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Joseph Gerrish Pearson 1816 – 1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Aug 1816

Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 2 May 1889

Death Location: Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Nathaniel Pearson

Mother: Rebekah Rogers

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Charles PEARSON

Joseph Gerrish Pearson was born in 1816 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Nathaniel Pearson and Rebekah Rogers. Joseph Gerrish Pearson had children including Charles PEARSON. Joseph Gerrish Pearson passed away in 1889 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph Gerrish Pearson was born in 1816 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Nathaniel Pearson and Rebekah Rogers.
  • Joseph Gerrish Pearson had children including Charles PEARSON.
  • Joseph Gerrish Pearson passed away in 1889 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nathaniel Pearson
1783 – 1851
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Rebekah Rogers
1787 – 1868
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Charles PEARSON
1850 – 1920
Birth Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
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Joseph Pearson's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Pearson
1816 – 1889
Birth Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Nathaniel Pearson
1783 – 1851
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Rebekah Rogers
1787 – 1868
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
Nathaniel Pearson
1746 –
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Gerrish
1752 – 1840
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Gideon Rogers
1752 – 1826
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Hannah FLOOD
1755 – 1808
Newbury,Essex Co.,MA
Great-Grandparents
David Pearson
1702 – 1778
Joseph Gerish
1708 – 1776
Catherine Brown
1712 – 1789
William Rogers
1727 – 1789
Judith Downer
1730 – 1768
Enoch Flood
1728 – 1810
Mary GOODRIDGE
1704 – 1773
2nd-Great-Grandparents
JOSEPH FLOOD
1705 – 1743

Joseph Pearson's Descendants

1.
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Joseph (Gerrish) Pearson (20 Aug 1816 – 2 May 1889)
  1. 1. Charles PEARSON (28 Aug 1850 – 5 Jul 1920) m. Maria Broomfield (1851 – 16 Apr 1917)
    1. 1. James (Arthur) Pearson (17 Mar 1885 – 16 Nov 1929) m. Bertha (Emily) Knight (1894 – 8 Nov 1949)
      1. 1. Myra (Minnie Marsaline) Pearson (October 1911 – 1981) m. Leonard (Walter) Corlett (July 1904 – 26 Sep 1972) m. William (Clarence) Carson (06 Jan 1906 – 8 February 1980)
        1. 1. Neil (Alfred) Carson (1941 – 21 Aug 2020) m. Beverley (Anne) Whitehead
      2. 2. James (Henry Eugene) Pearson (8 May 1913 – 2 Nov 1978)
      3. 3. Nancy (Marguerita) Pearson (July 1915 – 1 October 1986)
      4. 4. Noel (Kenneth John) Pearson (October 1917 – Mar 1919)
      5. 5. Gladys (Elaine) Pearson (1919 – 30 Oct 1920)
      6. 6. Arthur (Raymond) Pearson (18 Feb 1924 – 1 May 1982)
      7. 7. Leslie (David) Pearson (1928 – 3 Apr 1943)

Joseph Pearson's Timeline

2 Records

1816
20 Aug 1816
Birth of Joseph Gerrish Pearson in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1889
2 May 1889
Age 73
Death of Joseph Gerrish Pearson in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Aug 1816
    Event Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 May 1889
    Event Place: Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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