Spear | Speer

 Charity Elizabeth Spear, 3rd Great-Grandmother
29 October 1826 - 25 April 1909 (82)
b. Florida
d. Pine Mountain, Harris, Georgia 

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Parents:
John M Spear 1795-1863
Mary Smith 1798-1872

Maternal Lineage:
Mary Kates 1798-1872, mother of Charity Elizabeth Spear 1826-1909

Spouse: William Henry Crawford Sr 1817-1899
Married: 7 Nov 1850

Children:

1. John Joseph Crawford 1851-1920
2. William Henry Crawford 1853-1936
3. Robert Newton Crawford 1855-1930
4. Elizabeth Adeline Crawford 1857-1935
5. James Andrews Crawford 1860-1920
6. Charity Sewell Crawford 1862-1945
7. Harriet Cornelia Crawford 1864-1926

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Spear/Speer Lineage

John William Speer 1654-1764, father of John Speer 1693-1764, father of  John William Speer 1723-1771, father of  John Speer 1748-1842, father of  John M Speer 1795-1863, father of  Charity Elizabeth Spear

Spear Migration

Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland > Antrim, Ireland > Pine Mountain, Harris, Georgia > Florida > Georgia

 

John William Speer 1654-1764 was born in Ayrshire, Scotland and died in Antrim, Ireland. Three generations later, John Speer 1748-1842 immigrated to Pine Mountain, Harris County, Georgia. His son apparently retained the Speer surname spelling, and changed it to Spear for the children. The family moved to Florida after the birth of their first son. Charity Elizabeth Spear was among the children born in Florida before the family returned to Georgia, where she remained for the rest of her life. 

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The original date of this post: 4 September 2025

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