John Pearson
Born: April 10, 1690 Rowley, Massachusetts
Married:March 24, 1713/14, Stonington, Connecticut
Died:February 26, 1781 Newbury, Massachusetts
Father: Jeremiah Pearson b.1653
Mother: Priscilla Hazen b.1664
Wife #1: Elizabeth Mix b.1689
Wife #2: Lydia Ilsley
Children by Elizabeth Mix:
John Pearson b.1715
Priscilla Pearson b.1716
Jeremiah Pearson b.1718
John Pearson b.1721
Thomas Pearson b.1723
Silas Pearson b.1724
Hannah Pearson b.1725 d.1728
Elizabeth Pearson b.1726
Children by Lydia Ilsley
Isaac Pearson b.1729
Lydia Pearson b.1732
Notes:
-"The Pearsons owned a tide-mill, at newbury old town." - History of old Chester : from 1719 to 1869
-Besides the old Short mill, which his father had bought, he built another farther up the stream and proceeded to acquire a landed estate. By something like 150 acres before his death, and died one of the richest men in town.[ The Pearsons and Their Mills, Russell L. Jackson, 10 ]
-Military Captian, French and Indian War
-Purchased approx. 12 acres on Stoningtion Green, CT.
-Tradition says that he narrowly escaped capture by pirates!
Sources:
-Birth Source: "The Hazen family in America : a genealogy" Thomaston, Conn.: R. Hazen
-Marriage Source: "Hazen Family in America"
-Death Source: Diary of thomas Cary. march 1, 1781: "Mr. Pearson at the Mills buried. Et. 91. ""
-"History of old Chester : from 1719 to 1869 ", 1869
-"The Pearsons and their Mills"