Person:John Pearce (1)

Name	John Pearce
Gender	Male
Birth^[4]	Abt 1619	England
Marriage	4 Nov 1643	to Elizabeth _____
Property^[3]	1645	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statespurchased property from Anthony Day
Residence^[1]	1651	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesmade freeman
Marriage	12 Sep 1673	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Jane Unknown
Death^[1]^[5]	15 Dec 1695	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestral File Number		SNJQ-6W

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Daniels, Nathan Hagar. Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Boston, Mass.: N.H. Daniels, 1903)
27+.

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Babson, John J. History of the town of Gloucester, Cape Ann: including the town of Rockport. (Gloucester Mass.: Procter Bros., 1860)
pp. 125-126.

John Pearce, "husbandman", d. 15 Dec 1695
- an early settler of Gloucester, had land on narrow projection between Mill River and Annisquam River
- made freeman 1651 (required church membership)
- appears in Quarterly Court Records:
--- reproaching the ministers and ministry
--- absent from public worship
--- speaking evil words of a magistrate
--- as a juryman, dissenting from the rest of the jury
↑ Day, Anthony, in Babson, John J. Notes and Additions to the History of Gloucester: Part First. Early Settlers. (Gloucester, Mass.: M.V.B. Perley, 1876).
↑ Massachusetts (Colony). Quarterly Courts (Essex County). Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911-1925, 1975).

Essex Quarterly Court 3:327 in 1666 deposed aged 50; Essex Quarterly Court 2:217 in 1660 deposed aged 40
↑ Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts.: Essex Institute, 1917).

3:237 Pearce: John, Dec. 15, 1695.