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Abt 1641 - 1720 (~ 79 years)
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Name |
William Pearce |
Title |
Sheriff |
Born |
Abt. 1641 |
England, United Kingdom |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
Mar 1720 |
Kent, Maryland, United States |
Person ID |
I8779325526 |
Master Tree |
Last Modified |
13 Jun 2012 |
Family |
Isabella Hopkins, b. England, United Kingdom , d. 1729, Kent, Maryland, United States |
Children |
| 1. Gideon Pearce, b. 1678, Cecil, Maryland, United States , d. Aug 1751, Kent, Maryland, United States (Age 73 years) |
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Last Modified |
23 May 2008 |
Family ID |
F8026689890 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S5352860288] Old Kent: Eastern Shore, Hanson, George A., (Regional Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD, 1967, Originally pub 1876.).
William Pearce, son of the High Sherriff of Cecil, represented Cecil in the Legislature of Maryland in the sessions of 1694, 1706 and 1707, was instrumental in having restored to Kent that portion of her territory which had been taken from her in 1674, and was distinguished in the early annals of Kent. In the years 1714 and 1715 he was the presiding Judge of Kent County Court. He d. March 1720. His wife, Isabella Pearce, d. 1729, leaving child., viz...
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