Forest of Dean FHT Forum - KEAR -

KEAR - (reply)

m p griffiths — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:53:36 +0000

'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

Forest of Dean Kear Families question (reply)

unknown — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:37:34 +0000

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

Forest of Dean Kear Families question (reply)

m p griffiths — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:05:05 +0000

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

Forest of Dean Kear Families question

unknown — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 03:10:32 +0000

Help

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