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Where did the English Bear family come from? What is the English Bear family crest and coat of arms? When did the Bear family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Bear family history?
The name Bear has a long Anglo-Saxon heritage. The name comes from when a family lived in Devon, where they took their name from one of the many places named Bear, Beare, Beara, etc., found in that county. The surname is likely to be derived from the Old English word bearu, which means grove. Several early instances of that name are in the form le beare, or the bear, from the Old English bera.
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- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Bear have been found, including Beare, Bear, Beer, Bere, Beares, Bears, Beers and many more.First found in Devon where there are two places on the banks of Tamar called Beer-Alston and Beer-Ferris. In Dorset, place names include Beer- Hacket and Beer-Regis. [1] The earliest reference of the name was in Devon where it was listed as Bera in the Domesday Book [2]
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bear research. Another 239 words(17 lines of text) covering the years 1207 and 1684 are included under the topic Early Bear History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Bear. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Bear, or a variant listed above:
Bear Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- George Bear, who arrived in Virginia in 1702
- Win Bear, who arrived in Virginia in 1715
- Hans Jacob Bear, aged 17, landed in Pennsylvania in 1730
- Anna Maria Bear, aged 43, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1730
- Hendrick Bear, aged 6, landed in Pennsylvania in 1730
Bear Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Peter Bear, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1848
- Charles Bear, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1851
- John Bear, who landed in America in 1853
- Eustaquio Bear, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1884
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- Gregory Dale Bear (b. 1951), American science fiction author
- Elizabeth Bear (b. 1971), American fiction author, winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and winner of the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story
- Danny Little Bear (1926-1991), American professional wrestler
- Anthony Bear, Professor of Cybernetics at Manchester University
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- The Genealogy of Henry Baer (also Bear Family) of Leacock, Pennsylvania by Willis Nissley Baer.
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- ^ Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- ^ Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Other References- Humble, Richard. The Fall of Saxon England. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-88029-987-8).
- Mills, A.D. Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4).
- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
- Shaw, William A. Knights of England A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of all the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, Ireland and Knights Bachelors 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print. (ISBN 080630443X).
- Innes, Thomas and Learney. The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland 1st Edition. Edinburgh: W & A. K. Johnston Limited, 1938. Print.
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Lennard, Reginald. Rural England 1086-1135 A Study of Social and Agrarian Conditions. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. Print.
- Hitching, F.K and S. Hitching. References to English Surnames in 1601-1602. Walton On Thames: 1910. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0181-3).
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
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