'Pearson1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Pearson of Poolbank, Pearson of Sheffield

                               
George Pearson
m. (04.11.1618) Dorothy Staniforth (du of John Staniforth of Darnal)
1. John Pearson (b 01.03.1623, bur 29.09.1706)
  m. Anne (b 31.12.1637, bur 02.02.1691)
  A. John Pearson of Sheffield (b 08.05.1662, bur 29.04.1717, 2nd son)
  m. Catherine (b 03.01.1664)
  i. Anne Pearson (bpt 27.12.1689)
  m. Thomas Parry or Perry
  ii. Hannah Pearson (b 1690-1, d 13.09.1772)
  m. Stephen Fox
  iii. Sarah Pearson (b 20.02.1696)
  FMG reports that with Ann or Sarah married ...
  m. John Barnsley
  a. Francis Barnsley (2nd son)
  (1) Charles Barnsley (b 15.10.1747)
  b.+ other issue - George, John, Jaspar, Ann, Sarah
  B.+ other issue - George of Sheffield (b 01.12.1661, bur 11.06.1698), Thomas of Sheffield, Esther, Mary
2.+ other issue - Henry (b 1625), George (b 06.11.1627), Margaret (b 20.10.1620), Alice, Mary, Ellen, Elizabeth

 

 

Joseph Pearson of Fellside
1. Thomas Pearson of Poolbank (d 1771?, yeoman)
  m. (1740) Hannah Cumming (d 1771, dau of Edward Cumming of Hilderstone)
  A. Thomas Pearson of Poolbank (b 1753, d 03.05.1808)
  m. Mary Hall (b c1739, d 16.01.1827, dau of Benjamin Hall of Newton)
  i. John Pearson (d in America, 2nd son)
  m(1). ??
  a.+ issue - John, Thomas, Isaac, Joseph (d 1874 at Pool Bank)
  ii. Banjamin Pearson of Kendal (b 1778, d 1846) had issue
  m. _ Gaskell
  iii. Joseph Pearson of Poolbank (b 20.08.1791, d 12.02.1844, yeoman, youngest son) had issue
  m. Mary Dodgson ( b 1795-6, d 24.07.1833, dau of James Dodgson of Swallofield)
  iv.+ other issue - Thomas (b 1776, d unm), Isaac (b 1782), George (b 1787, d 01.01.1815)
  B. Agnes Pearson (b 1749, d 19.08.1829)
  m. (1781) John Albright of Lancaster (b 1745-6, d 24.03.1830, canvas maker, son of Thomas of Lancaster by Mary)
  i. Thomas Albright of Lancaster & Scotforth (b 1782, d 20.03.1848 in Missouri, USA) had issue
  m. (by 1811) Sarah Whitlark (dau of Joseph Whitlark of Nottingham)
  ii.+ other issue (d unm) - Mary (b 1784, d 1786), Hannah (b 1784, d 1786), Mary Hannah (b 1786, d 11.06.1788), Sarah (b 1788, d 10.02.1790), Ann (b 1789, d 11.10.1867), Agnes (b 1793, d 14.11.1827)
  C. Mary Pearson (b c1750, d 06.12.1748)
  m. (1773) Thomas Airey of Burnley (son of John of Kirby Kendal by Anne)
  i. Thomas Airey of Macclesfield (b 07.06.1776, dsp 04.09.1847)
  m. Ann Paxton of Macclesfield
  ii. Sarah Airey (b 06.06.1778, d 07.11.1863)
  m1. James Fishwick of Burnley
  m2. Robert Blake Irving
  iii. Hannah Airey (b 04.10.1780)
  m. (28.02.1804) James Kekwick of Warrington (d 08.1835, dyer)
  iv. Ann Airey (b 13.01.1783, d 22.03.1874)
  m. (03.05.1808) Edward Bolton of Warrington (b 13.11.1783, d 13.04.1840, ironmonger, son of Thomas by Hannah Harrison)
  v.+ other issue - Joseph (b 01.10.1774, a 1804), John (b 13.07.1785, d unm 03.01.1843), Mary (b 07.09.1787, d unm 20.02.1860)
  D.+ other issue - Joseph (b 1742, d 1745), Ann (d unm), Hannah (b 1748, d 25.07.1819)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (originally uploaded 23.07.16 in PZmisc11) : FMG (vol 4, MS540, 'Pearson', p1181)
(2) For lower section :'The descendants of John Backhouse, Yeoman' by Joseph Foster (1894, p48+)
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