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• Will: 4 1695, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND
• Probate: 10 1696, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND

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Will:
Apparently the Pearsons living in the same household got on agreeably with one another. Dorothy Pearson remained a spinster and embraced the Quaker faith. In her April 1695 will, executed the following October (1696), she requested that 'my Body be Buryed at that Decent Buryall place at Eaglesfield', which must have been a Friend's graveyard. To her niece, whom she called 'cousin' by the terminology of the time, Mary Pearson, she bequeathed 'four pounds of lawful money and my best Rayment of Cloaths and a Back Board and on Hokanby spoon and one Boxstanding in the Upper Room above stairs.' Her nephew, Thomas Oyes was left 10 shillings; her sister, Isabell Oyes, 4shillings, Richard and William Oyes, sums of money also. 'I give unto my Brother Christopher Peirson foure pounds of money and one Barrell and one chaire...' She left provision for 'all such victualls as are in the house towards my funerale'. Unto several persons, friends and perhaps relatives, she made several small bequests.

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We will start this genealogy with John Pearson and his wife Elizabeth. We do not know for sure that John was the father of Christopher but we know that Elizabeth was his mother and that she was the mother of the following children as named in her will which was made the 10th of October 1678. She also mentions the children of Christopher as Mary, Sarah and John and his wife, Ellinor.

John married Elizabeth UNKNOWN about 1640 in Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth Pearson
• Will: Oct 1678, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND

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Will:
" In the name of God Amen the tenth day of October Anno Domini 1678, I Elsabeth Peirson of Ullock within the parish of Deane and County of Cumberland, widowe sick in bodie but whole in mynd and memory thanks be with the Lord for the same, doe make and ordaine this my present testament containing herein my last will in manner and forme followinge. First I commend my soulde into the hande of Almighty God my maker and to Jesus Christ my only savioure and Redeemer hopeing through his mercie to have free pardon of all my sins. And for my worldly goods I doe dispose of them as followeth. First, I give unto Mary, Sarah and John children of Christopher Peirson every one a sheepe. I give unto my sonne Christopher Peirson one great barrell and to Ellinor his wife my best undercoat. I give unto my daughter Isabelle Oyes a new coate. I give unto Richard Oyes my sonne-in-lawe his wife and children five shillings to be divided amongst them. I give unto Dorothy Peirson my daughter three pounds the rest of my goods and chattles both moveable and unmovealbe. I give and bequeath unto Elsabeth and Dorothy Peirson, my daughters who I make joint executrixes of this my will.
Witnessed by Henry and John Bowman

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• Note: 1641, St. Oswald's Church, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND
• Will: 19 Jan 1649, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND

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The lineage begins to come forth from the mist of time with an intelligent farmer, John Pearson of Ullock, parish of Dean who by 1641 was a church warden and overseer of St. Oswald's. This old gentleman made his will in January 1649, requesting that his body be buried in the church yard of Dean Parish. Evidently he had paid for the education of a grandson, Christopher Pearson,who was to pay 20 shillings to the parish schools for his part in the estate that he was to receive. He was also to inherit his grandfather's 'husbandry gear'. John Pearson was dead in 1650 when his will was executed, with its numerous and careful bequests.There is a likelihood that John Pearson was one of the children of Jane Pearson, Widow, who died in Dean Parish in 1580, asking that Thomas Pearson shall have the occupation of my farm hold with all my goods moveable and that he brought up the said children honestly with meals and cloth until they come to perfect years of age and that he make my son 'John Pearson' aforesaid tenant of said farmhold by the license of the Lord or his Office.' Her other children were Thomas and Elizabeth. This John could have been a brother to Christopher Pearson, weaver of Ullock, who died in 1613. In his will the latter made bequests to his brother, Thomas and John Pearson. He left also 40 shillings 'upon the repairing of Deane Church and Deane Schoolhouse'.

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John Pearson, a farmer, was by 1641 Church Warden and Overseer of the nearly 800 year old St. Oswalds Church, where his ancestors had worshipped since at least 1580.