Born 6 Oct 1769 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut

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Died 11 Jan 1844 at age 74 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Born in Litchfield Coonecticut in 1768, David was the son of Ephraim and ? Hannah Barret Pearson or Submit (Stow) Pearson

David married H. Irish in 1793 and later a Mrs Dewey. He moved from Connecticut to Cherry Valley, New York and then to Avon, New York, where he lived for 26 years. After that he emigrated to Canada West (Ontario Canada). In this new and relatively unsettled country, Daivd kept a public house near the present city of Brandtford.

He had 13 children: Ira, born in 1793 and died in 1850; Benjamin, born 1796; Olive, born 1798 and died young; Susannah, born 1800 and died 1823; Sarah, born 1802; Jesse, born 1804 and died 1865; David, born 1806; Ann, born 1808; John K, born 1810; Laura, born 1813; Ephraim, born 1815; Joseph, born 1817, Eliz, born 1819 and Hannah, Born 1822.

Sources

• Pierson, Richard E and Pierson, Jennifer, "Pierson Millennium," Heritage Books, 1997, p 151 (#77 David Pearson)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131880242/david-pearson : accessed 15 September 2021), memorial page for David Pearson (6 Oct 1769–11 Jan 1844), Find a Grave Memorial ID 131880242, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Gene Spider (contributor 47179246) .

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• [1] Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

• Thank you to Rich Oliver for creating WikiTree profile Pierson-631 through the import of TheOlivers-3_2013-03-11_01.ged on Mar 11, 2013.