George Deering

Birth: 1600 in Townstall, Dartmouth, Devon, England. Death: 1645 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA. Son of Richard Deringe and Margaret Twisden. Husband of Elizabeth. Father of Roger Deering, Sr.

ID: I11413 Name: Samuel DEERING Given Name: Samuel Surname: DEERING Suffix: Sr. Sex: M _UID: DB12B13B52E4204C9FB3630DFE7BE1760D0C Change Date: 29 SEP 2004 Death: 1671 1 Residence: Braintree, Norfolk, MA U. S. A. 1

Father: George DEERING b: ABT 1600 in Townstall, Dartmouth, Devon, England, UK Mother: Elizabeth [DEERING] b: ABT 1600 in Dartmouth, Devon, England, UK

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George Deering came from England about 1635 and settled at Black Point, Scarborough, Maine. He died about 1645, an< ^ his widow married Jonas Bailey. Deering was a planter and ship- wright. The name is also frequently written Dearing.

338 OLD KITTERY

His son, Roger, moved to Kittery before 1663, singed a peti- tion there in 1673 and died 26 June 1676. His widow Joan mar- ried William Crafts. She was a widow again in 1696 and died about 1713. Feb. 23. 1691, administration was granted to "Wil- liam Crafts and his wife on the estate of John Deering deceased, sone of the said Crafts *4 his wife." So say Probate Records at Alfred, Me. Jan. 20, 1727-8, Mary Deering, aged about 78, deposed that "thirty-three years past Joan Crafts lived in the house where John Hix and his mother, Sarah Hix, now live, and that about fourteen years past the said Crafts died in Possession of said house, reputed to be the estate of Joseph Deering." Wil- liam Crafts' license to keep an ordinary was renewed May 26, 1785, and after his death Joan Crafts continued in the business of an inn-keeper. Her inn was "near the meeting house/' The children of Roger Deering were :

1. ROGER m. Mary - .

2. CLEMENT m. Joan Bray.

3. THOMAS m. Elizabeth - .

4. JOSEPH m. Mary Bray. JOHN, died about 1690. Unm. JOANNA m. Joseph Couch. SARAH? in. Dennis Hicks.

Find a Grave

John Dering, Esquire, of Surrenden, Kent, Son and heir to John Dering, Esq., and Margaret Brent. Husband of Margaret Twysden, daughter of William Twysden of Peckham and Elizabeth Roydon. They had four sons and three daughters; Sir Anthony, George, Edward, Thomas, Bennett, Jane (wife of Henry Haule) and Elizabeth (wife of William Skevington.)