Joseph Pearce (b 1671
Guilden Morden Cambridgeshire, m Ann Godfrey 1699 Guilden Morden, d
1754 Guilden Morden)
Ann Godfrey (b 1678
Guilden Morden, d 1728 Guilden Morden)
Joseph Pearce (b 1699)
Ann Pearce (b 1700 Guilden Morden, d 1714 Guilden
Morden) Elizabeth Pearce (b
1702
Guilden Morden, m Richard Pateman 1724
Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire, d aft 1754) Joseph
Pateman (b 1742
Guilden Morden, m
Sarah Lumb 1765 Bassingbourne)
Samuel Pateman (b
1770 Litlington Cambridgeshire, m
Mary Ann
Travis 1789 Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire, d 1830) David Pateman
(b 1804
Guilden Morden, m Mary Moule 1828
Arrington
Cambridgeshire, d 1910 Ballarat Vic) Emma
Pateman (b1827
Arrington, m
George Briant 1851
Ashwell, d 1910
Ballarat) Louisa
Jane Briant (b
1861 Ballarat, m Edwin
Farr
1884 Presb Manse Ballarat, d 1945 Northcote) Winifred Emma Farr
(b
1890
Northcote, m Norman
Thompson 1918 , d 1994 Preston)
Sarah Pearce (b 1704 Guilden Morden, m Henry
Theobalds 1734 Ickleton Cambridgeshire, d aft 1754)
Mary Pearce (b 1706 Steeple Morden, m Thomas
Smith
1731 Steeple Morden, d aft 1754)
Susannah Pearce (b 1709 Guilden Morden, d 1714
Steeple Morden)
Joseph Pearce (b 1710 Steeple Morden, m Sarah
Beaumont 1735 Longstowe, Cambridgeshire, d 1786 Guilden Morden)
m
Mary Whiston 1744 East Hatley Cambridgeshire
Joseph Pearce was a Tailor. (Lesley Fisher)
Will of Joseph Pearce (b 1671)
Proved 24 October 1755 (copy)
Joseph Pierce
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Pierce of Guilden Morden in the
County of Cambridge Yeoman being of A Perfect Sound and Disposing
mind
and Memory Praised be Almighty God for the Same Do make and Ordain
this
my last Will and
Testament in Manner and form Following (that is to Say) First
and
Principally I
recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it me and
my
Body to the Earth to receive a
Decent Christian Burial by the Discretion of My Executrix herein
after
Named And as touching
all Such my Worldly Estate as it hath Pleased Almighty God to Bless
me
withall in this Life I Give
Devise and Dispose of in the Following Manner and Form Imprimis Item
I
Give Devise and
Bequeath unto My Daughter Elizabeth Pateman Wife of Richard Pateman
the
Sum of Five Pounds of
Lawfull Money of Great Britain to be paid to her by my Executor as
follows (that is to say) Ten Shillings
Part thereof at the End of Twelve Months Next after my Decease and
Ten
Shillings more Part thereof at the End of Two
Years next after my Decease and So to Continue Ten Shillings Yearly
untill the Said Five Pounds be all Paid
if She Shall So long Live Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah Theobalds
and to My Daughter Mary Smith and to
Each of them one Guinea Piece to be paid to Each of them by my
Executor
within Twelve Months next
after my Decease Item I Give and Devise unto my Grandaughter
Elizabeth
Theobalds Five Pounds of lawfull
Money to be paid to her by my Executor within Twelve Months next
after
my Decease Item I Give to my
two Grandaughters Susan and Mary Smith and to Each of them Five
Pounds
apiece of lawfull Money to
be paid them by my Executor on their respective Days of Marriage
Item I
Give unto my
Grandson Joseph Pierce Five Pounds of lawfull Money to be paid to
him
by my Executor at the
End of Twelve Months next after my Decease Item all the rest of my
real
and Personall Estate
whatsoever and wheresoever my Just Debts Legacies and Funerall
Charge
being First paid
and Discharged I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my Loving Son Joseph
Pierce whom I Do
hereby nominate Constitute and appoint whole and Sole Executor of
this
my last Will and
Testament and I Do hereby Revoke Disannull and make Void all other
Former Wills and
Testaments by me
heretofore In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and
Testament
Sett my hand and Seal this Ninth Day of July And in the Year of Our
Lord One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Fifty. 1750
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the Said Testator
[signature]
Joseph Pearce [seal]
Joseph Pierce as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence
of
us who in his Presence Subscribed our Names as Witnesses
hereto------------------------------------------------------
Henry Smith Litlington
October 24th 1755
Henry Smith Baldock
Howard: PJoseph Pearce the Executor above named was sworn
in due form of Law------------
Before me Ric Walker Surr
(no Invry)
Trivia
The brother Joseph b 1710 had a great grandson who married a Mary
Christmas in 1824 in Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire
Thanks to Julia L:awson who is a descendatnt of Mary
Steeple Morden is about 15 miles SW of Cambridge. Arrington is about
6
miles closer to Cambridge. Arrington is about 5 miles from Ashwell)
Acknowledgements
The extensime Pateman genealogy here comes from my family
(Merrill and Glenis), Jeffrey Orford-Perkins, and the Latter Day
Saints
site FamilySearch
Checked against, and data added from June Hayhurst's tree on Genes
ReUnited The Pearces came
from
Linda
Shirley's tree on Genes Reunited
This page also checks with data in a Pearce Family tree supplied by
Lesley Fisher. See her document for children of Elizabeth Pearce's
siblings
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Page last updated - 15 Jul 2007