THE BEAR FAMILIES of areas around Ipswich and Kirton in Suffolk

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...M1    Jonathen Bear, bur 1731 Little Waldringfield.
         married 1694 Little Waldringfield
         Susan Lord, bur 1719 Little Waldringfield.
         and had children
....L1    Jonathen Bear, bapt 1695.
          married 1717
          Mary Boar?.
          and had 1 son and 8 daughters
....L2    Thomas Bear, bapt 1697.
          married 1719
          Lydia Borley?.
          and had 2 sons and 6 daughters
....L3    Susan Bear, bapt 1699, bur 1702.
....L4    Elizabeth Beere, bapt 1701.
....L5    John Bear, bapt 1702/3, bur 1755.
....L6    Sua? Bear, bapt 1704, bur 1704.
....L7    Susanna Bear, bapt 1705.
....L8    George Bear, bapt 1707/8, bur 1708
....L9    Robert Bear, bapt 1707/8, bur 1708
....L10   George Bear, bapt 1709/10 Little Waldringfield, bur 1786 Groton.
          married 1734 Milden
          Sarah Fulcher, bur 1780 Groton.
          and had children
.....K1    Sarah Beare, bapt 1735.
.....K2    George Bare, bapt 1737.
.....K3    John Beare, bapt 1739, died young.
.....K4    Mary Beare, bapt 1742.
.....K5    John Beare, bapt 1744 Groton, bur 1785 Groton.
           married 1765 Groton
           Hannah (Cook) Smith, bapt 1741, bur 1810, wid of Thomas Smith
             dau of Thomas Cook.
           and had children
......J1    Elizabeth Bear, bapt 1766, bur 1780.
......J2    John Bear, bapt 1767.
            married 1788
            Ann Cook.
......J3    Thomas Smith Bare, bapt 1768 Groton, bur 1830.
            married firstly 1799
            Dinah Watson.
......J3    Thomas Smith Bare, bapt 1768 Groton, bur 1830.
            married secondly 1804 Groton
            Judith Lee, bapt 1770, bur 1849.
            and had children
.......I1    Thomas Bare, bapt 1804, bur 1891.
             married 1846
             Harriet Meggs?.
.......I2    John Cooper Bare, bapt 1807.
             married 1831
             Jane Spencer Crowther.
......J4    George Bear, bapt 1772.
            married 1799
            Rose Jackson.
......J5    Benjamine Bear, bapt 1775.
            married 1805
            Elizabeth Branch?.
......J6    James Bear, bapt 1776, bur 1777.
......J7    Sarah Fulcher Bear, bapt 1778.
......J8    James Bare, bapt 1779.
            married 1805
            Lydia Marshall.
......J9    Stephen Cook Bare, bapt 1750.
......J10   Elizabeth Cook Bare, bapt 1783, bur 1802.
.....K6    William Bare, bapt 1747, died young.
....L11   Robert Bear, bapt 1709/10.
          married 1736
          Susan Pigg.
....L12   Benjamin Bear, bapt 1713.
          married 1736
          Mary Tayley?.
....L13   Sarah Bear, bapt 1715, bur 1715.





...M1    William Bear, died 1705.
         married 1698
         Anne Buckenham, born 1667, died 1745.
         and had children
....L1    Francis Bear, bapt 1699.
....L2    Mary Bear, bapt 1700, bur 1700.
....L3    John Bear, bapt 1701.
....L4    Robert Bear, bapt 1703, bur 1763.
          married
          Ann
          and had children
.....K1    Ann Bear, bapt 1737, bur 1773.
           married
           William Orton.
.....K2    Margaret Bear, bapt 1739.
.....K3    Robert Bear, bapt 1741.
           married
           Elizabeth Abel.
           and had children
......J1    Robert Bear, bapt 1771, bur 1855.
......J2    Elizabeth Bear, bapt 1772.
......J3    Abel Bear, bapt 1773, bur 1839.
......J4    John Bear, bapt 1776.
......J5    Mary Bear, bapt 1779.
......J6    Richard Bear, bapt 1783.
            married
            Anne Beckington.
            and had children
.......I1    Martha Bear, bapt 1800, bur 1800.
.......I2    Mary Bear, bapt 1804.
.......I3    John Bear, bapt 1805.
.......I4    Edward Bear, bapt 1807, bur 1843.
.......I5    James Bear, bapt 1809, bur 1868.
             married
             Lydia Davy nee Goll.
             and had children
........H1    Ann Bear, bapt 1834, bur 1902.
              married
              Green.
........H2    Richard Bear, bapt 1836, bur 1903.
              married
              M,ary Howell.
........H3    Sarah Bear, bapt 1839.
              married
              Nicholls.
........H3    Sarah Bear, bapt 1839.
              married
              Dickerson.
........H4    Edmund Bear, bapt 1841, bur 1842.
........H5    Edmund Bear, bapt 1843, bur 1924.
              married
              Green.
........H6    Mary Bear, bapt 1845, of Stoke Ferry.
........H7    Robert Bear, bapt 1847, of Bournemouth.
........H8    Martha Bear, bapt 1849, bur 1850.
........H9    Matthew Bear, bapt 1851, in Army.
........H10   James Bear, bapt 1853, of Narborough.
........H11   John or Jonathen Bear, bapt 1854.
........H12   Holman Bear, bapt 1856, of Lincoln.
.......I6    Ann Bear, bapt 1812.
.......I7    William Bear, bapt 1814.
.......I8    Robert Bear, bapt 1815, bur 1838.
.......I9    Martha Bear, bapt 1818, bur 1897.
......J7    Anne Bear, bapt 1784.
......J8    Elizabeth Bear, bapt 1789.
.....K4    Elizabeth Bear, bapt 1741.
.....K5    William Bear.
....L5    William Bear, bapt 1705.





....L1    Simon Bear.
          married 1751 Alderton
          Mary Girling, bur? 1781 Kirton.
          and had child
.....K1    John Bear, of Foxhall 1777, bur 1812 Kirton aged 63.
           married 1777 Martlesham
           Ann Cooke, of Foxhall 1777, bur 1811 Kirton aged 54, dau of
             William and Ann Cook.
           and had children
......J1    Mary Ann Bear, bapt 1778 Brightwell and Foxhall, bur 1779
              Bucklesham.
......J2    John Bear, bapt 1778 Bucklesham, bur 1780 Bucklesham.
......J3    William Bear, bapt 1780 Bucklesham, of Hemley 1808, bur 1849
              aged 70.
            married 1808 Falkenham
            Elizabeth Vesey of Kirton, bur 1878 Kirton aged 99.
            and had children
.......I1    Sarah B, aged 38 and unmarried in 1841?.
.......I2    Elizabeth Bear, bapt 1809 Kirton.
.......I3    William Bear, born and bapt 1812 Kirton.
             possibly married 1832 Falkenham, wit Amilia Pinkney and John
               Dickenson
             Jemima Pinkney.
......J4    Robert Bear, bapt 1782 Bucklesham.
            possibly married 1817 Long Melford???????????
            Sarah Aylward.
            and had child
.......I1    Robert Bear,born 1823 Long Melford.
             married Poslingford
             Mary Ann Goodchild.
......J5    John (Cook) Bear, bapt 1784 Bucklesham, labourer sawyer
              butcher? thatcher, bur 1854 Falkenham.
            married 1806 Great Wakering
            Elizabeth (at marriage at birth of dau Mary and at death) or
               Rebeccah (at birth of children) Moseberry, born 1784 Great
               Wakering, bur 1857.
            and possibly had children
.......I1    Anne Bear.
             married 1829 Falkenham, wit Ruth Bear and John Blomfield.
             William Rush.
             and probably had children
........H1    William Rush, bur 1835 Falkenham aged 9m.
.......I2    Elizabeth Bear.
             married 1830c Kirton, wit Ruth Bear and John Blomfield.
             Jeremiah Rosbrook of Trimley St Martin.
.......I3    Charlotte Bear.
             mar 1834 Falkenham, wit Ann Rush? and John Blomfield.
             James Fulcher.
......J5    John (Cook) Bear, bapt 1784 Bucklesham, labourer sawyer
              butcher? thatcher, bur 1854 Falkenham.
            married 1806 Great Wakering
            Elizabeth (at marriage at birth of dau Mary and at death) or
               Rebeccah (at birth of children) Moseberry, born 1784 Great
               Wakering, bur 1857 Kirton.
            and had children
.......I4    Mary Mosberry Bear, born 1812, bapt 1812 Kirton.
             probably married 1830 Trimley St Martin, wit Ann Rush and
               Jeremiah Rosbrook.
             John Finch, labourer
             and had children
........H1    Mary Ann Mosebury Finch, born c1832, bur 1926.
              married 1852 St Mary Lambeth her cousin see below
              James Bare, born c1828, engine driver, bur 1902 Kirton aged
                74.
              and had children
.........G1    James Daniel Bare, born 1854 Naylesford, bur 1940 Dartford.
               had son
..........F1    Stuart Bare, engine fitter.
..........F2    Jessica Ethel Bare, born 1892.
                married 1944 Kirton
                Percy Frederick Finch, born 1893, bricklayer of St Mar
                  Trimley, son of George Frederick Finch. 
.........G2    John Robert Bare, born 1857 Dartford.
.........G3    William Moseberry Bare, born 1859 Swanscombe Dartford.
.........G4    Frederick Thomas Bare, born 1861 Dartford, died 1942 of East
                 Malling, will to William Buckhurst.
.........G5    Mary Ann Bare, born 1863 Dartford.
               married
               ? Martin
........H1    Mary Ann Mosebury Finch, born c1832, bur 1926 aged 94.
              married St Mary Lambeth her cousin see below
              James Bare, born c1828, engine driver, bur 1902 Kirton aged
                74.
              and possibly had children
.........G6    Harriet Bare, born c1870, not in fathers will.
               married 1894 Kirton
               William Francis Saxby, born c1867, son of Robert Saxby.
.........G7    Emily Bare, born c1875, not in fathers will.
               married 1898 Kirton
               William Arthur Savin, born c1877, son of Thomas Savin of
                 Waldringfield.
.......I5    Ruth Bear, born 1813 bapt 1827 Falkenham.
.......I6    William Bear, born 1815, bapt 1827 Falkenham.
.......I7    Thomas Bear, born 1816, bapt 1827 Falkenham.
.......I8    Simon Bear, bur 1822 Falkenham aged 4.
.......I9    Sarah Bear, born 1819, bapt 1827 Falkenham.
.......I10   Susan Bear, born 1822, bapt 1826 Falkenham.
             mar 1848 Tuddenham and Falkenham wit Robert Capon and Sarah
               Capon.
             James Banks son of Samuel Banks.
             and had child
........H1    Rosetta Mowsberry Banks, born 1850 Woodbridge.
.......I11   Hannah Bear, born 1824, bapt 1825 Falkenham, bur? 1825
               Falkenham.
.......I12   Joseph Bear, born 1825, bapt 1827 Falkenham, wood sawyer, died
               1878.
             married 1852 Ipswich
             Emma Podd, born 1829 Ipswich, servant.
             and had children
........H1    Joseph Partridge Bear, born 1852 died 1922 aged 70.
              married
              Ellen.
........H2    Emma Bear, born 1854.
........H3    Eliza Bear, born 1856.
........H4    Sarah (Capon) Bear, born 1858 Ipswich, of 5 East Court
                Ipswich.
              married 1878 Ipswich Register Office wit Charles Caesmoke and
                Agnes Pinner
              Joseph Pinner, nee Cutting, born 27.3.1855 Lower Orwell
                Street Ipswich, quaylabourer and fireman.
              and had children
........H5    John Bear, born 1860
........H6    Robert Capon Bear, born 1861, died 1932 Dovercourt aged 70.
              married
              Margaret.
              and had children
.........G1    Robert Capon Bear.
.........G2    John Bear.
........H7    John Cook Bear, born 1864 Ipswich.
......J6    James Bear, bapt 1787 Bucklesham, butcher thatcher ag lab, bur
              1860 aged 76 Kirton.
            married 1809 Flakenham
            Elizabeth Scott, born c1784 Blacksell.
            and had children
.......I1    Elizabeth Bear, born 1810, bapt 1819 Falkenham.
.......I2    Maria Bear, bapt 1813 Kirton.
.......I3    Robert Bear, bapt 1815 Kirton, ag lab, bur 1895.
             married 1843 Kirton
             Emily Cooper, born c1820, bur 1900, dau of Joseph Cooper.
             and had children
........H1    Herbert Bear, born c1844.
........H2    Samuel Bear, born c1846 Kirton, labourer.
              married 1866 Kirton
              Mary Ann Cauler dau of William Cauler.
              and had children
.........G1    Joseph Bear, born c1874, labourer.
               married 1897 Falkenham
               Catherine Gardiner dau of James Gardiner. 
               and had children
..........F1    Robert William B born 1899 bur 1900 Kirton.
.........G1    Joseph Bear, born c1874, labourer.
               married 1897 Falkenham
               Catherine Gardiner dau of James Gardiner.
               and possibly had children
..........F2    Florence Maud B born 1911 (dau of Joseph Albert Bear decd).
                married 1937 Kirton, wit M C B and M C W.
                Bertie Albert Whyard.
.........G2    Emily Elizabeth Bear, born c1878.
               married 1899 Kirton
               Sidney Edward Self, born c1876, son of Edward Self.
........H3    Susan Bear, born c1848 Kirton.
........H4    John Bear, born 1851 Kirton, ag lab.
........H5    James Bear, born c1856 Kirton.
........H6    Elizabeth Bear, born c1857 Kirton.
              mar 1879 Falkenham
              Mark Forsdyke, born c1856, son of Thomas Forsdyke.
.......I4    James Bear, born c1816, labourer, bur 1898 Kirton aged 81.
             married Kirton
             Sarah Adams dau of Edward Adams.
               called Annah at birth of her children????????????????
               called Hannah at her death in 1852 aged 32
             and had children
........H1    Mary Ann Bear, born and bapt 1843 Kirton.
........H2    Sarah Bear, born and bapt 1844 Kirton.
              possibly married1866 Kirton
              William Chessington lab, son of James Chessington.
........H3    James Bear, born and bapt 1845 Kirton.
.......I5    Mary Bear, bapt 1819 Kirton.
.......I6    Benjamin Bear, born c1824 Kirton, labourer carpenter thatcher.
             married 1854 Kirton
             Rebekah Mays, born c1824, bur 1901 Kirton aged 77, dau of John
               Mays.
             and had children
........H1    Alfred Bear, born c1850, bapt 1856 Kirton.
........H2    Walter Bear, born c1852 Kirton, ag lab.
........H3    Arthur Bear, born c1854, bapt 1856 Kirton, ag lab.
........H4    Benjamin Bear, bapt 1856 Kirton, ag lab, bur 1895 Kirton.
........H5    Albert Bear, bapt 1857 and bur 1859 Kirton.
........H6    Herbert Bear, bapt 1859 Kirton.
              possibly married Hemley
              Elizabeth Ann Rudd.
              and possibly had dau
.........G1    Mabel Jane Bear, born 1892.
               married 1917 Kirton
               John Merchant, born 1888, son of Edward Merchant.
........H7    Albert Bear, bapt 1861 Kirton.
              married 1889 Kirton
              Ellen Disbrey dau of Joseph Disbury.
              and possibly had children
.........G1    Lillie Elizabeth Rebecca Bear, born c1903, (dau of Albert
                 Benjamin Bear.
               married 1933 Kirton
               Frederick Willliam Vincent, born c1898, son of Robert
                 Vincent.
........H8    Julia Bear, born c1883 Kirton, bapt 1865.
              married 1884 Kirton
              William Haylewood son of William Haylewood.
........H9    Alice Bear, born c1866 Kirton.
........H10   Frederick Bear, born c1868 Kirton.
.......I7    John Bear, bapt c1828 Kirton, hurdlemaker carpenter.
             married 1860 Kirton, wit Mary Ann Crockson
             Hannah Earthroll, born c1831 Kirton, died London, bur 1898
               Kirton aged 68, will to dau Matilda and son James, dau of
               James Earthroll.
             and had children
........H1    Elizabeth Ann Bear, bapt 1861 Kirton.
........H2    Sarah Ann Bear, bapt 1862 Kirton bur 1878 Kirton.
........H3    Matilda Bear, bapt 1866 Kirton, unmarried 1898.
........H4    Ellen Bear, bapt 1868 Kirton died 1928 Waldringfield.
              married 1899 Kirton
              Alfred Tuckwell, born 1873 Raydon, carrier tennant farmer,
                died 1955 Waldringfield.
              and had child
.........G1    Alfred Edgar Tuckwell, born 1903 Waldringfield.
               married
               Edith Lilian May White.
               and had child
..........F1    Miriam Ann Tuckwell, born 1948 London.
                married 1979 London
                Martin John Ellis, born 1943 London. 
........H5    John Scott Bear, bapt 1870 Kirton.
........H6    James Earthroll Bear, bapt 1876 Kirton, retired engineer
                1898, bur 1944 Waldringfield, will.
              married 1909 Kirton
              Flora Victoria Runnicles, born c1879 dau of Robert Runnicles.
              and had child
.........G1    Winnie Bear.
               married
               William Gilbert
......J6    James Bear, bapt 1787 Bucklesham, butcher ag lab, bur 1860 
              Kirton.
            married 1809 Falkenham
            Elizabeth Scott, born c1784 Blacksell.
            and possibly had children
.......I8    Lucy Bear.
             married Kirton
             William Howes son of Benjamin Howes
.......I9    Sarah Anne Bear.
             mar 1835
             William Crockson.
             and had children
........H1    Mary Ann Crockson, born 1838 Tackenham.
......J7    Charlotte Bear, bapt 1788 Bucklesham.
......J8    Lionel Bear, bapt 1791 Kirton, ag lab, bur 1856 aged 64.
            married 1810 Bucklesham
            Hannah Parr of Bucklesham, born c1792, bur 1874 aged 82.
            and had children
.......I1    Charlotte Bear, born c1811 Bucklesham, of Kirton unmarried
               1851.
.......I2    William Bear, bapt 1814 Kirton.
.......I3    George Bear, bapt 1816 Kirton.
.......I4    Sarah Anne Bear, bapt 1821 Kirton, of Walton, bur 1849 Kirton.
.......I5    Emma Bear, born 1823, bapt 1829 Kirton.
.......I6    Phoebe Bear, born c1826, bapt Kirton.
.......I7    Robert Bear, born c1828, lab.
......J9    Joseph Bear, bapt 1794 Kirton, carpenter, bur 1865 aged 72.
            married firstly 1819 Kirton, wit John Blomfield
            Elizabeth Studd, bur 1828 Kirton aged 35.
            and had children
.......I1    Robert Bear, bapt 1820 Kirton, lab.
.......I2    Simon Bear, bapt 1826 Kirton.
......J9    Joseph Bear, bapt 1794 Kirton, carpenter, bur 1865 aged 72.
            married secondly 1832 Kirton
            Honour Heare, born c1795 Rendham.
.......I3    Thomas Bear, born c1833 Kirton.
......J10   Daniel Bear, born and 1797 Kirton.
......J11   Daniel Bear, born 1798, bapt 1812 Kirton, labourer, bur 1844
              aged 47.
            married 1823 Kirton
            Louisa Canham, born c1799 Kirton, married secondly 1848 Samuel
              Plant.
            and had children
.......I1    Mary Anne Bear, bapt 1824 Kirton.
.......I2    Charlotte Bear, cborn 1826, bapt 1827 Kirton.
             married Kirton
             Anthony King son of Anthony King.
.......I3    James Bare, born c1828, engine driver, bur 1902 Kirton aged
               74.
             married 1852 St Mary Lambeth his cousin
             Mary Ann Mosebury Finch, born c1832, bur 1926, see above.
.......I4    Samuel Bear, born c1831, bur 1846 Kirton.
.......I5    Mary Anne Bear, born c1834, probably bur 1844 Kirton.
.......I6    Emma Bear, born c1835, of Walton 1851.
......J12   Lucy Bear, bapt 1800 Kirton.
......J13   Sarah Bear, bapt 1803, bapt 1812 Kirton.
....L1    Simon Bear.
          married 1751 Alderton
          Mary Girling, bur? 1781 Kirton.
          and possibly had child
.....K2    Thomas Bear, bur 1828 Falkenham aged 72.





.......I1    Susan Bear of Shotley, bur 1886 Kirton aged 61.
.......I1    Elizabeth Bear, bur 1902 Falkenham aged 65.
.......I1    William Bear, bur 1852 Kirton aged 30.
.......I1    Emma Bear of Walton, bur 1853 Kirton aged 24.





.......I1    Robert Bear, born c1824 Kirton, grocer and gardiner, of
               Waldringfield 1871.
             married
             Susan, born c1827 Kirton..
             and had children
........H1    Eliza Bear, bapt 1859 Kirton.
........H2    Thomas Bear, bapt 1859 Kirton.
........H3    Frederick Bear, bapt 1862 Kirton, bur 1863 Kirton.
........H4    Frederick Bear, bapt 1865 Kirton.





........H1    William George Bear of Kirton, will 1943 to Joseph Bear.
........H1    Annie Eugenie Bear of Kirton, will 1950 to Herbert Charles
                Bear.
........H1    Annie Mary Bear of Felixstowe, will 1960 to husband Walter
                William Bear.
........H1    Ernest Henry Bear of Felixstowe, will 1965 to Edith Kate
                Bear.
........H1    Walter William of Felixstowe, will 1973.


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