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There are many Jeremiah Pearsons living in and around Newbury, Mass. This is a worksheet attempting to attribute children, primarily, but to distinguish the various Jeremiahs generally. [edit] From Vital Records[edit] Births
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[edit] ProbateAmericanAncestors.org has Essex probate files online. No probate found that could clearly be identified as widows of these men and only the Mary mentioned in case 20980 was even thought to be one of the widows. [edit] Case 20978: Pearson, Jeremiah 1737, Mch. 21.[This is the husband of Priscilla Hazen] Will of "Jerimiah pearson of Newbury", dated 19 Mar "on[e] thousand seven hundred Thirty and or thirty on[e]", proved 21 Mar 1736[/37], names wife prisilia; son John Person [executor] "he paing Each of my children", daughter priscilla the wife of Nathan'll mihill, son Jeremiah person, son Moses Person, son Amos Person, children of my dafter hibcabath [?] knight which sd daughter is decased, daughter miriam the wife of Ebenezer burpe [?], daughter hannah the wife of John Down. Inventory 19 Apr 1737: £573.09.00 [edit] Case 20979 Pearson, Jeremiah 1759. May 23.[This is B5. Would be of legal age in 1762. His father Jeremiah had apparently died. His brother Samuel had apparently died, no guardian file found for him. His uncle Silas establishes his father as son of John Pearson and Elizabeth Mix.] 21 May 1759: Jermiah Person minor of above fourteen years of age made Choice of his unkel Silios person for his Guardian 21 May 1759: Bond of Silas Pearson Miller of Newbury as Guardian of "Jeremiah Pearson a Minor above fourteen years of age son of Jeremiah Pearson late of Newbury in the County of Essex deceased". 21 Jun 1762: Recv'd of Silas Pearson a Full acquitence of his Gaurdian Ship for me from the year 1759 to this time as I am of Lawfull age to Settle with my Said Gaurdian and full Satisfaction of all Demands as wittness my Hand Jeremiah Pearson the 3'd. [edit] Case 20980 Pearson, Jeremiah, joiner, 1768, Feb. 23[This is B1/D2. If this is the father of B6 (since father of B5 who also had wife Mary apparently died 1759), then B6 died young, because the will only mentions wife Mary. But it is unlikely that this couple married in 1726 would have a child in 1750, so the parents of B5 are probably some other couple. Since childless, his wife Mary is probably the probate file of 1774 (21011) who leaves her estate to niece Sarah Dole, wife of Daniel Dole.] 23 Feb 1768: Bond of Mary Person Wid'o of Newbury Port, Dan'l Dole and Ebenez'r Sumner as sureties, as executor of Jeremiah Pearson late of New'by Port in the County of Essex Joyner deceased. Will of "Jeremiah Pearson of Newburyport ... Joyner", dates 10 Oct 1767, proved 23 Feb 1768, names wife Mary ["all my Estate both Real and Personall"] executrix. [edit] Case 20981 Pearson, Jeremiah Junr., mariner, 1784, May 31.[Apparently no children. This is M6. Would appears to NOT be B6 since not mentioned in case 29080, but could possibly be son of 29082 since predeceased him with no heirs.] Will of "Jeremiah Pearson jun'r of the Town of Newbury Port, in New England, Mariner", dated 2 Dec 1777, proved 31 May 1784, bequeaths entire estate to wife Abigail [executrix]. 16 Jul 1784 Inventory, £496.16.6. [edit] Case 20982 Pearson, Jeremiah (Elder) tailor 1798. Jan. 2[Apparently only the two children. Clearly not the Jeremiah of Rowley who had several other children. Websites says this is B2.] Will of "Jeremiah Pearson of Newbury Port", dated 27 Feb 1795, proved 2 Jan 1798, mentions wife Elizebath; son Isaac Green Pearson, daughter Hannah Johnson. Son and daughter to be executors. 2 Jan 1808: "Eleazer John Jun'r of Newbury Port, Administrator to the Estate of Hannah Johnson late of Newbury Port Widow deceased" approved account of Isaac Green Pearson Executor. 27 Apr 1798: Inventory totals $5928.89. [edit] Case 20983 Pearson, Jeremiah, gent. 1816. Dec. 17[This is B5.] [undated] We the Subscribers being Children of Jeremiah Pearson late of Newbury deceased hereby request Your Honour to Appoint Jeremiah Pearson and William Pearson both of Alna in the County of Lincoln Administrator of the Estate of said deceased[.] the deceased left no widow and it is the opinion of us the Subscribers that if all the Children of said deceased were present it would be their request to have said Jeremiah and William Appointed Administrators[.] the Only Children of said deceased not present are Nathan Pearson the Eldest Son of said deceased who lives in Boscawen in the State of Newhampshire Elizabeth Dole in the County of Lincoln Lydia Folansbee in the County of Kenebeck. [Signed] Samuel Pearson, John Pearson, Abiel Pearson, Lois Carlton, Jane Dodge. 17 Dec 1816: Bond of "Jeremiah Pearson of Alna Esquire and William Pearson of Alna Trader with in the County of Lincoln" with Moses colman and Jeremiah Colman both of Newbury as sureties as administrators of "Estate of Jeremiah Pearson late of Newbury in the aforesaid County of Essex Yeoman deceased". 18 Dec 1816: Inventory: Person: $2875.00 Real $5425 24 Jun 1817: Distribution ordered to Nathan Pearson, Samuel Pearson, John Pearson and Abiel Pearson, sons of said intestate, and Lois Carlton, Elizabeth Dole & Jane Dodge, daughters of said intestate, ... legal representative of Lydia Follansbee deceased, a daughter of said intestate. 24 Jun 1817: payments to Daniel Carlton in right of his wife, Nathan Pearson, Nathaniel Dole in right of his wife, Samuel Pearson, Abiel Follansbee Guardian of his Children in right of their other, Paul Dodge in right of his wife, John Pearson, Abiel Pearson, Our [Jeremiah Pearson and W'm Pearson, Administrators] proportions. [edit] Case 20992 Pearson, John 1781, Mch. 6[The following will is significant because it names the two grandsons, and mentions their mother still living. Her marriage record shows the son was thought to have died much earlier, since the mother intended to remarry in 1749.] Will of "John Pearson of Newbury", dated 5 Nov 1770, proved 6 Mar 1781, names daughter Priscilla Richardson, Jeremiah and Moses Pearson sons of my son Jeremiah "supposing him to be dead", Sarah Coker "Mother of my Grandsons Jeremiah Pearson and Moses Pearson aforesaid", sons John and Thomas, daughter Lydia Rolf, granddaughter Elisabeth Richardson, son Silas to be executor. [edit] Children of JeremiahThe will in probate 20983, combined with vital records, makes it possible to completely identify the family of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Pearson) Pearson (M5). By removing them, presumably the remainder from Byfield Church (CR5) should belong to Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Coomes) Pearson of Rowley (M3). The other families do not have as much clarity. Baptisms are indicated by the symbol of the church where recorded. Even when jurisdictional boundaries shift, families may continue to use one church. In the Newbury records, CR3 is Third Church, now of Newburyport, CR5 is Byfield Church, and CR9 is the Old South Church of Newburyport. Baptisms in CR9 appear to belong to Elder Jeremiah Pearson. Usually only a birth or a baptism date is known. If no birth location is specified, the vital records only specify a baptism, and the date given is a baptism. When the vital record is for a birth, the birth location is specified, and the date given is the birth date. If, in addition, a reference is made to a church record (due to spelling or name variations usually) that will be noted in the baptism location, but no baptism date will be available. Only in the case of three children born in Rowley, with the baptisms at the Byfield Church (covered by Newbury VRs) are both dates available (which turned out to be a helpful clue in confirming the families).
[edit] AnalysisSome of the difficulty of this disambiguation lies in the confusing use of Jr. and 3'd as identifiers. Many of the births in Newbury, for example, name the father as Jeremiah 3d (Jr. CR5), or some similar way, for example. One must be very careful about the scope of the records being reported. So for this example, he is Jeremiah 3d because he is the youngest of 3 Jeremiahs in the jurisdiction of Newbury, but Jr. at CR5 because he is youngest of two Jeremiahs attending the Byfield Church. The oldest Jeremiah attending the Byfield Church lived in Rowley, and was yet another Jeremiah, other than the 3 living in Newbury. These designations did not become clear until the identification had been worked out by other means, and only then, could they be understood.
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