1George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage and Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. 2, p. 537 (1909).
"(I) George Speere (Spere, Spear and Speare, in the old records) was made freeman at Boston, Massachusetts, May 29, 1644. He soon settled in that part of Braintree, Massachusetts, which is now called Quincy. Here he built a home of great solidity, helped in scores of ways in making the town life strong and progressive, and reared a family in such a careful manner that its influence has been felt very widely in our country. In his old age he removed to New Dartmouth, which is now known as Pemaquid, Maine, where he was probably killed by Indians. "He was progenitor of that numerous race that settled in all parts of America." His wife Mary was a woman of noble and helpful character. One of his sons, Ebenezer, married Rachel Deering, and was great-grandfather of the Ebenezer Spear who was born at Braintree, January 12, 1750, and who died in Litchfield, Maine, March 18, 1821, having first settled in Wells, Maine, and then removed to Litchfield about 1787. He was ancestor of that large and influential line of descendants of which Maine has long been so justly proud.".
1William Richard Cutter and William Frederick Adams, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Vol. 4, p. 2376 (1910).
"HEATH William Heath, immigrant ancestor, embarked in London, England, in the ship "Lion," and arrived in Boston, September 16, 1632. He settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was accompanied by his wife Mary and five children, one of whom may have been Mary Spear, daughter of his second wife by a former husband. He took the oath of allegiance and was admitted a freeman, March 4, 1633. He was a deputy to the general court in 1634-37-39-40-41 and 42, and in 1645 for Dover. He had a brother Bartholomew who came over in the same ship and settled in Salisbury, New Hampshire, and a brother Isaac, called "Elder Heath," who came over in the ship "Hopewell," in 1634 and settled in Roxbury. William heath died May 29, 1652. He made his will the day before he died. His wife Mary (second wife) died December 15, 1659. The entry after his name on the church records, made by the Apostle Eliot, reads: "An able, Godly and faithful brother." Children: 1. Mary Spear, probably his second wife's daughter by her first husband. 2. Isaac, mentioned below. 3. Hannah. 4. Mary. 5. Peleg, married Susannah King; died November, 1671.".