Lt. Col. Thomas Pearson remained a Loyalist during the American Revolution; he was a member of the Little River Regiment, Ninety-Six Brigade.
He left Charleston, SC with the Loyalist troops when the British evacuated the city on 14 Dec 1782.
Thomas is reported to have married Martha Jones in Florida. He received a British land grant and removed to Rawdon, Nova Scotia, later settling in Truro, NS, where he later died.[1]
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WikiTree profile Pearson-775 created through the import of Ellen Kropp_s Family Tree.ged on Sep 7, 2011 by Ellen Kropp. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ellen and others.
This person was created through the import of knox17032011.ged on 18 March 2011.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas: