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Capt. William Pearce 1560–1641 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: Heacham, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 13 JUL 1641

Death Location: Providence, Bahama Island (Isla Providencia, Colombia) of killed by Spaniards

Father: Richard Pierce

Mother: Marguerite Coney

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Capt. William Pearce was born in 1560 in Heacham, Norfolk, England, the child of Richard Thomas Pierce And Marguerite Coney. Capt. William Pearce passed away in 1641 in Providence, Bahama Island (Isla Providencia, Colombia) of killed by Spaniards.

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Biography

  • Capt. William Pearce was born in 1560 in Heacham, Norfolk, England, the child of Richard Thomas Pierce And Marguerite Coney.
  • Capt. William Pearce passed away in 1641 in Providence, Bahama Island (Isla Providencia, Colombia) of killed by Spaniards.

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Capt. Pearce's Ancestors

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Capt. Pearce
1560–1641
Birth Place: Heacham, Norfolk, England
Parents
Richard Thomas Pierce
1540–1641
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Marguerite Coney
1549–1616
Marsham, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Richard (Pierce) IV
1510–1555
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Hannah James
1500–1562
Yorkshire, England
Roger (Coney) Knight
1520–1573
Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Lady (Margaret) Adams
1526–1568
Frampton by Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Pierce
1500–1553
Catherine Richard
1511–1575
John Coney
1478–1538
Sybill Thorne
1482–1540
John Rogers
1507–1565
Katherine Weston
1502–1580
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peter Percy
1447–1510
Catherine James
1454–1522
Richard
1494–
Richard
1495–
William Jr
1440–1532
Ann Hingham
1489–1532
John Pooles
1460–
Anne Coney
1460–
John Bryanstone
1468–1547
Elizabeth Courtenay
1480–1518
Richard Weston
1465–1541
Anne Sandys
1465–1543

Capt. Pearce's Timeline

2 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Capt. William Pearce in Heacham, Norfolk, England
Heacham, Norfolk, England
1641
13 JUL 1641
Age 81
Death of Capt. William Pearce in Providence, Bahama Island (Isla Providencia, Colombia) of killed by Spaniards
Providence, Bahama Island (Isla Providencia, Colombia) of killed by Spaniards

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Heacham, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 JUL 1641
    Event Place: Providence, Bahama Island (Isla Providencia, Colombia) of killed by Spaniards

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