A search for Capt. William Pearce on Altavista.com I came up with http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/portsmouth/rr01/rr01_003.html "15. Capt. William Pearce. Born ca 1595 in Bristol, England.1 William died on 13 Jul 1641 in Providence, Bahamas.1 William resided in Bristol, England, Boston, Mass. and Providence, Bahama Island.1 Farmer has this: "William Peirse, the captain of the ship 'Lyon,' wrote his name Peirse; he was the author of the first almanack for 1639 publislhed in North America. He was killed at Providence, one of the Bahama Islands, in 1641. Savage ii. Winthrop Index. Prince ii. Annals 69, who erroneously regards him as a member of the Boston Church, says he was ancestor of Rev. James Pierce, a well known writer and English divine, who died in 1730."1 Copy of Order of Council when the troubles of Charles 1st. commenced with his Parliament. From the original books of the Privy Council: 1638. "Ordered the twentieth [of April, 1638.] Order for the Desire to passe to New England, with passengers and provisions, upon certificate, etc.: " " Upon the humble petition of William Piers, master of the shippe called the Desire, that the Petitioner, with diverse others inhabiting in New England, did lately arryve in the Port of London, in the said shippe being wholly built in New England, whither the said master doh1 nowe desire to return in the same, and did therefore desire the leave of the board, according to his Majesties' late Proclamation, and to transport such Passengers and their necessary provisions of Howshold, as by this certificate shall be gratified according to the Tenor of his Magesties' former Proclamation. Theyr Lordships did this day give Ieave that the said master snd shippe should retorne to New England, together with such passengers and theyr necessary provisions as is desyred and their goods to passe as formelly. Provided that the said certificats of the Psssengers be first brought to the Clarke of the Council attendant, to be by him allowed, and that they doe transport noe other passingers or Provisions but such as slrall be allowed."-[Charles I. Vol. 15, 341.]" This site gives the father of William Pearce as Richard Pearce. Capt. William had a brother, Richard, who came to New England on the Lyon and died on 7 Oct 1666 in Portsmouth, RI. The brother has children shown for him. But Capt. William has no spouse or children shown for him. Thurmon On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 18:29:23 -0400 Tom Smith <tsmith26@comcast.net> writes: > Cindy, I know there has been some speculation about Isabel Pearce > Sackett > being related in some way to the Captain of the Lyon. I have done > some > searching for the Pearce Family in Thanet around the time of Simon > and > Isabel's marriage but have come up empty. I did have some contact > from > someone with Pearce family there but much later(1800s) and wasn't > able to > make a connection. > Tom