'Pearce3'
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Families covered: Peirse of Bedale, Peirse of Hutton Bonville, Peirse of Thimbleby, Hustler of Acklam
| BLG1871, supported by Foster, identifies the arms of this family, quartered with those of Beresford, as "Az. a ducal coronet, between three cross-crossletes, fitchée, or". BLG1847 reports that "This family, which has, at one time or other, possessed a greater portion of the North Riding than perhaps any house or gentry ever seated in the district, descends from" ... | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Peirse of Bedale, Yorkshire (fought at Bosworth 1485, as a standard-bearer in the army of Richard III) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Peirse of Bedale | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Marmaduke Peirse of Bedale & Cleveland (d 1605) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Gale of Scrutton (d 1599) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Henry Peirse of Bedale | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Pinkney (sister of Matthew Pinkney of Richmond) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Peirse of Bedale & London (b 1593, d 1658 (probably not 1685)) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Chamberlayne (dau of Peter Chamberlayne, sister of Peter MD) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Peirse of Bedale (a 1634, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Richard Peirse of Hutton Bonville & Thimbleby (a 1634, d after 30.11.1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hutton (dau of Matthew Hutton of Marske by Barbara, dau of Conyers, Lord D'Arcy) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Peirse of Lazenby (dvp 1694) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1685) Elizabeth Marwood (dau/coheir of Sir Henry Marwood of Busby, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Henry Peirse of Bedale (bpt 25.02.1692, d 02.10.1759, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.02.1754) Anne Johnson (a 1759, m2. _ Masters?) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Henry Peirse of Bedale (bpt 02.06.1754, d 14.05.1824, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.08.1777) Charlotte Grace Monson (d 1793, dau of John Monson, 2nd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Charlotte Peirse (b 1779) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Inigo Freeman Thomas of Ratton, Sussex (m2. ??) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Marianne Peirse of Bedale (d un) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Henrietta Elizabeth Peirse (b 1790, d 28.02.1825) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.08.1815) Sir John Poo Beresford, Bart (Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
| Bedale Hall & Hutton Bonville passed to their elder son who assumed the name Beresford-Peirse. | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Anne Peirse (d 06.04.1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Sawtry or Sawrey Morritt of Rokeby (d 03.08.1791, son of Bacon Morritt of Cawood by Anne Sawrey of Plimpton-in-Furness) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Mary (b 1686), Dorothy (b 1693) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Henry Peirse b 1665, dvp?) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Thomas Peirse of Thimbleby & Hutton Bonville (d before 09.06.1725) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is partly supported by 'The History and Antiquities of Cleveland' (John Walker Ord, 1846, 'Pedigree of Hustler of Acklam', p529+) which spells the family name "Peirce". Some of the following was first shown on 20.10.20 as a lower section of Pearce2. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (02.04.1700) Anne Hustler (d 12.1753, dau/coheir of Sir William Hustler of Acklam) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Peirse of Hutton Bonville & Thimbleby (a 1705, bur 29.01.1753) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.02.1722 (or 1726)) Dorothy Stillington (dau of Thomas Stillington of Kelfield, sister of Joseph) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Peirse (b 1733-4, d 15.01.1804) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Edward Stillingfleet of West Bromwich (d 1795) | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue (d young) - William (b c1728, d 1741), Anne, Dorothy, Dorothy (2nd) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Richard Peirse of Stockton & Worsalll, later of Thimbleby & Hutton Bonville (d 26.06.1759) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rachel Bayne (d 24.01.1771/2, dau of Roger Bayne of Ripon, sister of Willliam) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard William Peirse of Hutton Bonville, later of Easby Hall then Thimbleby Lodge (b 20.01.1753, d 25.11.1798) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1780) Elizabeth Fawcett (b 1757-8, d 10.09.1791, dau of Christopher Fawcett of Newcastle-on-Tyne) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Richard William Christopher Peirse of Thimbleby Lodge (b 1782, d 18.12.1845) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1803) Maria Clarke (dau of Rev. Richard Clarke of Bedale by Jane, dau of John Wise of Totnes) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | James Peirse had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sophia Clarke (dau of Rev. Richard Clarke of Bedale) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | John Peirse (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Elizabeth Peirse | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Ford Clarke (rector of Thornton Watlass) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | James Peirse (b 13.05.1755, dsp in Cuba, captain) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Anne Peirse (b 15.10.1751) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Williamson of Melton Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Thomas Peirse, later Hustler of Acklam (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by BLG1952 ('Hustler formerly of Acklam Hall'). Ord appears to have confused the different Thomases. He shows that this Thomas had by Jane Staynes a son called Thomas who was his successor who m. Constance Lutton (dau of Ralph Lutton of Knapton by dau of Sir Griffith Boynton). BLG1952 shows that, whilst there was a son Thomas by Jane Staines, his successor Thomas was by Constance Hutton (sb Lutton). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1737) Jane Staines (dau/coheir of _ Staines of Sowerby) identified by Ord as dau of Thomas Staines of Ripon | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Peirse (d young?) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Johnson (dau/coheir of John Johnson, prebendary of Durham) marriage mentioned only by Ord | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (sp) Mary Robinson (dau of Sir Tancred Robinson, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| m4. (10.02.1769) Constance Lutton (d 1785, dau of Ralph Lutton of Knapton by dau of Sir Francis (not Griffith) Boynton, 4th Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Hustler of Acklam (d unm 1819) | ||||||||||||||
| Foster shows this Thomas as a 2nd Thomas by Jane Staines. We are following BLG1952. | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | William Hustler (d 1818) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1800) Charlotte Meade (dau of Richard Meade of Philadelphia) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Hustler of Acklam Hall (b 01.08.1801, d 30.06.1874) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.08.1822) Charlotte Frances Eliza Wells (b 1800-1, d 25.07.1843, dau of Richard Wells of Demerara, West Indies) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sarah (dau of Rev. John Bostock of East Grimstead) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Evereld Catherine Histler | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.11.1835) Thomas Watkyns Richards (rector of Puttenham, m1. ??) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Mary (widow of _ Wylam) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - William (d 01.06.1845), daughter (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Constance Peirse (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (e) | Evereld Peirse (d 1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Hooper of Shincliffe Grange (sb Silksworth?) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Anne Peirse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Reed Hodgson or Hodson of Witton-le-Wear (bur 04.01.1745, son of John of Witton-le-Wear & Bishop Auckland) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Mary Peirse | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.02.1728) Joseph Stillington of Kelfield | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue - John of Low Worsall & Newport (dsp bur 31.10.1734), Evereld in York (d unm bur 06.04.1761), Catharine in York (d unm bur 19.11.1760), Dorothy/Elizabeth (a 1730, d young), Elizabeth/ Dorothy | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Catharine Peirse | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wastell of Marske & Ainderly Steeple | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Dorothy Peirse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Stillington of Kelfield | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Dorothy Peirse (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ralph Dowson of Lofthouse | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue (a 1634) - Elizabeth, Sarah, Isabella | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Richard (b 1602, a 1634), Elizabeth (b 1591, d 1644), Dorothy (b 1596) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire' (Joseph Foster, vol 3. North and East Riding (1874), 'Pedigree of Peirs of Bedale and Thimbleby') supported by BLG1847 ('Peirse of Bedale' & 'Peirse of Thimleby'), BLG1871 ('Peirse of Bedale' & 'Peirse of Thimleby') with a little support from Visitation (London, 1634, 'Peirse') and input/support as reported above
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