As found in the GenWeb Archives: The Shearer family are of German descent, the orthography of the name having originally been Schearer. John Shearer, the grandfather of Abel K., was a successful farmer in Whitpain Township, Montgomery Co. He married a Miss Weber, whose children were Jacob ***********John (Is this the John who m: Elizabeth ENGARD in 1828? Joseph Benjamin Jesse Margaret (wife of Joseph Knipe) Elizabeth, (married to Joel Sellers.) Jacob, the eldest son, was born in 1794 in Whitpain township, and followed the occupation of his father, a portion of his farm being now embraced in the borough of North Wales. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Knipe, of Gwynedd Township had children, - Catharine (Mrs. Ephraim Neavill) Sophia (Mrs. Edward L. Jones) Euphemia Franklin Isabella (Mrs. George L. Brooks) Amanda (who died in youth) Eliza (Mrs. Jacob L. Weber) John Abel K. Mary (Mrs. H. F. Moyer). Can anyone tell me if this is the John (Jr.) who m: Elizabeth ENGARD in Montgomery Co., PA 1828? Gerre Engard Byrd