The Earliest record of the Gear Family in the Merriott Parish Registers:
Marriage: 16 June 1767 John Gear and Susannah Hallett
Baptism 6 December 1771 Sarah of John & Susannah Gear
Baptism 15 April 1774 Betty of John & Susannah Gear
Baptism 28 July 1777 John of John & Susannah Gear
Records to 1814
| MARRIAGE/ PARENTS | BAPTISM OF CHILDREN | |
| 3 June 1779 Ann Gear & Ellis (Elias) Young |
26 September 1779 Elias 22 August 1784 Ann 22 July 1787 Elizabeth 5 July 1789 John |
24 June 1792 Edith 8 October 1795 Edith 24 December 1797 Mary |
| 21 July 1794 Betty Gear & William Otway/Oatway |
None listed in Merriott records | |
| 18 October 1806 John Gear & Sarah French; witness: Josias French | 8 January 1808 Charles 12 January 1809 Anna Eliza |
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| 18 January 1790 Mary Gear & Samuel Lawrence | See Lawrence page | |
| Sarah Gear | 12 February 1799 Asenah, BC | |
| 8 October 1798 Thomas Gear & Mary Eames; witness: John Gear. Thomas is noted as a Publican on the 1814 baptism of Robert Eames Gear. |
6 January 1802 John 6 January 1802 Thomas 3 June 1802 Susanna 9 March 1804 Sarah |
5 January 1806 Eliza 8 January 1808 Anna 26 January 1810 John 16 January 1814 Robert Eames GEAR |
| Thomas & Susanna Gear (marriage not in Merriott records) |
30 September 1792 Sarah 23 March 1794 Mary Burial 2 April 1790 Thomas of Thomas & Susannah Gear |
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BURIALS till 1812
Burial 17 February 1797 Susanna Gear
Burial 9 May 1797 Susanna Gear
Burial 12 February 1799 Sarah Gear
Burial 9 March 1802 Elizabeth Gear
Burial 2 June 1803 John Gear
Burial 16 August 1810 Anna Gear
Burial 23 February 1811 John Gear
MARRIAGES from 1812 – 1891
| DATE | YEAR | FORENAME | SURNAME | SPOUSE | SIGNED? | ABODE | WITNESS |
| 25 April | 1821 | Mary | GEAR | Robert BRAGGE | Yes | Merriott | F. Eames |
| 25 April | 1821 | Robert | BRAGGE | Mary GEAR | No | Chard | Susan Gear |
| 7 March | 1822 | Sarah | GEAR | Samuel LAWRENCE | Yes | Merriott | Unreadable |
| 7 March | 1822 | Samuel | LAWRENCE | Sarah GEAR | Yes | Merriott | ?Richd Lacey |
| 23 Feb | 1837 | Eliza | GEAR | Robert LAWRENCE | Yes | Merriott | S. Gear |
| 28 Feb | 1837 | Robert | LAWRENCE | Eliza GEAR | Yes | Merriott | Samuel Lawrence |
| 27 Jun | 1837 | Sarah | GEAR | Nicholas TRUSCOTT | Yes | Merriott | Eliza Lawrence |
| 27 Jun | 1837 | Nicholas | TRUSCOTT | Sarah GEAR | Yes | Merriott | Robert Lawrence |
BAPTISMS from 1815 – 1875 (limit of records)
14 January 1866 George of Thomas & Flora Gear; abode: Beadons Lane, Merriott; Occupation of Thomas: Carpenter. George: Born 8 Nov 1865; J Higgin Evans, vicar
BURIALS 1812 – 1952
16 March 1813 Asenath? Gear 14 Merriott J. H. Price, Vicar
8 December 1814 Thomas Gear 47 Merriott J. H. Price, Vicar
29 July 1816 Susanna Gear 80 Merriott J. H. Price, Vicar
20 January 1835 Thomas Gear 33 Merriott Charles Tucker, curate
20 September 1851 Mary Gear 75 Merriott; died Sep. 11 Joseph Cross, Vicar
30 April 1951 Thomas Henry Gear 63 Great Fields, Merriott. Leslie J Groves, Methodist Minister
15 March 1952 Bessie Gear 78 Great Fields, Merriott. Leslie J Groves, Methodist Minister
MARRIAGES 1892 – 1924:
nil
MERRIOTT CENSUSES – COMBINED 1841 1851 1861 1871 1891 1901 & 1911
| YEAR | REF | ABODE | NAME, AGE, (etc), OCCUPATION, WHERE BORN (Y= Somerset) |
| 1841 | 30 | Church Street | Mary GEAR aged 60, Inn Keeper, Y |
| 1851 | 338 072 | Higher Street | Mary GEAR, Head, Widow aged 75; Innkeeper, born Somerset, Ilminster? |
See also Innkeepers page