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Birth:
John ye Son of Christopher Pearson of Ullock with Elieanor his Wife bore to him, born the: 23rd day, 2nd month, 1677.

Died:
1728, 3mo, 13d

John married Mary UNKNOWN in Mar 1728. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 17 Mar 1711, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND

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Note:
Pardshaw Cragg is a limestone formation to the north of Ullock,where the Quakers held outdoor services until they built a Meeting House. Christopher was educated at the Parish School,evidently paid for by his grandfather. Christopher Pearson, his family and sister Dorothy became Quakers when George Fox preached in Cumberland in 1653, the same year the first Meeting House was erected at Pardshaw.Christopher Pearson held his own farm and followed a rustic life similar to that of his forebearers. He lived in an exciting age,when the monarchy of England was temporarily suspended. Also in the religious ferment of the seventeenth century, a more liberal Christian sect arose in England, the Society of Friends, more commonly called the 'Quaker' faith, founded by George Fox. There was no official ministry among the Friends; each congregation tended to its own spiritual and temporal needs, while certain inspired people served as missionaries and teachers. If they had meeting houses they held their church affairs there, if not,they would hold services at a Friend's house. Christopher married Eleanor Fearon in Richard Fawcett's house in Eaglesfield on June 9th, 1670. Eleanor Fearon Pearson was a member or a devout and active Friend family, with generations of equally devout Anglican yeomanry in her background. Christopher and Eleanor continued to live in Ullock and were members of the Paardshaw Meetings. Christopher died in Ullock and was buried probably at Pardshaw Crag or Eaglesfield, April 19, 1711. Elinor followed and was buried May 2, 1714.

Pardshaw, or Pardsey, is a small hamlet, 4½ miles S.S.W. of Cockermouth; and Pardshaw Hall is another small hamlet in this township, 4 miles S. by W. of the same town. There is here an ancient Meeting House, belonging to the Society of Friends; and Burn says Pardsey Cragg, was formerly a "most famous place for Quakers, being remote from any church." (http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/dean.html)

Will:
I Christopher Pearson of Ullock in the parish of Dean and County of Cumberland being weak in Body yet perfect in mind and memory doe therefore make my last Will and Testament in manner as followeth - First I commit my spirit to God and my body to be buryed at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named and as to the Settling of that small estate it hath pleased the Lord to lend to me I give and bequeath the same as followeth that is to say : I give my son Peter Pearson one shilling in full of my personnell estate haveing preferred him before: I give to my loveing wife Ellinor twenty shillings and one Bedding of Cloathes and a Bedstead in the Back left. And all the rest of my Goods and Chattells moveable and unmoveable I give and bequeath to my son John Pearson whom I make sole executor of this my last Will and Testament he paying and discharging my Debts legacies and funerall Expenses. In witness whereof I have herunto this my last will set my hand and seale this seventeeth day of March Ano Domni"

Buried:
Christipher Pearson of Ullock was buried on the 19th day, 2nd month, 1711.
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Christopher married Elinor FEARON on 9 Jun 1670 in Eaglesfield, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND. Elinor (daughter of George FEARON) was born in 1650; died in 1714 in Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND; was buried on 2 May 1714 in Pardshaw Cragg Meeting House Cemetery, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Elianor Pearson of Ullock was buried on the 2nd day, 3rd mo, 1714.

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Married:
Christopher Pearson of Ullock tooke Elianor Fearon of the same to Wife in the House of Richard Fa(wcets) of Eaglesfield on the 9th day, 4th month, 1670.
Witnesses: Jno Banks; Jno Di?on, Peter Robinson, Richard Head, Jno Fearon.

Notes:

Note:
We will start this genealogy with John Pearson and his wife Elizabeth. We do not know for sure that John was the father of Christopher but we know that Elizabeth was his mother and that she was the mother of the following children as named in her will which was made the 10th of October 1678. She also mentions the children of Christopher as Mary, Sarah and John and his wife, Ellinor.

John married Elizabeth UNKNOWN about 1640 in Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Pearson
• Will: Oct 1678, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND

Notes:

Will:
" In the name of God Amen the tenth day of October Anno Domini 1678, I Elsabeth Peirson of Ullock within the parish of Deane and County of Cumberland, widowe sick in bodie but whole in mynd and memory thanks be with the Lord for the same, doe make and ordaine this my present testament containing herein my last will in manner and forme followinge. First I commend my soulde into the hande of Almighty God my maker and to Jesus Christ my only savioure and Redeemer hopeing through his mercie to have free pardon of all my sins. And for my worldly goods I doe dispose of them as followeth. First, I give unto Mary, Sarah and John children of Christopher Peirson every one a sheepe. I give unto my sonne Christopher Peirson one great barrell and to Ellinor his wife my best undercoat. I give unto my daughter Isabelle Oyes a new coate. I give unto Richard Oyes my sonne-in-lawe his wife and children five shillings to be divided amongst them. I give unto Dorothy Peirson my daughter three pounds the rest of my goods and chattles both moveable and unmovealbe. I give and bequeath unto Elsabeth and Dorothy Peirson, my daughters who I make joint executrixes of this my will.
Witnessed by Henry and John Bowman

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1620
• Will: 1685
• Note: 1687

Notes:

Will:
The will of George Fearon leaves a bequest to his son-in-law, Chritopher Pearson.

Note:
The oldest extant headstone at St. Oswald's is that erected for George Fearon 1687 with the inscription: 'Under this stone George Fearon's corpse doth lie, sleeping till waked by theArchangel's cry'. George is the father of Eleanor Fearon.

Buried:
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: 1641, St. Oswald's Church, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND
• Will: 19 Jan 1649, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND

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Note:
The lineage begins to come forth from the mist of time with an intelligent farmer, John Pearson of Ullock, parish of Dean who by 1641 was a church warden and overseer of St. Oswald's. This old gentleman made his will in January 1649, requesting that his body be buried in the church yard of Dean Parish. Evidently he had paid for the education of a grandson, Christopher Pearson,who was to pay 20 shillings to the parish schools for his part in the estate that he was to receive. He was also to inherit his grandfather's 'husbandry gear'. John Pearson was dead in 1650 when his will was executed, with its numerous and careful bequests.There is a likelihood that John Pearson was one of the children of Jane Pearson, Widow, who died in Dean Parish in 1580, asking that Thomas Pearson shall have the occupation of my farm hold with all my goods moveable and that he brought up the said children honestly with meals and cloth until they come to perfect years of age and that he make my son 'John Pearson' aforesaid tenant of said farmhold by the license of the Lord or his Office.' Her other children were Thomas and Elizabeth. This John could have been a brother to Christopher Pearson, weaver of Ullock, who died in 1613. In his will the latter made bequests to his brother, Thomas and John Pearson. He left also 40 shillings 'upon the repairing of Deane Church and Deane Schoolhouse'.

Note:
John Pearson, a farmer, was by 1641 Church Warden and Overseer of the nearly 800 year old St. Oswalds Church, where his ancestors had worshipped since at least 1580.