See also
| Husband: | John Mears (1765-1813) | |
| Wife: | Elizabeth Shirley (c. 1763-1832) | |
| Marriage | 17 Jan 1807 | Saint Giles Cripplegate, London |
| Name: | John Mears | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | John Mears (c. 1739-bef1782) | |
| Mother: | Ann Hammond (1740-1819) | |
| Birth | 14 Apr 1765 | Westminster |
| Baptism | 3 May 1765 (age 0) | Saint Anne Soho, Westminster |
| Occupation | Gentleman, Paradise Walk (baptism of son John, 5.3.1815) | |
| Occupation | Attorney, deceased (on son John's marriage cert., 8.9.1844) | |
| Will | 11 May 1772 (age 7) | Mentioned in will of James Hammond, grandfather |
| Occupation | 9 Feb 1782 (age 16) | Articled clerk to Benjamin Darlington, King's Bench, Westminster |
| Occupation | 1813 (age 47-48) | Barrister, Weymouth, Dorset |
| Will | 1 Aug 1813 (age 48) | Date of will (see notes) |
| Death | 3 Aug 1813 (age 48) | Weymouth, Dorset |
| Burial | 10 Aug 1813 | St John the Baptist, Windlesham (aged 48) |
| Probate | 18 Nov 1814 | Probate to John Mears, son, and Samuel Mumford |
| Name: | Elizabeth Shirley | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | c. 1763 | |
| Death | 1832 (age 68-69) | Hampstead, Middlesex |
| Burial | 13 Oct 1832 | St John, Hampstead, Middlesex (aged 69) |
Aug. 3: At Weymouth, where he had retired for the benefit of his health, in his 48th year, John Mears, esq. of Windlesham.
Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 83, Part 2, 1813, page 299 (Google Books)
Will of John Mears of Windlesham, Surrey, now residing at Weymouth, Dorset, Barrister at law, 1 Aug 1813
To Elizabeth Attfield the daughter of John Attfield of Windlesham, yeoman, £400; to son John Mears £600 together with all my law books and other books and all my wearing apparel; to nephew John Mears alias Shirley £20; to Samuel Mumford of Chobham, yeoman, £20; rest of real and personal estate to my wife Elizabeth Mears; John Mears (son) and Samuel Mumford execs.
Witnesses: John Henning, attorney, Weymouth, William Saxton, Catherine Saxton
Proved London 18 Nov 1814 to execs