Pearson, Priscilla

Pearson, Priscilla

Female - Bef 1750

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  • Name Pearson, Priscilla  [1
    Born Of, Stafford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Died Bef 27 Mar 1750  Fairfax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I11586  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Father Pearson, III Thomas,   b. 1660, Of Stafford Co., Va. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1707, Fairfax Co, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Alexander, Sarah,   b. Abt 1665, Of Stafford Co., Va. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Bef 1681  Stafford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Harrison Dwight Cavanagh, COLONIAL CHESAPEAKE FAMILIES British Origins and Descendants vol:2 (Xlibris Corporation, 2014), page 224-227.

      "It is held by family tradition in the Pearson, Alexander and Chapman families, that Thomas III married Sarah Alexander, the sister of Robert Alexander and daughter of Captain John Alexander "the immigrant" who came to Virginia in 1653"
    Family ID F4656  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Adams, SR Gabriel,   b. 1690, Stafford Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1750, Will Probate, Fairfax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 1720  Stafford Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Children 
     1. Adams, Philip,   b. Bef 1713, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1749, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 36 years)  [natural]
     2. Adams, JR Gabriel,   b. 1715, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1761, Loudoun Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)  [natural]
     3. Adams, COL. William,   b. 3 Nov 1723, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1809, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
     4. Adams, Susanna,   b. Abt 1726, Fairfax Co, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1770, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 45 years)  [natural]
     5. Adams, Silvester,   b. Aft 1732, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     6. Adams, Simon,   b. Aft 1733, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     7. Adams, Cathon,   b. Bef 1734, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1750, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 18 years)  [natural]
     8. Adams, John,   b. 1715,   d. 1761  (Age 46 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F4670  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - - Of, Stafford, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1720 - Stafford Co, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Bef 27 Mar 1750 - Fairfax Co., Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Prince William County, Virginia Deeds {June Whitehurst Johnson}: Liber B; 1732-1735;

      Pages 44-47. May 15, 1735. Gabriel Adams of Pr. William, planter to John Mercer of Co. of Stafford, Gent....for 40 lbs. curr. money....790 a between br. of Holms's Run and br. of 4 Mile Run....corner tree of land of Capt. Simon Pearson....land of Stephen Gray.... side of Wolf Trapp Br. being br. of 4 Mile Run.. side of a br. called Lucky Br....line of Strutfield land. Deed of lease and release. Gabriel Adams
      Wit: Robert (R) Bates, Abraham St.Clare, John Gregg.

      Rec'd. of John Mercer 40 lbs. curr. money. May 16, 1733.
      At court May 16, 1733 Gabriel Adams acknowledged this release with receipt thereon to John Mercer and Robert Bates by virtue of a power of attorney from Priscilla wife of said Gabriel proved by oathes of the wit, relinquished her right of Dower to the lands therein mentioned.

      Page 47. Priscilla Adams the wife of Gabriel Adamas appoint my trusty and well beloved friend Hobart Bates to be my true and lawfull attorney for me and in my name to acknowledge a certain tract of land sold by my husbound to John Mercer.
      Priscilla (P) Adams
      Wit: Phillip Adams, Gabriel Adams Jr.
      At court May 16, 1733 this power of attorney was proved by oaths of the wit.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1151] Prince William County, Virginia Deeds {June Whitehurst Johnson}: Liber B; 1732-1735.

    2. [S327] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (TM).
      Date of Import: Apr 13, 2000

    3. [S327] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (TM).
      Date of Import: Apr 18, 2000

    4. [S1152] COLONIAL CHESAPEAKE FAMILIES British Origins and Descendants vol:2, Harrison Dwight Cavanagh, (Name: Xlibris Corporation; Date: 2014;), page 224-227.

    5. [S1148] The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 6 1 January 1790 - 13 December 1799, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, (Name: University Press of Virginia; Location: Charlottesville; Date: 1979;), pp. 340-345.

    6. [S1150] Some Eighteenth Century Family Profiles, Part I, Donald A. Wise, (Name: Arlington Historical Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 1; Date: October 1977;), pages 4 & 5.