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(Peter) Henry Speers (Senior) really had his name spelled Henry Speer and Spears in VA records. The stream by Belle Vernon was also initially named Spears Run. Henry's son Rev. Henry Jr. 1756-1840 and his line spelled their last name Speers adding the s to Speer. Henry's son Noah (there are 17 Noah's) who founded Belle Vernon spelled his name both Speer and Speers. Speers is on his tombstone and Speer and Speers is on the town sign. Noah's son Louis Marchand and his line used the spelling Speer. He founded North Belle Vernon. Henry Jr. located in West Belle Vernon which had a Post Office named West Belle Vernon. Later it was changed to Speers, PA. One of Henry Speers, Jr.'s grandchildren in Pittsburgh changed their last name to Spear. Some of these descendents are in Nebraska or Oklahoma. Two of Henry Sr's children - Jacob and Solomon who went to KY in 1787 used the spelling Spears. Henry Sr's brother Michael Christopher Spears in VA and his descendents Jacob and George and others who went to KY all used the spelling Spears.
Noah Speers married Nancy Virginia Frye and both are buried in the Belle Vernon Gibsonton Cemetery. 5 of Henry Sr's children including Rev. Henry Speers, Jr. married into different branches of the Fry and Frye family. Some of them use the original spelling Frey. This is a larger family and have an association named HFFA - Heinrich Frey Family Association.
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