Sketch of Thomas Pearce, Jr., St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Gideon Pearce, of England, settled in the State of Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay, about the year 1675. He had a grandson named Thomas Pearce, who was married three times. The name of his last wife was Ann Evert, by whom he had five children: Gideon, James, Thomas Jr., Elizabeth and Bartrus. Gideon, James and Bartrus died in Maryland, unmarried. Thomas Jr., married Catharine Comegys, of Maryland, and settled in St. Charles County, MO., in 1820. They had ten children: Anna, Maria, Elinga, Miranda, Caroline, William, Catharine, Thomas, Matilda and Benjamin. Anna married Cautious Money, and returned to Maryland. Maria married twice, first to Richard Talbott, and second to Henry Rengo. Elinga married, lived and died in Maryland. Miranda and Catharine died young. William married Eve Baldridge. Thomas married Mrs. Elizabeth Wetmore. Matilda married Jonathan Zumwalt. Benjamin married Martha Camp. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================