My research journey into the origins of WIlliam Pearn/Peardon is here https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/pearnhistory
William did a lot of work for the parish of Forrabury and is mentioned in the Overseers Accounts [1]
- 1785 - days work
- 1794 - Paid Willm Parn for 2 files of Glass for ye Tower window 0.1.8, Do for mending the seat in the South isle 0.1.10
1821- Pd Willm Parns Bill for a forme 0.2.3
1824 - Pd Wm Parn for mending a lock 0.0.3
1829 - Pd William Pearn for putting up the Coate of Armes 6d - the last mention of William in the accounts.
Sources
↑ Family History Library British Film 1596704 Items 3-4 4170151 Forrabury, Cornwall Overseers' accounts and burials in woollen, 1719-1764
Forrabury PRs: 1843 9 February Forrabury William Pearn sen aged 83 of Minster Boscastle
St Juliot Parish Registers p 564 : 1761 William Peardon son of Wm & Jane his wife was baptized March 35th
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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.
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