Phebe Pearson (1721 - 1777)

Born 5 Dec 1721 in Bucks, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died 1777 at about age 55 in Solebury, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

When Phebe Pearson was born on December 5, 1721, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, her father, Enoch, was 38, and her mother, Margaret Croasdale Smith, was 30. She died in 1777 in Solebury, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, at the age of 56, and was buried in Fallsington, Pennsylvania.

From Find A Grave: PHOEBE PEARSON WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ENOCH AND MARGARET SMITH PEARSON. PHOEBE PEARSON WAS THE SIBLING OF WILLIAM, THOMAS, MARY, ENOCH JR, THOMAS, SARAH, MARGARET, RACHEL, ELIZABETH, BENJAMIN, JOHN, SAMUEL AND CHARLES PEARSON.

PHOEBE PEARSON WAS AN INVALID ALL HER LIFE PER THE BOOK "THE PEARSON FAMILY TREE FROM ENGLAND TO AMERICA" BY ENID PEARSON HAWTHORNE. AS A RESULT SINCE SHE WAS UNABLE TO EARN HER LIVING, HER FATHER APPLIED TO BUCKINGHAM MONTHLY MEETING ON HER BEHALF 2 MAY 1757 (GIVING US MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DATE OF DEATH) TO SET ASIDE MONEY IN HIS ESTATE FOR HER SUPPORT DURING HER LIFE AND FUNERAL EXPENSES WANTING THE CASE AND MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INSPECTION AND CARE OF MONTHLY MEETING.

Sources

• U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. Name: Phebe Pearson; event type: birth; birth date: 5 Dec 1721; birth date on image 5 1721 Tenth; birth place: Bucks, Pennsylvania; Father: Enoch Pearson; mother: Margaret Pearson; Monthly Meeting: Buckingham Monthly Meeting; Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

• Source: S-2140121084 Repository: #R-2147228298 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=10596597&pid=503

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173365178/phoebe-pearson

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Acknowledgement

• WikiTree profile Pearson-788 created through the import of Ellen Kropps Family Tree.ged on Sep 7, 2011 by Ellen Kropp.