1888 in , Sierra Leone, West Africa. He married abt. 1885 in , Sierra Leone, W Africa, Adjouah (---) , born in , Sierra Leone, W Africa.
⁵ Lear (I) , born abt. 1809 in Holloway, Middlesex, England; died abt. 1809.
⁵ Lear (II) , born abt. 1810 in Holloway, Middlesex, England; died abt. 1810.
Catherine⁵ Lear (I) , born abt. 1811 in , England.
Edward⁵ Lear , born 12 May 1812 in Holloway, Middlesex, England; died 29 Jan 1888 in San Remo, Liguria, Italy; buried in San Remo, Liguria, Italy. He was raised from childhood by his older sister Ann. !Occupation: Famous children's nonsense poet & landscape painter !He never married. bd & bp from birth rec sent by Vivien Noakes ltr 27 Jul 1980
Catherine⁵

Lear (II) , born 24 Nov 1813 in Holloway, Middlesex, England; died abt. 1837 in Gravesend, Kent, England; buried in Gravesend, Kent, England.

15. Sarah⁵ Lear (III) (Jeremiah⁴, Henry³, George², George¹

), born 21 Dec 1794 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England; died 1 Dec 1873 in Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand; buried Dec 1873 in Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. She married on 25 Jul 1822 in , Surrey, England, Charles Street , born abt. 1786 in , England; died abt. 1867 in , South Island, New Zealand; buried abt. 1867 in , South Island, New Zealand.

Notes for Sarah LEAR (III)
Went to South Island, New Zealand with her son Charles Henry Street in Sept 1853. She returned in the Spring of 1859 & apparantly stayed in England until the Fall of 1865 & arrived back in New Zealand with her husband in Dec 1865. Her husband Charles would not go with them in 1853.

Children of Sarah LEAR (III) and Charles STREET were as follows:
Charles Henry⁶ Street , born 28 Mar 1824 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died abt. 1885 in , South Island, New Zealand; buried abt. 1885 in , South Island, New Zealand.
Frederick Williams⁶

Street , born 2 May 1827 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died 15 Jul 1864 in , England; buried Jul 1864 in , England.

17. Henry⁵ Lear (III) (Jeremiah⁴, Henry³, George², George¹

), born 25 Aug 1798 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England; died 31 Mar 1877 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York. He married unknown.

Notes for Henry LEAR (III)
Had four sons in the Union Army, per EL&HW-JL p113
Had a daughter who married a man named Titus

Children of Henry LEAR (III) were as follows:
Caroline⁶ Lear
Fanny⁶

Lear

23. Frederick⁵ Lear (Jeremiah⁴, Henry³, George², George¹

), born 1 Mar 1805 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England; died 25 Jun 1888 in Dublin, Erath, Texas; buried in Live Oak Cem, Dublin, Erath, Texas. He married on 17 May 1830 in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, Rosa Annie Smyth , born 1813 in , England; died 17 Jul 1880 in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri; buried 18 Jul 1880 in Bellefountaine C, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.

Notes for Frederick LEAR
Occupation: Mining Engineer, CSA Captain, & Plantation Owner?
Married in the Parish of St Leonard
Buried in The New Dublin Liveoak Cemetery

Notes for Rosa Annie SMYTH:
Buried in Bellefountaine Cemetery N, 4947 W Flourissant, block 205, lot 01, grave 116, no gravestone

Children of Frederick LEAR and Rosa Annie SMYTH were as follows:
Francis Frederick⁶ Lear , born 28 May 1832 in , Jamaica, West Indies; died 1 Jul 1889 in Blanket, Brown, Texas; buried in Eureka Cemetery, Blanket, Brown, Texas.
Rosa Frances Ann⁶ Lear , born 1840 in , Cuba, West Indies; died 1910/19 in Fullerton, Orange, California.
Mary Ellen Anastasia⁶ Lear , born 1842 in Havana Harbor, Cuba, West Indies. Born aboard ship in Havana Harbor bound for United States.

Paragraph #

Adjouah 25
Boswell
Mary (Lear) (1796-1861) 16
Richard Shuter 16
Lear
() (I) (1809-1809) 26
() (II) (1810-1810) 27
Ann (1791-1861) 12
Ann Clark (Skerritt) (1766-1844)9
Caroline 33
Catherine (I) (1811-) 28
Catherine (II) (1813-1837) 30
Charles (1808-1888) 25
Cordelia (1803-1834) 22
Edward (1812-1888) 29
Eleanor (1799-1885) 18
Fanny 34
Florence (1806-1837) 24
Francis Frederick (1832-1889) 35
Frederick (1805-1888) 23
Harriett (1802-1859) 21
Henry (1709-1763) 5
Henry (I) (1789-) 10
Henry (II) (1790-) 11
Henry (III) (1798-1877) 17
Jane (1800-) 19
Jeremiah (1757-1833) 9
Margaret (Lester) (1710-1795) 5
Mary (1796-1861) 16
Mary (1854-1797) 8
Mary Ellen Anastasia (1842-) 37
Olivier (1801-) 20
Rosa Annie (Smyth) (1813-1880)23
Rosa Frances Ann (1840-1910) 36
Sarah (I) (1792-) 13
Sarah (II) (1793-) 14
Sarah (III) (1794-1873) 15
Leare
Ann (Pigborn) 4
George (I) (1633-) 1
George (II) (1666-1745) 2
George (III) (1700-) 4
George (IV) (1731-) 7
William (1694-) 3
William (1730-) 6
Lester
Margaret (1710-1795) 5
Newsom
Eleanor (Lear) (1799-1885) 18
William 18
Pigborn
Ann 4
Skerritt
Ann Clark (1766-1844) 9
Edward (1745-) 9
Florence (Usher) (1745-) 9
Smyth
Rosa Annie (1813-1880) 23
Street
Charles (1786-1867) 15
Charles Henry (1824-1885) 31
Frederick Williams (1827-1864)32
Sarah (Lear) (III) (1794-1873)15
Usher
Florence (1745-) 9

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