First Generation 1. Christopher PEARSON.1,2 Born in 1645 in Dean Parish, Ulock, Cumbria, England. Christopher died in Ullock, Cumbria, England on 19 Apr 1711, he was 66. Buried on 19 Apr 1711 in Pardshaw Cragg Meeting Cemetery, Cumberland, England. On 9 Jun 1670 when Christopher was 25, he married Eleanor FEARON1,2, daughter of George FEARON, [...]
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PEARSON – WILSON by Bob Stokley
By Susan C. Griffin on November 5th, 2012
PRITLOVE/PRITLOWE by Bob Stokley
By Susan C. Griffin on November 5th, 2012
PRITLOVE/PRITLOWE First Generation 1. Samuel PRITLOWE.1,2 Born abt 1640 in Nansemond County, Virginia. Samuel died in Perquimans County, NC in 1692, he was 52. Religion: Quaker. Occupation: planter. Samuel Pricklove (Pritlowe) was one of the first residents (arrived prior to 1661)of Perquimans Precinct, arriving even before settler George Durant in 1662. Pritlowe was the first [...]
THE SANDERS FAMILY by Gwen Boyer Bjorkman
By Susan C. Griffin on November 5th, 2012
Gwen Boyer Bjorkman, “John Sanders of Nansemond County, Virginia” The Quaker Yeomen 14 (Jan 1988) pp.10; 15 (Apr 1988), pp. 8-9; 15. THE SANDERS FAMILY by Gwen Boyer Bjorkman, 4425-132nd Ave. S.E., Bellevue, WA 98006, in correction of an article written by me and published in THE QUAKER YEOMEN Vol. 10, No. 3, Oct. 1983. [...]
NICHOLSON, CHRISTOPHER (abt.1638-1688)
By Susan C. Griffin on November 4th, 2012
ID: I3220 Name: Christopher NICHOLSON Reference Number: 3220 NUMB: 3220 Change Date: 25 AUG 2007 Sex: M Birth: ABT 1638 in England Death: 10 SEP 1688 in Perquimans, NC Note: Lynn Vital Records 2:279 === Thomas E. Gray, The Founding of Marblehead, (Baltimore MD, Gateway Press, 1984) p. 96. CHRISTOPHER NICHOLSON, the son of Edmond [...]
MENDENHALL Family History
By Susan C. Griffin on June 17th, 2012
___________________________________ Source: NORTH CAROLINA BIBLE RECORDS – Compiled by WILMA CARTWRIGHT SPENCE and EDNA MORRISETTE SHANNONHOUSE. Published in 1973. ___________________________________
REED Family By FRED P. MARKHAM, III
By Susan C. Griffin on June 15th, 2012
______________________________ Source: YEAR BOOK – VOLUME 4 – Pasquotank Historical Society – Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Compiled and Edited by EDNA M. SHANNONHOUSE. Published in 1983. ______________________________
EVANS of Perquimans and Pasquotank Counties
By Susan C. Griffin on June 11th, 2012
______________________________ Source: YEAR BOOK – VOLUME 4 – Pasquotank Historical Society – Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Compiled and Edited by EDNA M. SHANNONHOUSE. Published in 1983. ______________________________



