Individual Details

I have never really tried to discover more about Betsey.

She probably belongs in this family:

1 May 1826 James Lear issued a land patent from the land office in Palmyra for 18.12 acres in the SW 1/4 of Section 30, Twp 57N, Range 5W
and a second patent to John Lear on the same date for 80 acres, the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4, Section 14, T58N, R5W.
Land patent was issued to William B. Lear, in Marion Co. on 1 Mar 1832. 80 acres. The E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 28, Twp 57N, Range 6W.

The 1827 tax list for Marion County includes a John Lear.


A John Lear married Nancy Beckett, 24 Apr 1834, Marion Co MO. She is said to have been the daughter of John Beckett and Nancy Frye and she died ca 1840.
A John Lear, died 23 May 1847 and was buried Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Marion Co.

Birth	3 Oct 1797	Kentucky
Marriage	10 Jan 1822	Ralls County, Missouri - ABRAHAM KELLAR FRY
Death	Ca 1825

Spouse

ABRAHAM KELLAR FRY (1797 - 1860)

Father	Thomas More Lear (1769 - 1833)
Mother	Mary "Polly" Fagan (1777 - 1865)
Sibling	William Branson Lear (1794 - 1862)
Sibling	Nancy Lear (1796 - 1874)
Sibling	John More Lear (1799 - 1847)
Sibling	James Lear (1801 - 1852)
Sibling	Fanny Lear (1804 - 1833)
Sibling	Susannah "Susan" Lear (1806 - 1884)
Sibling	Lavina Lear (1808 - 1877)
Sibling	Zachariah Lear (1812 - 1886)
Sibling	Thomas T. Lear (1815 - 1880)
Sibling	Jesse M. Lear (1816 - 1865)
Sibling	Oliver Hazard Perry Lear (1818 - 1876)
Sibling	Mary Lear (1821 - 1832)