• Born: Abt 1693, Kerris near Penzance, Cornwall
• Married (1): 8 Jun 1724, Paul, Cornwall ¹
• Married (2): Abt 1726
• Died: 25 Jun 1753, Penzance, Cornwall ²
• Buried: 2 Jul 1753, Madron, Cornwall ¹

  Research Notes:

In 1696 Richard Pearce was named as a beneficiary in his father's will, to receive his tenements in Kerris and all his father's tinbounds in Cornwall.

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Copy release, Paul Charity lands, house and gardens, Brewinny, Paul, 14 May 1729. ³

Parties:

1) Robert Davy, gentleman, of Ludgvan
2) Henry Pendarves, clerk, of Paul, James Keigwin, of Mousehole, Richard Pearce, esquire, of Kerris, Stephen Bodinar [Bodinner], Richard Marrack and William Tregurtha, gentlemen, of Paul.

Release by 1) to 2) of a messuage and garden in Brewinny, Paul, in the occupation of Hugh Davy.

Consideration: £31 1 shilling.

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"Sacred to the memory of Richard Pearce, late of the town, Esquire, who died on the 25th day of June, 1753; aged 60. His wife Maria (daughter of the late Lieut. General John Jones, of Penrose in Sennen, Governor of Hull) who died on the 5th day of April, 1783; aged 76.

And of William their son, who died on the 16th day of January, 1767; aged 30; their remains are deposited in a vault near this spot.

Also to the memory of John Jones Pearce, Esquire, (only son of William) who died on the 7th day of December 1826; aged 61.

And of Elizabeth his wife, who died on the 23rd day of March, 1801; aged 37; and was buried at St. Buryan. This tablet is also consecrated to the memory of Maria Jones, Richard Henry, and Margaret Giffard, (three children of Richard and Sarah Pearce) who died in their infancy in the years 1832, 1833, and 1834. Their remains are interred in a vault in the old burial ground of this church." ²