John PEARSON

1615 - 1679  (63 years)

• Name	John PEARSON  [1]
  Born	18 Jun 1615	of , North Yorkshire, England   [2]
  Christened	18 Jun 1615	King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Apr 1679	Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America   [2, 4]
  Died	17 Apr 1679	Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America   [2]
  Person ID	I1824	YOUNG, Richard Perry
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family	Maudlin BULLARD,   b. Abt 1625, Barnham, Suffolk, England ,   d. 12 Dec 1690, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Married	Abt 1640	of , , England   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Mary PEARSON,   b. 20 Jun 1643, of Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America ,   d. 15 Jan 1690, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America  (Age 46 years)   2. Bethia PEARSON,   b. 15 Sep 1645, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America ,   d. 11 Nov 1701, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America  (Age 56 years)   3. Sarah PEARSON,   b. 20 Jan 1648, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America ,   d. 9 Jul 1689, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America  (Age 41 years)   4. Lieutenant John PEARSON,   b. 22 Jun 1650, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America ,   d. 21 Jun 1728, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America  (Age 77 years)   5. James PEARSON,   b. 2 Nov 1652, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America ,   d. Abt 1678  (Age 25 years)
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2018 15:08:00
  Family ID	F1018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Life Sketch   •  "JOHN, Lynn 1637, had Mary, b. 20 June 1643 ; Bethia, 15 Sept. 1645 ; Sarah, 20 Jan. 1648 ; rem. to Reading, had John, 22 June 1650 ; and James, 2 Nov. 1652. He d. 17 Apr. 1679, aged a. 64. His will of that mo. ment. w. Maudlin, s. John, ds. Mary Burnap, Bethia Carter, and Sarah Townsend. Mary m. 3 Dec. 1663, Thomas Burnap; Bethia m. a Carter; and Sarah prob. m. 27 Jan. 1669, John Townsend." James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register", 4 Volumes (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-62), vol. 3, p. 378. ________________________________________________________________ 570 COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES John Pearson, of Yorkshire, England, settled in Lynn, Mass., in the year 1637. He removed to Reading, and actively participated in the civil and religious life of the town. He was one of the founders of the First Church in Reading. He d. on 17th Apr. 1679, aged sixty-four years, and his body lies in the churchyard at Wake- field. His widow, Maudlin (Madeline), d. on 12th Dec. 1690, at the age of seventy-one years. Her assistance in the establishment of the ministry among the early settlers was very devoted. In his will he mentions, besides his wife, the fol- lowing children: his son, John, and daus., Sarah Townsend, Mary Burnap and Bethiah Carter. There was a son, James. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume II Pearson Family, p. 570.       ---  on FamilySearch  15 Sep 2018

  
  

• Sources

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