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Joan Pearce 1539–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1539

Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 April 1597

Death Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Pearce

Mother: Joan Cook

Spouse(s): Giles Gilbert

Children(s): Matthew I

Joan Pearce was born in 1539 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Pearce And Joan Somerset Cook. Joan Pearce married Giles Gilbert, and had children including Matthew Wayne Gilbert I. Joan Pearce passed away in 1597 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Joan Pearce was born in 1539 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Pearce And Joan Somerset Cook.
  • Joan Pearce married Giles Gilbert, and had children including Matthew Wayne Gilbert I.
  • Joan Pearce passed away in 1597 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.

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Joan Pearce's Ancestors

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Joan Pearce
1539–1597
Birth Place: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Pearce
1524–1604
Of, Somerset, England
Joan (Somerset) Cook
1520–1597
Bridgewater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Richard Pierce
1500–1553
Pearce Hall, Yorks, England
Marguerite Parsons
1502–1572
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Edmund (Somerset) Cooke
1500–1533
Burbage, Wiltshire, England
Marguerite Parsons
1502–1572
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
William Sir
1465–1511
Fishtoft Lady
1467–1509
John Sir
1473–1516
Ann Bostock
1477–1567
William Sir
1465–1511
Fishtoft Lady
1467–1509
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joan Pearce's Descendants

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Joan Pearce (1539–16 April 1597) m. Giles Gilbert (1530–17 June 1595)
  1. 1. Matthew (Wayne Gilbert) I 1574–1632 m. Margaret (Cooper) Measley 1579–1654
    1. 1. Matthew (Gilbert II Deputy) Governor 1615–1684 m. Jane Baker 1623–1706
      1. 1. Samuel Gilbert 1657–1720 m. Hannah Little 1671–1726
        1. 1. Ebenezer (Gilbert) SAR 1712–1798 m. Rebecca Gilbert 1713–1801

Joan Pearce's Timeline

2 Records

1539
1539
Birth of Joan Pearce in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1597
16 April 1597
Age 58
Death of Joan Pearce in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 April 1597
    Event Place: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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