Benjamin Pearson and Susannah Burbeck

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Husband Benjamin Pearson ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Thomas Pearson 3
           Born:  - Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Sep 1763 - Darby, Delaware Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Lawrence Pearson (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 23 Sep 1703 2

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Wife Susannah Burbeck ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Chesterfield, County of Derby, England
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Thomas Pearson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Feb 1708 2
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         Spouse: Hannah Blunston (1712-      ) 1 2
           Marr: 30 Jun 1732 2

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Pearson

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He was the first of the Pearson family to come to America, arriving at Darby, Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he settled, about 1712. He and his wife had seven children, of whom Thomas was the third. The Pearsons, as also the Blunstons, were of the sect called Quakers and had been better educated than was usual with those emigrating to the New World. Benjamin Pearson was an austere man; he disliked this country and made no effort to acquire property therein; it is said of him that he would never admit that any of its products equalled those of England except turnips.

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Notes: Marriage

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It appears from the records that, having been approved by two meetings of Quakers, viz: Chesterfield and Warnsworth, Benjamin Pearson, who had removed from Tinsley to Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, was married to Susanna Burbeck of Chesterfield, County of Derby, England, on the 23d of September, 1703. [HMC 1909, 867]

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 876.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 867.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 619.