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Welcome to speare.info & .org.uk
the website was first set up several years ago to provide a basic
insight into the Speare family from Inwardleigh in Devon which has now
branched out all over the world.
Over the past few years I
have been able to meet up with relatives from various different branches
of the family some who are sadly no longer with us.
The input I have received from the family has been brilliant and
as a result I have focussed a lot of my time on this branch of my
family.
It was my Great grandmother
who is my link to the family Elizabeth Speare from Torquay, Devon who
married Sidney Peeke. The
Inwardleigh branch of the family starts with Elizabeth’s 3rd
great grandparents Richard Speare & Mary Carpenter.
Richard & Mary had 4
children that I am aware of Johanna (b.1774), Mary (b.1776) married to
Thomas Record 4th February 1796 in Inwardleigh.
Richard (b.1777) married to Mary Ward on 31st December
1800 in Inwardleigh and finally Samuel (b.1780) married to Sarah Ward
(sister of Mary) 10th November 1807 in Inwardleigh.
The Speare & Ward families were farming families from the
village. Whitestone &
Upton Pyne are 2 other key villages with the earlier branches of the
family.
The link above called Inwardleigh and beyond follows the life of
Richard Speare & Mary Ward with further information on their branch
of the family.
The Devon to East London link is about the family William Speare who relocated to the Bethnal Green area of
London he was grandson of Samuel Speare & Sarah Ward.
I would like to thank
everyone in the family for their help in putting this family website
together especially Donna Fortman, Irene Allan & Laura Henderson in
Canada. Paul Speare & Gilbert Speare in the UK & Diana
Edmunds, Marcy Speare & Lura Black in the US & the family in
Australia.
The family is moving with the times and now has a group
on Facebook Speare with a “e” which has grown to over 120 members.
NEWS! - Family
gathering in May 2011 has been put on hold
    
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