Saturday, December 28, 2013

Surname Saturday - PEARCE (England to colonial Rhode Island)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor  #751, who is Margaret PEARCE (1689-????) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations in this PEARCE family line is:


1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

46.  Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872)
47.  Amy Champlin (1798-1865)

92.  Joseph Oatley (1756-1815)
93.  Mary Hazard (1765-1857)

186.  Stephen Hazard (1730-1804)
187.  Elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????)

374.  Daniel Carpenter (1712-1784)
375.  Renewed Smith (1717-1766)

750.  Ephraim Smith, born about 1675 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died before 14 May 1733 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 1500. Jeremiah Smith and 1501. Mary Gereardy.  He married about 1710 in probably Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
751.  Margaret Pearce, born about 1689 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of Ephraim Smith and Margaret Pearce are:
*  Freelove Smith (1711-1775), married 1735 John Allen (1710-????).
*  Sarah Smith (1714-????), married 1735 James Langworthy (1711-1762).
*  Renewed Smith (1717-1766), married 1733 Daniel Carpenter (1712-1784).
*  Margaret Smith (1719-????).
*  Ephraim Smith (1722-????).

1502.  Daniel Pearce, born about 1658 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died after 1744 in Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.   He married about 1683 in probably Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
1503.  Mary Weaver, born about 1662 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died before 1703 in Rhode Island, United States.

Children of Daniel Pearce and Mary Weaver are:
*  Daniel Pearce (1687-1758), married 1708 Patience Hill (1687-????).
*  Margaret Pearce (1689-????), married 1710 Ephraim Smith (1675-1733).
*  Mary Pearce (1690-????), married 1715 John Morse (1685-????).
*  John Pearce (1691-1744), married 1718 Martha Sweet (1697-????).

3004.  John Pearce, born about 1632 in England or Wales; died before 26 April 1692 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He married about 1654.
3005.  Mary, born about 1633 in probably England; died before 15 October 1711 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of John Pearce and Mary are:
*  John Pearce (1655-1746).
*  Daniel Pearce (1658-1744), married (1) 1683 Mary Weaver (1662-1703), (2) 1703 Elizabeth Tucker (1677-1728).
*  Mary Pearce (1662-????), married James Sweet  (1657-1686).

Information about this Pearce line was obtained from:

*  Henry Edward Turner, editor, "Percy, Perce, Pearcy, Pearxce, Pierce, &c., in Rhode Island, 1650-1700," The Rhode Island Historical Magazine, Volume 5, Number 1 (July 1884), pages 45-47.
*  Tor Hylborn, The Hylborn Family Ancestry Project (http://hylbom.com/family/paternal-lines/paternal-ni-to-po/pearce-2720/).

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