Isaac was the son of Robert Pearson Jr. and Mary Coar. He is presumed to have been born at their residence in Nottingham Twp., old Burlington Co., NJ (now Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co.).
He married first to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Salter Hunt by New Jersey license dated 7 Dec. 1761. He married second to Abigail Atkinson by New Jersey license dated 2 Dec. 1773 (no children).
Isaac was murdered near Allentown, Monmouth Co., NJ. According to genealogist and local historian Charles R. Hutchinson, whose papers are held by the New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, and are available on FHL microfilm, Isaac was buried here in the family burial ground located on his plantation. (See Hutchinson's 1917-19 manuscript Pearson genealogy, p. 96.)
Thanks to James Colello for the following information:
Isaac's death date comes from a diary entry by Captain Rodney of the militia company known as the Dover Light Infantry written at Allentown, New Jersey as follows:
December 29, 1776
"In the afternoon was brought in the body of Isaac Pearson, who being found in the house with the other Tories that were taken, fled off. They [continental soldiers] shot two balls over his head to stop him, but he persisted in making off. The next two were ordered to fire at him and one of their balls passed thro' his breast and he fell dead on the spot."
The house was the home of Benjamin Ward (1731-1797) in Hightstown, N.J. This is chronicled in an article by Robert W. Craig entitled "Murder in Hightstown, 1776, Part Two: The Death of Isaac Pearson," published in the Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society News, September-October 2002.
Isaac and his first wife Elizabeth Smith had two children:
1. Robert, who died unmarried when "quite a young man"; and
2. William, born abt. 1768--link requested.
He married first to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Salter Hunt by New Jersey license dated 7 Dec. 1761. He married second to Abigail Atkinson by New Jersey license dated 2 Dec. 1773 (no children).
Isaac was murdered near Allentown, Monmouth Co., NJ. According to genealogist and local historian Charles R. Hutchinson, whose papers are held by the New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, and are available on FHL microfilm, Isaac was buried here in the family burial ground located on his plantation. (See Hutchinson's 1917-19 manuscript Pearson genealogy, p. 96.)
Thanks to James Colello for the following information:
Isaac's death date comes from a diary entry by Captain Rodney of the militia company known as the Dover Light Infantry written at Allentown, New Jersey as follows:
December 29, 1776
"In the afternoon was brought in the body of Isaac Pearson, who being found in the house with the other Tories that were taken, fled off. They [continental soldiers] shot two balls over his head to stop him, but he persisted in making off. The next two were ordered to fire at him and one of their balls passed thro' his breast and he fell dead on the spot."
The house was the home of Benjamin Ward (1731-1797) in Hightstown, N.J. This is chronicled in an article by Robert W. Craig entitled "Murder in Hightstown, 1776, Part Two: The Death of Isaac Pearson," published in the Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society News, September-October 2002.
Isaac and his first wife Elizabeth Smith had two children:
1. Robert, who died unmarried when "quite a young man"; and
2. William, born abt. 1768--link requested.
Isaac was the son of Robert Pearson Jr. and Mary Coar. He is presumed to have been born at their residence in Nottingham Twp., old Burlington Co., NJ (now Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co.).
He married first to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Salter Hunt by New Jersey license dated 7 Dec. 1761. He married second to Abigail Atkinson by New Jersey license dated 2 Dec. 1773 (no children).
Isaac was murdered near Allentown, Monmouth Co., NJ. According to genealogist and local historian Charles R. Hutchinson, whose papers are held by the New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, and are available on FHL microfilm, Isaac was buried here in the family burial ground located on his plantation. (See Hutchinson's 1917-19 manuscript Pearson genealogy, p. 96.)
Thanks to James Colello for the following information:
Isaac's death date comes from a diary entry by Captain Rodney of the militia company known as the Dover Light Infantry written at Allentown, New Jersey as follows:
December 29, 1776
"In the afternoon was brought in the body of Isaac Pearson, who being found in the house with the other Tories that were taken, fled off. They [continental soldiers] shot two balls over his head to stop him, but he persisted in making off. The next two were ordered to fire at him and one of their balls passed thro' his breast and he fell dead on the spot."
The house was the home of Benjamin Ward (1731-1797) in Hightstown, N.J. This is chronicled in an article by Robert W. Craig entitled "Murder in Hightstown, 1776, Part Two: The Death of Isaac Pearson," published in the Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society News, September-October 2002.
Isaac and his first wife Elizabeth Smith had two children:
1. Robert, who died unmarried when "quite a young man"; and
2. William, born abt. 1768--link requested.
He married first to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Salter Hunt by New Jersey license dated 7 Dec. 1761. He married second to Abigail Atkinson by New Jersey license dated 2 Dec. 1773 (no children).
Isaac was murdered near Allentown, Monmouth Co., NJ. According to genealogist and local historian Charles R. Hutchinson, whose papers are held by the New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, and are available on FHL microfilm, Isaac was buried here in the family burial ground located on his plantation. (See Hutchinson's 1917-19 manuscript Pearson genealogy, p. 96.)
Thanks to James Colello for the following information:
Isaac's death date comes from a diary entry by Captain Rodney of the militia company known as the Dover Light Infantry written at Allentown, New Jersey as follows:
December 29, 1776
"In the afternoon was brought in the body of Isaac Pearson, who being found in the house with the other Tories that were taken, fled off. They [continental soldiers] shot two balls over his head to stop him, but he persisted in making off. The next two were ordered to fire at him and one of their balls passed thro' his breast and he fell dead on the spot."
The house was the home of Benjamin Ward (1731-1797) in Hightstown, N.J. This is chronicled in an article by Robert W. Craig entitled "Murder in Hightstown, 1776, Part Two: The Death of Isaac Pearson," published in the Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society News, September-October 2002.
Isaac and his first wife Elizabeth Smith had two children:
1. Robert, who died unmarried when "quite a young man"; and
2. William, born abt. 1768--link requested.
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