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The Descendants of Captain David Bears and Dorcas Whitman
Generation No. 1
1. CAPTAIN DAVID1 BEARS was born October 18, 1796 in Guysborough N.S., and died September 30, 1873 in Murray Harbour Cemetery. He married DORCAS WHITMAN January 16, 1819 in Canso, Guysborough Co. N.S.. She was born March 08, 1800 in Chester, N.S., and died April 18, 1889 in Murray Harbour Cemetery.
Children of CAPTAIN BEARS and DORCAS WHITMAN are:
i. JAMES WHITMAN 18192 BEARS, b. November 20, 1819, Canso, Guysborough Co. N.S..
ii. SARAH ANN 1821 BEARS, b. April 22, 1821, Canso, Guysborough Co. N.S..
iii. DORCAS LETITIA 1822 BEARS, b. October 20, 1822, Canso, Guysborough Co. N.S..
iv. ABRAHAM W. BEARS, b. July 20, 1824, Canso, Guysborough Co. N.S.; d. April 19, 1893, Port Medway, N.S..
v. MERCY CAROLINE BEARS, b. November 27, 1825, Canso, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; d. February 13, 1918, Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Canada.
2. vi. ISAAC ALFRED BEARS, b. October 30, 1827, Nova Scotia; d. Nov 27, 1901, Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Canada.
vii. DAVID ALBERT 1930 BEARS, b. April 06, 1830; d. North River PEI.
viii. REBECCA ELIZ. 1831 BEARS, b. December 04, 1831.
ix. HANNAH ELIZABETH 1833 BEARS, b. July 24, 1833.
x. JOHN FRANCIS 1835 BEARS, b. November 10, 1835; d. S. Boston, Mass.
xi. HENRIETTA JEAN 1838 BEARS, b. September 05, 1838, Murray River, PEI.
xii. HENRY ALELINE 1841 BEARS, b. December 29, 1841, Canso, Guysborough Co. N.S.; d. June 13, 1909.
xiii. GEORGE WHITEFIELD 1844 BEARS, b. February 01, 1844; d. East Boston, Mass.
Generation No. 2
2. ISAAC ALFRED2 BEARS (CAPTAIN DAVID1) was born October 30, 1827 in Nova Scotia, and died May 15, 1901 in Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Canada. He married REBECCA THAMAR MALAY. She was born 1829 in Nova Scotia, and died August 18, 1905 in Prince Edward Island.
Children of ISAAC BEARS and REBECCA MALAY are:
i. JAMES HARRIS 18523 BEARS, b. November 29, 1852, Peters Road PEI; d. 1932, Glen Williams, PEI.
ii. WILLIAM HENRY 1854 BEARS, b. March 22, 1854, Prince Edward Island.
iii. ROSSANNA 1855 BEARS, b. August 17, 1855, Prince Edward Island; d. September 1867.
iv. ISAAC 1856 BEARS, b. November 19, 1856, Prince Edward Island; d. 1933, Montague PEI.
v. DORCAS WHITMAN 1858 BEARS, b. April 10, 1858, Prince Edward Island; d. 1944.
3. vi. AGNES CAMPBELL BEARS, b. February 11, 1860, Montague Bridge PEI; d. November 08, 1898, Prince Edward Island.
vii. MERCY CAROLINE 1861 BEARS, b. November 30, 1861, Murray River, PEI; d. September 23, 1949, Peters Road PEI.
viii. ARTHUR 1863 BEARS, b. May 23, 1863, Prince Edward Island.
ix. ROBERT 1865 BEARS, b. April 02, 1865, Prince Edward Island; d. 1891.
x. HENRIETTA JANE 1866 BEARS, b. March 22, 1866, Prince Edward Island; d. 1948.
xi. ELIZABETH L BEARS, b. June 09, 1869, Prince Edward Island.
xii. ESTHER ANN 1871 BEARS, b. July 09, 1871.
Generation No. 3
3. AGNES CAMPBELL3 BEARS (ISAAC ALFRED2, CAPTAIN DAVID1) was born February 11, 1860 in Montague Bridge PEI, and died November 08, 1898 in Prince Edward Island. She married JOSEPH KENNEDY April 12, 1882 in Prince Edward Island. He was born 1853 in Montague Bridge, P.E.I., and died December 03, 1902 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Children of AGNES BEARS and JOSEPH KENNEDY are:
i. MACINTOSH4 KENNEDY.
ii. HARRY FOSTER 1882 KENNEDY, b. September 22, 1882, Murray Harbour Cemetery.
iii. WINDSOR KENNEDY, b. January 16, 1887, Montague Bridge PEI.
iv. WILLARD JOSEPH KENNEDY, b. May 05, 1892, Montague Bridge PEI; d. March 05, 1960, Fort William, Ontario; m. LILIAN ROSE HUNTER, August 01, 1915, Folkstone, Kent, Engl.; b. March 31, 1894, Ramsgate, Kent. Eng.; d. September 28, 1987, Kelowna, B.C..