Person:Giles Pearce (3)
Giles Pearce
b.23 Mar 1722 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
d.Bef 7 Aug 1792 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 5 Mar 1712
  1. William Pearce1713 -
  2. Susanna Pearce1715 -
  3. Martha Pearce1717 - 1761
  4. James Pearce1719 - 1767
  5. Giles Pearce1722 - Bef 1792
  6. Mary Pearce1724 - 1802
  7. George Pearce1727 - 1780
  8. Alice Pearce1730 -
  9. Phebe Pearce1731 - 1755
  10. Samuel Pearce1734 - 1798
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Giles Pearce1722 - Bef 1792
  • W.  Mercy Rouse1727 -
m. 23 Aug 1744
  1. Hannah Pearce1745 -
  2. Martha Pearce1747 - Bef 1792
  3. Sarah Pearce1748 - 1796
  4. Rachel Pearce1750 -
  5. Elizabeth Pearce1751 - Abt 1777
  6. Rouse Pearce1753 -
  7. James Pearce1755 - 1820
  8. Mercy Pearce1757 -
  9. Lydia Pearce1760 - 1825
  10. Abigail Pearce1763 - 1791
  11. Rebecca Pearce1766 -
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Facts and Events
Name Giles Pearce
Gender Male
Birth[1] 23 Mar 1722 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 23 Aug 1744 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United Statesalso recorded at Tiverton
to Mercy Rouse
Will[2] 14 Jul 1792 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Death? Bef 7 Aug 1792 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States


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Will

Giles Pearce of Little Compton, dated 14 Jul 1792, proved 7 Aug 1793 [or 1792?], states, "...To wife Mercy all household goods, improvement of my great room in my dwelling house and bedroom adjoining as long as she is my widow...To my sons Rouse and James all my land, buildings that I have in this world. To wife Mercy 100 pounds of good beef...Two silver dollars apiece to daughter Hannah Taylor, to grandchildren, daughter of daughter Martha Church, to daughter Sarah Seabury, to daughter Rachel Pearce, to daughter Abigail Gifford, to daughter Rebecca Seabury. One silver dollar apiece to daughter Mary Tabor and granddaughter Edith Brownell. To daughter Lydia Bowen 12 dollars. To daughter Rachel the privilege of living in my new house as long as she is single. To son Rouse my wearing apparel. To son James my loom..."S2

References
  1. ↑ Tiverton - Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
    p. 99.

    "Pearce, Giles, March 23, 1722" (of James and Martha)

  2. ↑ Pearce, in Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, and Little Compton Historical Society [Rhode Island]. Little Compton Families. (Little Compton [Rhode Island]: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967 (College Hill Press : Providence, R.I.))
    Vol II p. 469-470.

    See will in text

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