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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