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About John Wear
A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A120818
The Wear family (Weir, Ware, etc.) is the subject an extensive article in Zella Armstrong's Notable Southern Families which was written by Louise Wilson Reynolds about 1920. Those who have done additional research say that the article is relatively accurate except for the fact that Mrs. Reynolds confused the records of two John Wears, one who died in 1800 and the other (our ancestor) who died on 17 January 1835 in Sevier County, Tennessee. I corresponded for some time with Mrs. Olga Edwards of Tacoma, Washington and have reason to believe that the most accurate account of the Wears is to be found in her book Descendants of East Tennessee Pioneers. The Wears are said to have come from the north of Ireland, although we are not certain who our immigrant ancestor was. The first of our line of which we are fairly certain was Robert Weir who was a settler in April 1719 in Nutfield, Massachusetts, near Haverhill. The Nutfield settlement was thought to be in Massachusetts, but a court in May 1719 decided it was in New Hampshire. Robert Weir and James Greeg petitioned the Governor of New Hampshire on behalf of several of the earliest settlers of Nutfield to set aside a township ten miles square. They obtained a deed from Col. John Wheelwright. Londonderry, New Hampshire was then incorporated in June, 1719 and a lot was given to each of the twenty "first comers", one of whom was Robert Weir. Robert and his wife, Martha are known to have had a daughter, Elizabeth, who was born in New Hampshire in 1723. Their known sons are Robert, John and William, all of whom moved from Massachusetts to Bucks County, Pennsylvania by 1737. John Weir married Elizabeth Holmes 3 September 1737. Robert Wear married Rebecca Carrell about 1740 in Bucks County. Like many of the Scotch-Irish immigrant families, the Wears (as the name came to be spelled in the next generation) soon left Pennsylvania and traveled down the Valley of Virginia to Old Augusta County where Robert Wear purchased land in the Borden Grant in 1752. His brother John may have been in Virginia a few years earlier. Robert Ware's land in the Borden Grant was not far from many of our other Augusta County ancestors including the Teas, McClanahans, Blacks, etc. Thus a number of the ancestors of my father and mother were "neighbors" in Virginia Valley, moved in different directions and the descendants came together again two or three generations later and farther west. A deed is recorded to Robert Wear and John Cunningham for 830 acres in 1752 in Borden's Tract. In 1754 Borden's executors deeded another 240 acres to Robert Wear and his wife Rebecca. Robert and Rebecca Wear had at least two sons, John, our ancestor, who was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1741 and Samuel who was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1753. How long the Wears remained in Virginia is unclear. It has been stated by others that John Wear and his brother Samuel moved about 1778 to Washington County, North Carolina which would later become the State of Tennessee. By 1792 they were in Greene County where there are two Wear marriages recorded: Margaret Wear to Hugh Cunningham on 8 October 1792; and Jane Wear, daughter of John, to Thomas Lovelady on 14 October 1792. Samuel Wear married first in 1778 to Mary Thompson, in Augusta County, Virginia. He was a Colonel in the Revolutionary Was serving at the Battle of Kings' Mountain. He also served in the War of 1812. Our John Wear was also a soldier of the Revolution and gave several details of his service in his pension application which he filed on 5 March 1833 in Sevier County, Tennessee. He stated that he was born January 2, 1741 on Shammony Creek in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
revolutionary war soldier at King's Mountain 1780
All Burials - Fort Wear Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
# Last Name, Given Name(s) Died/Buried Person ID 1. Carrell, Rebecca d. 1780 I56947 2. Gilliland, John d. 1798 I56966 3. Moore, Margaret d. 1820 I56967 4. Moore, Nancy d. 1800 I56963 5. Mullendore, Susannah d. 27 Dec 1836 I56930 6. Thompson, Mary d. Mar 1797 I56932 7. Wear, Creed F. d. 27 Dec 1836 I56945 8. Wear, John d. 17 Jan 1835 I56948 9. Wear, John d. 1800 I56964 10. Wear, Robert d. 1790 I56946 11. Wear, Colonel Samuel d. 3 Apr 1817 I56931
The Wear family (Weir, Ware, etc.) is the subject an extensive article in Zella Armstrong's Notable Southern Families which was written by Louise Wilson Reynolds about 1920. Those who have done additional research say that the article is relatively accurate except for the fact that Mrs. Reynolds confused the records of two John Wears, one who died in 1800 and the other (our ancestor) who died on 17 January 1835 in Sevier County, Tennessee. I corresponded for some time with Mrs. Olga Edwards of Tacoma, Washington and have reason to believe that the most accurate account of the Wears is to be found in her book Descendants of East Tennessee Pioneers. The Wears are said to have come from the north of Ireland, although we are not certain who our immigrant ancestor was. The first of our line of which we are fairly certain was Robert Weir who was a settler in April 1719 in Nutfield, Massachusetts, near Haverhill. The Nutfield settlement was thought to be in Massachusetts, but a court in May 1719 decided it was in New Hampshire. Robert Weir and James Greeg petitioned the Governor of New Hampshire on behalf of several of the earliest settlers of Nutfield to set aside a township ten miles square. They obtained a deed from Col. John Wheelwright. Londonderry, New Hampshire was then incorporated in June, 1719 and a lot was given to each of the twenty "first comers", one of whom was Robert Weir. Robert and his wife, Martha are known to have had a daughter, Elizabeth, who was born in New Hampshire in 1723. Their known sons are Robert, John and William, all of whom moved from Massachusetts to Bucks County, Pennsylvania by 1737. John Weir married Elizabeth Holmes 3 September 1737. Robert Wear married Rebecca Carrell about 1740 in Bucks County. Like many of the Scotch-Irish immigrant families, the Wears (as the name came to be spelled in the next generation) soon left Pennsylvania and traveled down the Valley of Virginia to Old Augusta County where Robert Wear purchased land in the Borden Grant in 1752. His brother John may have been in Virginia a few years earlier. Robert Ware's land in the Borden Grant was not far from many of our other Augusta County ancestors including the Teas, McClanahans, Blacks, etc. Thus a number of the ancestors of my father and mother were "neighbors" in Virginia Valley, moved in different directions and the descendants came together again two or three generations later and farther west. A deed is recorded to Robert Wear and John Cunningham for 830 acres in 1752 in Borden's Tract. In 1754 Borden's executors deeded another 240 acres to Robert Wear and his wife Rebecca. Robert and Rebecca Wear had at least two sons, John, our ancestor, who was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1741 and Samuel who was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1753. How long the Wears remained in Virginia is unclear. It has been stated by others that John Wear and his brother Samuel moved about 1778 to Washington County, North Carolina which would later become the State of Tennessee. By 1792 they were in Greene County where there are two Wear marriages recorded: Margaret Wear to Hugh Cunningham on 8 October 1792; and Jane Wear, daughter of John, to Thomas Lovelady on 14 October 1792. Samuel Wear married first in 1778 to Mary Thompson, in Augusta County, Virginia. He was a Colonel in the Revolutionary Was serving at the Battle of Kings' Mountain. He also served in the War of 1812. Our John Wear was also a soldier of the Revolution and gave several details of his service in his pension application which he filed on 5 March 1833 in Sevier County, Tennessee. He stated that he was born January 2, 1741 on Shammony Creek in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
revolutionary war soldier at King's Mountain 1780
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John Wear's Timeline
| 1741 |
January 12, 1741
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Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
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| 1763 |
June 11, 1763
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Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, Colonial America
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| 1766 |
May 25, 1766
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Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania
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| 1770 |
1770
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Bucks Co, PA
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| 1772 |
February 1, 1772
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Augusta County, Province of Virginia
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| 1773 |
1773
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Province of Virginia
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| 1775 |
1775
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Shammony Creek, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
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| 1780 |
1780
Age 38
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Kings Mountain
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| 1835 |
January 17, 1835
Age 94
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Sevier County, Tennessee, United States
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