William Pearce 'the Elder' of Mylor
(1751-1834/5)
Ursula Saunders
(1749-1799)
John Lawrence
(-)
Agnes Barrett
(-)
Richard Pearce of Mylor Bridge
(1789-1869)
Betsey Lawrence
(1790-1872)
William Pearce of Mylor
(1814-1867)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Thomas

2. Elizabeth Stephens 3. Jane Harris

William Pearce of Mylor

  • Christened: 23 Oct 1814, Mylor, Cornwall 1
  • Married (1): 21 Feb 1842, Mylor, Cornwall 1
  • Married (2): 4 Nov 1852, Feock, Cornwall 1
  • Married (3): 17 Mar 1862, Mylor, Cornwall 1
  • Buried: 30 Jan 1867, Mylor, Cornwall 1

  Research Notes:

William son of Richard Pearce of Mylor Bridge, labourer, and Betsy (baptismal record)

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Lease, Crogagodna, Mylor, 7 Sep 1816. 2

Parties:

1) Sir William Lemon of Carclew, to
2) William Pearce of Mylor, carpenter.

99 year lease, lessee's son Richard Pearce, and Richard Pearce's sons Joseph and William; rent £2.

Consideration: £194.

All that tenement called Crockagoodna, late in occupation of William Remphry.

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In 1861 William Pearce, aged 47, born in Mylor Cornwall, seaman, and wife Elizabeth, aged 43, born in St. Feock Cornwall, were living in La Feock, St. Feock. With them were children (a) born in Mylor: William P. (18), carpenter's apprentice, Joseph (13), seaman, and (b) born in St. Feock, Richard (9), scholar, Mary E. (7), scholar, Margaret (5), scholar, Eliza A. (3), scholar, and Emma J. (2).

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William Pearce of Garrick Mylor died aged 52 years (burial record).

  Marriage Information:

William married Mary Thomas, daughter of John Thomas and Margery Rodda, on 21 Feb 1842 in Mylor, Cornwall. (Mary Thomas was christened 21 Aug 1814 in St. Ives, Cornwall and was buried on 2 Apr 1852 in Mylor, Cornwall.)

  Marriage Notes:

William Pearce, age 27, resident of Mylor, bachelor, mariner, son of Richard Pearce, labourer, and
Mary Thomas, age 29, resident of Mylor, spinster, daughter of John Thomas, shipwright

Witnesses: William Harris, John S. Tallack

  Marriage Information:

William also married Elizabeth Stephens, daughter of Robert Stephens and Margaret Hitchens, on 4 Nov 1852 in Feock, Cornwall. (Elizabeth Stephens was born on 6 Jul 1818 in St. Feock, Cornwall, christened on 2 Aug 1818 in St. Feock, Cornwall and was buried on 16 Jul 1861 in Feock, Cornwall.)

  Marriage Notes:

William Pearce, of full age, widower, master mariner, resident of St. Feock, son of Richard Pearce, husbandman, and
Elizabeth Stephens, of full age, spinster, resident of St. Feock, daughter of Robert Stephens, carpenter

Married by Licence

Witnesses: Edward Downe, John B. Tallack

  Marriage Information:

William also married Jane Harris, daughter of William Harris, on 17 Mar 1862 in Mylor, Cornwall. (Jane Harris was born about 1814 in St. Austell, Cornwall.)

  Marriage Notes:

William Pearce, full age, widower, mariner, resident of Mylor, son of Richard Pearce, labourer, and
Jane Harris, full age, spinster, resident of Mylor, daughter of William Harris, labourer

Married after Banns

Witnesses: Emma Harris, Jethro Harris

Sources


1 Cornwall OPC.

2 Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office), Reference: WH/1/512.


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