Ephraim Pierson (1758 - 1804)

Born 18 Jun 1758 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Cleveland) O'Brien — married 22 Feb 1779 in Ellington CT

Descendants

Died 1804 at about age 45 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Ephraim Person was born Jun 18 1758 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. his father was Ephraim Person. ^[1]

Ephraim married Phebe Cleveland Feb 22 1779 in Ellington, Connecticut.

From Genealogy of Benjamin Cleveland: ^[2]

Phebe Cleveland, youngest daughter and child of Benjamin and Rachel Cleveland, She m. first, in Ellington, Conn., Feb. 22, 1779, Ephraim Pearson, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Barrett) Pearson. He was b. in East Windsor, Conn., June 18, 1758 ; d. in Savannah, Ga., about the year 1804. Supposing him lost at sea, she m. in Manchester, VT, Oct. 13, 1796, Timothy O'Brien, son of Timothy and Margaretta O'Brien. He was b. in Providence, R. L, May 15, 1766 ; d. in Sherburne, Chenango county, NY, Oct. 20, 1827. She d. in same town, Aug. 6, 1838.

Ephraim Pearson was a trader in Manchester, Vt. In the fall of 1787, he, with others, took a drove of swine to Boston, but failing to dispose of them to their satisfaction, Mr. Pearson chartered a vessel to take his live stock to Halifax. Adverse gales drove the vessel out of her course, and she was captured by a Spanish privateer, and he taken to Algiers, and sold into slavery. Nine years elapsed before he escaped and arrived in Savannah, Ga. His wife, after waiting his return seven years, mourned him as dead, and married again. Learning this fact from his brother, and exacting a sacred pledge that his whereabouts should never be revealed to her during his lifetime, he remained in Savannah, opened a butcher' s shop, and prospered for several years, when he died suddenly after a short illness. The pledge given was faithfully observed, and she knew nothing of the matter until after his decease.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74D-Z27 : 7 January 2020), Ephraim Person in entry for Ephraim Person, 1758.
2. ↑ A Genealogy of Benjamin Cleveland, a Great grandson of Moses Cleveland of Woburn, Mass and a Native of Canterbury, Windham, Conn. Canterbury, Conn. 1879 Page 68-69

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Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Rich Oliver for creating WikiTree profile Pierson-619 through the import of TheOlivers-3_2013-03-11_01.ged on Mar 11, 2013.