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Moses Spear (1735 - 1813)

Deacon Moses Spear
Born in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , and
Husband of — married 14 Feb 1756 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , and
Died at age 78 in Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
1st Lieutenant Moses Spear served with Suffolk County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Moses Spear is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A107971.

Moses served in the Revolutionary War as a 1st Lieutenant in Captain Seth Turner's Company of Colonel Benjamin Lincoln-78 Lincoln's regiment. [1]

Moses lived in Quincy, Massachusetts on 21 Nov 1784 at the time of his daughter's marriage there. [2]

Census

Shutesbury, Massachusetts in 1790 in the First Census of the United States.[3]

Shutesbury, Massachusetts in 1800 in the Second Census of the United States.[4]

Research Notes

This citation probably names Moses' son, Moses Spear Jr. [5]

Deleted alternate last name spelling "Speare" as no source found. Please add back if you find a source.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-DP64 : 27 January 2017), Moses Spear, 1775.
  2. ↑ Schoppe, Mary Coffin, The Schoppe Family Genealogy 1782-1932, February, 1932. p.8
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-365 : accessed 6 December 2019), Moses Spear, Shutesbury, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 527, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH51-2BT : accessed 6 December 2019), Moses Spear, Shutesbury, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 676, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 15; FHL microfilm 205,614.
  5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCD6-GMG : 4 December 2014), Moses Spear and Penelope Philips, 06 Dec 1780; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0496944 IT 5.
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution, Vol 14, page 705.




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