Jeremiah Pearson Sr. (abt. 1653 - abt. 1737)

Born about 21 Oct 1653 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Husband of Priscilla (Hazen) Pearson — married 21 Jul 1681 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 23 Feb 1737 at about age 83 in Newberry, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

The notion that Jeremiah Pearson had a middle initial of "F." is a complete falsehood. It appears on an 18th century transcription of the marriage entry in the original town records, where the transcriber blundered by ignoring the line that the town clerk drew through his first attempt at entering the groom's surname in his marriage record.

The clerk first tried to write "Pe" but it was sort of a scrawl, so he crossed that out and then started over and went on to write the name as "Person."

See the original document at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-W7PN?i=185.

"The Pearsons owned a tide-mill, at Newbury old town." - History of old Chester : from 1719 to 1869 -Lietenant of Colonial troops against the French. Owned a grist mill until 1708, which the town gave him permission to build in 1697 (and granted him the land in Jan 1699/1700.

Sources

• Thurston, Brown, Thurston Genealogies, 1635-1892, Second Edition, published by Brown Thurston, Portland, Maine, 1892, Pg. 13.
• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (5 November 2017), Jeremiah Person and Precilla Hazen, 21 Jul 1681; citing Marriage, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 877,468.
• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (5 November 2017), Jeremiah Pearson, 23 Feb 1737; citing Death, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 886,203.
• Wakefield, Homer. "Wakefield memorial, comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield"; Bloomington, IL, Private Printing; 1897