John PEARSON

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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
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Notes - Life Sketch
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"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.
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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.
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