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Captain Joseph Shearer, Sr

Male 1731 - 1776  (45 years)

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  • Name Joseph Shearer  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Title Captain 
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 1731  Londonderry, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    DAR Number A102297  [1] 
    Fact 1 Contributed land for Newside Church 
    Will 6 Oct 1748  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Witness to Will of Robert Montgomery 
    Military Abt 1776  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Burial 1776  Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    • Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard
    Death 1 Dec 1776  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10] 
    Person ID I12229  MontyHistNotes_2014
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Family 1 Mary McCracken 
    Family ID F7787  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Family 2 Mary McClure,   b. 1733, Pulaski, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 6 Feb 1749  [1] 
    Children 
     1. William Shearer,   b. Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Catherine Shearer,   b. Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Joseph Shearer, Jr,   b. Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Richard Shearer,   b. Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Mary Shearer,   b. 1754, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1805, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. Samuel B Shearer, Sr,   b. 1755, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1821, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >7. Jean Shearer,   b. 1 Jan 1756, Cecil County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1811, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. John Shearer,   b. 1757, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1822 (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F4696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1731 - Londonderry, Northern Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Witness to Will of Robert Montgomery - 6 Oct 1748 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Abt 1776 - Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1776 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Dec 1776 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S995] DAR Ancestor A102297, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Joseph Shearer.

    2. [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Capt Joseph Sherer
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=71086475&indiv=try

    3. [S4030] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Volume: 307.
      Record for Captain Joseph Sherer
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=1262533&indiv=try

    4. [S4030] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Volume: 243.
      Record for Joseph Sheirer
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=594639&indiv=try

    5. [S3739] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Land Warrants, 1733-1987, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Joseph Shearer
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=PALandWarrants&h=117701&indiv=try

    6. [S89] Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA;), cemtery.interment.pdf Suburb also called Paxtang Also known as Old Paxtang Presbyterian Meeting House Cemetery.

    7. [S319] Montgomery, Robert, Will of Robert Montgomery 1748, (Name: Location: Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 15 Nov 1748;;), Wills, Lancaster County, Will Book A-1, p. 158.

    8. [S215] American Revolutionary War, (Name: Date: 1775-1783;;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.

    9. [S438] Oberholser, Connie et al, Notes about Robert Montgomery, (Name: Location: Pennsylvania, USA; Date: Jan 2010;;), Connie posted these notes on ancestry.com; it includes a compliationof informaton from Bob Sink, Don Maring, and Clark Montgomery.

    10. [S266] Bumbaugh, Dorothy transcriber, Historical Review of Dauphin County, (Name: Name: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Transcription Projec;Location: Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Date: 2000;;), Chapter 6 http://maley.net/transcription/.



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