NICHOLAS PEARSE (of Plympton St Mary [PStM]), m. dtr of Mr SMITH (of Bickington, Devon) │ ┌──────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬─────────────────┬────────┬───────────────────┬────────────────────────┐ RICHARD PEARSE (of PStM; d. 1608), John Pearse, m. (17/8/1619, PStM) Philip Pearse, m. dtr Walter Jone, m. Walter Trowte Katherine, m. William Courtney Jane, m. Stephen Sowton m. GRACE, dtr of JOHN COCK Frances, dtr of Jerorinus Mayhow, of Bray of Cornwall Pearse of Tavistock* of Salcombe, Devon of Mary Tavy, Devon │ of Cambleford, Cornwall & widow of John Parker │ └┬───────────────────────────────────┬────────────────┬────────────────────────┐ NICHOLAS PEARSE DE BLACKMORE (of PStM; b. 1596), Richard Pearse William Pearse Jane m. (12/8/1614) PRISCILLA (buried [brd] 10/1/1672, PStM), (b. ~1602)* (b. ~1608; brd 24/5/1636, PStM; │ dtr of JOHN BLAKE of Plimstock will proved 13/7/1636, in favour │ of godson & nephew William Pearse) │ └┬──────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────────┬──────────────┬─────────────────┬────────────────┬────────────────────┬───────────────────┐ Richard Pearse John Pearse James Pearse Walter Pearse William Pearse │ Henry Pearse Grace (b. ~1614; granted Mary (btd 25/4/1624, Priscilla (btd 5/9/1630; (of Cornwood; b. ~1616; (baptised [btd] (btd 2/5/1624, (of Plymouth; (btd 8/3/1633, │ (btd 29/8/1637; joint administration PStM), m. Roger Ryder brd 13/4/1683, PStM), brd 24/3/1654, PStM), 2/2/1623; brd PStM) btd 4/6/1628, PStM; PStM) │ brd 3/3/1643, PStM) – with her sister Priscilla – m. Mr Foxworthy m. (22/11/1637, PStM) 23/5/1623, PStM) will proved 2/7/1656, │ of her mother’s estate, 24/4/1672) │ Agnes, dtr of Snelling leaving ‘the greate Martialls in │ │ Plimouth’ to nephew Nicholas Pearse) GEORGE PEARSE (of London; │ btd 3/3/1635, PStM; WALTER TROWTE, m. AGNES, née BIRCH └┬──────────────┬───────────────┬─────────────┐ d. 1708 or earlier), ┌──────────────┴──┬─────────────────────────┐ Nicholas Pearse Nicholas Pearse Jonathan Pearse Richard Pearse m. (17/6/1654, Tavistock) ANA Abraham Trowte Elias Trowte (d. before 1708), (brd 6/10/1646, (b. 14/9/1647; brd (brd 9/8/1653, (of Eggbuckland; b. 1650; │ (btd 3/4/1634, Tavistock; d. 12/1709; (of Exeter, Merchant; b. ~1639; m. (15/10/1633, St Peter’s, PStM) 20/3/1686, PStM), PStM) brd 8/1/1703, PStM), │ will proved, 31/12/1709, by her d. 30/5/1708; Ana was named Exeter) Anna Webber m. (3/1/1672, PStM) m. Joan │ granddaughter Miriam Reynolds) in his will, 25/5/1708;* │ Susanna, dtr of ┌┴──────────────┐ │ family tablet in St Paul’s, Exeter) │ Matthew Peryman Nicholas Pearse Katherine (brd │ m. (12/10/1663, St Mary Major, Exeter) │ (brd 23/8/1676, PStM) 4/8/1671, PStM) │ │ Hannah Whit(e)bourne (d. 16/1/1704) │ │ │ ┌──────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┐ │ ┌─────┬────────────┬────────────┬────────────┐ Jonathan Pearse Nicholas Pearse Arthur Pearse Susanna, │ │ Agnes Mary Dorcas Mary (btd 5/8/1684, PStM), (brd 25/10/1738, (brd 24/12/1700, m. (10/1/1729, Totnes) │ │ (brd 25/11/1675) (brd 6/2/1668) (brd 6/10/1668) (brd 1670) ?m. (21/7/1709, PStM) PStM) Samuel Gooderich │ │ Aveton Gifford) │ Abraham Trowte’s ‘daughters in law’: Hannah Whitebourne (brd 29/10/1679) & Elizabeth Whitebourne (brd 10/4/1673) Grace Bickford │ │ ┌─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┬──────────────┬───────────────────────────┐ Elias Pearse (nominally of Watervalle, Capt. DANIEL PEARSE (Cork Militia; served George Pearse (of Devon; Ana (b. ~1658), ?? Pearse (of Devon; d. before 1708), Jane, m. George Condy │ Devon; Merchant, London; inherited under King William III in the Irish War; │ d. before 1709) m. John Phillips m. Hannah (of St Andrews, Plymouth; │ (of Devon & Cork) │ land & property in Devon from Abraham b. ~1661; Mayor of Cork, 1722–1723; │ │ (of Devon, │ res. Little Pethericke, Co rnwall; │ │ Trowte; b. ~1655; will dated 13/8/1724; d. 1727, Cork; will dated 21/1/1726; └┬────┬───────┬─────┐ │ apothecary) │ will dated 7/8/1710, pro ved 4 children, ‘who to a great │ owner of 155 brilliants & diamonds; brd St Mary’s, Lower Shandon, Cork), George Abraham Elias Ana └┬┬┬┬┐ │ 25/6/1720), his first cousin, extent eventually possessed │ of the Manor of Watervalle, i.e. m. (1) ?? (brd Lr Shandon, as are her children); Pearse Pearse Pearse 2 sons & │ niece of Abraham Trowte* much of the landed property │ Lydford Bridge, & the waterfall │ m. (2) (1/7/1690) ELIZABETH LE PLASTRIER, (of Totnes) 3 dtrs │ of their uncle, Elias Pearse’;* │ there; & of land in Devon & Oxon) │ │ ‘dtr of a Huguenot Refu gee Divine, John Pearse (of Exeter, Surgeon), ‘the Watervalle property ... │ │ │ who fought at the Battl e of the Boyne’ m. Elizabeth passed out of their hands └┬───────────────┐ │ │ │ about 1874 on the death of Ann (b. │ Catherine │ └───────────── ────┬────────────────────────┬───────────┐ └┬───────────┐ Thomas son of Daniel Condy’ 2/1/1706) │ (b. 27/3/1712), └┬─────────┐ DANIEL PEARSE (of Cork; b. ~1709; Elias Pearse Elizabeth (b. 1723), Elizabeth Hannah │ m. Mr Merritt John Pearse other/s d. 1776; brd Lr Shandon), (of Cork) m. (31/3/1758, St Paul’s, (d. young?) Jane └───┐ (d. between m. DOROTHEA (d. 1795; │ Cork) William Knight (b. 21/7/1707) dtr 1709 & 1726, Cork; │ brd Lr Shandon), dtr of │ brd Lr Shandon) │ MICHAEL CALANAN of Cork children incl. a Miss Knight (res. Dublin, 1840) │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┬────────────────┬─────────────────┐ Daniel Pearse (of North Main St, Cork; Michael Pearse (of Old George St, Cork, Merchant; ELIAS PEARSE (Capt., 27th Royal │ Dorothea (b. ~1766, Mary (b. ~1770, Cork; Elizabeth (b. ~1773, b. ~1762; brd 9/1/1801, Lr Shandon), b. 29/9/1764; d. 23/4/1829; brd Lr Shandon), Cork Regt; b. 1772, Cork; │ Cork; d. 27/11/1800 , d. before 1856), Cork; d. ~1788; m. (Abbystrewy) Christina (brd 16/2/1809, St Ann’s, m. (Whit-Sunday 1812, St Finbarr’s Cdl, Cork) d. 6/2/1855, Thurles, co. │ Rathcoonie, co. Cor k), m. (23/4/1792, brd Lr Shandon). │ Upper Shandon), dtr of Daniel O’Collins, M.D., │ Catherine (d. 8/6/1859, Cork; brd St Finbarr’s), Tipperary; served through │ m. (12/8/1786, │ Christ Ch., Cork) ‘This Elizabeth Pearse │ of Skibbereen (Christina remarried, to John Coley) │ dtr of Sylvester Clarke o f Cork the Irish Rebellion, 1798; │ │ Christ Ch., Cork) │ John O’Leary of was a very dear, sweet, │ │ with his son Lt W.H.P., built │ │ Richard Kemp │ Cork, a Catholic lovely girl. Her memory │ ┌──────────────┬─────────────┬──────────────┐ the lighthouse on the Aran Islands), │ │ of Rathcoonie │ (d. 1824; brd was very dear to all Eliza (d. 1826; Anne Harrison Catherine Jane Samuel Harrison Elizabeth m. (21/4/1795, Charleville, │ │ (b. ~1760; │ Skibbereen) those who knew her brd St Finbarr’s), (b. 21/5/1814, Cork), (b. 4/1821, Cork), Pearse (b. 10/1822), (b. 30/7/1823; │ co. Limerick) │ │ d. 16/3/1836, │ in life. Even my hard- m. (1) Dr William Gash, m. (29/8/1839, Cork) m. (1844) Stephen m. (29/1/1848) d. 7/1840, Cork; │ FRANCES MARIA │ │ Rathcoonie) └┬┬┬┐ natured grandfather, │ who ‘shot himself in │ William Martin Turner of Sydney │ Prudence, dtr of brd St Finbarr’s) │ (d. 15/2/1847, Dublin; │ └┬┬┬┬┐ 4 son s (‘upon being Captain Elias Pearse, │ Edinburgh after │ │ Taylor Adams │ brd St Thomas’s), │ 3 sons & widowed, Mary softened when he │ ill-luck at cards’); │ │ of Limerick │ dtr of JAMES LANGFORD │ 2 dtrs emigrated to the USA thought of his │ m. (2) Lt Edward Foote son & │ │ of Dromcollagher │ with these four sons’) loved sister’ │ 2 dtrs ┌────────────────┐ │ (£600 dowry, undrawn) John Pearse (of Cork; son Samuel Henry Pearse William George Pearse │ b. ~1774; d. 1791; ‘shot himself, consequent └─ (res. Australia, 1859)* ─┘ │ on a disappointment in love’; brd Lr Shandon) ┌───────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┬────────────────────────────────┐ William Henry Pearse (Lt, 37th Hampshire Regt Dr GEORGE PEARSE, M.D. (of Edinburgh, later Godfrey House, Eliza (b. 6/9/~1800, Edenderry, Frances Maria (b. 17/9/1815, Cork; of Foot; b. 6/7/1796, Tuam, co. Galway; d. 4/4/1835, Cheltenham; Hon. Physician to Queen Victoria; sailed to Madras co. Kildare; d. 29/8/1879, Dublin), d. 21/10/1849, Dublin; brd St Thomas’s, Dublin), Dublin; brd St Thomas’s). ‘This ... was one of the very for the East India Co. on the ‘Duke of Bedford’, 1824; Inspector-Gen. m. (1) (1819) Dr William Kershaw of North m. (10/1844, Cullen’s Wood, Dublin) Richard Piers, sweetest characters that has ever existed. He was of Hospitals, Madras Army; b. 2/12/1797, Rothangan, co. Kildare; Strand, Dublin (d. 1824; brd St Paul’s, Dublin); an Officer, of Tristaneh Abbey, Westmeath. attractive beyond degree. He was a poet. He had an early d. 28/3/1885, Godfrey House; brd Prestbury, Cheltenham), m. (2) (6/1834, St Thomas’s, Dublin) Dr James ‘Fanny, as this, my wild Irish aunt was called, and sadly ending love affair in Canada, when there with m. (25/9/1818, St Nicholas’s, Cork) ANNE SARAH (b. 12/6/1801, Youghal, │ Butler, M.D.,a Catholic, of Thurles, co. was a being of quite a past age. So full of his regiment. It saddened and sweetened his life’; │ co. Cork; d. 29/6/1877, Godfrey House; brd Prestbury; tablet in St │ Tipperary (b. 18/5/1787; d. 1868, Thurles) spirits, with such an exhaustless fund of fun, ‘His constitution was impaired by terrible privations │ Mark’s, Cheltenham), dtr of JAMES MCCULLOCH, Esq., of Strabane, co. └┬────┬─────┐ so strong, swarthy and reckless, she was undergone whilst hunting the moose-deer’ │ Derry,