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Families covered: Peirce of Canterbury, Peirce of Charing, Pears of Woodperry

                               
Berry identifies the arms of the following famiy as "Az. a bend, wavy, or, betw. two unicorns' heads, erased, or".
Gabriel Peirce of Charing, Kent (bur 07.12.1669)
m. Katherine (bur 18.08.1666)
1. Gabriel Peirce of Charing (bur 06.09.1709)
  m. Anne (bur 21.09.1659)
  A. Sampson Peirce of Charing (b 28.03.1656, d 10.10.1692)
  m. Roberta Whitfield (dau of John Whitfield of Canterbury)
  i. John Peirce of Charing (bpt 24.01.1688, bur 06.03.1726, 2nd son?)
  m. Elizabeth (bur 20.06.1746)
  a. Sampson Peirce of Doddington, Kent (bur 09.09.1759)
m. Sarah Halbett (bur 26.12.1808)
  (1) John Peirce of Canterbury (b 04.07.1746, a 1828)
  m. (13.10.1774) Mary Halford (d 1789, dau of Richard Halford of Canterbury)
  (A) John James Peirce of Canterbury (b 09.07.1781, youngest son?) had issue
  m. (20.05.1817) Augusta Elizabeth King of Margate
  (B) Mary Marsh Peirce (b 31.0.1775, a 1828)
  m. Richard Buckner (a 1828, Captain, son/heir of Admiral Charles)
  (C)+ other issue(all d unm?) - William Henry (d infant), George Gabriel (d infant), John (d infant), Sampson Creed (b 05.11.1777, d 31.12.1813 in Spain), Elizabeth Roberts (b 15.12.1778, a 1828), Catherine Sarah (b 04.03.1785, a 1828), Charlotte (b 20.08.1788, a 1828), Sarah Halford (d infant), Caroline (d infant)
  (2) Sarah Peirce (b 14.09.1747)
  m. Herbert Crane
  (3) Rebecca Peirce (b 02.10.1757, dsp 24.04.1814)
  m. William Hemming (a 1828)
  (4) Roberta Catherine Peirce (b 04.04.1752, d 09.07.1821)
  m. Terry Marsh of Boughton, Kent
  (A) George Peirce Marsh of Boughton (a 1828) had issue
  m. Dorothy Barling (dau of John Barling)
  (B) Olive Terry Marsh
  (5)+ other issue - Sampson of London (b 22.07.1753, a 1828, d unm?), James of London (b 02.01.1755, a 1828), Geroge Charles (b 07.06.1759, d in Jamaica), Elizabeth (b 15.04.1750, d unm 07.10.1782)
  b. Roberta CatherinePeirce (bpt 28.12.1726, bur 30.03.1727)
  ii.+ other issue - George (bur c1693), Sampson (b c1693)
  B. Richard Peirce (b 25.04.1659, bur 26.03.1660)
2. John Peirce
  m. Sarah
3. Mary Peirce (bpt 29.04.1644)
  m. _ Nowers

 

 

James Pears of Woodperry, Oxfordshire
m. Elizabeth Beale
1. James Pears (b 23.06.1778, d 21.01.1835, Rector of Charlecombe)
  m. (01.11.1797) Mary Radcliffe (b 12.09.1776, d 19.06.1838, dau of James Radcliffe of Durham)
  A. James Robert Pears of Woodcote House, Windlesham, Surrey (b 13.10.1801, d 22.08.1865, cleric) had issue
  m. (01.01.1835) Georgiana ffolliott (b 31.10.1807, d 25.10.1883, dau of John ffolliott of Holybrook House by Frances, sister of Sir William Jackson Homan of Surrock, Bart)
  B. Sir Thomas Townsend Pears of Eton Lodge, Putney (Major General, 4th son) had issue
  m. (31.12.1840) BEllina Marianne Johnston (b 04.08.1810, d 17.01.1892, dau of Captain Charles Johnston)
  C. Arnold Christian Pears (b 25.12.1811, d 15.05.1891, Colonel) had issue
  m1. (25.08.1835) Salome Boucher (bpt 08.04.1813, d 24.07.1845, dau of Rev. John Boucher of Kirk Newton by Salome Laetitia Molesworth) ## see here ##
  m2. (13.0.1.1851) Anna Maria Fry (b 25.09.1827, dau of John Gurney Fry of Warley Lodge by Rachel, dau of Jacob Reynolds of Carshalton)
  D. Edmund Ward Pears (b 24.12.1813, d 01.07.1878, Rector in Dorchester) had issue
  m. (31.12.1841) Caroline Margaretta Wilkinson (b 28.11.1806, d 08.05.1874, dau of Jacob Wilinson)
  E. Steuart Adolphus Pears (b 20.11.1815, d 15.12.1875, Head Master of Repton Shool, Rector of Childrey) had issue
  m. (30.12.1847) Catherine Temple Chevalier (b 09.06.1828, d 13.04.1866, dau of Rev. Temple Chevalier of Durham by Catherine, dau of Charles Apthorp Wheelwright)
  F. Alfred Augustus Pears (b 12.09.1818, d 13.05.1864)
  m. Frances Dodd (d 03.05.1886)
  G. Elizabeth Winch Pears (b 11.08.1798, d 01.01.1842)
  m. (15.04.1833) Edward Wilson (son of Rev. Jonathan (b 05.04.1802, d 31.03.1876, Headmaster in Congleton, Vicar of Biddulph) (by Margaret), m2. Anne Louisa Ward, dau of William Bishop of Sodor & Man)
  H. Mary Anne Pears (b 30.05.1803, d 22.01.1870)
  m. (27.04.1830) Maurice Hiller Goodman (bpt 27.08.1786, d 24.01.1856, Vicar of Wilcot, son of John of Easton by Mary Patient)
  I.+ other issue - William Henry (b 19.01.1806, d 01.06.1824), Charles Wethered (b 16.047.1807, d 06.10.1853), Maria Cecilia Knollis (b 11.09.1810, d 22.08.1832)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper secion (uploaded 20.10.20) : CountyGen (Berry, Kent, p74+)
(2) For lower section (uploaded 05.10.24) : Visitation (Howard & Crisp, England & Wales, vol 6 (1898), 'Pears of Windlesham, Surrey', p99+)
[The former lower section above was absorbed by Pearce3 on 05.03.24.]
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