“1.  PETER WEIR OR WARE, of York Me., freeman, 1652, was a prominent man of his time.  Another Peter of Newbury, died 1653.– (See Savage.)  Both these men have numerous descendants ( unless one was the father to the other, which Savage does not suggest), among whom may be undoubted;y be counted the celebrated Meshech Ware, H.C. 1735, a prominent man in New Hampshire in the last century, and Hon. James W. Bradbury, of Augusta, Me.  This family usually writes the name  Weare.

2.  There are many Wares in Kentucky and Missouri, emigrants mostly from Virginia.  Nicholas Ware, of Virginia, m. before 1655, Ann (b. 1629), daughter of William Vassall, of Scituate.  James Ware, b. 1714, had sons James and Nicholas.  Esaw de la Ware was in Virginia, 1623.  John, in 1653, and others appear upon the records.”

Reference Data:

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 41, by the New England Historical Society,1887, page 401