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Edward Pearson

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Edward Pearson

Birth
Wilmslow, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Death
3 Jun 1697 (aged 49)
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Mason and builder who immigrated to America.

Married Sarah Burgis (Burgess) according to Friends ceremony in Pownall Fee, County Cheshire, England, on 6 Mar 1671.

Edward arrived in America in 1687, and apparently was a successful contractor and builder working as a mason in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His name is mentioned often in the Quaker records in connection with his trade as mason.

Edward was the youngest child of Lawrence and Elizabeth Pearson. After Edward's death, his widow, Sarah, married Martin T. Wildman.


NOTE: Quakers at times did not mark their graves as they thought it was a sign of vanity.
Mason and builder who immigrated to America.

Married Sarah Burgis (Burgess) according to Friends ceremony in Pownall Fee, County Cheshire, England, on 6 Mar 1671.

Edward arrived in America in 1687, and apparently was a successful contractor and builder working as a mason in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His name is mentioned often in the Quaker records in connection with his trade as mason.

Edward was the youngest child of Lawrence and Elizabeth Pearson. After Edward's death, his widow, Sarah, married Martin T. Wildman.


NOTE: Quakers at times did not mark their graves as they thought it was a sign of vanity.


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