Husband: Gibson PEARCE
Birthdate: About 1780
Birthplace: Franklin Co., NC
Death date: About 1866
Place of death: Wake Co., NC
Burial: Wendell Municipal Cemetery
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: 6 Feb 1822
Marriage place: Wake Co., NC

Wife: Esther NICHOLS
Birthdate: About 1800
Birthplace: Wake Co., NC
Death date: Before 1850
Place of death: Wake Co., NC
Burial: Wendell Municipal Cemetery
Father: Josiah Nichols
Mother: Nancy Reddick

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mary Polly PEARCE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 7 Jun 1828
Birthplace: Wake Co., NC
Death date: 24 Aug 1912
Place of death: Johnston Co., NC
Burial: Lees Chapel Cemetery, Nash Co., NC
Marriage date: 8 Oct 1845
Marriage place: Wake Co., NC
Spouse's name: Applewhite BUNN

Child No. 2: Samuel Wesley PEARCE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1829
Birthplace: Wake Co., NC
Death date: May 1896
Place of death: Wake Co., NC
Burial: Wake Co., NC
Marriage date: 27 Sep 1855
Marriage place: Wake Co., NC
Spouse's name: Sally AMOS

Child No. 3: Jane PEARCE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1831
Birthplace: Wake Co.,, NC
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
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Child No. 4: Harriet Caroline PEARCE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 15 May 1834
Birthplace: Wake Co., NC
Death date: 24 Dec 1916
Place of death: Itawamba Co., MS
Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery, Itawamba Co., MS
Marriage date: 6 Jul 1851
Marriage place: Wake Co., NC
Spouse's name: Stephen JOHNSON

Child No. 5: Midian PEARCE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1836
Birthplace: Wake Co., NC
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
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Child No. 6: John Ruffin PEARCE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 25 Mar 1839
Birthplace: Wake Co., NC
Death date: 16 May 1920
Place of death: Wake Co., NC
Burial: Wake Co., NC
Marriage date: 12 Jan 1881
Marriage place: Wake Co., NC
Spouse's name: Alice LILES (2nd wife)
 
 
Documentation:
* NC Marriage Bonds and marriage licenses;
* Cemetery transcriptions;
* US Census Information;
* Documentation from a lawsuit involving S.W. Pearce's property obtained from the NC State Archives;
* Deeds from Gibson Pearce to his two sons;
* Family information.

Notes:
* John Ruffin PEARCE - His first wife was Sarah Senorah Todd (1845-1880), married 17 Mar 1859.