>Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 16:22:26 -0600 >From: Brian Bowers <bebowers@hotmail.com> >Source: PEARSALL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Pennsylvania Piersols 10 > > >EVEN MORE JOHN > >+ “To be sold by Public Vendue, On the Premises, on Thursday the 22d >instant, A Plantation situate in West Nantmill township, Chester county, >about half a mile from Piersol Mill, and about two miles and a half from the >Manor Meeting. There is on said premises a large stone house, two stories >high, cellared underneath, a log barn with a floor in the middle and stable >sat one end, a never failing spring of good water not far from the house, a >good bearing orchard of winter and summer fruit; The soil is good and >extraordinary for pasture, it not having been tilled for some years: There >is a sufficient quantity of woodland, some meadow and more may be made. It >is part of the estate of John Piersol, deceased, and to be sold by Joseph >Trago, Executor.” ­ The Pennsylvania Gazette of Philadelphia, Oct. 15, 1778, >as recorded by Accessible Archives, Inc, at the Electronic Text Center of >the University of Virginia Library. >+ “March 1, 1783. All persons indebted to the estate of John Peirsol, late >of West Nantmeal township, Chester county, deceased, are desired to make >immediate payment to the subscriber, Executor to said estate, &c. >“And likewise all persons indebted to Alice Peirsol, widow, and relict of >said John Peirsol, either by bond, bill, note or book accounts, or any other >contract whatsoever, are desired to come and discharge the same without >further notice. >“All persons that have any demands against the said estate, are likewise >desired to bring in their accounts, that they may be adjusted and settlement >made, by Joseph Trego, Attorney at law for the said widow.” ­ The >Pennsylvania Gazette of Philadelphia, March 12, 1783, as recorded by >Accessible Archives, Inc, at the Electronic Text Center of the University of >Virginia Library. >-+ “Chester county, April 6th, 1789. By virtue of a write of Venditioni >Exponas, to me directed, will be exposed to public sale, on the premises, on >Thursday, the 30th day of April inst. At one o’clock in the afternoon, two >messuages, a grist and saw-mill, a furnace, and two hundred acres of >excellent land, situate in the township of West Nantmeal, bounded by the >lands of Samuel Aston, lands late of John Peirsoll, and others. The said >mills and furnace are on that well known stream of water called Brandywine >creek, in a very healthy, agreeable part of the country, and the said >premises are capable of very great improvement. Seized and taken in >execution as the estate of Mordecai Peirsoll, and to be sold, by Ezekiel >Leonard, Sheriff.” ­ The Pennsylvania Gazette of Philadelphia, April 15, >1789, as recorded by Accessible Archives, Inc, at the Electronic Text Center >of the University of Virginia Library. >+ “Pursuant to the last will and testament of John Piersol, late of West >Nantmill township, Chester county, deceased, will be exposed to Public Sale, >on Thursday, the 18th day of March next, on the premises, A Valuable >Plantation or tract of Land, containing 250 acres and allowance; the land is >good, and fit for all kids of grain; about 120 acres cleared, the residue >well timbered, about ten acres of meadow made, and twenty more may be made >on good ground; it is well watered, as one branch of Brandywine runs through >it, and a number of good springs. There are on the premises, a good stone >dwelling-house and kitchen, a stone spring-house, a good log barn, sundry >small buildings, and a good orchard. The land is situate in Honeybrook >township, in said country, joining lands of Richard Peirsol, William Hunter, >and land late of Mordecai Peirsol. The sale to begin at one o’clock on said >day, when attendance will be given, and the terms of sale made known, by >Joseph Trego, Executor.” ­ The Pennsylvania Gazette of Philadelphia, Feb. >24, 1790, as recorded by Accessible Archives, Inc, at the Electronic Text >Center of the University of Virginia Library. >+ John Piersol, received warrantee for 400 acres land in Berks County, Pa., >on March 18, 1794. William Piersol received similar warrant the same day. ­ >“Pennsylvania Archive,” Series 3, Vol. 26, page 304. Berks County is just >north of Chester County. >+ 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. >+ Will of William Hunter of Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa. Written >Dec. 8, 1803, and proved Dec. 31, 1803. Provides for wife Jane, including >services of Betsy Jacobs until she is free. To eldest daughter Isabella >Culbertson £150. To daughter Kitty Buchanan £150. To daughter Nancy Robison, >£150. To daughters Mary, Sarah and Jean £350 each, &c. Mentions bound >servants Jon: Peirsol and Jno. Dunlap. To son David all my land in >Honeybrook and all residue of estate. Directs that gray wig be given to >David Underwood, watchmaker. Executors: Wife Jane and son David Hunter. >(Widow renounced.) Wits.: James Ralston, Fanny Ralston. ­ “Wills: Abstracts >and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa.,” at USGenWeb Archives. >+ Deed of John Piersol to Eli Trego, 1811, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book >F3, page 351. >+ Deed to John Peirsol from Gainer Moore, 1812, Chester County, Pa., Deed >Book H3, page 202. >+ Deed to John Piersol from George Hollis (executor), 1812, Chester County, >Pa., Deed Book P3, page 166. >+ John Peirsol, yeoman, of Honey Brook, estate filed 1812, File 5778 ­ >Chester County Archives and Records Service, Wills & Administrations, >1714-1825 at www.dfs.chesco.org. >+ Will of John Peirsol of Honeybrook Township, Chester County, dated Dec. >20, 1811 and proved Jan. 3, 1812. To brother Jacob’s eldest son, if he >should have any, 50 acres of land when of age. To sister Martha’s 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 John Piersol (executor) to William Moore, 1813, Chester County, >Pa., Deed Book L3, page 484. >+ 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 daughterElizabeth 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. >+ John Peirsol charged with assault and battery, August 1814, Docket CCD-13, >page 16 ­ “Index to Quarter Sessions Records, Criminal Cases 1681-April >1837,” Chester County, Pa., archives, page 202. >+ John Peirsol of Sadsbury, estate filed 1816, File 6307, administration >bond, inventory and accounts, no will. Catharine and Thomas Peirsol, >administrators. ­ Chester County Archives and Records Service, Wills & >Administrations, 1714-1825 at www.dfs.chesco.org. and “Abstracts and >Adminstrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, PA,” at USGenWeb Archives. >+ “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. > >LIDDY >+ Jan. 19, 1786, the Rev. T.F. Illing conducted wedding of Jason Cloud and >Liddy Peirsel, both of West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. Received >15s ­ “1780-1799 Marriages by Rev. T.F. Illing: St. Peter’s (Lutheran) >Middletown & Caernarvon, (Episcopal) Lancaster Co,” at USGenWeb Archives. > >MARGARET >+ Mordechai Piersol married Margaret Aston. License on Feb. 20, 1770 ­ >“Lancaster County Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century,” Vol. 3, >by F. Edward Wright, page 110. >+ Chester County, Pa., Orphans Court, June 3, 1774: “Mordecai Peirsoll, in >Right of Margaret his Wife, one of the Daughters of William Ashton, late of >West Nantmell Deceased, Petitioned this Court, setting forth, That the said >William Aston lately Died Intestate, Seized and Possessed of three Messuages >or Tenements and Three Tracts of Land, One of them Situate in West Nantmell >aforesaid, Containing Two Hundred Acres Another Situate in the said >Township, Containing One Hundred acres, and the other Situate in East Caln >Township, Containing Three Hundred Acres; leaving a Widow named Margaret, >and Issue Eight Children, to wit, Margaret, John, Samuel, Rebecca, Isaac, >Sarah, Jane and Hannah to survive him; that Administration of his Estate was >Committed to his widow who hath settled the Accompts of Administration in >the Register’s Office at Chester.” ­ Chester County Orphans Court 1762-1774, >Docket 7, page 139, at the Chester County, Pa., archives. > >MARTHA >+ Will of Richard Piersol, West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, May 7, >1753. Wife, Bridget; son, Richard; daughters, Rachel, Elizabeth, Martha, >Mary; witness, John Piersoll ­ “Wills of Chester County Pennsylvania, >1748-1766, Based on the Abstracts of Jacob Martin,” 1994, Family Line >Publications, Westminster, Md., page 47. >+ Will of Bridget Piersoll, Dec. 27, 1762. Daughters, Rachel Morgan, >Elizabeth Davis, Martha Hunter, Mary Douglas, “Wills of Chester County >Pennsylvania, 1748-1766, Based on the Abstracts of Jacob Martin,” 1994, >Family Line Publications, Westminster, Md., page 141. >+ Will of John Peirsol of Honeybrook Township, Chester County, dated Dec. >20, 1811 and proved Jan. 3, 1812. To brother Jacob’s eldest son, if he >should have any, 50 acres of land when of age. To sister Martha’s 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.