this was posted to another rootsweb forum >Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 15:46:52 -0600 >From: Brian Bowers <bebowers@hotmail.com> >Source: PEARSALL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Pennsylvania Piersols 4 > > >ISAAC >+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1762 for West Nantmeal, Isaac Persol, 2 >shillings County tax indexes from Chester County archives. >+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1763 for West Nantmeal, Isaac Pearsal, 7 >shillings, 9 pence County tax indexes from Chester County archives. >+ Isaac Peirsall, 50 acres, 1 horse, 2 cattle, West Nantmeal Township 1765 >Chester County Tax Rates Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 11, page >45. >+ Isaac Pearsall, 50 acres, 1 horse, 1 cattle, 2 sheep 1766 Chester County >Tax Rates Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 11, page 174. >+ Philadelphia, October 18, 1766. Some time ago, a Bond of Jeremiah and >Isaac Pearsol, to William McCune, and another of Stoffel Seigman, to Edward >Bleamy, were put into my Hands to be sued. The Debts are recovered; and as I >have not heard from the Plaintiffs, for more than a Year past, and know not >the Places of their Residence, I think myself obliged to give his Notices, >that they or, in Case of their Death, their Representatives may receive the >Money. John Dickinson. The Pennsylvania Gazette of Philadelphia, Oct. 23, >1766, as recorded by Accessible Archives, Inc, at the Electronic Text Center >of the University of Virginia Library. >+ Isaac Pearsol listed as private in Capt. John Reeses company of the 2nd >Pennsylvania Battalion, Jan. 5, 1776 to Nov. 25, 1776. [Some of this >battalion was recruited in Westmoreland County and at least one company was >recruited in Lancaster County but I could not determine where this company >was raised.] Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution: Battalions and >Line, 1775-1783, L.S. Hart, page 97. > >JACOB >+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1760 for West Nantmeal, Jacob Pirsoll, >inmate, 4 shillings, 6 pence County tax indexes from Chester County >archives. >+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1762 for West Caln, Jacob Persol, 4 >shillings, 6 pence County tax indexes from Chester County archives. >+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1763 for West Caln, Jacob Peirsell, 14 >shillings County tax indexes from Chester County archives. >+ Jacob Peirsall, 50 acres, 1 horse, 2 cattle, West Nantmeal Township 1765 >Chester County Tax Rates Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 11, page >45. >+ Jacob Pearsall, 50 acres, 1 horse, 2 cattle, 6 sheep 1766 Chester County >Tax Rates Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 11, page 174. >+ Jacob Pearsall, inmate 1767 Chester County Tax Rates Pennsylvania >Archives, Series 3, Vol. 11, page 339. >+ Jacob Pearsall, no land, 2 horses, 1 cattle, West Nantmill Township 1768 >Chester County Tax Rates Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 11, page >481. >+ Jacob Percell, 130 acres, 2 horses, 2 cattle 1769 Chester County Tax >Rates Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 11, page 609. >+ Jacob Pearsall, 100 acres, 1 horse, 2 cattle, 10 sheep 1771 Chester >County Tax Rates Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 11, page 737. >+ Deed from Jacob Piersol and Jacob Cloud and Elizabeth, Jasons wife, all >of West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa., to Peter Hunter, also of >West Nantmeal. May 18, 1772. Jason Cloud obtained land from Robert Bunting, >Dec. 23, 1736. Land consisted of 117 acres adjoining that of Jeremiah >Piersol and James Graham and other land owned by Cloud, which consisted of >160 acres that adjoined land of Jeremiah Piersol and James Graham. Cloud >sold, but did not convey, the 117 acres and 108 acres of the 160-acre tract >to Jacob Piersol. Jacob Piersol and the Clouds sold the land for 200 pounds > Chester County, Pa., Deed Book L3, page 244. [The land was purchased in >1808 from the Hunter family by Jeremiah Piersoll, who owned the adjoining >land in 1772 and was probably Jacobs brother. Chester County, Pa., Deed >Book L3, page 246.] >+ Deed from Jacob Piersol and Jacob Cloud and Elizabeth, Jasons wife, all >of West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa., to Peter Hunter, also of >West Nantmeal. May 18, 1772. Jason Cloud obtained land from Jeremiah Piersol >by deed dated March 3, 1752, in Chester County, Pa., Deed Book Q, page 172. >Jeremiah Piersol obtained the land via a patent dated Feb. 3, 1738, recorded >in Philadelphia County Book A, Vol. 9, page 3. The land which consisted of >50 acres, 36 perches, that was part of the 307 acres in the original tract >adjoined two other tracts owned by Jeremiah Piersol and a tract owned by >Jason Cloud. Cloud sold, but did not convey, this land to Jacob Piersol. >Jacob Piersol and the Clouds sold the land for 150 pounds Chester County, >Pa., Deed Book L3, page 245. [The land was purchased in 1808 from the Hunter >family by Jeremiah Piersoll, who owned the adjoining land in 1772 and was >probably Jacobs brother. Chester County, Pa., Deed Book L3, page 246.] >+ Will of Richard Peirsol of Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa., dated >Sept. 1799 and proved April 7, 1800. Provides for wife Elizabeth. To each of >my daughter Rebecca's children £5 when of age. To daughter Rache, £25. To >daughter Mary £25. To daughter Alice £150. To daughter Elizabeth £150 when >19. To son Jacob £300 when he is 21. To son John all remainder of estate, >real and personal. Executors: Wife Elizabeth, son John. Letters to John, the >widow renouncing. Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825, from >www.ancestry.com. >+ Deed of Jacob Peirsol (executor) to Henry Brosius, 1805 Chester County, >Pa., Deed Book Z2, page 430. >+ Will of John Peirsol of Honeybrook Township, Chester County, dated Dec. >20, 1811 and proved Jan. 3, 1812. To brother Jacobs eldest son, if he >should have any, 50 acres of land when of age. To sister Marthas children >$40 each. To niece Elizabeth Talbot $50 when of age. Residue of estate to >brother Jacob and sisters, Rachel, Mary, Alice and Elizabeth. Mother-in-law >Mary $40. Executors brother-in-law John Thompson and Isaac Trego. Chester >County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825, from www.ancestry.com. >+ Deed of Jacob Peirsol (executor) to Joseph Waters, 1817, Chester County, >Pa., Deed Book M3, page 452. >+ John Peirsal, farmer, P.O. Watkins, an old pioneer of Mill Creek >Township, was born in Chester County, Penn., March 21, 1812. He is a son of >Jacob and Mary (Boyer) Peirsal, natives of Chester and Dauphin Counties, >Penn., respectively. Mr. Peirsal was born March 18, 1784, and his wife April >15, 1784. They were married in Pennsylvania, and reared most of their family >there. Of their children, the following are living: Silas, Richard. John, >the subject of this notice, Elizabeth, widow of John Haney, and Mary A., >widow of John Poe. Mr. and Mrs. Peirsal died in the same year, and at about >the same age. John, our subject, when seventeen years of age, took up >blacksmithing in Waynesburg, Penn., and served an apprenticeship of four >years. He followed his trade principally till April 1839, when be came to >Mill Creek Township. The History of Union County, Ohio, by W.H. Beers & >Co., Chicago, 1883, page 351. John Pearsol appears in the 1850 Census for >Mill Creek Township, Union County, Ohio. John is listed as a 38-year-old >farmer who was born in Pennsylvania. His property was valued at $3,000. His >wife was Catharine, 37, and his children were: Christiann, 15; Silas, 14, >Elijah W., also 14; Evan 12; Mary, 10; George 8; Margaret, 6; John, 4; >Catharine, 3; and Samuel 11 months. Since the parents and all of the >children until Mary were born in Pennsylvania, it appears that the family >moved to Ohio between 1838 and 1840. 1850 Census information available on >Ancestry.com. >+ Jacob Pursol appears in the 1850 Census of Mill Creek Township, Union >County, Ohio. Jacob and Mary both 65 and born in Pennsylvania were >listed in the household of Silas Pursol. Silas was a 36-year-old farms who >was born in Pennsylvania. His property was valued at $700. Also in the >household were Frances, age 26, and James, 2, both born in Ohio. >+ John Piersol appears in the 1860 Census in Millcreek Township, Union >County, Ohio. His is listed as a 48-year-old farmer who was born in >Pennsylvania. He owned real estate valued at $12,890 and personal property >valued at $1,904. His household contained: Catharine, 46; Evans, 21; Mary, >20; Margaret, 15; Geo., 17; John, 14; Catharine, 12; Enoc, 8; Enic, 4, a >girl; and Robt., 1. Evans was born in Pennsylvania but all of the younger >children were born in Ohio. >+ John Piersol appears in the 1880 Census in Millcreek Township, Union >County, Ohio. He is listed as a 68-year-old farmer who was born in >Pennsylvania. His household contained: Cate, daughter, age 34, born in Ohio; >Jacob, son, age 21, born in Ohio; and Mary, granddaughter, age 11, born in >Ohio. >+ Mary Peirsol (wife of Jacob), died June 6, 1866, age 84 years, and buried >in Herriott Cemetery in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio from Web site >on Genealogy and Local History in Union County, Ohio, at >www.rootsweb.com/~ohunion/cem/jehe.html > >JANE >+ Will of Elizabeth Peirsol, widow [of Jeremiah], of Honeybrook Township, >Chester County, Pa. January 24, 1814, and proved. April 1, 1814. To daughter >Elizabeth, grand daughter Elizabeth Goheen, articles of household goods & >&c. Real estate to be sold and est. divided among my surviving children, >William, Jeremiah, Moses, John, Daniel & Samuel Peirsol, Sarah, wife of >Samuel Buchanan, Jane, wife of John Miller, and Elizabeth Peirsol. Daniel to >have £100 & Elizabeth £50 over and above their equal shares. To grandson >Lane Goheen the price of a Bible, & to granddaughter Hannah Goheen $4. To >grandson Jesse Buchanan $6. If son Jeremiah should never return his share to >be div. among rest. Executors: Samuel Buchanan & John Buchanan, tanner. >Wits: James Graham Sr., James S. Graham. Letters to John Buchanan, Samuel >being deceased. Wills: Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester >Co, Pa., at USGenWeb Archives.