Col. Nathaniel Pearse

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Col. Nathaniel PEARSE was born on 23 November 1708 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (now Rhode Island). He died on 17 March 1793 at the age of 84 in Bristol, RI. He was buried in Juniper Hill Cemetery, Bristol, RI. He represented Bristol in the Rhode Island Colony Assembly in 1765-66 and 1767. He was also supposed to have served as a marine on the sloop Providence. "First Families Of America", Vol. 2, pg. 43, says that that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Col. Nathaniel Pearse

Born: 23 November 1708 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Mass. (now Rhode Island).

Died: 17 March 1793, Bristol, RI.

Father: Richard Pearce, b. 1684; d. 25 October 1744, Bristol, RI.

Mother: Sarah Humphrey, b. 29 October 1678, Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA; d. 4 July 1720, Bristol, Bristol Co., Mass. (now RI)

Marriage : 6 Apr 1732 / 4 May 1732, in Bristol, Bristol Co., Mass. (now Rhode Island)

Wife: Mary Lindsay 1699 – 1764

Children of Nathaniel and Mary Pearse :

• Samuel Pearse, b. 25 Oct 1733, Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI)
• John Pearse, b. 28 Mar 1735, Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI)
• Capt Richard Pearse, b. Jun. 17, 1737, Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI); d. May 5, 1809, Mass.
• Nathaniel Pearse, b. 05 Aug 1739, Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI); m. Lydia Peckham, Nov. 15, 1767. Note: "Peckham" was the name of Lydia's previous husband.
• Christopher Pearse, b. 05 Jul 1741, Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI); d. November 26, 1743, RI
• Elizabeth Pearse, b. 17 Feb 1742, Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI); d. August 06, 1746, Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI); m. 8 DEC 1768 in Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI), Samuel THROOP, b: 18 MAR 1744/5 in Bristol, Bristol, MA
• Thomas Pearse, b. 06 Mar 1744,Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI); d. Abt. 1745
• Mary Pearse, b. 03 Apr 1747, Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI); d. December 23, 1748
• Thomas Pearse, b. 24 Nov 1749, Bristol, Bristol, RI
• William Pearse, b. 02 Apr 1753, Bristol, Bristol, RI
• Sarah Pearse, b. 26 Aug 1754, Bristol, Bristol, RI ; d. January 16, 1755

Burial:

Juniper Hill Cemetery, Bristol, RI.

Also known as: Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Bristol #3

Sources:

http://www.rihistoriccemeteries.org/searchgravesnameonly.aspx

Nathaniel Pearse, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"

Rehoboth Roots

James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Originally published by Narragansett Historical Publishing Company; Providence, RI; 1891)

New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1, by William Richard Cutter. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915 - New England, p. 221.

Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families ..., J.H. Beers & Company, 1908 - Rhode Island, p. 958.

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 ... p. 54.

Front Cover Frederick Clifton Pierce Press of J. Munsell's Sons, Albany, 1888

Descendants of Pierce/Pearces in America

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