James Stares Spearing The father of eight illegitimate children to five different women over a period of forty four years-the last born when he was 74 years old, son of James Spearing and Elizabeth Stares.
The Harvey left London on the 5 January 1825 under Captain Daniel Peache (formerly of the ship Britomart) ; arrived at Hobart Town on 2 May and arrived Sydney on the 18 June 1825. Included in the passenger list John [sic]Spearing and two children.
At the beginning of the voyage she was delayed for a month because of bad weather and was obliged to return to Plymouth.
The agents were Jones and Walker, Hunter-street, Sydney
James Stare Spearing married Harriet Overington at St.James Church, Sydney on 26 February 1827. upon her marriage she received 1920 acres of land held in trust.
LANDS. 597. R. Campbell and C. Campbell, in trust, 1920 acres, at Wollongong, Camden; promised to Miss H. Overington, now Mrs. Spearing, on the 3rd March, 1827
The Sydney Gazette, Saturday 4 June 1836
Promised by Sir Ralph Darling 3d March. 1827,
to Harriet Overington, now the wife of Mr. James
Stares Spearing, and possession authorised as a primary grant on 29th September 1827, but at whose request the Deed is now advertised for Col. Leahy,
Quit-rent £16 sterling per annum, commencing 1st January 1835.
Mount Keira land grants

I should add that Spearing was 45 when he arrived.
He returned to England in 1837.
He sold Paulsgrove for 6,000 pounds.

Alfred Spearing
Son of Thomas Spearing.
NSW.BDM 15053/1949 SPEARING ALFRED THOMAS SYDNEY
Newcastle Morning Herald ,Tuesday 6 September 1949
Man Crushed Against Wall, Killed
SYDNEY, Monday.
A man was killed when he was crushed
against a 'brick 'wall by a motor
semi-trailer at the Colonial Sugar
Refinery works, Pyrmont, to-day.
He was Alfred Spearing, 38. married. of Lancaster-street. West Ryde,
The accident occurred in a narrow lane; which has many curves.
The semi-trailer swung around one of these curves, and the driver
failed to see Spearing.
Thomas Samuel Spearing 1860-1915

Hi
I believe James Stares Spearing was the son of James Spearing and Elizabeth READ - not Elizabeth STARES. James Spearing snr was the son of Daniel Spearing and Ann STARES. James Spearing and Elizabeth READ married at Wickham, Hampshire in 1777.
I am interested in a Mathew Spearing who is a descendant I think from James Stares Spearing to whom I have dna links to - he had a child Ellen Ann to Fanny Dyer in Carisbrooke in 1854 - who gave her father's name as Mathew Spearing when she married Richard Warlow in 1873.

Hi,
Thank you for that information. It is very interesting.
We could not find a connection to Alfred Spearing to James Spearing.
We are still interested in James Spearing as he lived on Mt Keira which is near where our family lived.

Hi,
Thank you for that information. It is very interesting.
We could not find a connection to Alfred Spearing to James Spearing.
We are still interested in James Spearing as he lived on Mt Keira which is near where our family lived.

I am the great x 4 granddaughter of Sophia Jacobs Spearing, out of wedlock daughter of James Stares Spearing. I agree that Alfred Spearing is not likely to be connected. James brought Sophia as a teenager to Australia along with his other out of wedlock son, Marcus Nobbs Spearing, 10 years of age. I have a website on the family but it needs editing and revision and I will post details when updated. It is quite a saga. James had four additional children upon retirement back on Isle of Wight by two Dyer sisters, his servants, as was his wont. One daughter being born whilst his wife Harriet lay ailing.

Paulsgrove by Lorraine Neate is a very good edition and can be purchased.