*PROB born SHOTLEY, not Snotley…
from genuki (Shotley Northumberland):
"SHOTLEY parish comprises the chapelry of Blanchland, and the townships of Newbiggin and Shotley. It is bounded by the parishes of Allendale, Bywell St. Peter, Slaley and Hexham, except on the south, where it is divided from the county of Durham by the river Derwent...”

1841UKC William Wear and Family; England> Northumberland > Shotley >7 > pg 4 of 9 @ancestry.com; Civil Parish: Shotley;Hundred: Tindale (East Division); County/Island: Northumberland; Country: England; Registration District: Hexham; Sub-registration District: Bywell
Piece: 842; Book: 3; Folio: 6; Page Number: 5
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 842; Book: 3; Civil Parish: Shotley; County: Northumberland; Enumeration District: 7; Folio: 6; Page: 5; Line: 15; GSU roll: 438896. .; Old Forge
William Wear 55 papermaking
Margaret Wear 25
Elizabeth Wear 15
James Wear 10
George Wear 10

1851UKC James Wears; England > Northumberland >Whittonstall >21 >Page 8 of 13 @ancestry.com;
Registration District: Hexham; Sub-registration District: Bywell
ED, institution, or vessel: 21; Household Schedule Number: 49
Piece: 2414; Folio: 197; Page Number: 18
Name: James Wears; Relation: Servant
Age: 23; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828; Where born: Shotley, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Whittonstall; County/Island: Northumberland; Country: England
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2414; Folio: 197; Page: 18; GSU roll: 87092.
Joseph Proud 45
Margaret Proud 33
Jane Proud 19
Sarah Proud 11
Joseph Proud 6
William Proud 4
Mary Ann Proud 2
Dorothy Proud 10 Mo
James Wears 23 servant, journeyman blacksmith
John Turnbull 18 apprentice, blacksmith apprentice

FreeBMD Marriages Jun 1854, district Hexham, vol 10b, pg 359; MC#TG871365
1854 Marriage solemnixed at the Register Office in the district of Hexam in the County of Northumberland
24 apr 1854
James Wear 26yrs Bachelor; Blacksmith; resides ministeracres Bywell st peter; father William Wear, papermaker
Ann Magden 23yrs; spinster, resides ministeracres Bywell St peter; father Leonard Magden headminer (makes mark)
*from genuki "BYWELL, ST PETER'S is a parish comprising the townships of East Acomb, Apperley, Broomley, Bywell St Andrew and St Peter, Espershields with Millshields, High Fotherly, Healy, Newlands, Newton, Newton Hall, Stelling and the chapelry of Whittonstall. It is bounded by the parishes of Corbridge, Slaley, Ovingham, and Shotley, and a part of the county of Durham
The following parishes are adjacent to Bywell St Peter…Shotley

1861UKC James Wears and Family; England > Durham >Benfieldside > 2> pg 52 of 80 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Class: RG 9; Piece: 3731; Folio: 77; Page: 53; GSU roll: 543178.
Civil Parish: Benfieldside; County/Island: Durham; Country: England
Registration District: Durham; Sub-registration District: Lanchester
ED, institution, or vessel: 2; Household Schedule Number: 207
Piece: 3731; Folio: 77; Page Number: 53
John Wears 39 cordwainer
Ann Wears 39
Hannah Wears 5
James Wears 3
James Wears 33 brother; widower; blacksmith
William Wears 6
Lenord Wears 1 6 Months
Cathrine Wears 11 Months
William Hunter 37
John Hunter 6
Mary Jane Hunter 4

remarriage, FreeBMD Marriages ordered may 23 2017
Marriages Sep 1863
Little Sarah Durham 10a pg 280
WEIR James Durham 10a pg 280
app #8308943/5; cert #MXH095974
sep 7 1863 at eth Parish Church in the Parish of Benfieldside Co Durham
no 347
James Weir age 36 widower Blacksmith residing Benfieldside,
father William Weir papermaker
Sarah Little spinster domestic servant residing Benfieldside
father George Little Farever? (doesn’t look like an L for laborer, poss farrier??)
married in the Parish church acc R&C of Established Church after Banns
James Weir signed
Sarah Little made mark
witnesses Thomas Madgen & Henry Elsorw?

1871UKC James Wear and Family; England Census; Durham > Benfieldside > District 2 > 104; image 104 of 123 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 4957; Folio: 88; Page: 101; GSU roll: 848027.Source information:   RG10/4957; Registration district: Durham; Sub-registration district: Lanchester ED, institution, or vessel: 2; Folio: 88; Page: 101; Household schedule number: 443
on 1871UKC different wife... possible remarriage? Ann dead in 1858
James Wear 43 Snotley, Northamptonshire, England Head Benfieldside Durham
Sarah Wear 42 Allandall, Northamptonshire, England Wife Benfieldside Durham
William Wear 16 Neston (IVeston?), Durham, England Son Benfieldside Durham
John Wear 6 Benfieldside, Durham, England Son Benfieldside Durham
George Wear 4 Benfieldside, Durham, England Son Benfieldside Durham
James Wear 1 Benfieldside, Durham, England Son Benfieldside Durham

1881UKC James Wear and Family; England Durham > Benfieldside > District 2 > 46; image 46 of 91 @ancestry.com;
Source Information: Dwelling 2 Plantation Row Black Hill; Census Place Benfieldside, Durham, England; Family History Library Film 1342188; Public Records Office Reference RG11; Piece / Folio 4944 / 65; Page Number 45;
Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 4944; Folio: 65; Page: 45; GSU roll: 1342188.
Registration district: Lanchester
James WEARS   Head   M   Male   53   Old Forge Shotley Bridge, Northumberland   Black Smith 
Sarah WEARS   Wife   M   Female   53   Hexham, Northumberland, England 
John WEARS   Son   U   Male   16   Black Hill, Durham, England   Coal Miner
George WEARS   Son   U   Male   14   Black Hill, Durham, England   Coal Miner 
James WEARS   Son   U   Male   11   Black Hill, Durham, England   Scholar 


POSS GRO Death WEAR, JAMES 55 Order
GRO Reference: 1883 J Quarter in LANCHESTER Volume 10A Page 175


POSS IGI Wears born in SHotley
William Weare England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
christening: 3 May 1818 SHOTLEY,NORTHUMBERLAND,ENGLAND
parents:William Weare, Catherine
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: P00439-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0095027, 0252571
John Wear England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
christening: 31 March 1822 SHOTLEY,NORTHUMBERLAND,ENGLAND
parents:William Wear, Catharine
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: P00439-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0095027, 0252571