Is it possible that the Spearing family was originally Sperrin? I found records of Sperring/Sperring families on the Mormon Website, in Bath, Flax Bourton, Burrington and Yatton. James Dyer, b. 1754, son of William and Betty Dyer, married 5 nov 1774 Mary Sperrin of Flax Bourton, who died in 1808. He was the grandfather of James Dyer, founder of Dyersville IA Mary Thacher Stonington CT USA