Benjamin Pearson1

M, #1889, b. 30 March 1705
  • Birth*: 30 March 1705; Yorkshire, England; <30th day 1st mo 1705>1
  • Marriage*: 16 September 1728; New Jersey marriage licenses: "Sept. 16, 1728 Benjamin Pearson, Chester County, Pennsylvania, carpenter, and Elizabeth Parr of Philadelphia, spinster."; Spouse: Elizabeth Parr2
Last Edited: 18 Feb 2011
Charts:
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Parents:

Father: Benjamin Pearson1 b. c 1682/83, d. 25 Sep 1763
Mother: Susannah Burbeck1 b. 31 Dec 1680, d. 27 Jun 1745

Family:

Elizabeth Parr
  • Marriage*: 16 September 1728; New Jersey marriage licenses: "Sept. 16, 1728 Benjamin Pearson, Chester County, Pennsylvania, carpenter, and Elizabeth Parr of Philadelphia, spinster."; Spouse: Elizabeth Parr2

Children:

Samuel Pearson3
William Pearson+ 3 d. 22 Jun 1783

Notes

  • Note*: His nephew who grew up in Darby wrote: "Benjamin married an English woman of the name of Parr, and had two children--William and Samuel."3
  • Note: From the recitation portion of an abstract of a 1742 deed, Edmund & Elizabeth Williams to Job Harvey: "Samuel Blunston & Sarah his wife by deed dated 30 Apr & 1 May 1728 granted to Benjamin Pearson a lot being part of the 500 acres. Benjamin Pearson & Elizabeth his wife by deed dated 29 & 30 Mar 1734 granted the said lot to John Owen of Chester....a lot in Darby bounded by High Street, a lot of James Hunt, the mill race & a lot of Job Harvey."4

Citations

  1. [S265] Lloyd, Howard Williams, Lloyd Manuscripts (Lancaster, Pa.: New Era Print. Co., 1912), p. 246, Birth & death dates recorded on the marriage certificate of Benjamin Pierson & Susannah Burbeck..   Lloyd--Manuscripts-Pearson.pdf
  2. [S170] Gardner, Charles Carroll, "New Jersey Marriage Licenses 1727-34 (with additions to 1751)", The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey serialized Volume 14, Number 4, Oct 1939, p. 73 through at least Vol 20 (1945): GMNJ 14:81.   Gardner--NJ-Marr-Lic.pdf
  3. [S337] Pearson, John, "Blunston Pearson", pp. 110-118 of "J. Granville Leach Collection, Genealogical Data, Vol IV". Typed manuscript, described in the first sentence as: "The following is a copy of a genealogy prepared by John Pearson, Esq., son of Thomas and Anne Pearson, of Darby, Pa., and signed by him in 1812" (FHL microfilm 481830, ), p. 116.   Leach--Pearson-481830.pdf
  4. [S39] Bryant, Carol, Abstracts of Chester County, Pennsylvania Land Records; Vol 3 1745-1753; Vol 4 1753-1758; Vol 5 1758-1765 (Publ 1997, 1998, 1998 by Family Line Publ. Westminister, Maryland., ), 3:22-23.   Bryant--Chester-Co-Land-Records.pdf