"Ebenezer Spear, son of George Spear, was born at Braintree, Massachusetts, August 3. 1654. He was a farmer in Braintree. He died March 27, 1719. He married, July 16, 1679, Rachel Deering. Children, born at Braintree: Ebenezer, born June 24, 1680; Mary, June 10, 1682; Samuel, May 18, 1684; Rachel, April 10, 1686; Joseph...; Nathaniel, May 18, 1693; Abigail, November 7, 1695; Benjamin, February 12, 1699; Deering, November 6, 1700."