Christopher PEARSON

1645 - 1711  (66 years)

• Name	Christopher PEARSON
  Birth	1645	Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND   [1]
  Gender	Male
  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	17 Mar 1711	Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND   [1, 3]
  	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"
  Death	Apr 1711	Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Burial	19 Apr 1711	Pardshaw Cragg Meeting House Cemetery, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND   [1, 2, 4]
  	Christipher Pearson of Ullock was buried on the 19th day, 2nd month, 1711. href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58149877/"target=_blank">Find A Grave e-Memorial
  Person ID	I3436	MM
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	John PEARSON,   b. Abt 1620, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND d. 1649, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F1430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elinor FEARON,   b. 1650   d. 1714, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	9 Jun 1670	Eaglesfield, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	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.
  Children	1. Mary PEARSON,   b. 19 Apr 1671, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND bur. 5 Jul 1708, Pardshaw Cragg Meeting House Cemetery, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND (Age ~ 37 years)   2. Sarah PEARSON,   b. 29 Nov 1673, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND d. 30 Jan 1688, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND (Age 14 years)   3. John PEARSON,   b. 23 Apr 1677, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND d. 13 May 1728, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND (Age 51 years)   4. Peter PEARSON,   b. 21 Feb 1679, Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND d. 21 Jun 1735, Perquimans Co., NC (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F1427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1645 - Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND Marriage - 9 Jun 1670 - Eaglesfield, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND Will - 17 Mar 1711 - Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND Death - Apr 1711 - Ullock, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND Burial - 19 Apr 1711 - Pardshaw Cragg Meeting House Cemetery, Dean Parish, Cumberland Co., ENGLAND  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S210] Pearson Genealogy, 210. [S153] Austin, Randall, Peter Pearson FGS, 153. [S209] Jerry Mathews Palmer, Palmer Family File, 209. [S841] General Register Office, The National Archives, England and Wales Quaker Registers, (ancestry.com, Provo, UT, 2013), 841.