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 | Article - The Edward Pearce Family
from Northern Ireland to Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1737
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 | Family History - Pearce, Irish Branch of Pierces
An excerpt from: Pierce Genealogy, Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce,
by Frederic Beech Pierce of Boston, 1882.
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| Biography - Pearce, Biographical Sketch of the Pearce Family of Chester Co., PA
taken from: History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, With Genealogical and Biographical Sketches, by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, 1881. (Edward, Cromwell, Lewis Gronow, George W.)
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 | Cemetery Transcription - Churchyard of Saint Peter's-In-The-Great Valley, Chester Co. PA
an excerpt from The Church of Saint Peter in the Great Valley 1700-1940 by Harold Donald Eberlein and Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard, 1940.
Note: Another transcription of this same graveyard can be found at the St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley (Episcopal) website.
There are a number of discrepencies between these two transcriptions and it is always wise to check both. |
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 | Will and Estate - Pearce, Edward, Last Will and Testament, 1777
Immigrant from Ireland, married to Frances Brassington.
Dated: 5 Oct 1776, Proved 3 May 1777, Chester Co PA, Estate File #3058, includes inventory.
Original image and transcription.
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| Will and Estate - Pearce, Rachel Robinson, Last Will and Testament, 1815
Daughter of Edward Pearce and Frances Brassington, wife of Richard Robinson.
She left legacies to some, but not all, of the children of her brother Cromwell Pearce.
Dated: 5 Nov 1815, Proved 1 Jan 1816, Delaware Co PA, Will #449, includes inventory.
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| Will and Estate - Pearce, Col. Cromwell, Last Will and Testament, 1852
Grandson of Edward Pearce the immigrant, son of Cromwell Pearce and Margaret Boggs, a brother of Richard Pearce.
Dated: 1 Oct 1847, Codicil added July 31, 1849,
Proved 13 Apr 1852, Chester Co PA, Estate File #12,072, includes inventory.
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| Will and Estate - Pearce, Edward, Chester Co. PA Estate File, 1836
Grandson of Edward Pearce the immigrant, son of Cromwell Pearce, husband of Hannah Roberts.
Estate File #9343 - Administrative Bond filed 27 Jan 1836, Inventory (not transcribed), and Orphan's Court Records, 14 Jun 1836.
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| Family History - King - an excerpt from: The Brenneman History by Albert H Gerberich, 1938.
Catharine Brenneman b. 1733 married George King b. 1731 of Chester Co. PA.
Thier daughter Sophia King married Richard Pearce.
Richard and Sophia had 8 children:
Margaret, Edward, Catharine, Rachel, Frances, Susanna, George and Elizabeth.
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| Will and Estate - Brenneman, Catharine King, Last Will and Testament, 1804
Wife of George King, mother of Sophia King who married Richard Pearce.
Dated: 12 Nov 1799, Proved 8 Oct 1804, Chester Co PA, Estate File #5142, includes inventory and accounting.
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| Will and Estate - King, George, Last Will and Testament, 1820
A son of George King and Catherine Brenneman, a brother of Sophia King who married Richard Pearce.
Dated: 13 Jul 1820, Proved 8 Sep 8, 1820, Chester Co PA, Estate File #6816, includes Inventory and Accounting.
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| Military - Pearce, Edward - War of 1812 Muster Roll, Chester Co. PA
War of 1812 Muster roll of Captain John G Wersler's Company, 2nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Light Infantry, Nov. 29th 1814.
- page 125 of History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, With Genealogical and Biographical Sketches. (page 124 states that these men were "principally from Chester County"). Also, the name of George King (but which one?).
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| Military - Pearce, Edward, War of 1812 Compiled Military Service File
War of 1812, Edward R. Pearce, 2 Reg'T L. Inf. (Bache's) Pennsylvannia Milita.
This document was obtained from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration in the hopes that it would provide additional personal information about Edward Pearce — sometimes they do, but this one did not. |
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| Military - Pearce, Edward, War of 1812 Bounty Land Warrant Application File
This document provides evidence that the Edward Pearce b. abt 1785 who served in Captain John G Wersler's Company during the War of 1812 is the same Edward Pearce who migrated to Clark County, Illinois in 1837.
Includes historical background, transcription of the file, and reproduction of the original pages in PDF format. |
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Pearce, Chester County, PA
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