Per family group record of : W. S. Montgomery, 112 Bow Church Court, Irmo, SC
29063, submitted to Miss. Gen. Exchange on 25 Nov 1984, the birth year is 1789.
Birth & Death Dates, and Wife's name provided by Janette Kemper.
From the Internet, Dearing, sent by Sexybowlerlady@yahood.com, Debbie Dearing CheathamROBERT DEARING: THe name of Deering, Dearing or Dering is derived from teh ancient saxon Baptismal name of Dering and was first taken as a partronymic by the son or sons of one so called. It is found in ancient English and early American records in various forms of Deringe, Deerng, Derynge, Deearinge, Deearing, Dearinge, Deeringe, Deringe, Deerienge, Deerieng, Deeryn, During, Dareing, During, Deeringe, Daring, Deringer, Derringer, Derring, Diering, Diring, Diringe, Dueringe, Duehrign, Duering, Dyring, Dyringe, Dyrryng, Dyryng, Dyrring, Dearing, Dering, Deering, and others of which the last three spellings are still frequently used.
Seated at early date in the Enlgish Counties of Kent, York, Dorset, Devon, Hampshire, Essex, Suxxex, and Herford, as well as in the city and vicinnity of London, the families bearing this name were, on the whole, of the landed gentry and nobilitiy.
The family, like it's name, is of Saxon origin and traces it's descent from Ethelward, King of Diera, whose father, Oswald, was slain in the year 642 Sethelward, tehn only four years of age, was deprived of his heritage by his uncle, Osway, and was taken by friends into Kent. his descendants were called Dierans, having come from that country.