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I live in California, at the end of a long migration, which I believe to have begun in the Forest of Dean. I am a direct lineal descendant of a Peter Kear, born in New York in 1765. I cannot find a direct link across to the old country. A name that is used is "Jonathan Peter Kear" and listed as born in Cardiff Wales.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Jim Kear
San Diego, California, USA
jkear1 AT san.rr.com

Is this the tree you are talking about i.e.

Peter KEAR born Terrytown New York - April 27 1765 - father: Peter Jonathan KEAR

'received land in Ohio, because of this father's involvement in the revolutionary war'

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohwyand2/w/kear.htm

Yes it is, we can find a Peter Jonathan Kear, born in Cardiff in 1717, but other than the names Peter and Jonathan that follow through the centuries, I haven't been able to find any proof of relationship.

We also have documents that show Peter Kear as having served in a Pennsylvania company during the Revolutionary War.

Thanks

Jim

'we can find a Peter Jonathan KEAR born in Cardiff 1717'

There is a website

Glamorgan Look-up Exchange

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walesle/gla/chrec.htm

They may be able to give you more information.

Looking at the Gloucestershire Genealogical Database - early KEAR's could be spelt KEARE/KEIRE/KEYRE/KERE/KEIR etc

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There is on Ancestry a List of Emigrants from England to America - 1718 to 1759 - no KEAR's or variations of the surname listed.

Many other lists of Emigrants various places and dates on Ancestry