I'm an English and history double major at Colby College in Maine, and I've been doing extensive research on my genealogy throughout the past three years. The following shows the primary surnames that I am interested in, the places where my branches of these families lived, and the approximate date to which I've traced each branch.

LEAR: Northport ME, Portsmouth NH, Devon ENG - 1600
PARSONS: Brewer ME, Harbour Grace NF - 1845
AVERY: Brewer & Unity ME, New York NY - 1831
HATFIELD: Orrington ME, Arcadia & Yarmouth NS, Elizabethtown NJ, Leyden HOL, York ENG - 1563
BATCHELDER: Prospect ME, Hampton NH, ENG - 1561
EATON: Deer Isle ME, Salisbury MA, ENG - 1500
SHUTE: Bain Harbour NF, Burnt Island NF - 1860s
TOLMAN: Lincoln ME, MA, ENG - 1580s
PROCTOR - 1546
TINGLEY: NB, Attleboro MA, ENG - 1500s
TRUEWORTHY/TREWORGY - 1500s
JOHNSON - 1500s
NOEL: Harbour Grace NF, Wales, ENG - 1801
SMITH: Bain Harbour NF - 1866
SHORT: Bangor ME, Newbury MA, ENG - 1580
SKINNER: Lansing & Windsor MI, Royalton VT, ENG - 1500s

There's more to come, so stay tuned!

• The Ancestry of Alex Lear (430 KB)
  This is the GEDCOM version of my family tree, going back a thousand years in some branches. The tree is constantly and evolving, for I have a lot more information to add. Stay tuned!

• Abram Marsh Hatfield (1829-1914) (Ancestor #28) (83 KB)
  Abram Marsh Hatfield was my second great-grandfather, born to Jacob and Margaret (Kelley) Hatfield on 29 October 1829 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and died on 24 July 1914 in Arcadia, Nova Scotia. He first married Louisa Pinckney on 1 November 1857 in Yarmouth, and they had four children; after she died in 1866, he married Margaret Reid Short on 31 May 1869 in Lima, Peru, and they had thirteen children. Abram was a well-known sea captain and statesman in Yarmouth.
• Clifford Kaye Hatfield (1883-1971) (Ancestor #14) (37 KB)
  Clifford Kaye Hatfield was my great-grandfather, born to Abram Marsh and Margaret Reid (Short) Hatfield on 25 July 1883 in Arcadia, Nova Scotia, and died on 15 January 1971 in Bangor, Maine. He first married Bessie Rogers on 24 June 1901 in Arcadia, and they had three children; after she died in 1908, he married Olive Fleming Tolman on 14 January 1911 in Orrington, Maine, and they had two children. After moving to Maine and working his way to the top of the Eastern Fine Paper Mill in Bangor from 1902 to 1952, Clifford served as a representative from Orrington in the Maine legislature from 1956 to 1960. Clifford worked hard for the betterment of Orrington, where he spent most of his life.
• William Augustus Lear (1850-1922) (Ancestor #32) (12 KB)
  William Augustus Lear was my third great-grandfather, born to Aaron and Mary J. (Thompson) Lear on 23 February 1850 in Northport, Maine, and died on 2 July 1922 in Belfast, Maine. He married Alfreda Catherine Briggs on 11 September 1869 in Belmont, Maine, and they had two children. William worked as a mason and laborer all of his life.
• Aaron Lear (1820-1886) (Ancestor #64) (30 KB)
  Aaron Lear was my fourth great-grandfather, born to Richard Langdon and Judith (Pinkham) Lear circa 1820 in Northport, Maine, and died on 2 October 1886 in Northport. He married Mary J. Thompson circa 1839 in Northport, and they had three children. Aaron spent his life as a laborer and pauper.
• Henry "Harry" Parsons (1901-1983) (Ancestor #12) (80 KB)
  Henry "Harry" Parsons was my great-grandfather, born to Robert William and Martha (Noel) Parsons on 11 February 1901 in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, and died on 28 December 1983 in Bangor, Maine. He married Jemima Rose Shute on 19 June 1919 in Harbour Grace, and they had four children. Harry worked as a carpenter before and after he and his family immigrated to Maine in 1933.
• Jacob Hatfield (1799-1884) (Ancestor #56) (68 KB)
  Jacob Hatfield, my third great-grandfather, was born to Abraham Marsh and Constantine (Jones) Hatfield on 6 February 1799 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and died on 5 August 1884 in Yarmouth. He married Margaret Kelley on 6 September 1821 in Yarmouth, and they had eleven children; seven of these children were well-known sea captains. Jacob was a sea captain himself and also served as a statesman.
• Margaret Finney (1832-1904) (Ancestor #59) (49 KB)
  Margaret Finney, my third great-grandmother, was born to James and Margaret (Reid) Finney on 29 April 1832 in Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland, and died on 15 August 1904 in Bangor, Maine. She married Captain John Short II on 28 September 1848 in New York City, soon after immigrating to the United States; they had seven children.

• The Lear Family History Report - May 1999 Version (49 KB)
  I wrote this report for my Intro to History class during the spring of 1999. It traces the Lears from their origins in Scandinavia; to Normandy; to Devonshire, England; to Portsmouth, New Hampshire; and to Northport, Maine. I hope that it proves helpful to anyone reading it.

Alex Alan Lear
aalear@mint.net

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