140. Dea. John1 Pearson was not of the first company but a very early settler, probably 1643. It is a tradition in the family that he was a native of Yorkshire, England. The date of his birth is not known, though probably before 1610. His name is first mentioned on the Rowley records in the birth record of his child, 1643. He was made freeman, 26 May, 1647, and ordained deacon of the Rowley Church, 24 Oct., 1686. … John Pearson was by trade a carpenter; in all recorded deeds, with one exception, he is so designated. … After the occupation and purchase of the Nelson saw and grist mills he was once styled "miller." He brought with him to Rowley his wife Dorcas. Her maiden name is unknown; they lived together fifty years. He died 22 Dec., 1693. … More than two years before his death he gave the larger part of his property to his children. He conveyed "my now dwelling house" to his youngest child, Stephen.