Samuel PEARCE

Birth:
15 Dec 1754
England, United Kingdom
Death:
2 Jul 1833
Fleming co, Ky, Usa
Marriage:
England, United Kingdom
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   "[W]as a native of England who came to this country and settled at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, and was a soldier in the war for American Independence, as was also his brother William, who came to this country with him. Samuel Pearce removed from Pittsburg to Kentucky, and for a long time lived in the vicinity of Lexington, subsequently removing to Flemingsburg, where he spent the remainder of a useful life." Biographical Cyclopedia, pp. 458-59.
Date of death is taken from cemetery records supplied by Mason County Museum, date of birth is estimated from same records.
Sarah
Birth:
18 Mar 1759
England, United Kingdom
Death:
17 Apr 1834
Fleming co, Ky, Usa
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
Jesse PEARCE
Birth:
2 Jun 1778
Death:
19 Mar 1845
Fleming co, Ky, Usa
Notes:
                   Relationships to Samuel Pearce, father, and William Pearce, brother, are inferred from Fleming County Deed book abstracts, deed of 9 Dec. 1816 from Samuel Pearce to Jesse Pearce, which contains a reference to "the land to be divided equally between Jesse and William."
Buried Flemingsburg Cemetery. Dates of birth and death are taken from cemetery records supplied by Mason County Museum.
2
William PEARCE
Birth:
29 Jan 1784
England, United Kingdom
Death:
29 Jun 1833
Fleming co, Ky, Usa
Mary BRIDGES 
Marr:
Abt 1815
Fleming co, Ky, Usa 
Notes:
                   Information from Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (John M. Gresham Company, Chicago, 1896):  " . . . a native of England, and one of the most prosperous merchants of his day. He received only an ordinary education, but was a man of strong character and remarkable individuality. He was a merchant, private banker and a farmer, and became one of the wealthiest men in northern Kentucky. He died of cholera, age forty-eight years, June 14, 1833." Biographical Cyclopedia, p. 458.
Date of death taken from cemetery information supplied by Mason County Historical Museum. Buried in Ficklin-Rearce Cemetery, Poplar Plains, Fleming County, KY.
Names of children taken from will, recorded in Fleming County Clerk's Office, Flemingsburg, KY, Will Book ____, Page ___.
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Samuel Pearce - Sarah

Samuel Pearce was born at England, United Kingdom 15 Dec 1754.

He married Sarah at England, United Kingdom . Sarah was born at England, United Kingdom 18 Mar 1759 .

They were the parents of 2 children:
Jesse Pearce born 2 Jun 1778.
William Pearce born 29 Jan 1784.

Samuel Pearce died 2 Jul 1833 at Fleming co, Ky, Usa .

Sarah died 17 Apr 1834 at Fleming co, Ky, Usa .