- Parents:
 - 
            Thomas Tear
(1809–1888) - 
            Margaret Grierson
(1809–1850) - Siblings:
 - 
            William Tear
(1829–1906) - 
            John Tear
(1831–1905) - 
            Janet Tear
(1835–1907) - 
            Margaret Tear
(1836–1836) - Married ():
 - 
                    Mary Mason
(1844–?) - Children:
 - 
                    Margaret Grierson Tear
(1868–?) 
John Durie’s wife Jane Tear’s cousin