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Personal data Peter Weare, Pioneer of Maine 

• He was born on December 14, 1618 in Charfield, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England.Sources 2, 4, 6, 7, 8
• Resident:
• Maine.Source 3
• Maine, Verenigde Staten.Source 5
• He died on January 25, 1691 in York Village, York County, Maine, United States of America, he was 72 years old.Sources 2, 4, 6, 7, 8
• A child of Peter Weare and Sarah Felt

Household of Peter Weare, Pioneer of Maine

(1) He is married to Mary Puddington (Purrington).

They got married in the year 1665 at York, Maine, he was 46 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Daniel Weare  1666-1736
2. Elias Weare  1672-1707
3. Sarah Weare  1675-1729

(2) He is married to Ruth Gooch.

They got married in the year 1644 at York, York, Maine, United States, he was 25 years old.Source 6

Child(ren):

1. Mary Weare  1645-1676 
2. Elizabeth Weare  1646-1709
3. Hannah Weare  1648-1696
4. Phebe Weare  1650-1724
5. Peter Weare  1650-1723
6. Nathaniel Weare  1652-1657
7. Ruth Weare  1653-1745

Notes about Peter Weare, Pioneer of Maine

1638 Peter noted was at Great Works, Kittery. He came from
Charfield, Gloucester, England. It is assumed he was about 20 years old then.

1638 Peter was employed in traffic of furs and later in lucrative business. He and Thomas Brookes, alias Mr. Basil Parker, a London haderdasher, bought land of John Wilcox on the Asbenbedick River

1640 Resident of Great Works, York. He was associated with Basil Parker, a London haberdasher, in the property at Great Works. Parker, alias Thomas Brookes, was an agent for the Shrewsbury Merchants, who owned land in NH and had connections in Bristol, Gloucestershire.

1643 He was one of the first settlers of York, ME.

1650 he acquired a lot north of Cape Neddick River ,York, which became the Weare's homestead for years. This land probably was of the land grant granted by Mr. Godfrey of 100 acres

22 Nov 1652 Freeman Kittery, York,

1653-1671 Selectman of York.

1654-1673 Town Clerk York, York.

1655 Clerk of Writs

1659 Peter represented York in their local Legislature.

1660 Representative Elected Kittery, York.

1668-70 He was commissioned as Recorder to the General Court

4 Dec 1678 Oath of Allegiance Hampton, Rockingham, NH

1685 Peter went to London as executor of his brothers,Thomas's, will.

25 Jan 1691/2 killed by Indians in York.

18 Apr 1692 probate York, York:
This was actually an estate inventory.

Peter had some disabling condition that made him a "cripple".

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