James Pearson Family from History of Acworth, New Hampshire From: tumbleweed@lisco.net - Sharon Franklin Surname: PEARSON Source: History of Acworth with the Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary, Genealogical Records and Register of Farms by Rev. J. L. Merrill, Town of Acworth, 1869, Page 256 JAMES PEARSON born in Kingston, 1779, son of John Pearson and Abigail Tyler - married Hannah Duty - settled in Acworth, 1800 - died 1853 - children, I. John - married Betsey Clark (see Clark family) 1825 - children, 1. Freeman - born 1828 - married Mrs. Lorinda (Silsby) Harding (see Harding family), residence Mazeppa, Minnesota. 2. Laura - married Oliver Chapin (see Chapin family). 3. Mary - married Henry H. Clark of Rutland, Vermont 4. Sarah A. 5. Jane B. II. Phylena - married Levi H. Morgan, residence Jefferson, N. H. - children, 1. Marcellus 2. Laura A. 3. Alman J. 4. Paschal 5. Sarah J. 6. Chauncy. III. Betsey - married first Jonathan Hovey. Betsey - married second Roswell Carleton (see Carleton family). IV. Sally - married Isaac Minor of Whitefield - children, 1. Betsey H. 2. Lauren J. 3. Austin W. 4. Sarah J. 5. Mary P. V. Laura - died young. VI. Lauren - married Martha E. Colby of Ellsworth, residence Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was ordained a Baptist minister in Addison, Maine - 1852. VII. Albert - married first Linda Grout (see Grout family. Albert - married second Eleanor Dickerson, residence Danbury - children, 1. Susan A. VIII. Silas - married Lydia Moore, residence Bricksbury, N. J. IX. William - died young. III. Emma L. ************************************************************************ * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and remind you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.