This photo of a miniature portrait is the earliest image of my Pearce family I have found to date. It was painted by James Peale of Philadelphia, circa 1800, and is inscribed: Gen’l Cromwell Pearce. This particular Cromwell Pearce was a grandson of Edward Pearce and Frances Brassington who immigrated from Northern Ireland to Pennsylvania [...]
Updates to the Kersey family, descendants of Samuel Kersey and Hannah R. Pearce, have recently been posted. An interesting discovery was made: a grandson of this couple, George Russell Kersey (1866-1916), was considered to be a giant. Reports of his actual height vary, but it appears he was at least 7 feet tall – something [...]
In the past year, Google Book Search has added – among many other useful items – a number of old legal digests and court reporting publications. These old volumes summarize court decisions going back to the early 1800s, and can provide genealogical data with an interesting twist . Unlike the conspicuously benign biographies you find [...]
So many Cromwells and so little time. There was one Cromwell Pearce, born 10 Nov 1824 in Pennsylvania, who lived most of his adult life in Monroe County, Tennessee, and died 17 Mar 1892. He is buried in Steekee Cemetery, Loudon County, Tennessee. His wife was Wilhelmina S. ( Willie ) Unknown (1831-1908), and she was [...]
Genealogical researchers who have not yet visited the new FamilySearch Record Search Pilot Site should check this one out! This site has barely started, it’s more or less a beta at the moment, and the collection offerings you’ll find there currently are somewhat limited, but growing. Even so, I found an abundance of new primary [...]
On this site you can find a number of Will & Estate, and Probate files – all related to the Pearce family of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Images of of the original documents can be downloaded as PDFs, text transcriptions are also provided.
