Peter Henry Spears
1713 - 1782 (69 years)-
Name Peter Henry Spears [1, 2] Born 1713 Arnsburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 
[1] Gender Male Find-A-Grave 47028134 Name Henry Reference Number 13256 Died 25 Nov 1782 Rostraver, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3] Buried Belle Vernon, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA - Gibson Cemetery
Person ID I13256 Thompson-Milligan Last Modified 12 Apr 2018
Father Peter Abram Spears, b. 12 Sep 1690, Brandenburg, Germany , d. 1772, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret Graefenreid Henlopen, b. Abt 1688, Brandenburg, Germany , d. Aft 1731, Pennsylvania, USA (Age ~ 44 years) Relationship natural Married Abt 1708 Germany Family ID F1600 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Regina Froman, b. 1725, Alsace, Germany , d. 1793, Rostraver, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 68 years) Married Abt 1744 Augusta, Virginia, USA Children 1. Catherine Rebecca Spears, b. 1761, Frederick, Virginia, USA , d. 4 Apr 1849 (Age 88 years) [natural]2. Christina Spears, b. 17 Feb 1752, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA , d. 9 Nov 1841, Fallowfield, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 89 years) [natural]3. Elizabeth Spears, b. 1746, Augusta, Virginia, USA , d. 1773, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 27 years) [natural]4. Henry Speers, b. 8 Jul 1756, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA , d. 2 Jan 1840, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 83 years) [natural]5. Jacob Spears, b. 2 Jan 1754, Rockingham, Virginia, USA , d. 28 Sep 1825, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA (Age 71 years) [natural]6. Mary Spears, b. Dec 1745, Augusta, Virginia, USA , d. 1806, Muskingum, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 60 years) [natural]7. Nancy Spears, b. 17 Mar 1759, Virginia, USA , d. 25 Mar 1839, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA (Age 80 years) [natural]8. Noah Speers, b. 27 Mar 1769, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 9 Jun 1832, Rostraver, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 63 years) [natural]9. Sarah Spears, b. 1748, Augusta, Virginia, USA , d. 1814, Kentucky, USA (Age 66 years) [natural]10. Solomon Spears, b. 1757, Frederick, Virginia, USA , d. 28 May 1788, Bullitt, Kentucky, USA (Age 31 years) [natural]11. Susan Spears, b. 1750, Augusta, Virginia, USA [natural]12. Rachel Spears, b. 2 Apr 1750, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA , d. 4 Nov 1820, Fayette, Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 70 years) [natural]Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 Family ID F2072 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Married - Abt 1744 - Augusta, Virginia, USA 
Buried - - Belle Vernon, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - After arriving in America, Peter settled in Augusta, Co., Virginia until 1751-52, then moved up to Frederick Co., Virginia. Henry and George F. Spears explored the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, possibly together, where George remained and established the "Spears" family of Rockingham County. Henry went to Maryland then later established the "Speers" family in Pennsylvania.
Henry married Regina Froman and settled on farm known as Gibstoton, on the Mon River, below Belle Vernon.
Henry Speers and his wife took up residence on the east bank of the Monogahela River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1764. He called his home "Summer House." He died circa 1782, supposedly from a kick to the head by a horse. His wife, Regina was taxed in 1783 for 250 acres of land, stock and nine slaves. Regina and sons would be found later in Washington County, Pennsylvania, at Speers Borough, a small community south of Donora on the Monogahela River. It is felt that the Speers family lived in the same general area as the "colony" where the early Crist family lived.
Henry was active in community affairs - occasionally busy with one project or another for the county. He was appointed a captain of the militia in August of 1757.
Abraham Frye and family located on the opposite side of the river. He owned land from Maple Creek on the outskirts of Charleroi, to Pigeon Creek in Monongahela, from the Mon River, to where Fallowfield township school now stands, except for the Grant and Wickerham Farms, near what is now Fisher Heights. They came here from their homes in a place 18 miles south of Winchester, Virginia.
The Speers and the Fryes were intimately associated in everything that pertained to each others comfort, and this fact, in these days of trial and danger, was no small affair. In going from place to place or in the field, these settlers were compelled for personal safety to carry firearms so as to meet the attacks of the Indians.
- After arriving in America, Peter settled in Augusta, Co., Virginia until 1751-52, then moved up to Frederick Co., Virginia. Henry and George F. Spears explored the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, possibly together, where George remained and established the "Spears" family of Rockingham County. Henry went to Maryland then later established the "Speers" family in Pennsylvania.
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Sources - [S105] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
Record for Jacob Speers (Spears) - [S168] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online.
Record for Jacob Spears - [S22] OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;;), Database online.
Record for Peter Henry Speers
- [S105] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
