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, [...]
THE QUAKER CALENDAR The following information was reproduced from The Quaker Library Guide 6 Many users of Quaker records find that the way in which Quakers dated letters, minutes and other documents, particularly before 1752, poses problems. THE ENGLISH YEAR before and after 31 December 1751 Up to and including 1751 the Julian calendar was [...]
QUAKER COMMUNITIES IN ALBEMARLE From The Hill Family of Chowan County North Carolina By Anne L. McCarthy The land configurations of Albemarle made the area attractive and accessible. Laced with small streams, creeks, and deep rivers, the easy access by water into the untamed region offered ports for ocean-going ships able to take the settlers’ products [...]
Edward Mayo deed abstracts–Perquimans County Book A, No. 35: Thomas Long & Alce my wife, for £60 Sterling pd by Edward Mayo, have assigned sd Patent Feb 18, 1689. Test’ Em Nixon, Sarah Mayo. No. 37: Richard Evans & Elizabeth his wife, for £26 pd by Edward Mayo “assigns [...]
Perquimans County Deeds—Trueblood Grantees from 1600s to 1870 1. John Trueblood from Phineas Nixon, 1790 deed for 64 1/2 ac. Book I, #899. (Phineas Nixon was from Randolph County and John Trueblood was from Pasquotank County. The 64 1/2 ac. was purchased for fourteen pounds. This was probably the John Trueblood who was the son of Daniel Trueblood [...]
Trueblood Marriages (grooms) Perquimans County, North Carolina 1856-2000 Compiled by Bob Stokley __________________________________________________________________ Groom Age Bride Age [...]
A Brief History of the 27th NC at Sharpsburg taken from a manuscript by H.Z.Bogue III. __________________________________________________________________ On September 28, 1861 by the direction of the governor, ten companies of militia were organized at New Bern into a military organization officially designated the 27th North Carolina Troops. The regiment first served as security forces, with companies located [...]
27th REGIMENT N.C. 27th INFANTRY REGIMENT Singletary’s Infantry Battalion (until September 28, 1861) __________________________________________________________________ ORGANIZATION: Organized for 12 months in the field on September 28, 1861. Reorganized for the war on April 24, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865. FIRST COMMANDER: George B. Singletary (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel) FIELD OFFICERS: John [...]
WILLIAM A. WILSON (1830-1891) Confederate Veteran Perquimans County, NC by Robert E. Stokley William A. Wilson was born near Winfall in Perquimans County, NC about 1830. Family information lists his middle name as “Addison” but no verification of this has been found. He was the son of Thomas Wilson (1802-1874) and Elvy (WHITE) Wilson (1805-1832). [...]
