George Pearce (1662 - 1752)

Born 10 Jul 1662 in Portsmouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Hart) Pearce — married 7 Apr 1687 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colony of England

Husband of Temperance (Kirby) Pearce — married 22 Mar 1720 in Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1752 at age 90 in Little Compton, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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Biography

George. the son of Richard and Susanna Wright Pearce was born on July 10, 1662, in the Portsmouth Colony.^[1][2]

George and Alice Hart were married on April 7, 1687, and had five children together. ^[2] His second marriage was to Temperance Kirby on March 22, 1721.^[3]

George died on August 30, 1752.^[2]

His will is dated 26 June 1752 and is recorded in Little Compton.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HW-568 : 17 December 2019), George Pearce, birth 1662, death 1752, Little Compton, Newport R.I. Also (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2H4-9N5 : 17 December 2019), George Pearce, born1665, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came before 1690. Albany, NY: 1887. Page 147.
3. ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KL-N2W : 22 January 2020), George Pearce, 1721.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649137_00075). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 75, Newport, Little Compton, Book 1, page 130-133. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. (Free image by Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/27108302?h=958cf5&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url