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6th cousins
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He lived along North Main St., Randolph, north of Liberty St.
He was elected hogreave 1723, constable 1734 but refused to serve, surveyor of highways 1745,1748.
S.P.74-335: Will of Benjamin Spear, yeoman, Dec.18,1762 - Mar.3,1775:
To wife Sarah all personal estate forever & improvement of all my home place for life & she executor. To son Benjamin 7 acres adjoining to him, being part of that I bought of Capt. Ebenezer Thayer Jr. To son Isaac £13/6/8 to be paid by my son Joseph. To son Moses 30 acres in Bendall's farm so called. To son Joseph all my home place at his mother's decease, he paying as above. Wit: James Penniman, Azariah Faxon, Dorcas Penniman.
Benjamin, Sarah, Jacob & Isaac were baptized Aug.26,1733, Moses Jan.12,1734/5, Joseph Sep.27,1741
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He lived on the S.E. side of Chestnut St., Randolph, was elected surveyor of highways 1753,1762, constable 1764 but was excused and again elected 1766 and excused again from serving.
Children of Benjamin Jr. & Sarah born at Braintree (dates from bible record of Capt. John Wild)
S.P.84-429: Will of Benjamin Spear, yeoman, Dec.14,1784 - Jul.19,1785:
To son in law Isaac Thayer 5/ & 5/ to the children he had by my daughter Sarah, equally divided.
To son in law John Wild & wife Jemima 5/.
To son in law William Blancher 5/ & 5/ to the children he had by my dau. Rachel, equally divided.
To son in law John Battles & wife Lydia 5/.
To daughter Phebe the bed, bedding & curtains which she lyeth on & 1 desk & two tables & £5 at marriage.
To son Jacob 5/.
To son Benjamin 10 acres on N. side of the road opposite my dwelling house.
To two sons Jonathan & Benjamin all remainder of real & personal estate equally.
Son Jonathan executor. Witness: Ebenezer Miller, Samuel Clark, Amos Stetson.
84-510, Inventory includes: 1 tin lanthom etc.
Mansion house & barn & 10 acres, 7 a. east of the house lot & 20 a. south of the house lot, 11 a. waste land, 50 a. woodland and 1/2 pew in Rev. Tufts meetinghouse taken Aug.9,1785 by Nathaniel Niles, Daniel Hunting & M. French, £275/18/1.
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posthumous).Benoui3 (Samuel2George1)
He was elected hogreave 1758, resided near Spear & Canal Sts., Quincy. He was in the French War 1756.
S.P.76-36, Mar.28,1777: James Brackett Jr., yeoman made administrator of Benoui Spear & bonded with Seth Spear & Prudence Baxter, widow.
78-34, Inventory: Half a house & barn & half of 7 acres upland & marsh £38 & half of 3 a. woodland £1/10/, Total £61/3/9, taken Mar.31,1779 by Ebenezer Miller, Moses Brackett, Thomas Baxter.
78-559, Jan.15,1779: Seth Spear made guardian to Benjamin, Mehitable, & Prudence over 14, and Samuel, Nathaniel, Thankful & Abigail, under 14, sons & daus. of Benoui Spear, yeoman & bonded with James Brackett Jr
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m. Jul.-,1745 - Mayhew. Her grand father Nathaniel Spear in his will Mar.5,1727/8 mentions "my little grand daughter Bethiah Spear, daughter of my son David, deceased", to have £10 at age 18 or day of marriage. - He does not mention a grand child Rachel.
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The birth dates of children are from the diary of Dr. Jonathan Wales (excerpts at Quincy Hist. Soc.)
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cousins
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He was a cordwainer, lived on the east side of present Pond Lane, Randolph, but sold his homestead Nov.2,1770, but his widow's dower set out in 1777 shows he was still at that location. He was elected hogreave 1757, surveyor of highways 1770.
S.P.74-138: Elizabeth Spear, widow, made administrator of Daniel Spear, cordwainer & bonded with Benjamin Silvester of Stoughton & Joseph Baxter, cordwainer, Oct.14,1774.
76-8: Timothy Spear, yeoman made administrator of Daniel Spear, cordwainer & bonded with Benjamin Stetson, Royal Collock of Stoughtonham, gent., May 23,1777.
76-343, Inventory: The old house & new frame £120 & 20 acres Jun.3,1777, taken by Thomas Penniman, Eliphalet Sawin & Joseph Howard.
76-287: Dower of widow Elizabeth set off Aug.23,1777, 6 1/2 a. with old house & small orchard, beginning at the road at the corner of Samuel Spear's field & running Southerly by sd. road 11 rods, then running Ely. between the old house & new frame 7 rods, then running Sly. 3 rods, then Ely. to a heap of stones near the brook, thence a "strait" course to Benjamin Stetson's pasture, then Nly. by his land 14 rods to Samuel Spear's land, then Wly. as the fence stands to the road, & she is to fetch water at the well in the other part at all times, etc.
S.P. -: Jonathan Thayer made administrator.
85-39, Inventory presented by Jonathan Thayer, admtr. 21 a. £94/10/, Dec.4,1785, taken by Seth Turner, Nehemiah Holbrook, Levy Thayer.
86-99, Feb.27,1787: Receipt given to Capt. Jonathan Thayer, adm. of Daniel Spear for £24/12/2 is what said estate sold for exclusive of the widow's thirds still in her possession, Signed by Stephen Penniman as admtr. of Timothy Spear & as attorney to Lemuel Spear.
S.P.85-53, Feb.7,1786: Stephen Penniman Esq. made administrator of Timothy Spear, tanner, & bonded with Daniel French, yeoman, & Daniel Spear, yeoman.