Lawrence Pearson, Quaker minister

Lawrence Pearson (Edward /Peersonne/) was born between Born before 4 May 1607 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England and 04 MAY 1620 in Pownal Fee, Cheshire, England, and died 26 DEC 1673 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England. He was buried in Quaker Cemetery, Mobberley, Cheshire, England.

He married Anne Worth on 2 Apr 1643 in Prestbury Parish, Cheshire, England.

He married Elizabeth. She was born 1620 in Pownal Fee, Cheshire, England, and died 13 AUG 1662 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England. She was buried in Quaker Cemetery, Mobberley, Cheshire, England.

Family

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Children of Lawrence Pearson and Anne Worth are:

1. Mary Pearson was born ABT 1647 in Styall, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England.
2. Martha Pearson was born ABT 1650 in Pownal Fee, Cheshire, England, and died 1658.
3. Edward Pearson was born 1651 in Pownal Fee, Cheshire, England, and died 03 JUN 1697 in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania.

Children of Lawrence /Pearson/ and Elizabeth are:

1. Thomas Pearson was born 1653 in Pownal Fee, Cheshire, England, and died 27 MAY 1734 in Marple, Chester Co, Pennsylvania.
2. John Peirson was born 05 SEP 1654 in Pownal Fee, Cheshire, England, and died ABT 1708 in Newton, Pennsylvania.
3. Robert Peirson was born ABT 1656 in Pownal Fee, Cheshire, England, and died 1656.
4. Sarah Peirson was born 08 NOV 1658 in Pownal Fee, Cheshire, England.

Family details

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Marriage The marriage date of Lawrence and Elizabeth is unknown. No marriage record has been found. With the birth dates of the eldest children unknown the marriage could have occurred as early as 1645 or as late as 1650.

Children It is not definitively known that all the children of Lawrence are theoffspring of Elizabeth but absent any other records on his first wifethis is believed most likely. The following children have primary source documentation or secondary sources and related documents showing their relationships either to each other or the parents.

Mary born about 1647. Mary is named in her father's Will (see Lawrence Pearson) but is not listed first which casts some doubt on this year of birth. The will notes that Mary has special necessities requiring oversight by the executors.

Edward born between 1648 and 1651. Edward is named in his father's Will ( see Lawrence Pearson) but his birth predates the Quaker minutes book in which most of his younger siblings records are found. The prior minutes book has not yet been located.

Thomas born about 1653, Pownall Fee, Cheshire. Thomas is documented as a brother by ships records to the Colonies and his father's Will (see Lawrence Pearson).

John born 5 Sep 1654, Pownall Fee, Cheshire.[2]

Sarah born 3 Nov 1659, Pownall Fee, Cheshire.[3]

The following additional children may be a part of this family but are presently lacking either primary source documentation or secondary and related documents pointing to them being part of this family.

Martha born about 1650. Is not named in the will of Lawrence and no records have been found.

Robert born about 1656. Is not named in the will of Lawrence and no records have been found.

Margaret born 1670. This is easily discounted as the date of birth is after the proven death of mother Elizabeth. This is only included as reference as she is included in many unsourced genealogies.

Will

Will of Lawrence Pearson in the Probate Registry, Chester. A.D. 1673, Feb 21(Old Style)

I, Lawrence Peirson of Pownall Fee, Co. Chester, mason, I give unto my sonne John (?) pounds; unto my sonne Edward the dishboard, the little plow, and the little pair of plow irons, etc.; unto my daughter Mary 1/s. It is my will that the rest of my goods etc. be divided into four equall parts and three parts thereof to be divided into equall portions unto my sonne John, unto my sonne Thomas, unto my daughter Sarah. And the fourth equall part being divided as aforesaid, I give unto my Executors to administer to my daughter Mary or her issues necessitie according as they in their wisdome and discretion shall see occasion.

Executors my brother Robert Peirson of Pownall Fee, mason, and John Johnson of Baguly, yeoman, and Randle Janney of Pownall Fee, husbandman.

Lawrence Peirson

Witnesses, Peter Burges, John Hobson, the mark O of Richard Neild. Proved 20 Jun 1674 by Jo. Johnson one of the Exors, named. Power reserved to Robert Peirson, Randle Janney being dead.

Imprissoned for testifying in the streets of Highfield, Derbyshire. Refused to pay a tithe, and had a horse wrth >3 confiscated to pay the 8sh. tithe. Arrested at a meeting and jailed for two months.

Family notes

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The birth date of Lawrence Pearson remains uncertain however a baptismal record believed to be his is dated 4 May 1607, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England with the father listed as Edward Pearson.[1] Alternate birth years are seen as late as 1620 but without any documentation. It should be noted that the surname is seen spelled various ways depending on the clerk making records.

First Marriage

The marriage of Lawrence Pierson of Mobberly to Anne Worth is recorded in 1643.[2] Additional records regarding Anne have not been found.

Second Marriage

Regarding the name of Lawrence's second wife all that is certain is that her first name is Elizabeth. While it is common to see her name given as Elizabeth Janney there is no document or primary source record that gives her name as Elizabeth Janney daughter of Randle Janney and Ellen Allred or Thomas Janney and Elizabeth Worthington. There is also considerable speculation about her maiden name being Barnhill however no records exist for such a family at this time in Cheshire. See notations under Elizabeth.

Biography

Lawrence Pearson (1620-1673) lived at Pownall-Fee, Wilmslow Parish, County Cheshire, England, near Mobberly where the manors of the early Pearsons were located.

He married Elizabeth Janney about 1645. He and Elizabeth were the parents of seven children: Mary, Martha, Edward, Thomas (companion of William Penn), John, Sarah, and Robert.

Lawrence was an associate of George Fox. According to tradition, he became one of the founders of the Society of Friends, known as Quakers.

Lawrence died in February of 1673 in Pownall-Fee, near Wilmslow and Mobberly, at the age of 53. He is interred with his wife in the Friends Burying Ground, Mobberly, County Cheshire, England

Birth: May 4, 1620 Alsager Cheshire East Unitary Authority Cheshire, England Death: Feb. 24, 1672 Alsager Cheshire East Unitary Authority Cheshire, England

Lawrence Pearson (1620-1673) lived at Pownall-Fee, Wilmslow Parish, County Cheshire, England, near Mobberly where the manors of the early Pearsons were located.

He married Elizabeth Janney about 1645. He and Elizabeth were the parents of seven children: Mary, Martha, Edward, Thomas (companion of William Penn), John, Sarah, and Robert.

Lawrence was an associate of George Fox. According to tradition, he became one of the founders of the Society of Friends, known as Quakers.

Lawrence died in February of 1673 in Pownall-Fee, near Wilmslow and Mobberly, at the age of 53. He is interred with his wife in the Friends Burying Ground, Mobberly, County Cheshire, England. (bio by: George Pearson)

Family links:

Parents:

• Edward Peersonne (1575 - 1648)

Spouses:

• Ann Worth Peersonne (1620 - 1645)*
• Elizabeth Janney Pierson (1620 - 1662)*

Children:

• Edward Pearson (1651 - 1697)*
• Thomas Pearson (1653 - 1734)*
• Calculated relationship

Burial: Mobberley, Quaker Burying Ground Mobberley Cheshire East Unitary Authority Cheshire, England

Created by: Chad Nichols Record added: Mar 15, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 34832356

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Biography

The birth date of Lawrence Pearson remains uncertain however a baptismal record believed to be his is dated 4 May 1607, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England with the father listed as Edward Pearson.<ref>England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. [Note that this is not user submitted information, the original document is being sought.]</ref> Alternate birth years are seen as late as 1620 but without any documentation. It should be noted that the surname is seen spelled various ways depending on the clerk making records.

First Marriage
The marriage of Lawrence Pierson of Mobberly to Anne Worth is recordedin 1643.<ref>Prestbury Parish Register, 2 Apr 1643</ref> Additional records regarding Anne have not been found.

Second Marriage Regarding the name of Lawrence's second wife all that is certain is that her first name is Janney-1 | Elizabeth. While it is common to see her name given as Elizabeth Janney there is no document or primary source record that gives her name as Elizabeth Janney daughter of Randle Janney and Ellen Allred or Thomas Janney and Elizabeth Worthington.There is also considerable speculation about her maiden name being Barnhill however no records exist for such a family at this time in Cheshire. See notations under Janney-1 | Elizabeth. Children (all with Elizabeth with possible exception of Mary)
The following children have primary source documentation or secondary sources and related documents showing their relationships either to each other or the parents. Pearson-399 | Mary born about 1647. Mary is named in her father's Will (below) but is not listed first which casts some doubt on this year of birth. The will notes that Mary has special necessities requiring oversight by the executors. Pearson-35 | Edward born between 1648 and 1651. Edward is named inhis father's Will (below) but his birth predates the Quaker minutes book in which most of his younger siblings records are found. The priorminutes book has not yet been located. Pearson-393 | Thomas born about 1653, Pownall Fee, Cheshire. Thomas is documented as a brother by ships records to the Colonies and his father's Will (below). Pearson-395 | John born 5 Sep 1654, Pownall Fee, Cheshire.<ref>Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England. Piece 1398: Monthly Meeting of Cheshire, formerly Morley (1654-1776), Frame 21</ref> Pierson-1119 | Sarah born 3 Nov 1659, Pownall Fee, Cheshire.<ref>Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys,RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England. Piece 1398: Monthly Meeting of Cheshire, formerly Morley (1654-1776), Frame 22</ref> The following additional children may be a part of this family but arepresently lacking either primary source documentation or secondary and related documents pointing to them being part of this family. Pierson-31 | Martha born about 1650. Is not named in the will of Lawrence and no records have been found. Pearson-398 | Robert born about 1656. Is not named in the will of Lawrence and no records have been found. Pierson-939 | Margaret born 1670. This is easily discounted as thedate of birth is after the proven death of mother Elizabeth. This is only included as reference as she is included in many unsourced genealogies.

Children to Pennsylvania Thomas and John left England and arrived Pennsylvania 1683. Edward left England and arrived Pennsylvania 1687. See their respective biographies (linked above under children) for documentation. There is some evidence that their sister Sarah and her husband arrivedPennsylvania in 1685 but this has not been conclusively proven at this time. See her biography for additional information.

Death Lawrence passed away 23 Dec 1673 in Pownall Fee and is buried in Mobberly.<ref>Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England. Piece 1603: Monthly Meeting of Cheshire, formerly Morley: Mobberley,Congleton: Burials (1688-1742), Frame 23</ref>

Will Will of Lawrence Pearson in the Probate Registry, Chester. A.D. 1673, Feb 21(Old Style) I, Lawrence Peirson of Pownall Fee, Co. Chester, mason, I give unto mysonne John (?) pounds; unto my sonne Edward the dishboard, the little plow, and the little pair of plow irons, etc.; unto my daughter Mary1/s. It is my will that the rest of my goods etc. be divided into four equall parts and three parts thereof to be divided into equall portions unto my sonne John, unto my sonne Thomas, unto my daughter Sarah. Andthe fourth equall part being divided as aforesaid, I give unto my Executors to administer to my daughter Mary or her issues necessitie according as they in their wisdome and discretion shall see occasion. Executors my brother Robert Peirson of Pownall Fee, mason, and John Johnson of Baguly, yeoman, and Randle Janney of Pownall Fee, husbandman.
Lawrence Peirson Witnesses, Peter Burges, John Hobson, the mark O of Richard Neild. Proved 20 Jun 1674 by Jo. Johnson one of the Exors, named. Power reservedto Robert Peirson, Randle Janney being dead.

Additional Information The following items appear in many online sources but the actual source of this information is nowhere listed. It may be factual and it may not. In 1657, Lawrence Pearson of Wilmslow Parish refused to pay a tithe, and had a horse worth three pounds confiscated to pay an eight shillingtithe. In 1665 Lawrence Pearson of Pownall Fee was arrested at a Quaker meeting and jailed for two months. In 1650, Lawrence Pearson was imprisoned for testifying in the streetsat Highfield, County Derby. In 1660, Robert Pearson, his brother, wasput in jail for refusing to take an oath.

Research Notes

In searching for additional information on the family the One-name.orgwas contacted and the Pearson name chief reports (Sep 2018) that theydo not have Pearson information for Cheshire for this period of time.(They do have substantial information on Pearson for Lancashire.)

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weRelate: John Pearson https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John+Pearson+%2831%29

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FamilySearch: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Lawr. Pearson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3ZZ-NN1

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FamilySearch: Family Tree Lawrence PIERSON Birth  1607 • Switzerland Death  1659 Spouse  Elizabeth Janney

Lead confidence: 4 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G39B-N9N

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wikiTrees: lawrence pearson Birth  May 4, 1620 • Wilmslow, Cheshire, England Death  Feb 24, 1693 • England Marriage  Apr 2, 1643 • 1652 • Prestbury, Cheshire, England|Pownall Fee, Cheshire, England Parents  edward peersonne Spouse  elizabeth anne pearson janney worth https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/11936214

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FamilySearch: Family Tree

Lawrence John PEARSON
Birth  4 May 1620 • Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Death  24 February 1674 • Alsager, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Parents  Edward Pearson • Lady Ann of Cheshire NORTH • Sarah Anne North
Spouse  Anne Worth • Elizabeth Janney
Children  Edward Pearson • Edward Pearson PIERSON FRIEND TO WM PENN QUAKER • John Pearson • Martha Pierson • Mary Pearson • Robert Pearson • Sarah Pearson • Thomas Pierson

Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/98R9-DXS

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FamilySearch: England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000 Lawrence Pearson, "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000" Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQBG-NXK

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weRelate: Lawrence Person Birth  May 4, 1620 • Pownall Fee, Cheshire, England Death  Feb 24, 1673 • Mobberley, Cheshire, England Spouse  elizabeth janney

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!DEATH: p. 1, Benjamin and Esther (Furnas) Pearson; Their Ancestors and Descendants by George M. Pearson. 1941.

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SURNAME: may be Pearson BURIAL PLACE: Mobberly Bry Grn

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!Occupation: Mason. Father: Edward Peersonne. Buried in Mobberly Quaker Buring Ground, Cheshire, Eng. !LDS Film: #1395784. Wilmslow Parish Register. Moreley MM, Record of Quakers.

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!Lawrence christened his first child in 1647, then left the church. Anne Worth probably died about 1648 and is the mother of only Mary, born in 1647. His marriage to Elizabeth is not in parish records. Lawrence's will, dated 21 Feb 1673/74, was proved on 20 June 1674. He names children: John, Edward, Mary, Thomas and Sarah. His will also names his brother, Robert and also a Richard Heald who is said to have married his sister Elizabeth.

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!DEATH-BURIAL: Bulletin of Friends' Historical Association. The old calendar date said 12th month, but means February. He was a mason by trade. BIRTH: LDS IGI

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On the 26th of November, 1687, the Margaret [ship],John Bowman commander, arrived from London; among the Passengers were Thomas Pierson, mason and his wife Margaret, late of Poonell (Pownell), Cheshire. [14] That the records are very much at variance is shown by the following account of the early Pearsons in Pennsylvania: [15] It was three-quarters of a century prior to the artists' (Benjamin West) birth that his maternal grandparents, the youthful Thomas Pearson and Margery, his bride of a bare six months, came voyaging over the sea to set up their abode in what was then the newly-establishedProvidence of Pennsylvania.Their old home in England was in the Township of Pownall Fee, Parish of Wilmslow, in the Northeast of the County of Chester of Cheshire. There both were born of Quaker parents in that seething fervid era of the rise of the Society, There also, 2nd Mo. (April) 18, 1683, they were married, in a friends' meeting at the house of Thomas Janney the Quaker minister, later in the year their shipmate to Pennsylvania.The parents of the groom at this time were not living, the father, LAWRENCE PEARSON having died 12th Mo. (February) 24, 1673, and the mother, ELIZABETH PEARSON 6Mo. (August) 13, 1662; the place of their interment was in Friends' burial ground in the adjoining Parish of Mobberley. The bride, Margery Pearson, who was born 12Mo. (February) 1, 1658, was the daughter of Robert and Ellen Smith. Her sister, Mary Smith, born 12 Mo. (February) 24, 1660, came with her to Pennsylvania, and in 1685 was married under the care of Chester Monthly Meeting to Daniel Williamson. Thomas Pearson, and likewise his brother EDWARD PEARSON, followed in the footsteps of their father LAWRENCE and of their uncle Robert Pearson, also of Pownall fee, by learning the mason trade.It was Thomas' bachelor brother, John Pearson, born at Pownall Fee, 7 Mo. (September) 5, 1654, who had made the initial move of the family towards Pennsylvania colonization. He became one of William Penn's First Purchasers in England by receiving the grant of 259 acres of land to be laid out in the Province, the deeds of lease for the end release for the tract being signed by Penn, march 2 and 3,1681-2, in his London land office, in historic old George Yard in Lombard Street. John accompanied his brother Thomas to Pennsylvania. The other brother, EDWARD PEARSON, who was married 1 Mon. (March6, 1671), at Pownall Fee, to SARAH BURGIS, did not come over until 1687. Then he made his first settlement at Darby, but later removed to Bucks County where he left a worthy line of descendants.

THE PEARSONS IN PENNSYLVANIA. Men and women named Pearson were among the first colonists to settle in Penn's Woods and to join in his "Holy Experiment." Whether any of these are ancestors of the Pearsons who later appear in Carolina and are related to those who went to Ohio early in the 18th Century, has, so far as the writer knows, not yet been determined.

THE QUAKERS. The rise of the society of Friends has been called "one of the memorable events in the history of man [4] The sect takes its rise from the abuses prevalent under the Church of England during the 17th Century. The founder, George Fox, was born in Leicestershire in 1624, and early devoted himself to the study of the Bible, prayer and meditation. He arrived at the main tenets of Quakerism about 1645 and soon thereafter made his first convert. He suffered imprisonment many times, chiefly because he preached against the maintenance of the clergy at the expense of the laity, and because he was opposed to war. In 1651Magistrate Bennet called Fox "Quaker" because Fox bade the court tremble at the word of the Lord. The members of the sect called themselves "Children of Light". After 1652 they became generally knownas "Friends", the name being taken from the words of Jesus: "Ye are my friends if Ye do whatsoever I command you." While he was in America, Fox traveled in the border colonies from New England to Carolina, mostly by canoe and on horseback. He was deeply concerned about the conversion of the Indians. He spent two years here, and after his return to England continued to manifest much interest in the welfare of his people in the American colonies. Early in youth William Penn became a convert to Quakerism, and when he inherited Pennsylvania from the estate of his father, he invited these who wereseeking true religious and political liberty to emigrate to his vast domain in America, and there attempt to enthrone justice and secure happiness. Among the larger groups who joined with him in this"holy experiment" were the English and Irish Quakers, the Scotch-Irish of Northern Ireland, and the German Protestants (Mennonites, Amish, Dunkers and Lutherans) of the Rhine country and Switzerland.Penn was in his colony for two periods, 1682-1684 and 1699-1701. One of his first acts was to conclude the Shackamazon Treaty (1682) with the Indians, whereby Penn promised peace and justice and the Indians declared that they would "live in love with Penn and his children while grass grows and water runs." The pledge was never broken, and during Penn's lifetime not a single Quaker was killed by an Indian. Unlike the Puritans of New England, the Quakers sought to establish justice and happiness not only for themselves but for all mankind. Three hundred years ago the Quakers sought reforms thathave not yet been accepted although they are recognized as steps in the path of progressive civilization. They were peaceful, quiet, and orderly. They opposed the death penalty at a time when capitolpunishment was imposed for two hundred different offenses, some of them trivial. The Quakers objected to imprisonment for debt as an unjust limitation of human rights. They preached against vanity, luxury, idleness, waste, and falsehoods. They supported individual liberty of conscience and intellectual tolerance. They advocated equality between and in the sexes, and opposed the priesthood. They practiced plainness of speech, behavior, and apparel, and were temperate and honest. Later they were opposed to slavery and stood out firmly against it during the first part of the 19th Century. But one of the most valuable of their tenets was their obstinate opposition to was, manifested in their refusal to kill, to bear arms, and to give aid and comfort to belligerents. Members of the Society whotook up arms in war were disowned. Dean Inge has said that "the Quakers, of all Christian bodies, have remained nearest to the teaching and example of Christ." [5] FIRST ARRIVALS. One of the first men to bear the name of Pearson to come to America was Rev. Abraham Pearson, who arrived in Boston in 1649. In the same year, "as a student", he was given leave "to join in Ye gathering of a church at Ye Long Isleland", and was a minister at Southampton, L.I., until 1644 when he removed to Branford, CT, and thence to Newark, NJ [6]. Another account [7] gives his birthplace as Yorkshire, England, in 1613: he was a minister at Lynn, Massachusetts, his first year in this country, and removed from Southampton in 1647 and from Branford in 1667. His son, Thomas, removed from Branford to Newark in 1668. These men were not Quakers, for the elder left England before Fox had founded the Society. Had they been Quakers, they would not have been permitted to remain in Massachusetts. In 1659-60 three men and one woman were hanged on Boston Common because they were Quakers. [8] Many members of the family appeared early in Pennsylvania. There will always be some confusion about the early settlers in this colony because of the destruction of the immigration records at New Castle by the British during the Revolution. Mobert [9] gives the following story: "Penn went to Upland (Chester) on the 29th of October, 1682. Turning around to Pearson, one of his society, who had accompanied him in the ship Welcome, he said, 'Providence has brought us here safe. Thou hast been the companion of my peril. What wilt thou that I shall call this place?' Pearson said, "Chester," in remembrance of the city from whence we came." This story appears in nearly every history of Chester County, but evidently it is nottrue for the name of Upland had been changed to Chester before Penn's arrival in the colony, and probably before the coming of a Pearson. Futhey and Cope [10] state that the first name of this man issupposed to have been Robert. Smith [11] says that his name was Thomas, and gibes the following account: Thomas Pearson, frequently called Thomas Person, with his wife Margery, came from England withWm. Penn when on his first visit to Pennsylvania. If any reliance can be placed on tradition, it was upon his suggestion that the name of Upland was changed to Chester. He settled in Marple Township on the tract marked "Thomas Perce 'on the Holme' map. His children were Robert, Thomas, Lawrence, Enoch John, Alice, Sarah, and Benjamin, all born in this country. His daughter, Sarah, intermarried with John West and was the mother of the great painter, Sir Benjamin West. His son, Robert, married Catharine, daughter of James Thomas of Marion. Thomas Pearson the elder was alive in 1706. Besides Pearson, some of his descendants took the names Parsons, Persons, Pierson. In December, 1684, there appeared before the court "Margrett Person who complained against her master, John Colbert, for his illusage and beating her contrary to law: - the court ordered that she be disposed of for seven pounds." [12] The court on the 1st, 5th month, 1684, appointed Thomas Pearson constable and supervisor forhighways for Marple Township. [13] On the 26th of November, 1687, the Margaret, John Bowman commander, arrived from London; among the Passengers were Thomas Pierson, mason and his wife Margaret, lateof Poonell (Pownell), Cheshire. [14] That the records are very much at variance is shown by the following account of the early Pearsons in Pennsylvania: [15] It was three-quarters of a century

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!CHR-MARR-BUR: Quaker Pearsons, by Corinne Hanna Diller, 1985, p.25,26; FHL book 929.273/P318d (Sources listed); IGI, Extracted Record, 1558- 1652 Source Call #Q942.71/W1 V26W Book, Printout Call #0471982. BIRTH-MARR-DEATH: FGRA; sheet submitted by Gerald Fuller; FHL film 1274825 ORDINANCES: IGI; Eng and FGRA; IGI for SP is an Extracted record. 1558-1652. Surname: also spelled Pierson and Peirson

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!American Comp. 495, Justice Notes on Pierson, Pa. Historical Soc. Phil. Note: Not sure if it is the county of Cheshire or Chester.

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LAWRENCE PEARSON; Pearson is spelled Peirson in the Ancestral File ofthe Church

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"Lawrence Pearson b. ca. 1600, d. 12mo 24, 1673, bur. Mobberley burial grounds (Wilmslow, Pownall Fee, Chester, Eng.) m. Elizabeth Janney, d. 12mo 19, 1681/2, dau of Randall and Ellen Alrodd Janney. -Their children: John d. 1708, acquired land from William Penn, came on 'Endeavor', arr. 29th 7mo 1683; Sarah; Thomas b. ca. 1656; Mary; Edward b. 1mo 6, 1671, d. 1697, came to America after brothers,settled Bucks Co., ,Pa., first at or near Darby, about 1688 to Falls MM, m. Sarah Burgess dau of Richard and Katherine Burgess. On 8th mo, 1698, Sarah m/2 Martin Eildman at Falls Meeting House. Edward and Sarah Pearson's children (may have been more): Martha, b 12mo 9, 1687 m. Nathaniel Bye; Laurence; Sarah m. 1704 John Bye#636 Ahnentafel Chart Thomas Pearson b. ca. 1656; m. Margery SmithSources:1. Will of Lawrence Pearson in Probate Registry, Chester, England dated Feb. 21, 1673:Executors: His brother Peirson of Pownall Fee; John Johnson of Baguly; Randle Janney of Pownall Fee, husbandman. When will proved 20 June 1674 Randle Janney was already deceased. Mentioned a bargain of ground from Peter Higinbottm[sic]

Lawrence Pearson, “England Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000”

Death in Quaker records

References

• Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, Vol IV., Flushing Monthly Meetings(2) [Citation is unclear after merge but has been left in order to check the reference.]
• Profile re-sourced and edited Stanton-3574 | T Stanton 4 Oct 2018.
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 20 2022, 19:28:34 UTC
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lkreider&...
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Lawrence+Person+%282%29