Richard Pearce, of Portsmouth

• Pearce genealogy, being the record of the posterity of Richard Pearce, an early inhabitant of Portsmouth, in Rhode Island, who came from England, and whose genealogy is traced back to 972. With an introduction of the male descendants of Josceline de Louvaine .. (1888)
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• Pearce genealogy, being the record of the posterity of Richard Pearce, an early inhabitant of Portsmouth, in Rhode Island, who came from England, and whose genealogy is traced back to 972. With an introduction of the male descendants of Josceline de Louvaine .. (1888)
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• From the foregoing historical sketch of the English branch of the Percies it will be seen that Peter17 Percy* was son of Ralph16 Percy; he (Peter17) was born in 1447 and his descent is as follows from the first ancestor: Galfred1, William2, Alan3, William4, William5, Agnes6, Henry7, William8, Henry9, Henry10, Henry11, Henry12, Henry13, Henry14, Henry15, Ralph16.
• Peter17 Percy had a son Richard18. The father was standard bearer to Richard the Third at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.
• Richard18 founded Pearce Hall in York, England, where he lived and died leaving an eldest son Richard19, Jr.
• Richard19, Jr. resided on the homestead of his father and had two sons Richard20, Jr., b. 1590, and William20. It was at this time that the spelling of the name in this branch was changed from Percy to Pearce.
• Richard20 Pearce, Jr. (Richard19) b. 1590 m. in England Martha ---- .
• He resided in Bristol, England, and came to America in the ship "Lyons" from that place. His brother, Capt. William Pearce, was master of the ship. Children:
  • 1. i. Richard21, b. 1615; m. Susannah Wright.
  • 2. ii. John21, b. ---; m. Mary ---, and Mrs. Rebecca Wheeler.
  • iii. Samuel, b.
  • iv. Hannah, b.
  • v. Martha, b.
  • vi. Sarah, b.
  • vii. William, b.
  • viii. Mary, b..
• Capt. William Pearce20 (Richard19) b. in Bristol, England about 1595 .... etc.
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• 1. Richard21 Pearce (Richard20, Richard19,) b. 1615 in England; m. in Portsmouth, R. I., in 1642, Susannah Wright, who was born in 1620. He died in Portsmouth in 1678 and she was deceased at that time.
• Richard Pearse was at Portsmouth as early as 1654, when he was a witness .... etc.
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• He married, probably in 1642, Susannah, daughter of George Wright of Newport, who was probably of Salem, 1637, Newport, 1648, and who in 1649 stabbed one Walter Lettice, as John Winthrop, Jr., received a letter to this effect from Roger Williams.
• His will was drawn April 23, 1677, and was proved in Portsmouth Oct. 28, 1678. His son Richard was executor and he calls him his "eledest son."
  • Richard Pearce's Will. .... etc.
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• Richard's children were:
  • 1+i. Richard, b. Oct. 3, 1643; m. Experience --- .
  • ii. Martha, b. Sept. 13, 1645; m. Mahershallalhashboz Dyer of Portsmouth, born about 1643; d. 1670. He was the son of William and Catharine Dyer of England, Boston, Portsmouth and Newport. March 22, 1661, he signed certain articles relative to Westerly lands. She d. s. p. Feb. 24, 1744.
  • 2+iii. John, b. Sept. 8, 1647; m. Mary Tallman.
  • 3. iv. Giles, b. July 22, 1651; m. Elizabeth Hall.
  • v. Susannah, b. Nov. 22, 1652 ; m. Dec. 4, 1673, George Brownell, b. 1646. She d. Dec. 24, 1743. Ch.— Susanna, b. Jan. 25, 1676 ; m. John Reed of Freetown, who was town clerk there for thirty-five years ; Sarah, b. June 14, 1681 ; Mary, b. Dec. 8, 1683 ; m. William Hall ; Martha, b. Feb. 18, 1686 ; m. Samuel Forman ; Thomas, b. June 1, 1688 ; Joseph, b. Dec. 5, 1690, m. Ruth Cornell ; he was a representative to the General Court for six years ; Wait, b. Oct. 3, 1693 ; m. Joshua Sandford ; Stephen, b. Dec. 3, 1695, m. Martha Earle. George, d. April 20, 1718, in Portsmouth. In 1699-1702 he was deputy ; 1706-7-8-9-10-11 an assistant ; 1708, April, he was appointed on the committee in regard to vacant lands in Narragansett. His will is proved May 12, 1718, with wife Susannah executor. His inventory was £961 5s 10d. George was the eldest son of Thomas and Ann ( ---- ) Brownell, who was in Pourtsmouth as early as 1647.
  • vi. Mary, b. May 6, 1654, m. 1678 Thomas Brownell, Jr., b. 1650. Ch.— Thomas, b. Feb. 16, 1679; John, b. Feb. 21, 1682 ; George, b. Jan. 19, 1685 ; Jeremiah, b. Oct. 10, 1689 ; Mary, b. Mar. 22, 1692 ; Charles, b. Dec. 23, 1694, d. 1694 ; Thomas, d. May 18, 1732. She d. May 4, 1736 in Portsmouth, R. I.
  • Thomas Brownell, Jr., was the son of Thomas and Ann ( ---- ) Brownell of Portsmouth. His will was
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  • proved June 20, 1732 ; wife Mary and son Thomas executors. His inventory was £1,807. Mary's will was presented for probate June 9, 1735 and proved Nov. 19, 1736. Her brother George was executor. She gives her brother George a mare by his paying to her son John £8. Her inventory was £l75 12s 4d.
  • vii. Jeremiah b. Nov. 17, 1656. He res. in Narragansett or South Kingston, R. I.
  • viii. Isaac, b. Dec. 1658. He res. in Newport, R. I.
  • 4. ix. Samuel, b. Dec. 22, 1664 ; m. ---- ---- .
  • 5. + George, b. July 10, 1662; m. Alice Hart and Temperance Kirby.
• 2. John21 Pearce (Richard20, Richard19) .... etc.
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• 1+ Richard22 Pearce (Richard21), b. Oct. 3, 1643, in Portsmouth R. I., m. Experience ---- . They removed to Bristo and died there. He passed away July 19, 1720 ; Richard was freeman of the colony of Portsmouth May, 1663 ; freeman of the town of Portsmouth Apr. 28, 1669 ; was sole executor of his father's will Sept. 10, 1691. Richard Pearce and Experience, his wife, of Bristol, sold 16 acres of land in Portsmouth to William Harrington for £48. He probably settled in Bristol soon after his father's death. .... etc.
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• 2. ENSIGN JOHN2 PEARCE (Richard21), b. Sept. 8, 1647, in Portsmouth, R, I. ; m. Mary Tallman, who d. in June, 1720. Res. in Portsmouth and Tiverton. John Pearce 27 died at Tiverton Dec. 5, 1707, at 60 years, 2 months and days. ...... Married Mary, dau. of Peter and Ann Tallman of Portsmouth. Apr. 11, 1689 ..... Aug. 3, 1709, an agreement was filed between John Pearce of Tiverton, John Read, Jr., of Freetown and Mary his wife, Samuel Shearman and Sarah his wife of Swanzey, Thomas Cook, Jr., and his wife Elizabeth, John Cook, son of John Cook and Rachel his wife of Tiverton and Alice Pearce, all children of John Pearce, deceased, who died intestate. John was the only son. ..... etc.
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• 3. Hon. Giles22 Pearce (Richard21), b. July 22, 1651 ; m. April 1676, Elizabeth Hall, who d. 1698. She was the eldest 13, daughter of William and Mary ( ---- ) Hall of Portsmouth. He died November 19, 1698, Res. in East Greenwich and Portsmouth, R. I. .... etc.
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• 4. Samuel22 Pearce (Richard21), b. Dec. 22, 1664 ; m. ---- . Res. Prudence Island, opposite Portsmouth, R. I. Ch.— .... etc.
• 5. George22 Pearce (Richard21), b. July 10, 1662 ; m. Apr. 7, 1687, Alice Hart, b. Mar. 8, 1664, the dau. of Richard and Hannah Hart, of Portsmouth, d. Mar. 11, 1718 ; m. 2nd Mar. 22, 1721, Temperance Kirby, b. May 5, 1670, d. Feb. 25, 1761. He d. Aug. 30, 1752. Res. Little Compton, R. I., and in 1696 sold lands to his brother-in-law, Richard Hart. There was a George Pearce and George, Jr., in Little Compton in 1748, who at that time took the oath against bribery and corruption. The following is a copy of the entry of the first marriage of George Pearce from the Portsmouth town records : .... etc. _____________________
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• Richard d. 1678. m. Susanna Wright, d. 1678 dau. of George Wright
• 1677, Apr. 22. Will- proved 1678, Oct. 28. Ex. son Richard. To son Richard, my now dwelling house, land, orchard, &c., pair of oxen, cart, plough, goods, &c. To sons John, Giles, James, William George and Jeremiah, each 1s. and to my four daughters, 1s. each.
• He calls Richard, his eldest son, but this does not agree with the birth as recorded.
• children.
  • I. Martha, b. 1645, Sept. 13. d. 1744, Feb. 24. m. Mahershallalhashbaz Dyer. d. 1670 son of William & Mary ( --- ) Dyer.
  • II. John, b. 1647, Sep. 8 Portsmouth, Tiverton, R. I. d. 1707, Dec. 5. m. Mary Tallman d. 1720. dau. of Peter & Ann ( ---) Tallman. ch: 1. John, 2. Mary, 3. Susanna 1672. 4. Anne, 1674, Feb. 14. 5. Sarah, 6. Elizabeth, 7, Rachel, 8. Alice
  • III. Richard, b. 1649, Oct. 3. Portsmouth, Bristol, R. I. m. Experience d. 1720, Jul. 17. ch: 1. Jonathan, 2. Richard, 3. Abigail, 1690, Oct. 3. 4., Mary, 1693, Aug. 17., Jeremiah, 1695, Aug. 29., Anne, 1699, Feb. 11., Benjamin, 1704, Jan. 11.
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  • IV. Giles b. 1651, Jul. 22. Portsmouth, East Greenwich, R. I. d. 1698, Nov. 19. m. 1676, Apr. 13. Elizabeth Hall d. 1698 dau. of William & Mary ( ---) Hall. ch: 1. Jeremiah, 1678, Jan. 22., 2. Susanna, 1679, May 7., 3. Elizabeth, 1682, May 27., 4. John, 1687, Jan. 11., 5. Mary 1690, Feb. 7.
  • V. Susanna, b. 1652, Nov. 20. d. 1743, Dec. 24. m. 1673, Dec. 4. George Brownell b. 1646. d. 1718, Apr. 20. son of thomas & Ann ( --- ) Brownell. ch: 1. Susanna, 1676, Jan. 25., 2. Sarah, 1681, Jun. 14., 3. Mary, 1683, Dec. 8., 4. Martha, 1686, Feb. 18., 5. Thomas, 1688, Jun. 1., 6. Joseph, 1690, Dec. 5., 7. Waite, 1693, Oct. 3., 8. Stephen, 1695, Dec. 3.
  • VI. Mary, b. 1654, May 6. d. 1736, May 4. m. Thomas Brownell d. 1732, May 18. son of Thomas & Ann ( ---) Brownell. ch: 1. Thomas, 1679, Feb. 16., 2. John, 1682, Feb. 21., 3. George, 1685, Jan. 19., 4. Jeremiah, 1689, Oct. 10., 5. Mary, 1692, Mar. 22., 6. Charles, 1694, Dec. 23.
  • VII. Jeremiah, b. 1656, Nov. 17.
  • VIII. James b. 1658, Dec. 6.
  • IX. Daughter b. 1661, Jul. 7.
  • X. George b. 1662, Jul. 10. Little Compton, R. I. d. 1752, Aug. 30. m. (1) 1687, Apr. 7. Alice Hart b. 1664, Mar. 8. d. 1718, Mar. 11. dau. of Richard & Hannah ( ---) Hart. ch: 1. Susanna, 1688, Aug. 21., 2. James, 1691, Sept. 4., 3. Samuel, 1695, Feb. 3., 4. George, 1697, Mar. 2., 5. Mary, 1700, May 16.; m. (2). 1721, Mar. 22. Temperance Kirby b. 1670, May 5. d. 1761, Feb. 5. dau. of Richard & Patience (Gifford) Kirby. no issue.
  • XI. William, b. 1664, Dec. 22. __________________________
• This information was taken from Pearce Genealogy Being the Record of the Posterity of Richard Pearce an Early Inhabitant of Portsmouth, in Rhode Island, Who came from England, and whose Genealogy is traced back to 974 with an Introduction of the Male Descendants of Josceline De Louvaine, the Second House of Percy, Earls of Northumberland, Barons Percy and Territorial Lords of Alnwick, Warkworth and Prudhoe Castles in the County of Northumberland, England, by Col. Frederick C. Pierce, Author of Peirce History, Pierce Genealogy, etc. Member of the British Harlequin and other historical societies. 1888 Rockford, Illinois.
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  • THE AMERICAN BRANCH.
• From the foregoing historical sketch of the English branch of the Percies it will be seen that Peter17 Percy* was son of Ralph16 Percy; he (Peter17) was born in 1447 and his descent is as follows from the first ancestor: Galfred1, William2, Alan3, William4, William5, Agnes6, Henry7, William8, Henry9, Henry10, Henry11, Henry12, Henry13, Henry14, Henry15, Ralph16.
• Peter17 Percy had a son Richard18. The father was standard bearer to Richard the Third at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.
• Richard18 founded Pearce Hall in York, England, where he lived and died leaving an eldest son Richard19, Jr.
• Richard19, Jr.resided on the homestead of his father and had two sons Richard20,Jr., b. 1590, and William20. It was at this time that the spelling of the name in this branch was changed form Percy to Pearce.
• RICHARD20 PEARCE, JR., (Richard19) b. 1590; m. in England Martha _____.
• He resided in Bristol, England, and came to America in the ship "Lyons" from that place. His brother, Capt. William Pearce, was master of the ship.
• Children:
  • 1. i. RICHARD21, b. 1615; m. Susannah Wright.
  • 2. ii. JOHN21, b. _____; m. Mary ____, and Mrs. Rebecca Wheeler.
  • iii. SAMUEL, b.
  • iv. HANNAH, b.
  • v. MARTHA, b.
  • vi. SARAH, b.
  • vii. WILLIAM, b.
  • viii. MARY, b.
• CAPT. WILLIAM20 PEARCE (Richard19), .... etc.
• 1. RICHARD21PEARCE (Richard20, Richard19,) b. 1615 in England; m. in Portsmouth, R.I., in 1642, Susannah Wright, who was born in 1620. He died in Portsmouth in 1678 and she was deceased at that time.
• Richard Pearse was at Portsmouth as early as 1654, when he was a witness to a deed of 12 acres of land and a house purchased of William James by Henry Piercy.
• Jan. 14, 1657, he was a witness to a deed. June 8, 1657, he was chosen surveyor of marks of all "cattell that goe" from this town.
• June 11, 1658, he was a witness to a will. May 18, 1658, he was admitted Freeman of the Colony from Portsmouth.
• Nov. 16, 1666, he purchased 2 acres 7 rods of land of Jacob Cole; 1669 he purchased of Joseph Parker 14 acres of land in Portsmouth.
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• He married, probably in 1642, Susannah, daughter of George Wright of Newport, who was probably of Salem, 1637, Newport, 1648, and who in 1649 stabbed one Walter Lettice, as John Winthrop, Jr., received a letter to this effect from Roger Williams.
• His will was drawn April 23, 1677, and was proved in Portsmouth Oct. 28, 1678. His son Richard was executor and he calls him his "eldest son."
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• Richard's children were:
  • 1. i RICHARD, b. Oct. 3, 1643; m. Experience ____.
  • ii. MARTHA, b. Sept. 13, 1645; m. Mahershallalhashboz Dyer of Portsmouth, born about 1643; d. 1670. He was the son of William and Catharine Dyer of England, Boston, Portsmouth and Newport. March 22, 1661, he signed certain articles relative to Westerly lands. She d. s.p. Feb. 24, 1744.
  • 2. iii. JOHN, b. Sept. 8, 1647; m. Mary Tallman.
  • 3. iv. GILES, b. July 22, 1651; m. Elizabeth Hall.
  • v. SUSANNAH, b. Nov. 22, 1652; m. Dec. 24, 1743. Ch.-Susanna, b. Jan.25, 1676; m. John Reed of Freetown, who was town clerk there for thirty-five years; Sarah, b. June 14, 1681; Mary, b. Dec. 8, 1683; m. William Hall; Martha, b. Feb. 18, 1686; m. Samuel Forman; Thomas, b. June 1, 1688; Joseph, b. Dec. 5, 1690, m. Ruth Cornell; he was a representative to the General Court for six years; Wait, b. Oct. 3, 1693; m. Joshua Sandford; Stephen, b. Dec. 3, 1695, m. Martha Earle. George, d. April 20, 1718, in Portsmouth. In 1699-1702 he was deputy; 1706-7-8-9-10-11 an assistant; 1708, April, he was appointed on the committee in regard to vacant lands in Narragansett. His will is proved May 12, 1718, with wife Susannah executor. His inventory was £961 5s 10d. George was the eldest son of Thomas and Ann (____) Brownell, who was in Portsmouth as early as 1647.
  • vi. MARY, b. May 6, 1654, m. 1678 Thomas Brownell, Jr., b. 1650. Ch. ___ Thomas, b. Feb. 16, 1679; John, b. Feb. 21, 1682; George, b. Jan. 19, 1685; Jeremiah, b. Oct. 10, 1689; Mary, b. Mar. 22, 1692; Charles, b. Dec. 23, 1694, d. 1694; Thomas, d. May 18, 1732. She d. May 4, 1736 in Portsmouth, R.I. Thomas Brownell, Jr., was the son of Thomas and Ann (--) Brownell of Portsmouth. His will was...
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• 3. HON. GILES2 PEARCE (Richard21), b. July 22, 1651; m. April 1676, Elizabeth Hall, who d. 1698. She was the eldest daughter of William and Mary (--) Hall of Portsmouth. He died November 19, 1698. Res. in East Greenwich and Portsmouth, R.I.
• Hon. Giles or Gyles Pearce was born in Portsmouth, R.I., the son of Richard and Susannah (Wright) Pearce; he was admitted a freeman of the colony in 1673, he being of the above town. He was one of the incorporators of the town of East Greenwich, R.I., in 1677, when he was admitted a freeman of that place. The town meeting that year being held at this house. He was moderator of the town meeting in 1685, member of the General Assembly in 1690 and 1696, and town councilman in 1677-1684, 1691 and 1696. His will was admitted to probate in East Greenwich, December 7, 1698. Giles Pearce was admitted freeman of the town of Portsmouth, April 29, 1693, and of the colony, May 6, 1673. Ear-mark recorded
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• in Portsmouth, July 5, 1673. One of the grantees of East Greenwich, May, 1677. February 20, 1678, bought of John and Susanna Tripp, one-fourth part of a purchase right in Warwick. Moderator of town meeting in East Greenwich, 1690. Town councilman of same town 1691. His will is dated November 15, 1698 and proved December 7, 1698 in East Greenwich. His first two children were born in Portsmouth, and the third in East Greenwich May 20, 1682.
• His will was filed Nov. 15, 1698, and proved Dec. 7, 1898. His wife Elizabeth was executor. To her while widow, the occupation and profit of house and land and orchard being thereto till son John is of age, he then having of profits and the whole at wife's death. To eldest son Jeremiah, a house, 90 acres, etc., a pair of oxen and 3 cows. To son John, all lands in East Greenwich, undisposed of, a pair of oxen and 3 cows at age. Mentions daughters Susanna, eldest, Elizabeth and Mary.
• .... etc.
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• RICHARD, Portsmouth, R. I., had prob. other ch. besides Susanna, who m. Dec. 4, 1673, George Brownell.
• RICHARD, Pemaquid, s. of John, m. Elizabeth Brown. He was a carpenter; he is, I think, the man to whom in Jan., 1642, an Indian Sagamore made large gr. of lands and islands, as may be seen in Gena. Reg. XIII., 365; took o. of fidel. 1674. Ch. Richard, William, Joseph, Elizabeth who m. Richard Falmoth, George, Margaret who m. Nathaniel Ward, and Francis.
• RICHARD, Boston, printer, m Aug. 27, 1680, Sarah, dau. of Rev. Seaborn Cotton. Thomas' Hist. I., 282. For Benjamin Harris, bookseller, he pub. Sept. 25, 1690, the first No. of a newspaper, of wh. the sec. never appeared. See Felt II., 14.
• RICHARD, Tiverton, R. I., m. Susannah Wright and had 12 ch. His will prov. 1677. He is the ancestor of nearly all the R. I. Pearces. ____________________________
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• PEARCE, WALDO A. of Boston, Mass., b. at Warren, R. I., Mar. 14, 1837 (m. Nov. 29, 1864, Emma C. Webster); son of Abner T. of Santiago, Chile, South America, b. at Llittle Compton, R. I., Oct. 4, 1811, d. at Valparaiso, Chile, Dec. 3, 1864 (m. Sept. 1, 1831, Sarah R. Briggs); son of Thomas of Little Compton, R. I., b. there Sep. 6, 1784, d. there (m. Feb. 26, 1810, Eliphal Tompkins); son of Wright of Little Compton, b. there July 27, 1750, d. there Apr. 8, 1829 (m. 1771 Antrace Sawyer); son of James of Little Compton, b. there Sep. 24, 1719, d. there Sep. 14, 1767 (m. Sep. 14, 1749, Sarah Simmons); son of James of Little Compton, b. there Sep. 4, 1691, d. there Sep. 24, 1755 (m. 1712, Martha Wilbur); son of George of Portsmouth, R. I., b. at Little Compton, July 10, 1662, d. at Portsmouth Aug. 30, 1752 (m. Apr. 7, 1687, Alice Hart); son of Richard of Portsmouth, R. I., b. in England 1615, d. at Portsmouth 1678 (m. 1642, Susannah Wright); son of Richard of Bristol, Eng., who came to America in the ship Lyons commanded by his brother, Capt. William Pearce. At that time the spelling of the name was changed from Percy to Pearce and the record follows back to Peter Percy, b. 1447, son of Ralph. ____________________
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• RICHARD, Portsmouth, R. I., had prob. other ch. besides Susanna, who m. Dec. 4, 1673, George Brownell.
• RICHARD, Pemaquid, s. of John, m. Elizabeth Brown. He was a carpenter; he is, I think, the man to whom in Jan., 1642, an Indian Sagamore made large gr. of lands and islands, as may be seen in Gena. Reg. XIII., 365; took o. of fidel. 1674. Ch. Richard, William, Joseph, Elizabeth who m. Richard Falmoth, George, Margaret who m. Nathaniel Ward, and Francis.
• RICHARD, Boston, printer, m Aug. 27, 1680, Sarah, dau. of Rev. Seaborn Cotton. Thomas' Hist. I., 282. For Benjamin Harris, bookseller, he pub. Sept. 25, 1690, the first No. of a newspaper, of wh. the sec. never appeared. See Felt II., 14.
• RICHARD, Tiverton, R. I., m. Susannah Wright and had 12 ch. His will prov. 1677. He is the ancestor of nearly all the R. I. Pearces. ________________________
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• ID Ancestry 1 (Group H)
• 1. Richard Pearce was born 1590 in England. He married Martha.
• 2. Richard Pearce was born 1615 in England, and died 1678 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He married Susanna Wright. She was born 1620, and died Bef. 1678.
• 3. George Pierce/Pearce was born July 10, 1662 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and died August 30, 1752 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. He married Alice Hart. She was born March 08, 1663/64, and died March 11, 1717/18 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
• 4. James Pierce/Pearce was born 1691, and died 1755. He married Martha Wilbore. She was born 1690, and died 1760.
• 5. William Pierce/Pearce was born January 19, 1712/13 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. He married Elizabeth Woodman. She was born September 10, 1713 in Rhode Island, and died 1752.
• 6. James Pierce/Pearce was born October 09, 1740 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, and died 1821 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. He married Deborah Hunt. She was born May 06, 1739 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
• 7. William L. Pierce was born June 07, 1766, and died 1846. He married Eleanor Pearce. She was born January 05, 1769, and died January 23, 1834.
• 8. Henry Leighton Pierce was born April 30, 1793 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, and died June 13, 1861 in Athens, Michigan. He married Hailey Turner Manley. She was born December 17, 1792 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, and died December 30, 1859 in Naples, New York.
• 9. William Henry Pierce was born February 13, 1818, and died 1868 in Bristol, New York. He married Rowena T. Carpenter. She was born July 10, 1819 in Middlesex, New York, and died December 29, 1893 in Canandaigua, New York.
• 10. George Washington Pierce was born April 19, 1860 in Bristol, New York, and died August 05, 1951 in Canandaigua, New York. He married Fannie F. Francis. She was born September 12, 1865 in Elyria, Ohio, and died September 29, 1947 in Canandaigua, New York.
• 11. Irmin Leighton Pierce was born October 16, 1886 in Bristol, New York, and died January 03, 1962 in Canandaigua, New York. He married Mary Isabel Fox. She was born July 09, 1894 in East Bloomfield, New York, and died February 23, 1979 in Canandaigua, New York.
• 12. Sherwood George Pierce was born February 26, 1927 in Canandaigua, New York, and died September 28, 1995 in Canandaigua, New York. He married Dorothy Mae Mumerow. She was born July 30, 1931 in Canandaigua, New York, and died May 03, 1981 in Rochester, New York.
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• Pierce DNA Project Northern U.S. and the U.K.
• ID 70082 (Group H)
• 1. Richard Pearce b Bristol, Somerset, England 1615
  • d Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island Abt. Sept. 1678
  • m Waltham Abbey, County Essex, England 05 May 1642
  • Married to Susannah Wright
• 2. George Pearce
  • b Portsmouth, Rhode Island 10 July 1662
  • d Little Compton, Rhode Island Abt 03 Sept 1752
  • m Little Compton, Rhode Island 07 April 1687
  • Married to Alice Hart
• 3. James Pearce
  • b Little Compton, Rhode Island 04 Sept 1691
  • d Little Compton, Rhode Island 24 Sept 1755
  • m Little Compton Rhode Island 05 Mar 1712
  • Married to Martha Wilbore
• 4. Samuel Pearce
  • b Little Compton, R.I. 29 Jan 1734
  • d Warren, R.I. Bef Sept 1796
  • m Little Compton, R.I. 12 Nov 175
  • Married to Betsy/Betty/Elizabeth Simmons
• 5. James Pearce
  • b Warren, R.I. (Prob) 10 Dec 1765
  • d Prob N. C. Aft 1834
  • m Camden Co, N.C. (Prob) Bef 28 Mar 1803
  • Married to Sally/Sarah McBride
• 6. Samuel Pearce
  • b N.C. 9 Apr 1812
  • d Henderson Co. Tenn.
  • m ca 1836
  • Married to Sarah Collins
• 7. J.D./Jerry/Jeremiah Pearce
  • b Tennessee 6 March 1837
  • d Durant OK 13 Feb 1901
  • m Mifflin, Tn 22 Nov 1866
  • Married to Mary G. Pruitt
• 8. Hubert Edward Pearce
  • b Lonoke Ark 25 May 1873
  • d Clarendon Ark 11 Dec 1949
  • m Monroe County 26 April 1899
  • Married to Bettie Fanchier Black
• From: http://www.piercednanorth.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=art... ________________________
• Richard Pearce, IV
• Birth: 1615 Waltham Abbey, Essex, England
• Death: 1678 Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
• Richard died before 8 Oct 1678 [date his will was proven. The will mentions sons Richard, John, Giles, James, Wiilliam George & Jeremiah and 4 unnamed daughters to receive inheritance when of age.
• Three known daughters are Mary [m. Thomas Brownell, Jr.], Martha [married M. Dyer], and Susannah [married George Brownell].
• Richard and Susannah Wright were married 5 May 1642 At Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.
• He was appointed Surveyor of Marks of Cattle on 8 Jan 1657.
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Richard Pearce (1590 - 1666)
• Martha [Unknown] Pearce
• Spouse:
• Susanna Wright Pearce (1627 - ____)*
• Children:
  • Richard Pearce (1643 - 1720)*
  • Mary Pearce Brownell (1654 - 1736)*
• Burial: Unknown
• Find A Grave Memorial# 113521743
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=113521743 _________________________
• WRIGHT, Susanna
• b. ABT AUG 1627 England
• d. 1678 Portsmouth, Newport, RI.
• Family:
• Marriage: 5 MAY 1642 England
• Spouse: PIERCE, Richard
• b. ABT 1615 England
• d. 1678 Portsmouth, Newport, RI.
• Children:
  • PIERCE, Richard
  • PIERCE, Martha b. 13 SEP 1645 England d. 24 FEB 1743/4
  • PIERCE, John
  • PIERCE, Giles b. 22 JUL 1651 Portsmouth, Newport, RI.
  • PIERCE, Susanna
  • PIERCE, Mary
  • PIERCE, Jeremiah b. 17 NOV 1656 Portsmouth, Newport, RI.
  • PIERCE, Isaac b. 6 DEC 1658 Portsmouth, Newport, RI.
  • PIERCE, George
  • PIERCE, Samuel b. 22 DEC 1664 Portsmouth, Newport, RI.
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_29f.htm#69 ________________
• Richard Pearce
• M, #26280, b. 1615, d. 1678
• Father Richard Pearce b. 1590, d. 7 Oct 1666
• Mother Martha
• Richard Pearce was born in 1615 at of Bristol, Somerset, England. He married Susannah Wright, daughter of John Wright and Mary Dell, on 5 May 1642 at Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. Richard Pearce died in 1678 at Portsmouth, Newport, RI.
• Family Susannah Wright b. 1626, d. 1678
• Child
  • Mary Pierce+ b. 18 May 1654, d. 6 May 1736
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p875.htm#i... _____________________

Richard Pearce of Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

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Richard Pearce [a] b abt 1622, Essex, England, d 1678, Portsmouth, Newport, RI. He md Susannah Wright 5 May 1642, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, daughter of John Wright and Mary Dell. She was bapt. 5 Aug 1627, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, d 1678, Portsmouth, Newport, RI.

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a. The will of Richard Pearce:

To all Christian people whome these presents may concerne Know yee that I Richard Pearce through the mercye of God being perfect in mind and memory but not well in bodye For the preventing further trouble amongst my children make this my last will and Testament as followeth

Imprimis. I do will and bequeath unto my eldest sonne Richard Pearce my now dwelling House and land and fencing, orchard and swamps, house and out houses with all appurtenances thereunto belonging, I also give unto my eledest son Richard one pair of Oxen with a cart and wheels, with the bed and bedding that I myself lodge in with the Plough and tackeling thereunto belonging, with all the goods and Furniture belonging to the said house whatsoever.

My will is to give unto my sonn John Pearce, one shilling in silver and unto my sonn Giles Pearce one shilling in silver and unto my sonn William Pearce one shilling in silver and unto my sonn James Pearce one shilling in silver and unto my sonn George Pearce one shilling in silver and unto my sonn Jeremiah Pearce one shilling in silver and unto my foure daughters one shilling apeece in silver, to be paid within six months after my decease if demanded by the elder of them and unto the younger when they come to full age according to law. Also my will is that my sonn Richard take care, and sec this my will performed and him I doe ordaine constitute and make my whole and sole executor to see this my will in all things performed and fulfilled according to the true interest and meaning of the same.

In witness thereunto I have set to my hand this two and twenty daye of April in the year of our lord God, one thousand six hundred and seventy-seven.

RICHARD PEARCE (SEAL).

Signed and sealed

in presence of

John Heath

John Hurd

The mark

of Elizabeth Heath

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SOURCES:

LCF: [Vol II:466]; GL: English Origins of New England Families, 1500s-1800s, Series 2, Vol. 3, Parentage of Susannah Wright, Wife of Richard Pearce of Portsmouth, RI, pp 881-887; Pearce Genealogy, by Frederick C. Pierce, 1888, p 38.

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Resided at Waltham Abbey, County Essex, England until circa 1648.

He then brought his wife and three children to America and settled at Portsmouth, RI by July 1651 when their fourth child was born.

Siblings: John born 1617, Samuel born 1620, Hannah born 1622, Martha born 1624, Sarah born 1626, William born 1628, and Mary born 1630.

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The ancestry of this family is traced to Manfield, a Danish chieftain; one who assisted in the subjugation of Normandy 912. The renowned family of Percy of Northumberland, England, derived their name from Percy Forest in Province of Maen, Normandy, whence they came with William the Conqueror to England in 1066; one bearing the name was commander of his fleet. The name signifies a stony place from Pierre. It may signify a hunting place, from pierren, Teutonic, to hunt; percer, French, to penetrate, to force one's way.

He emigrated on 5 Mar 1630 from Bristol, Somerset, England. Arrival date of Ship "Lyon". He died on 28 Oct 1678 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

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Richard and his wife Martha and all children came to Boston, MA in 1638 on the ship DESIRE captained by his brother William.

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Richard Pearce was born 1615 in Bristol, Somersetshire, England and died April 22, 1677 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. He married Susannah Wright, May 05, 1642 in Waltham Abbey, Essex Co., England, daughter of John Wright and Mary Dell. She was born August 05, 1627 in Waltham Abbey, Essex Co., England, and died 1678 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.

Richard Pearce

Born: 1615, Bristol, Somersetshire, England

Died: April 22, 1677, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI

Father: Richard Pearce, b. 1584 in Pearce Hall, Yorkshire, England; d. October 07, 1666 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI

Mother: Martha / -?- / , b. 1588 in Panington, Gloucester, England.

Wife: Susannah Wright, b. August 05, 1627 in Waltham Abbey, Essex Co., England; d. 1678 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI

Children of Richard Pearce and Susannah Wright are:

i. Richard Pearce, b. October 03, 1643, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England; d. July 19, 1720, Portsmouth, Newport, RI.

ii. Martha Pearce, b. September 13, 1645, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England; d. February 24, 1743/44, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England; m. Mahershall Dyer, 1666, RI; b. 1641, RI

iii. John Pearce, b. September 08, 1647, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England; d. December 05, 1707, Tiverton, RI.

iv. Giles Pearce, b. July 22, 1651, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI; d. November 19, 1698, East Greenwich, RI.

v. Susanna W. Pearce, b. November 20, 1652, Portsmouth, Newport, RI; d. February 24, 1742/43, Little Compton, RI.

vi. Mary Pearce, b. May 06, 1654, Portsmouth, Newport, RI; d. May 04, 1736, Portsmouth, Newport, RI.

vii. Jeremiah Pearce, b. November 17, 1656, South Kingston, Washington, RI.

	 viii. James Isaac Pearce, b. December 06, 1658, Portsmith, Newport, RI.

ix. George Pearce, b. July 10, 1662, Portsmouth, Newport, RI; d. August 30, 1752, Little Compton, Newport, RI.

x. William Samuel Pearce, b. December 22, 1664, Portsmouth, Newport, RI; d. August 30, 1752.

Sources:

Descendants of Pierce/Pearces in America

F.C. Pierce, Pearce Genealogy.

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“In the "Pearce Genealogy," by Col. Frederick C. Pierce, which was published in 1888 and relates chiefly to Richard Pearce of Portsmouth R.I, and his descendants, it is stated that Richard Pearce's father was of Bristol, England, and that Richard himself was born in England in 1615, was at Portsmouth, R. I. as early as 1654, and married in Portsmouth, in 1642, Susannah Wright, who was born in 1620. Susannah Wright is said to have been the daughter of George Wright of Newport, R. L, who was probably at Salem, Mass., 1637, and at Newport in 1648. (Pearce Genealogy, pp. 37, 38.).

“Without considering here the question whether the English home and the date of birth of Richard Pearce are given correctly in the "Pearce Genealogy," there is no doubt that the maiden name of Richard Pearce's wife was Susanna Wright; but she was the daughter not of George Wright of Newport but of John Wright of Waltham Abbey, co. Essex, England, yeoman, as the entry in the "Aspinwall Notarial Records" proves.”

The entry in the Aspinwall Notarial Records, published Boston, 1903, pp. 85-86:

"Richard Pierce of Prudence Island in the Narrowgansett Bay did acknowledge the receite of twenty pounds of Elizabeth Dell Executrix of the last will & Testament of Raph Dell of Bow in Middlesex due as a Legacie unto his wife Susanna daughter of John Wrighte of Walton [Waltham] Abbey parish in Essex yeoman: & doth acquitt & discharge the said Elisabeth of the said Legacie & every part thereof. Signed & sealed the 14 (7) before me the Not. publ. 1647."

Thus, it appears certain that Richard Peirce/Pierce/Pearce and his wife Susannah, related to the Dells of Middlesex, were in America as early as 1647.

The above from : Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, "Parentage of Susanna Wright, wife of Richard Pearce of Portsmouth, R. I.," New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., 84 (1930): 427-433

There are numerous land records for Richard Pearce beginning in 1654, and perhaps earlier, though that is the earliest I have.

He left a will, named children, etc. All pretty much standard. So much for Richard Pearce in America.

Turning to the problem of his origins. The book "Pearce Genealogy," by Col. Frederick C. Pierce, mentioned above, which was published in 1888, has a whole fanciful genealogy that is repeated ad nauseum by endless Pearce/Pierce/Peirce descendants. (My own line comes from one who chose and stuck with the Pearce spelling). Col. Pierce’s fancy takes Richard’s family from Bristol back to “Pearce Hall” in Yorkshire through a string of obvious “placeholder” ancestors to Peter Percy son of Ralph Percy, son of the Earl of Northumberland, Bosworth Field and all that.

The problem is: none of it has a shred of evidence and the dates don’t even fit nor has there ever been, as far as I can tell, a “Pearce Hall” in Yorkshire. It’s a load of horse-hockey.

However, with Mr. Wilbour’s information linking Susannah Wright, wife of Richard Pearce, to Ralph and Elizabeth Dell of Bow in Middlesex, we find:

FROM PROBATE RECORDS

(Ralph Dell born 1575): The Will of RALPH DELL of Bow in Middlesex, citizen and cloth worker [date not given in abstract]. • To Ralph Dell and John Dell, sons of my brother John Dell. To George Dell and Elisabeth Dell, children of my brother John. • To sister Mary Dell. • To cousin Ann Barolers, wife of Richard of Harksey.* • To sisters Ellen, Elisabeth, and Joan. • To cousin Bull. (1636 Bazzell Bull and Jane Wright 1 September.) • I give and bequeath unto and among the children of John Wright the sum of 100 pounds. • To cousin Whiting’s wife. • To my wife, Elisabeth Dell. Proved in 1646. (P.C.C., Twisse, 184.) (71 yrs old)

• Cf. the will of George Dell of Boston mariner, dated 3 Nov. 1653 (Register, Vol 5 p 442), in which the testator names his brother Mr. Richard Barachew, Living at Hackney near London and his brother Ralph Dell. Perhaps Richard Barolers of Harksey may be identical with Richard Barachew of Hackney, the names in one will or the other having been difficult to decipher. (This George Dell appears to be the nephew of Ralph Dell, brother to Ralph, sons of John Dell.)

Ralph Dell stated "I haueing no child" and the bequest to the Children of John Wright was later in the will than those to his brothers and sisters. However, I looked at "London Marriage Licences", edited by Joseph Foster, London, 1887 which you can access free on Google Books, and found the following:

"John Wright, of Waltham Abbey, co. Essex, yeoman, and Mary Dell, spinster, daughter of John Dell, of same, yeoman - at St. Mary Axe, London, 17 Apr 1624. Bishop of London's Office."

Also, "John Wright, of Waltham Abbey, co. Essex, yeoman, and Mary Dell - at Waltham Abbey, aforesaid, 19 Apr 1624. Bishop of London's Office."

FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS OF WALTHAM ABBEY. 1563-1650*

DELL

Baptisms

• 1607 Ralph son of John Dell 13 September.
• 1611 Ralph son of John Dell 21 April.
• 1621 George son of John Dell 4 November.
• 1627 Elisabeth daughter of John Dell 20 January [1627/8].
• 1632 Margaret daughter of John Dell ____ August.

Marriages

• 1624 John Write and Mary Dell 22 April.
• 1625 John Dell and Bridgett Warer[?] 28 July.

PIERCE

Births

• 1655 John son of Robert Pierce 22 January [1655/6].
• 1659 Charity daughter of Robert Pierce 6 April.

Marriages

• 1642 Richard Pierce and Susan Write 5 May.
• 1655 George Wilson and Martha Pierce 22 January [1655/6]

Burials

• 1661 Robert Pierce, innkeeper, 22 October.
• 1661 Charles Morgan died at Richard Pierces and was buried 19 November.

WRIGHT

Baptisms

• 1563 Thomas son of Richard Wright 26 _____.
• 1564 Lawrence son of George Wright 7 May.
• 1565 Thomas son of Robert Wright 3 June.
• 1567 Jane daughter of George Wright 12 January [1567/8].
• 1567 Henry son of John Wright 5 March [1567/8].
• 1569 Robert son of George Wright 14 August.
• 1569 Thomas son of John Wright 30 August.
• 1570 Margaret daughter of John Wright 30 July.
• 1570 Robert son of Robert Wright 5 March [1570/1].
• 1572 Bridgett daughter of George Wright 2 April.
• 1573 Henry son of Henry Wright 30 August.
• 1574 John son of John Wright 24 January [1574/5].
• 1576 Robert son of John Wright 26 August.
• 1582 Magdalen daughter of John Wright 8 July.
• 1599 Elisabeth daughter of Thomas Wright _____ February [1599/1600]
• 1600 Robert son of Robert Wright 25 May.
• 1601 Philip son of Robert Wright 27 June. q
• 1601 Sarah daughter of Henry Wright 17 January [16012]
• 1603 Margaret daughter of Philip Wright 18 June.
• 1603 Mary daughter of Thomas Wright 17 August.
• 1603 Robert son of Robert Wright 28 August.
• 1605 William son of Robert Wright 12 July. 1
• 1605 William son of Thomas Wright - November.
• 1605 Catharine daughter of Philip Wright 2 February [1605/6].
• 1606 Frances daughter of Robert Wright 1 June.
• 1608 Frances daughter of Robert Wright 29 May.
• 1608 Sarah daughter of Hary Wright 30 July.
• 1610 Ann daughter of Philip Wright 29 July.
• 1624 John son of John Write** 20 February [1624/5].
• 1627 Susanna daughter of John Write 5 August.
• 1629 William son of William Wright 28 June.
• 1630 Henry son of Christopher Wright 20 May.
• 1631 William son of Robert Wright 22 January [1631/2].
• 1633 Ann daughter of John Write 29 August.
• 1635 Ralph son of John Write 26 September.
• 1637 Henry son of John Write 16 May.
• 1646 John son of William Wright - August.
• The parish registers of Waltham Holy Cross (Waltham Abbey), CO. Essex, begin 1 June 1563. A description of them, with some of the more interesting entries and much antiquarian lore relating to this parish, may be found in Our Parish Registers, by W. Wintera. Waltham Abbey, 1885.

Marriages

• 1568 Wright and Ellen Lightsent 27 June.
• 1569 John Wright and Margaret 26 May.
• 1569 John Wright and Agnes Pecock 15 August.
• 1574 Clement Basley of Sapwood and Agnes Wright 2 May.
• 1598 Henry Wright and Sarah Marble 6 November.
• 1599 Robert Wright and Alice Green 17 June.
• 1602 Robert Wright and Susan Cawell 18 July.
• 1602 Philip Wright and Mary Meghill 4 November.
• 1607 William Bellamy and Jane Wright 29 January [1607/8].
• 1617 Richard Stock and Katherine Wright 16 June.
• 1620 Anthony Benton and Jane Wright 5 November.
• 1624 John Write and Mary Dell 22 April.
• 1628 George Burton and Frances Wright 14 April.
• 1630 Henry Wright and Elisabeth Barker 14 July.
• 1636 Bazzell Bull and Jane Wright 1 September.
• 1642 Richard Pierce and Susan Write 5 May..
• 1642 Patrick Wright and Elisabeth Stock 20 October.

Burials

• 1568 Alley wife of John Wright 15 July.
• 1570 John Wryght, tanner, 20 December.
• 1573 George Wryght of leberts hell*** 20 January [1573/4].
• 1573 Jane [Wright], late widow, 28 February [1573/4].
• 1574 Henry son of Henry Wright 5 March [1574/5].
• 1577 William Wright 29 September.
• 1586 Alice Wright - March [? 1586/7].
• 1597 Catherine Wright 21 January [1597/8].
• 1600 Robert son of Robert Wright 30 May.
• 1603 Ellen wife of John Wright 11 September.
• 1603 John Wright 1 October.
• 1637 Susan wife of Robert Wright - January [1603/4].
• 1606 Robert son of Susan[?] Wright 9 October.
• 1610 Margaret daughter of Philip Wright 2 January [1610/11].
• 1611 Thomas Write of Surestone 26 March.
• 1626 John son of John Wright 30 September.
• 1626 Ann Wright 3 November.
• 1629 Sarah wife of Henry Wright 19 February [1629/30].
• 1631 Robert Wright, butcher, 26 November.
• 1632 Nicholas Wright, a poor man, - May.
• 1632 Alice Wright, a widow, 15 August.
• 1632 Elyn daughter of John Write 5 November.
• 1634 Henry son of Christopher Wright 8 December.
• 1637 Mary wife of John Write of Surestone 23 February
• 1638 Amy daughter of John Write 4 June.
• 1640 Widow Write of Surestone 4 November. 1
• 1640 Henry Wright 29 November.
• 1643 John Write 5 July.
• 1645 Ann wife of William Wright 4 August.
• 1645 Robert son of Christopher Wright 23 August.
• 1648 Margery wife of William Wright 13 April.
  • The Wrights of Surestone (Sewardstone), a village near Waltham Abbey, were recorded in the Parish registers under the spelling Write.
    • That is, Lippets Hill.

What caught my eye was the dearth of Pierces in the Parish records of Waltham Abbey. It's as though the first "attractor" of the family to that location rested in the marriage of Richard Pierce/Pearce to Susanna Write/Wright. Richard came from elsewhere, probably semi-local.

My eye was caught by the two burials mentioning same:

• 1661 Robert Pierce, innkeeper, 22 October.
• 1661 Charles Morgan died at Richard Pierces and was buried 19 November.

I wondered: was this Robert Pierce the father of Richard Pierce? So, I went looking for Robert Pierce/Pearce/Percy. And that's when things began to get weird. I came across the following extract:

From: “Abstract drawn up by Sir Wm. Dugdale, proving Mr. Francis Percy, now of Cambridge, to be of the line and family of the Percys, Earls of Northumberland” (From The House of Percy, p.359)

Sept. 6, 1680. — Roger England of Taunton in Somersetshire, aged 80 years, certifieth that he married Anne daughter of Robert, son of Thomas the Powder Traytor, and has heard the said Robert, his wife's father, say that he was son to Thomas Percy, who was employed in the Powder Plot."

Oct. n, 1680. — John Swinton, clerk of ye parish Church of Anwick in Northumberland, aged above 80 years, affirmeth that he heard his father say that Mr Thomas Percy and his wife lived in the Castle at Anwick and had children, and after the Powder Plot for which ye said Thomas lost his life, his wife went to London and lived privately there. "

It’s also said that MARTHA WRIGHT (notice name Wright!) moved to Holborn, London with her children, CHANGED HER NAME [from Percy to Pierce/Pearce?], and opened a school or something.

Oct. 14, 1680.— Matthew Scott of Gateshead in the Bishoprick of Durham, aged 99 years, certifieth that he knew Thomas Percy, who was afterwards in the Powder Plot, Constable of Anwick Castle, and that he had a son called Robert and two daughters, and that the said Robert was a schoolboy at Anwick. "

February 12, 1680: Richard (sic) Percy, widow of Francis Percy, son of Robert, aforesaid, aged 76 years, sayeth that she knew the said Robert Percy, her late husband’s father, and has often heard him say he was the son of Thomas Percy who was in the Gunpowder Plot: and that above 16 years since, ye said Francis, her late husband, purposing himself to make himself known as Algernon, Earl of Northumberland, went from Bickley in Devonshire, where he then lived, towards London for that end, but on his way falling sick at Oxford, returned home, where he shortly died.”

{Collectanea Topographica Et Genealogica, Volume 2 edited by Frederic Madden, Bulkeley Bandinel, John Gough Nichols verifies that 1641 marriage record to "Rich hord" Parsons. In 1680, she was called Richard, widow of Francis, son of Robert Percy. She was 76 in 1680.

Bickley, Devon baptismal and marriage records:

Francis Pearsie (groom) marries 9 July 1640 to Richoard Parsons (sic) at Bickley, near Exeter, Devon.

(I'm wondering what female name was corrupted to read Richoard?)

Elizabeth Persie bpt. 1 Jun 1641, daughter of Francis Persie, at Bickley, near Exeter, Devon.

Dorothie Persie bpt. 1 Nov 1643, daughter of Francis Persie, at Bickley, near Exeter, Devon.

Francis Percy bpt. 19 May 1649 son of Francis Percy, at Bickleigh, near Exeter, Devon

Peter Perci bpt. 7 Aug 1654 son of Francis Perci, at Bickley, near Devon, England. }

So, we have a Robert Percy born at Alnwick about 1594, child of Thomas and Martha Wright. I ended up having to read the entire account of the Trunkmaker and all that from “The House of Percy” by Brenan, along with all the other background I could find.

From the History of the House of Percy, about the claimant, James Percy: Percy's researches in the registers of Pavenham Bury, Harrowden, and Horton had proved his clear and legitimate descent for three generations. He was himself born at Harrowden in 1619, the second but cldest Surviving son of Henry Percy (sometime Servant to Lord Bacon) and Lydia Cope, daughter of Dame Cope of Horton, Northants.' His father, Henry, was the third son of another Henry Percy, by his wife, the daughter of James Tibbot of Pavenham Bury, co. Bedford. The eldest son of this last-mentioned Henry was the James Percy, uncle of the Claimant, who died in Ireland without male issue in 1654.* The second son, William, had already died in childhood ; so that the representation of the family devolved upon the "Trunkmaker."

Beyond his paternal grandfather Percy could not trace by the evidence of any documents at his disposal. He had, however, inherited a family tradition that this first Henry, together with three other children, brothers and sisters, were of near kin to the Earls of Northumberland, and that they had been brought from the North by stealth immediately after the re-establishment of Protestantism in 1559. Of one of these brothers, his grand-uncle Robert Percy, the Claimant had personal knowledge; and he claimed to be able to produce numerous witnesses from the districts about Pavenham, Harrowden, and Horton, who would swear to the coming of the four from the North, and their settlement in that part of the country.

The story may seem too romantic to be true, but the period was one which produced many stranger romances; and there is not wanting a very similar case which occurred almost at the same time, and which rests upon a historical basis. Several children of the ancient Catholic family of Tempest of Holmside in Durham were smuggled out of their own home by friends during the Elizabethan persecutions, and sent to fosterage with respectable families in Oxford and Kent, where they grew up as peasants, or at least in stations far beneath the rank of their ancestors. (Surtees: History of Durham, Chester Ward)

Whether the Claimant's ancestors were actually brought to Northamptonshire in this manner or not, seems past positive proof or refutation ; but it is worth observing that James Percy found at least one believer in his published account of the tradition who, from her intimate knowledge of the Northumberland family ties, deserves at least to be heard with attention. This was Anne, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery, a descendant of Henry Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, by his marriage with Lady Margaret Percy, sister of the " unlucky Earl." It will be remembered that the Earl of Cumberland was a practical sympathiser with his luckless brother-in-law during the latter's marital troubles, and indeed acted for a time as guardian of the Percy estates. Lady Pembroke openly stated at Court and elsewhere that "if the Trunkmaker really came from Pavenham, he must be one of those four Percy children that in the time of the troubles in 1559 were sent out of the North in Hampiers to old Dame Vaux at Harraden in Northhamptonshire."

(Elizabeth Cheyne, heir of Pavenham was this Lady Vaux and all her generation were Catholic. Her son William, third Lord Vaux, married (2nd wife) Mary Tresham, aunt of Francis Tresham of the Gunpowder Plot. Pavenham was held by Sir Thomas Cheyne, knt., from whom it passed to his daughter and heir Elizabeth, wife of Thomas, second Lord Vaux of Harrowden.)

{Lady Pembroke was the sole daughter and heir of George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland and had married, firstly, Richard Sacville, third Earl of Dorset (by whom she had issue two daughters and co-heirs, Margaret, wife of John Tufton, Earl of Thanet, and Isabel, wife of James Compton, Earl of Northampton) ; and secondly, as his second wife, Philip Herbert, fourth Earl of Pembroke and first Earl of Montgomery (by whom she had no issue). It should be recalled that Maud Herbert, mother of Josceline Percy of Newlands/Beverley, was the daughter of the Earl of Pembroke.}

" According to the "Register Booke" of Horton, Henry Percy and Lydia Cope were married by licence in 1614. Two children, Henry and Eliza, were born to them before James, but both died in early youth. The birth of William, illegitimate son of Henry Percy by Mary Varnum, may also be seen in this register. From Brenan we get:

"By a certificate of the 17 September 1680, taken out of the Church Register of Wiveliscomb, Somerset, it appeareth that Robert Percy did marry Emma Meade 22 Oct. 1615. "

"By a certificate of ye 10 May 1680, taken out of ye Church Register of Taunton in Somerset, it appeareth that Francis ye son of Robert Percy was there baptized 15 April 1616. "

That is: he was born six months or less after his parents were married. Francis Percy is also said to have been baptized: April 15, 1616, Bickley, Devon, England. (Is it just another way to say the same place?)

In his History of the Hundred of Willey (Bedfordshire), Mr. William Marsh Harvey gives the following extracts from the Pavenham Registers :

• "James Pearcye fil. Henrici Percye, baptizat. fuit xij" die februarij, A, duj, 1581."
• "Baptized Willm. Pearcey,fillius Henrici Pearcy, 15 Dcccmbris, 1583."
• " Baptiz. Maria Pearcye filia Henrici Percye, 27 Septemhiis, 1 590."
• Baptiz. Alicia Pearcye filia Henrici Pearci Januarij 18, Ao. q. dui. 1593."
• " Sepulti fuere duo ( Willm.) filii Henrici Pearci partus 20 die Januarij Anno dui. 1592."

The baptism of a Francis, son of " Laurance Percy," and the marriage of a "Thomas Pearcye" and Elizabeth Seamer are also quoted.

In the register of the neighbouring parish of Carlton, Bedfordshire, under date of January 30, 1 596, is recorded the baptism of a "John, son of Laurence Percy."

In respect of the story of the Tempest children quoted above, notice that Elizabeth Waterton's (wife of Edward Percy, father of Thomas of GPP) mother was a Tempest.

The author and collector of the above data, Dugdale, cited in Brenan’s book writes about Robert: "It is unknown where he died." In other words, the Francis and/or his widow, haven’t a clue about the whereabouts or fate of the alleged father of Francis.

Another researcher found the following items and sent them to me:

[Regi]ster of the names of all ye Passinger which Passed from ye Port of London for one yeare Endinge at Xmas 1635.

Posi festum Natalis Christi 1634. vsq' ad festum Na: Christi 1635 Secundo Januarij 1634 THEIS vnder written are to be transported to Virginea imbarqued in ye Merchant bonaventure JAMES RICROFTE Mr bound thither have taken ye oath of Allegeance.

Name Age Name Age Name Age WILLM SAYER 58 ROBERT PERCY 40 EDWARD CLARK 30

Based on age, this is our Robert Percy born in 1594. We notice that Robert is NOT traveling with his wife and children.

We find him next in America:

1637 - Robert Percy Tax payer in Freeman Township, St. Mary’s County, Maryland.

And then, things get MOST interesting.

Liberation Theology Along the Potomac: Labor's Golden Rule in Early American Catholicism Journal of Beliefs & Values: Studies in Religion & Education, Volume 32, Issue 3, 2011

Out of the regard for their own value came the militant support of Maryland's contract workers for the levelling of Calvert and the local Maryland landlords in the 1640s and 1650s, which will be taken up in the following chapter. Tenants and contract workers were only 20% of the population in this period, but led in the levelling. Catholic tenants like William Lewis, Henry Hooper, and Robert Percy stopped paying the three barrels of corn in annual rent on their 21-year leases.[347]

[347]"Thomas Gerard," "Career Files;" Hughes, Society of Jesus, text, vol. 2, p. 25.

The Marshall was 'Robert Percy, gentleman ;' there are strong grounds for believing that he was the eldest son of Thomas Percy, a chief conspirator of the Gunpowder Plot.

And then:

St. Mary’s County, MD. Court Records Assembly Proceedings, January— March 1637/8. Liber Z, p. 15

THE GENERALI, ASSEMBLY HELD AT ST MARIES, AND BEGAN ON THE 25th DAY OF JANUARY 1637 The Acts of the first day

The Leiutent grail taking his place, came and appeared personally: Robert Perry marshall (Robert Percy served as undersheriff from 1638-1639).

January 20, 1637 St Mary’s County, MD. Cecellius Lord Proprietor to Rob Percy, “marshall” asked to apprehend the body of Rose Gilbert, widow and keep her safe.

February 12, 1637 – St. Mary’s County, MD. Robert Percy, one of 24 freemen selected to serve on grand inquest. 17th Aprill 1638 - Memorand that this day mr Sheriff hath appointed Robert Percy to be his bailiff or vndersheriff vntill xtmas next, to exequute for him all writt, & warrants vpon his command, for exequution of iustice or otherwise and hath promised him a salary therefore of 100l of tobacco: and the said Robert Percy hath accepted thereof, & doth covenant and vndertake to performe the same & to save harmelesse mr Sheriff for all neglects or defaults wch may be committed on the part of the said Robert Percy.

August 16, 1638 - Mr. Copley came in person and revoked his attorney to Robt. Percy, p.78 (Note information in the Jesuit Mission article below about Mr. Copley and Robert Percy as attorney.)

August 22, 1638 - A true and perfect inventary of all the goods and debts of Andrew Baker’s., their value praised by Thomas Baldridge and Thomas Percy.

From the Maryland Historical Magazine, p.366: Land Notes 1634-1655

March 28, 1640 Robert Percie, Gent., demandeth land to him for transporting himself at his own charge into the province upon the Merchant – Boneventure in the Year 1635 (Viz) 100 acres of land in freehold, and was allowed. Eod. The said Robert Percie assigned over his right and interest in the 100 acres of land unto John Dandie and his heirs

                                         Robert Percy. (signed)

July 21, 1640 The said Robert Percy Gent, demandeth ffive acres of Town Land due to him for transporting himself at his own charge into this province in the year 1635 – and assigned over all his right unto the Said five acres unto Robert Clerk, Gent.

February 1, 1643 Members of Inquest: robt. Percy A link to the above mentioned documents and a few others: http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5000/sc5094/003000/0...

Next: THE JESUIT MISSIONS OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND by EDWIN WARFIELD BEITZELL (http://openlibrary.org/books/OL4562439M/The_Jesuit_missions_of_St._...)

In 1645, at the time of the Ingle Invasion, there were (as we have seen) five Jesuit priests in Maryland. Fathers Bernard Hartwell and John Cooper were at St. Inigoes, Father Roger Rigby on the Patuxent, Father Copley at St. Mary's City and Father White at Port Tobacco. For several years, Richard Ingle had been a trader in goods from England and Holland and was well known to the Manor Lords of St. Mary's. In the year 1644, Governor Leonard Calvert had occasion to visit his brother Lord Baltimore in England, and Giles Brent was substituted in his place during his absence. Ingle arrived in the harbor at St. Mary's in January in his ship, the "Reformation", and during his stay was accused of treason for speaking seditiously against the King. He was arrested and placed in the custody of the Sheriff, and the "Reformation" was seized, a proclamation affixed to the mast, and a guard placed aboard. Soon afterward, Ingle made his escape. The Sheriff excused himself, saying that there was no prison in the Province except his own hands, and he supposed everything was all right when he saw Ingle leave the Governor's house in the company of Captain Cornwaleys and Mr. James Neale and he let him go, though against his will. Mr. Neale said he had no charge over Ingle and did not help his escape. Captain Cornwaleys said he thought the Governor had given his consent for the prisoner's release. The Captain of the Guard excused himself, saying that he thought everything was all right when he saw Cornwaleys come aboard with Ingle, and all talking in a very friendly manner together. Thus the "Reformation" slipped out of the Sheriff's hands. On his return to England, Ingle complained that his ship had been seized in Maryland because it was a London ship, and that Maryland was a stronghold of papists and supporters of the King against Parliament. Then Ingle procured letters of marque against all ships opposed to Parliament, and sailed for Maryland to avenge himself against the Government and the Catholics.

Ingle put in at St. Mary's on February 24, 1645, with the avowed purpose of burning or destroying whatever belonged to the Catholics, and to put the Protestants in possession of everything not destroyed. Ingle and his men captured the Fort at St. Inigoes and set out to rob and ravage the countryside. Fathers Hartwell, Rigby, and Cooper (as previously noted) were forced to flee for their lives across the Potomac to Virginia. Fathers Rigby and Cooper are reported to have died of hardship in Virginia in 1646. Father Hartwell died in the same year, although there is some indication that he may have returned to Maryland. Possibly, he did not flee to Virginia but went into hiding in Maryland. It is the writer's considered opinion that Fathers Rigby, Cooper, and possibly Hartwell were all martyrs, hunted down and killed by Ingle and his adherents. Otherwise it is difficult to understand how these three young priests could all have died in so short a period of time. Father Copley was either visiting Father White or had fled to Port Tobacco from St. Inigoes. Both were captured by Ingle and were sent to England in chains, for trial on the charge of treason (the treason being that they were Jesuits). Actually, they were tried on the technical charge that they returned to England after being banished from that Country. The Fathers were able to prove that they had not returned voluntarily but had been brought back much against their will. They were finally acquitted, but were detained in custody for about two years. Mission property valued at over 2,000 pounds sterling was seized or destroyed. In a schedule filed by Father Copley, together with an affidavit, when he sued Ingle for recovery some years later, he mentioned that a house was burned, some sixty cattle were dispersed, hogs and other animals had disappeared, and twenty indentured servants were missing. All of the church and house furnishings at St. Mary's City, St. Inigoes, and Port Tobacco were stolen. In the same document, mention is made of massive silver plate, jewelry of gold, diamonds, sapphire and ruby, and tapestries embroidered in gold and silver.(57) Very probably the plate, jewelry, and embroidered tapestry mentioned in the schedule were the sacred vessels and the vestments used in the Church service. Father Copley would hardly have dared to identify the stolen articles otherwise to a Court in England. Nor did he mention the destruction of the Chapel House, other than as "a house". Father Joseph Zwinge, S.J., has pointed out that it was the Chapel House that was destroyed, because the residence at St. Inigoes was in possession of a Mrs. Baldridge,(58) a Protestant, when Father Copley finally was able to return to Maryland in 1648, and the "Hill" house in St. Mary's City remained intact, as it was mentioned in a deed of 1667.(59)

Father Copley's former attorney, Robert Percy, seems to have known a great deal about the disappearance of the plate.(60)

• * Robert Percy was a prisoner at Pope's Fort,6 and it was rumored that he had hidden the priest's plate. John Hilliard said he would forgive him a debt, hoping that Percy, who was about to leave the country, would tell him where it was hidden. But Percy did not tell him and so Hilliard sued in vain for the debt in Greene's administration. 6) Md. Arch., Prov. Ct., 415, 418, 419. **

The Protest of 1648, New Style.  

We, the freemen assembled in this present general Assembly, do hereby declare, under our hands ; and generally, jointly, and unanimously protest, against the laws which are now pretended to be put in force by the last general Assembly ; conceiving that they were not lawfully enacted. For that no summons issued out return, we may suppose, of all the Roman Catholics, who had been expelled or exported from St. Mary's, by Capt. Ingle, and the other enemies of the proprietary.

Witness our hands, this 28th January, 1647. Robert Yaughan, 24 voices. Robt. Clarke, proxy, Geo. Akerick, 8, Cuthbert Fenwick, 8, Walter Peake, 22, Robert Percy,proxy, 1

December 2, 1649 Robert Percy defendant for 400 Tobo. Robert Percy a prisoner at Pope’s Fort over this debt. Robert Percy is not found in any record after December 2, 1649, evidently being ejected or fleeing from Maryland. See above where it says he was “about to leave the country” in 1648.

Now, we know that Richard Peirce/Pierce/Pearce showed up in Waltham Abbey to marry Susannah Wright in 1642. Five years later, they are in America where Susannah receives a legacy in 1647.

Earlier, in 1635, a Robert Percy went to America and made something of a Catholic splash there. He is in jail in 1648 but disappears shortly after that.

Then a Robert Pierce, innkeeper, dies in Waltham Abbey with no prior connections recorded there other than the fact that he has the same name as our Richard Pierce/Pearce. A singular lack of Pierces… And oddly, a month later, a Charles Morgan dies at “Richard Pierces”. But we KNOW Richard Pierce is in America! Did he maintain a home in Waltham Abbey? Did he and Susannah get Robert Pierce out of jail and help him get back to England? Did he have some of the Jesuit plate and use it to open an inn?

1661 Robert Pierce, innkeeper, 22 October. 1661 Charles Morgan died at Richard Pierces and was buried 19 November.

We have the following points:

It happens that Thomas Percy married Martha Wright and two members of the Gunpowder plot were Wrights of Yorkshire.

Was there a son, a Robert Percy, Gentleman born about 1594 England, taken to London or environs, by his mother? Notice that Dugdale wrote: "It is unknown where he died." That is to say, his son had no idea what happened to his father!!!

That must be because he hopped on a ship WITHOUT HIS FAMILY, obviously!

Then, all those doings in America until he disappears in 1649 never to be heard from again. And then, after a Richard Pearce marries a Wright in Waltham Abbey, suddenly Robert Pierce shows up??? Was there another son?

It is bizarrely coincidental that one year after Richard and Susannah show up, Robert Percy is "planning to leave". And all this was in the midst of a really horrible religious persecution going on in Maryland.

Did Robert Percy encounter his son, Richard, in America and was he helped by him to return to England at the age of 55 after changing his name as Richard had already done? Did he contact some of his old circle which may have included such as the Dells, the Brights, and certainly the Wrights. With their help, did he settle in Waltham Abbey, and open an Inn?

Richard is not mentioned in the affidavits for Francis, but he is certainly there on the Charts in "The House of Percy" and the way it is written and presented reads like a cover-up to me.

What interested me was the testimony of the Countess of Pembroke in "The House of Percy" followed by a few comments about the "Four Lost Percies" in relation to the Tempest family. As it happens, Elizabeth Waterton's mother was a Tempest though the book does not mention that.

So we have this clear problem of Four disappearing Percies, and a huge gap between the age of fecundity of Edward Percy and Elizabeth Waterton and the birth of Alan Percy (1560). They had plenty of time to have four other children, including the Henry b. 1555 and a Robert b. 1556 and a couple others. But they would have to be small to be smuggled out in "hampers".

So there's that.

Then, there is the issue of the Thomas Percy children. It is apparently known that Martha Wright Percy re-settled north of London, probably near to her kin, along with her children, and that she changed her name. Well, if she changed her name, she undoubtedly changed the names of her children, too. This is why I have doubts about the Francis Percy even though his widow claimed that his father was Thomas Percy. But the testimonies of the Alnwick people that there were children is helpful.

Would the children of Thomas Percy/Martha Wright have associated with the offspring of the Four Percies? Possibly, even probably, because they were all connected by this network of closet Catholics. Possibly many of them would not even be listed in Anglican church registries after a certain point because they were catholic.

I think that TWO things happened and were conflated: 1) the removal of several Percy children during the "troubles" of 1559, and then 2) the "removal" of the children of Thomas Percy of Gunpowder plot. But the latter was a full generation later. I think that the "Four Percies" were undoubtedly children of Edward of Beverley and Elizabeth Waterton whose mother was a Tempest. There seems to be something solid there. There was Henry, Robert, Laurence and Anne. That’s the line of the Trunkmaker and other Percys who did not change their name to Pierce/Peirce/Pearce.

In my opinion, the Robert of the Four Percies is NOT the same Robert that married Emma Meade in Wivelscombe in 1615 because he is the wrong age. I'm not entirely sure that the Francis Percy m. Richoard, born in Bickley, belongs there, but I've left him there tentatively due to the testimony of the widow.

But it is entirely possible that a Robert Percy, son of Thomas (GPP) resumed his father’s name upon reaching adulthood because he was a zealous Catholic, married, and later, went to America to try his hand at farming and catholicizing, and failed, ended up in jail. After that, he may have been helped by either his son or a nephew, Richard Pierce/Pearce and wife Susannah, and persuaded finally to change his name permanently and retire to run an inn.

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It's going to take a real Sherlock Holmes to sort it out and find anything IF there is anything to find.

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Richard Pearce IV 1615-1678 Marriage: 5 May 1642 Waltham Abbey, Essex, England Susannah Anna Wright Susannah Anna Wright 1620-1678 Children (20) John Pearis John Pearis 1625-1682 Joseph Pearce Joseph Pearce 1642- Nehemiah Pearce Nehemiah Pearce 1642-1678 Peter Pearce Peter Pearce 1643-1716 Richard Pearce V Richard Pearce V 1643-1720 Martha Pearce Martha Pearce 1645-1744 Infine John Pearce Infine John Pearce 1647-1707 Giles Peirce Giles Peirce 1651-1698 Susanna Pearce Susanna Pearce 1652-1743 Mary Pearce Mary Pearce 1654-1736 Jeremiah Pearce Jeremiah Pearce 1656-1657 James Pearce James Pearce 1658-1748 Isaac Pearce Isaac Pearce 1658- William Pearce William Pearce 1658-1659 Sarah Pearce Sarah Pearce 1660-1720 Anne Pearce Anne Pearce 1661-1662 William Pearce William Pearce 1661-1752 Elizabeth Pearce Elizabeth Pearce 1661- George Pearce George Pearce 1662-1752 Samuel Pearce I Samuel Pearce I 1664-1752

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Richard died before 8 Oct 1678 [date his will was proven. The will mentions sons Richard, John, Giles, James, Wiilliam George & Jeremiah and 4 unnamed daughters to receive inheritance when of age.

Three known daughters are Mary [m. Thomas Brownell, Jr.], Martha [married M. Dyer], and Susannah [married George Brownell].

Richard and Susannah Wright were married 5 May 1642 At Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.

He was appointed Surveyor of Marks of Cattle on 8 Jan 1657.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113521743/richard-pearce