William Pearson1,2

M, #2062, b. circa 1761
  • Birth*: circa 1761; calculated from recorded age at death.
  • Marriage*: 16 October 1788; Marriage certificate, abstracted by compiler:
    William Pearson, of the City of Pennsylvania, son of William and Ann Pearson late of the Northern Liberties, deceased, and Deborah Foulke, daughter of Judah Foulke late of Phila., deceased, and Mary his wife. Intentions declared at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Having consent of the surviving parents and Friends concerned. Married at Philadelphia meeting 16th day 10th mo 1788.
    Witnesses, in order:
    Mary Foulke [bride's mother]
    Mary Pearson [groom's step-mother (Mary May)]
    Susanna Bispham [groom's sister]
    Thomas Pearson [groom's brother, or uncle, or cousin, or ?]
    Joseph Bringhurst [bride's maternal grandfather is a Bringhurst (*)]
    John Bringhurst [bride's side *]
    John Foulke
    Eleanor Foulke
    Mary Foulke Junr
    Elizabeth Foulke
    Eliz. Bringhurst [bride's side *]
    Joseph Bispham [groom's brother-in-law]
    Sarah Lynn [groom's maternal aunt Sarah (Fairman) Lynn's daughter, possibly]
    Anna May [relative of groom's step-mother, possibly. also wit. Bispham/Pearson]]
    Susanna Jones
    And about 75 more, including no Aitken, Fairman, Field, or other Pearson, or other Bispham.; Spouse:Deborah Foulke3
  • Burial*: 4 January 1803; Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; age 42. Presumably this is the same William Pearson.4
Last Edited: 20 Jul 2009

Parents:

Father: William Pearson1,2 d. 22 Jun 1783
Mother: Ann Fairman1,2 b. c 1733, d. 7 Aug 1773

Family:

Deborah Foulke
  • Marriage*: 16 October 1788; Marriage certificate, abstracted by compiler:
    William Pearson, of the City of Pennsylvania, son of William and Ann Pearson late of the Northern Liberties, deceased, and Deborah Foulke, daughter of Judah Foulke late of Phila., deceased, and Mary his wife. Intentions declared at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Having consent of the surviving parents and Friends concerned. Married at Philadelphia meeting 16th day 10th mo 1788.
    Witnesses, in order:
    Mary Foulke [bride's mother]
    Mary Pearson [groom's step-mother (Mary May)]
    Susanna Bispham [groom's sister]
    Thomas Pearson [groom's brother, or uncle, or cousin, or ?]
    Joseph Bringhurst [bride's maternal grandfather is a Bringhurst (*)]
    John Bringhurst [bride's side *]
    John Foulke
    Eleanor Foulke
    Mary Foulke Junr
    Elizabeth Foulke
    Eliz. Bringhurst [bride's side *]
    Joseph Bispham [groom's brother-in-law]
    Sarah Lynn [groom's maternal aunt Sarah (Fairman) Lynn's daughter, possibly]
    Anna May [relative of groom's step-mother, possibly. also wit. Bispham/Pearson]]
    Susanna Jones
    And about 75 more, including no Aitken, Fairman, Field, or other Pearson, or other Bispham.; Spouse:Deborah Foulke3

Child:

Mary Pearson2

Citations

  1. [S550] Wills: Abstracts: Philadelphia Co., USGenWeb Archives web site; contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Thera, Jack Bowman, and Judy, online http://usgwarchives.net/pa/philadelphia/wills.html, will of William Pearson, 1784.
  2. [S341] 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. 115-116.   Leach--Pearson-481830.pdf
  3. [S465] Society of Friends, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Filmed at Dept. of Friends Records Phila. FHL microfilm 20,467. IV Marriages 1759-1814, p. 337, marr. cert. of William Pearson & Deborah Foulke.
  4. [S201] Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. II (Pa. & N.J.), Vol III (N.Y.) (Originally published Ann Arbor, 1938. Reprinted Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore 1969., ), 2:404.