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Pearce Wade (1720 - bef. 1770)

Pearce Wade
Born in Evesham, Burlington, New Jerseymap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married before 1744 in Amelia, Amelia, Virginiamap [uncertain]
Husband of — married about Oct 1769 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , , and
Died before before age 50 in Amherst County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Biography

  • Fact: Military Service (1812-1815) United States

Pearce is the first of the Wade/Ballinger family that moved from Goochland/Amelia County to Amherst. The other Wade/Ballinger descendants that moved from New Jersey to Goochland eventually moved to Pittsylvania/Halifax.

Research Notes

Pearce Wade married, secondly, widow Elizabeth [MNU] Pettyjohn Warren after Elizabeth's second husband, Robert Warren, died about September 1769 and before December 1769, when "Elizabeth Wade, the late widow of Robert Warren," presented her late husband's inventory to the court. No mention has been found of any children of Elizabeth and Robert Warren; however, Elizabeth had three children with her first husband, Abraham Pettyjohn. Pearce Wade had a number of children by his first wife:

  • (1) Ballinger
  • (2) Jeremiah
  • (3) David
  • (4) James
  • (5) Pearce
  • (6) Susanna
  • (7) Lucretia
  • (8) Abigail
  • (9) Elizabeth [1]

Jeremiah and Pierce were brothers. Jeremiah married Charity Ballinger and Pierce married Charity's sister Mary Ballinger. This is based on a timeline of Jeremiah and Charity Ballinger in Ancestry.com, Source not given, but believe was from a book and the area they lived.

Joseph and Charity Wade Ballinger had, among other children, a daughter, Mary Ballinger, who married Pearce Wade about 1747, and a daughter, Charity Ballinger, who married Jeremiah Wade. Pearce and Jeremiah Wade may have been sons of Robert Wade of Hanover County, Virginia. Pearce Wade was born in 1720 and died in 1770 in Amherst County, Virginia. [2] Jeremiah and Charity Ballinger Wade lived in Goochland County, Virginia, before moving to Bedford County, Virginia, where he died in 1772.

The will of Jeremiah Wade, dated 08 July 1772 and proved in Bedford County on 28 September 1772, directed his executors, Richard Ballinger, James Hilton and Nathan Hilton, to sell his estate and, after paying his debts, divide the proceeds between his children, whom were not identified. It was witnessed by Abraham Ervine, Jesse Hilton and Elizabeth Mitchell and proved by the oaths of Ervine and Hilton. James Hilton, who served as executor, with Guy Smith as his security, made an inventory and appraisement of the estate on 10 October 1772 and returned it to Bedford County Court on 22 November 1779. It included household furnishings, livestock and corn, but no tools. [3]


Probate

Will of Pearce Wade[4]
Written: 13 December 1769
Probated; 5 March 1770
Amherst County, Colony of Virginia
Legatees: Wife Elizabeth
Daughter Susanna
my youngest child
Daughter Elizabeth
Daughter Abigail Hardwich
Witnesses: John Dawson, Thomas Watts, Boyce Edson
Executors: Ambrose Rucker, Richard Peter, Richard Shelton and James Crews.


  • Fact: Guardian Bond - Estate of Pearce Wade (5 July 1779) Richard Ballinger appointed as guardian of Abigail Hardwich Wade - orphan of Pearce Wade. Amherst, Virginia, United States
  • Fact: Guardian Bond - Estate of Pearce Wade (5 July 1779) David Woodroof appointed as guardian of Clary Wade, orphan of Pearce Wade. Amherst, Virginia, United States
  • Fact: Guardian Bond - Estate of Pearce Wade (5 July 1779) Richard Ballinger appointed guardian of Lucretia Wade - orphan of Pearce Wade. Amherst, Virginia, United States
  • Fact: Guardian Bond - Estate of Pearce Wade (2 August 1779) Ballenger Wade appointed guardian of Jeremiah Wade, orphan of Pearce Wade. Amherst, Virginia, United States

Chancery court order - Estate of Pearce Wade[5]
7 September 1785
Amherst County, Virginia
Lucretia Wade,
Abigale Hardwick Wade,
Clary Wade,
Jeremiah Wade,
David Wade,
Pearce Wade,
I. White & Mary his wife,
John Dawson and Charity his Wife and
Jane Wade,
Infants and Children Son and Daughters of Pearce Wade Deceased

Sources

  1. ↑ From: "Tidewater Virginia Families" by Viginia Lee Hutcheson Davis
  2. ↑ (Three Centuries of Ballingers in America, Emma Barrett Reeves, Texian Press, 1977.)
  3. ↑ (Bedford County, Virginia, Will Book 1, pages 163-164 and 360-361.)
  4. ↑ Davis, Bailey Fulton. 1998. The wills of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1865. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press.
  5. ↑ Amherst County, VA Order book 1784-1787

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R Wade
Find A Grave: Memorial #98179317 Pearce Wade; 1720-1770 (aged 49–50) Amherst County, Virginia

He married Mary Ballinger before 1744 in Virginia.

He married Elizabeth Hardwick 1764.

Seven children were born to the first marriage & three to the second.

His Will was proven in June of 1770 (Will Bk 1 Pg.161) in Amherst County, Virginia.

Spouse

Mary Ballinger Wade 1721–1764

Children

Ballinger Wade 1748–1824
posted by R Wade
Brady-1418 Chris Brady
He could not have married Elizabeth prior to the death of her husband Robert Warren around September 1769.
posted by Chris Brady
Brady-1418 Chris Brady
Wade-4715 and Wade-2762 appear to represent the same person because: this is a duplicate
posted by Chris Brady
Liane Smith
I found a third Pearce to merge aft the first two are done Pearce Wade (1720-bef.1770)
posted on Wade-10620 (merged) by Liane Smith
Liane Smith
Wade-10620 and Wade-2762 appear to represent the same person because: A profile already existed for this person.
posted by Liane Smith

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