Son Joseph, sons Benjamin and Samuel appear in land deeds from Ebenezer
25 May 1719 Son Nathaniel Spear appointed adm of father’s estate in Braintree, Benjamin Spear and Peter Adams bondsmen.

Children, born in Braintree:655. Image 353
i. Ebenezer„ b. June 27, 1680
2. MARY, b. June 10, 1682; in. *Tan. 13, 1708, Ephraim Jones.

3. SAMUEL, b. May 18, 1681; m. Oct. 22, 1706, by Pen Townsend, Esq.,
to Rebecca Stone; probably living in 1765 when his son was still
Samuel Spear, Jr. He was a cordwainer by trade, and was living
in Watertown in 1707/8 when he sold a mansion house and
twelve acres in that town to William Blogget.f By 1711 he was
back in Braintree when he and John Stone and their wives sold
another mansion house and nineteen acres in Watertown.: In
1723 he sold a house and eight acres in Braintree to Edmund
Quincy, Rebecca Spear releasing dower.§
————Samuel’s Children:
1. Sarah, b. July 8, 1707, in Watertown.
2. Ebenezer (probably) ; m. in Abinglon Dec. 29, 1731, Jane
Harden. (See Ebenezer,3 p. 18.r *
3. 'Samuel, b. March 28, 1716, in Braintree; m. (1) May 27,
1742, Rachel Hinckley; m. (2) in Weymouth, int. June
16, 1750, Mary Ford.
4. Daniel, b. Sept. 8, 1720, in Braintree; m. (1) Aug. 11,
1743, Ruth Copeland; m. (2) by 1752 Elizabeth Sil-
vester; d. before Oct. 14, 1774.
5. Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1724, in Braintree.

4. RACHEL, b. April 10, 1686; m. in Dorchester July 19, 1717, Cornelius Thayer.

5. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 25, 1687/8; m. (1) Annewho d. in April,
1719; m. (2) Nov. 10, 1720, Abigail Clegg. Elected a constable
of Braintree in 1729/30, he refused to take the oath and paid
the fine of £5. In the decade 1710-1720 he was active in buying
and selling parts of "the purchase land that Braintree bought
of Boston gentlemen." He sold a house and fifteen acres of land
in Braintree to his son John Spear, then of Weymouth, in 1739,
and in 1740 Joseph Spear, yeoman, and Abigail Spear his wife,
"spinster," both now residing in Attleborough, deeded additional
land to John. l
—Joseph’s Children, by first wife, born in Braintree:
1. Joseph, b. Aug. 10, 1715; d. Oct. 24, 1715.
2. John, b. May 27, 1717; probably he who m. in Roxbury
March 26, 1742, Mary Lee.

—Joseph. By second wife :
-3. Joseph,
b. Feb. 10, 1722; possibly lived in Cumberland,
—4. Jonathan, b. June 18, 1724; m. (1) in Attleborough May
24, 1744, Hannah Brown; m. (2) in Cumberland, R.I.,
Jan. 29, 1761, Mary Dexter of Smithfield, It. I.; m. (3)
Nov., 1762, Margaret McDougle of Thomaston, Me.,
who d. Sept. 22, 1811; he d. in Thomaston, Me., Oct.10, 1811, aged 88.
—5. Elkanah, b. April 18, 1726; in. by 1752 Elizabeth,
who m. secondly in Cumberland, R. I., Dec. 17, 1761, Seth Hall.
—6. Abigail, b. Feb. 25, 1728; m. in Attleborough Dec. 8, 1759, Benjamin Stanley
—7. Thomas, b. April 5, 1731; possibly lived in Cumberland, RI
—8. Isaac, b. March 20, 1737/8; no further record.

6. Nathaniel b. May 18, 1693, md 3 Ap 1718 to Lydia Littlefield.
—Children born in Braintree were Zachariah, Edmund, Nathaniel, Lydia,

7. Abigail b. 7 Nov 1695 and md Nathaniel Littlefield 18 Dec 1718

8. Benjamin b. 12 Feb 1698, md Sarah Niles 20 Jul 1722. In WILL of 18 Dec 1762 names wife Sarah, son Benjamin, son Isaac, sons Joseph and Moses, he did not name Sarah or Jacob in will

9. DEERING Spear b. 6 mar 1700 and md Deborah Niles 20 Jul 1722. Deborah died 12 mar 1725; md 2) Jemima Thayer on 30 Jun 1726; Deering died 12 Mar 1767. Buried Central Cemetery in Randolph.
Will made 4 Sept 1767 and proved 4 Dec. Names wife Jemima, sons Deering, Richard, days Jemima Nightingale and Deborah Slone, granddaughter Abigail Hunt; grandchildren Seth Man, Deborah Man, Executor was son Richard. ———Jemima Spear WILL 12 Jun 1770, proved 12 Dec 1777. Son Richard, dau Deborah Sloan and Jemima Nightingale, granddaughter Jemima Nightingale, names grandson Deering Spear. Grandchildren Abigail Hunt, Peter Hunt, Son Deering was executor.

Deering’s Child, born in Braintree, by first wife:
1. Rachel, b. April 9, 1723; m. Oct. 14, 1745, Seth Mann.

By second wife:
2. Abigail, b. May 21, 1727; md a Hunt.
8. Jemima b. Aug. 20, 1729; m., int. in Stoughton June 22, 1751, William Nightingale, Jr.
4. Deborah, b. Feb. 3, 1730/1; m. March 19, 1752, John Slone.
5. Deering▶, b. May 11, 1733; m. Hannah Paine; d. Feb. 29,1812.
6. Richard, b. Nov. 22, 1737; m., int. April 21, 1759, Elizabeth White who d. Sept. 20, 1818, aged 80; d. in Shelburne, Vt., May 19, 1788, aged 52.