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Facts and Events
Robert Pearis was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Acquisition of Land in Frederick County, VA
Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1742-1775, Volume 2:
- H-199: Robert Pearis of Frederick County, 229 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. George Byrne. Adj. Mr. Isaac Perkins, Stephen Elmore. 9 Nov. 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 62].
- H-200: Robert Pearis of Frederick County, 324 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. George Byrne. Adj. Isaac Perkins, Pearis's land, William Hogg, Col. Wood. 9 Nov. 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 62].
- H-286: Robert Parris of Frederick County, 441 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. John Mauzy. On South Fork of Hogg's Creek, adj. Parris' line, Stephen Elmore, Thos. Bryan Martin, Esq. 12 Apr. 1753. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, pg. 67].
Will Transcript
- Will of Robert Pearis, South Carolina Dated: August 29, 1781 Proven: December 7, 1781
- In the name of God Amen. I Robert Pearis of the province of South Carolina aforesaid being at present sick and weak in body but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, (blessed be God for the same) do make, publish and declare this to be and contain my last will and testament in manner and form following:
- First and principally when it shall please God to call me hence, I resign my soul into his Almighty Protection humbly hoping for the remission of my sins through the merits of my blessed Savior Jesus Christ and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors, hereinafter named. And as touching what worldly estate it hath pleased God of his Bounty and favor to bestow upon me (after all and singular just debts and funeral expenses are fully and Ultimately paid and satisfied); I do hereby give, devise and bequeath the same in manner and form following, that is to say,
- First, as the behavior of my wife Elizabeth Pearis for some considerable time past, during which I have not cohabited with her, has been such as she must on serious retrospect of her past conduct and appeal to her conscience be convinced that she is not equitably entitled to any share or interest in my estate; I do therefore, leaving her to that conviction, only give and bequeath her the sum of twenty pounds sterling, which sum I give in full of any demand or other claim whatever, which she can or may have set up or pretend to make on my estate either in law or otherwise—
- Item as to all and singular the rest and residue of my estate real and personal whatsoever and wherever the same may be or which I may in any manner of wise be interested or entitled unto at the time of my decease, I do hereby give, devise and bequeath the same unto and among my two daughters Elizabeth and Sarah Pearis their heirs and assigns forever, share and share alike. First allowing & deducting out of my said estate a sufficient sum for the maintenance and liberally educating of my daughter Sarah until she arrive at or attain her age of eighteen years—
- Lastly I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my friends Mr. John Cunningham and Mr. Christopher Nealey Exors of this last will and testament hereby revoking and making null and void all former & other wills by me at anytime heretofore made and declaring this only to be & contain my last will and testament wrote on this & preceding page of one sheet of post paper in the witness whereof I the said Robert Pearis have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty-ninety day of August in the year of our Lord one-thousand-seven-hundred-eighty-one.
- (Signed) Robert Pearis
- Signed sealed, published & declared by the above named Rob. Pearis as & for his last will and testament in presence of us, who in his sight & of each other have at his request subscribed our names as witnesses here to. The word twenty in the sixth line from the bottom of the first page on the other side of the bequest to the testators wife being first erased and altered to the word two.
- Wm. Mason, Jas. Cunningham, Davd. Cunningham, John Neely
- Proved before the Honorable William Bull, Esquire, Lieut. Governor, Intendant General of the Police and Ordinary of His Majesty's said province—this 7th December 1781 at the time qualified John Cunningham
Records in Frederick County, VA
- H-582: Mr. William Hogg (Hoge) of Pennsylvania, 191 acres in Frederick County. Surv. Mr. John Mauzy. On Opeckon Creek and Hoggs Creek, adj. James Hogg, Richard Hyland, Robert Parris, Col. Wood, Charles Perkins, Joseph Lupton. 21 Nov. 1754. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 145].
- M-316: Mr. Henry Mauzy of Fauquier Co., 220 acres on Hoggs Creek in Frederick Co. Surv. Mr. John Mauzy. Adj. John Adams, Babbs Mt., Robert Pearis. 12 Oct. 1764. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 160].
- Robert Pearis is named in the will of his father-in-law, James Lemon, written 1 June 1757. and proven 2 August 1757 in Frederick County, Virginia.
Citations
- http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/e/b/Janice-K-Le-blanc-Ca/GENE3-0004.html
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
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Robert Pearis married Elizabeth Lemen, but apparently this relationship did not always go smoothly. Cecil O'Dell (1995, p. 251) summarizes part of the will of James Lemen (father of Elizabeth Lemen Pearis) as follows:
"He [James Lemen in his will written 1 June 1757; he died 2 August 1757] left 100 pounds to his eldest daughter Elizabeth Pearis with the stipulation that if Elizabeth returned to her husband Robert Pearis, the 100 pounds would be paid to his youngest daughter Mary Lemen. He appointed his wife Lucy and son Thomas as executors."
http://donmchugh.tripod.com/paris/1700_1755.htm
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