- Parents:
 - 
            Thomas Tear
(1809–1888) - 
            Margaret Grierson
(1809–1850) - Siblings:
 - 
            William Tear
(1829–1906) - 
            Janet Tear
(1835–1907) - 
            Margaret Tear
(1836–1836) - 
            James Tear
(1840–?) - Married ():
 - 
                    Ann Stewart
(c. 1846–1894) - Children:
 - 
                    John Stewart Tear
(1875–1928) - 
                    Marion Tear
(1878–?) - 
                    James Tear
(1880–?) - 
                    Neil Stewart Tear
(1883–?) 
John Durie’s wife Jane Tear’s cousin