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If anyone has any other information about William PIERSON [Sr.] (#7 below), please contact me.
In some sources, references to this family are also spelled PEIRSON and PEARSON.
(1) John PEARSON, b. about 1517 in England, d. about Oct 1570 (burial 21 Oct 1570) in Howden Parish, Yorkshire, England; m. 1st to Catherine ____; they resided in Howden Parish, Yorkshire, England; their children:
i. Robert, b. about 1539;
ii. William, b. about 1541;
iii. John, b. about 1543;
iv. Agnes, b. about 1545.
John PEARSON m. 2nd, 6 May 1547 in Rothwell, Lincolnshire, England, to Elizabeth TINSELY (d. about 6 May 1564); they resided in Howden Parish, Yorkshire, England; their children:
[#2] v. Thomas, b. 18 Nov 1549, d. 15 Feb 1583, m. Elizabeth FAWNE;
vi. Henrie, b. about 1551;
vii. Jannet, b. about 1553;
viii. Marion, b. about 1559;
ix. John, b. about 1561;
x. Edward, b. about 1563;
xi. Joan, b. about Jan 1564.
(2) Thomas PEARSON, b. 18 Nov 1549 in Howden Parish, Yorkshire, England, d. Feb 1583 (burial 15 Feb 1583) in Howden Parish, Yorkshire, England; m. to Elizabeth FAWNE (b. unknown); they resided in Howden Parish, Yorkshire, England; their children:
[#3] i. Guillmus/William, b. 19 Sep 1577, d. 28 Jul 1616, m. Wyborowe GRIGGS;
ii. Elizabetha, b. unknown;
iii. Johanna, b. unknown;
iv. Eleanor, b. unknown;
v. Dorothea, b. unknown.
(3) Guillmus/William PEARSON, b. 19 Sep 1577 in Howden Parish, Yorkshire, England, d. 28 Jul 1616 in Lavendon Parish, Buckinghamshire, England; m., 25 Jul 1609 in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, to Wyborowe GRIGGS (b. about 1593, daughter of John GRIGGS & Martha WYBOROWE); they resided in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England; their children:
[#4] i. Henry, b. about Dec 1615, d. 17 May 1681, m. 1st Mary ____,
m. 2nd Mary FULLER.
(4) Henry PIERSON, b. about Dec 1615 (christening 10 Feb 1615) in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, d. 17 May 1681 in Bridgehampton, Suffolk Co., NY; m. 1st. Mary ____.
Henry PIERSON m. 2nd, in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, to Mary FULLER (b. about 1621, d. 20 Apr 1687, daughter of Edward FULLER); they resided in Southampton, Suffolk Co., NY; their children:
[#5] i. Lt. Joseph, b. about 1640, d. between 1706/07 and 1720, m. Amy BARNES,
m. 2nd Joanna COOPER;
ii. Pierson, b. about 1642;
iii. John, b. about 1647;
iv. Abigail, b. about 1649;
v. Henry, b. about 1652, d. 1701, m. Susannah HOWELL;
vi. Benjamin, b. about 1654, d. 1731, m. Hannah ____;
vii. Daniel, b. about 1657;
viii. Theodore, b. about 1659, m. Frances;
ix. Sarah, b. 20 Jan 1660, m. Jonathan RAYNOR;
x. David, b. about 1662, m. Mary COOPER;
xi. Deborah, b. 8 May 1666, d. 3 Dec 1739, m. John HAWLEY.
(5) Lt. Joseph PIERSON, b. about 1640 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., NY, d. between 1706/07 and 1720 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., NY; m. 1st, 17 Nov 1675 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., NY, to Amy BARNES (b. about 1655, d. 3 Oct 1692, probably daughter of Joshua BARNES); They resided in Southampton, Suffolk Co., NY; their children:
i. Amy, b. 28 Oct 1676;
[#6] ii. Henry, b. b. 17 Apr 1678, d. about 1747, m. Abigail LUDLAM;
iii. Mary, b. 12 Jun 1680, d. about 23 Feb 1706, m. Jeremiah CULVER;
iv. Joseph, b. 6 Aug 1684, d. 1 Jul 1740;
v. Ephriam, b. 20 Jan 1686, d. 25 Feb 1761, m. Dorothy BISHOP;
vi. Samuel, b. 24 Feb 1689.
Lt. Joseph PIERSON m. 2nd Mrs. Joanna COOPER.
(6) Henry PIERSON [Sr.], b. 17 Apr 1678 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY, d. about 1747 in Cohansey, Salem Co., NJ; m., 11 Jun or Jul 1702 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY, to Abigail LUDLAM (b. about 1680, d. 27 Mar 1723, daughter of Henry LUDLOM & Jane SHAW); they resided in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY; their children:
i. Henry [Jr.], b. 1 Feb 1704, d. 1776, m. Hannah ____;
[#7] ii. William [Sr.], b. 1 Apr 1706, m. Elizabeth HOWELL;
iii. Azel, b. 13 Sep 1708, d. 1765, m. 2nd Mary SIDEN;
iv. John, b. 29 Dec 1710;
v. Eli, b. 30 Dec 1712;
vi. Abigail, b. 28 Feb 1714;
vii. Amy, b. 11 Oct 1716;
viii. Samuel, b. 15 May 1721.
(7) William PIERSON [Sr.], b. 1 Apr 1706 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY, d. unknown probably in Hunterdon Co., NJ; m., about 1727 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY, to Elizabeth HOWELL (daughter of Daniel HOWELL & Mary PHIILPS or REED); they resided in Hunterdon Co. (probably Trenton Twsp.), NJ; their children:
[#8] i. Amy, b. about 1730-35, m. Hon. Joseph READING;
ii. William [Jr.], b. unknown, d. about 1767, m. Ann GREY;
iii. Lemuel, b. unknown.
The above scenario has not been verified with primary data and I have not seen proof that William [Sr.] is the father of Amy. However, some secondary sources and circumstantial and onomastic evidence suggest this scenario may be correct.
Amy (PIERSON) and Joseph READING named their oldest son William and the name William did not exist in the READING family prior to this. Also, they named one of their sons Pierson.
In William [Jr.]'s will, Joseph READING is one of the witnesses, Thomas READING is one of the executors, and George READING is one of the men who made the inventory. I believe they are brothers, the sons of Gov. John READING. Also, in his will, William [Jr.]'s surname is spelled PEIRSON, and, he says his mother's name is Elizabeth PEIRSON, his brother's name is Lemuel PEIRSON, his wife's name is Ann, he mentions only one child Ely and says Ann is Ely's mother, and he and his brother Lemuel are blacksmiths.
(8) Amy PIERSON, b. about 1730-35 probably in Hunterdon Co., NJ, d. unknown in Hunterdon Co., NJ; m., ca. 21 Jun 1753 probably in Hunterdon Co., NJ, to Hon. Joseph READING (b. 23 Nov 1728, d. 15 Nov 1806).
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21 December 2010
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