Counterpart lease, waste land on the beach, Mylor, 20 Feb 1790. 2
Parties:
1) Robert George William Trefusis esquire of Trefusis
2) William Pearce, carpenter, of Flushing, Mylor.
Lease for 99 years or three lives (Ursula Pearce, wife of lessee, aged 40, and William, 5, and Andrew, 3, sons of the lessee) of a plot of waste land on the beach below Mylor beach and opposite a quay built by Pearce.
Rent: 1 shilling per annum.
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In 1807 Andrew the son of William Pearce became a beneficiary of the will of his paternal grandfather, Andrew Pearce of Camborne, receiving ten shillings sixpence.
In 1835 Andrew Pearce of Mylor, wheelwright, became a beneficiary for life of his father's will.
In October 1835 Andrew Pearce was present at the marriage of his daughter Ursula Pearce to Charles Welsford in Mylor Cornwall.
In 1841 Andrew Pearce, aged about 55, born in the county, carpenter, and wife Catherine, aged about 45, not born in the county, were living in Mylor Bridge, Mylor, Cornwall. With them were children Ellen (15), Uriah (13), John (12), Letitia (9), Caroline (7), and Eliza (4).
In 1851 Andrew Pearce, aged 63, born in Mylor Cornwall, wheelwright, and wife Catherine, aged 55, born in Belfast Ireland, were living in Mill Lane, Mylor. With them were daughters (born in Mylor): Caroline (16), straw bonnet maker, and Eliza (14), scholar.
In 1861 Andrew Pearce, aged 74, born in Mylor Conrwall, wheelwright (before being blind), and wife Catherine, aged 66, born in Belfast Ireland, were living in Mylor Bridge, Mylor, Cornwall. With them was daughter Eliza (23) of Mylor, milliner.
In 1871 Andrew Pearce, aged 83, born in Mylor Cornwall, blind, late wheelwright and annuitant, and wife Catharine, aged 76, born in Belfast Ireland, were living in Mill Lane, Mylor, Cornwall.
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Andrew Pearse of Mylor Bridge died aged 87 years (burial record).
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At Mylor-bridge, on the 5th inst., Mr. Andrew Pearce, aged 87 years.
The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, Thursday Evening, 16 Oct 1873, p. 11
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