George Pearce and Ann Gainer

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Husband George Pearce ^{1 2}

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            AKA: George Peirce 1 3
           Born:  - ? England
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           Died: Abt 1734 - East Marlborough Twp, Chester Co, PA
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 1 Feb 1679 1

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Wife Ann Gainer ^{1 2 4}

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            AKA: Ann Gainor 3
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Children

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1 F Betty Peirce ^{1 6}

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            AKA: Betty Pearce 5
           Born: 18 Nov 1680 1
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         Spouse: Vincent Caldwell (      -      ) 1 6

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2 M George Peirce ¹

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            AKA: George Pearce 1
           Born: 23 Apr 1682 1
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3 M Joshua Peirce ^{3 8}

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            AKA: Joshua Pearce,1 Joshua Pierce 7
           Born: 5 Mar 1684 1 3
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           Died: 15 Nov 1752 1 3
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         Spouse: Ann Mercer (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 28 Oct 1713 1

         Spouse: Rachel Gilpin (1696-1776) 3 7 10
           Marr: 15 Nov 1722 1 3

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4 F Ann Pearce ¹

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            AKA: Ann Peirce 1
           Born: 8 May 1786 1
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         Spouse: James Gibbons (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: William Pim (      -      ) 1

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5 F Margaret Pearce ¹

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            AKA: Margaret Peirce 1
           Born: 11 Jun 1689 1
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6 F Mary Pearce ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Mary Peirce 1
           Born: 25 Dec 1690 1
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         Spouse: Joseph Brinton (      -      ) 1 2

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7 M Caleb Pearce ¹

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            AKA: Caleb Peirce 1
           Born: 21 Feb 1692 1
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           Died: 22 Mar 1779 1
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         Spouse: Mary Walter (      -      ) 1

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8 M Gainer Pearce ¹

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            AKA: Gainer Peirce 1
           Born: 1 Apr 1695 1
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         Spouse: Sarah Walter (      -      ) 1

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9 F Hannah Pearce ¹

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            AKA: Hannah Peirce 1
           Born: 21 Apr 1696 1
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         Spouse: Edward Brinton (      -      ) 1

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10 M John Pearce ¹

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            AKA: John Peirce 1
           Born: 15 Apr 1704 1
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           Died: Bef 1720
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General Notes: Husband - George Pearce

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He came to America from Winston, Somersetshire, England, in 1684, with his wife and settled in Thornbury, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was member of Provincial Assembly, 1706.

of the parish of Winscom, in the county of Somerset, England. He, with his wife and three young children, emigrated from Bristol, the seaport nearest his residence, in 1684, and the same year had a tract of 490 acres of land surveyed to him in what is now Thornbury township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Thornbury being the name of a district of country from which he obtained his wife, and a desire on his part to keep up the old associations most dear to him, probably suggested the name of the township. He arrived at Philadelphia prior to 9th month 4, 1684, upon which day he presented two certificates to a meeting of Friends held "att the Governor's house." One of these certificates was from "the Monthly. Meeting at ffrenshay, in the County of Gloucester." The other was from "Thornbury Meeting." He may have settled on his new purchase in 1685, but his name first appears as an active member of Chichester Friends' Meeting in 1686; shortly after which meetings were sometimes held at his house. Besides being strict in his attention to his religious duties, he gave a share of his time to civil affairs, and of his means to the improvement of the country. He represented Chester County in the Provincial Assembly in 1706, and was one of a company who erected "the Concord mill," the first mill erected in his neighborhood. He died in East Marlborough about 1734, having removed to that township two years before. [HCC 1881, 678]

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General Notes: Wife - Ann Gainer

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from Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 678.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 875.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 426.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 431.

5 Compiler's Speculation.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 427.

7 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 338.

8 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 570, 655, 678.

9 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 655, 678.

10 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 570, 678.