After years of research I have decided that anyone who spells Nearn Nearn must be related?? Andrew J Nearn had 11 children with his first wife Mary Brennan and 2 more with wife 2 Sarah Welch. Most of them were born in Orange County NY but we now think the eldest may have been born in Ireland around 1850. As far as we now know the Nearns were in NY and then several moved to NJ and lately found out that Andew J Nearn's eldest son Andrew Jr, my gr grandfather;s elder brother died in of all places Philadelphia in the 1930's at the home of his daughter. Lots more about this family.. But we dead end for now at least with Andrew Sr and Mary, Andrew born circa 1816-1820 and Mary died 1869-1870 in Middletown area of Orange COunty NY