Elizabeth Pearce (1728 - 1812)

Born 7 Sep 1728 in Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 3 Oct 1812 at age 84 in Rhode Island

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1728.^[1][2]

She married William Jones in Rhode Island in 1744.^[2]

She passed away in 1812 and is buried at Swan Point Cemetery in Providence.^[1][2]

Research Notes

Chapin reports that Elizabeth's birth and marriage dates were in a family bible belonging to her son Thomas. He had heard that this bible was in the possession of the Dyer family, but he was unable to track it down. He does not reveal how the information came to him.

Elizabeth's parentage is unknown. Because she named a son John Pearce Jones, we may expect her father was named John Pearce. Elizabeth's father-in-law Thomas Jones was a butcher in Newport, and her mother in law Meribah Jones was reportedly from Prudence Island. It is, perhaps, notable that a Daniel Pearce of Prudence Island was a butcher, and had a son and father named John Pearce.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Commission, Elizabeth Jones
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Chapin, page 7

• Chapin, William W. Descendants of Samuel Dunn (1699-1749) of Newport, Including Descendants of William Jones (1691-1740), self-published in Providence, 1915; in the collection of the Rhode Island Historical Society.

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