Benjamin PEARSON

1722 - Bef 1788  (< 65 years)

• Name	Benjamin PEARSON  [1, 2]
  Birth	19 Sep 1722	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 6 Jun 1788	Bush River, Newberry, SC   [3]
  Person ID	I9309	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret EVANS,   b. Abt 1730   d. Aft 1801, , , OH, USA (Age > 72 years)
  Marriage	1762	, , Pennsylvania   [1]
  Family ID	F1937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Agatha BROOKS   d. 1761, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  Marriage	Abt 1750  [1]
  Children	1. Enoch PEARSON,   b. 27 Sep 1761, , , Pennsylvania d. 17 Dec 1839, , Miami, OH, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin first petitioned for 350 acres of land on Scotch Creek in Newberry Co., SC on Feb 6 1759. He had the headrights to 100 acres for him and 50 for his wife and 4 children. The following is information from Harriet Imrey regarding Benjamin's unlikely Quaker status at that time. "The timing and location of the adjoining Brooks and Pearson lands are definitely "not right" for Quakers, and a risky venture for any settler at all. The Indian raids and massacres in precisely that section of the SC frontier had been escalating since 1751, and broke into all-out warfare in 1759. Jacob Brooks turned his property into a house-fort, sheltered all the neighbors in 1759. He was reimbursed by the province for his fort expenses (Benjamin Pearson was reimbursed for provisions for the fort and the militia). Jacob Brooks--one of them--was also paid ? 12 for his active duty as a member of Col. John Chevillette's Battalion of (backcountry) militia. He was clearly not a Quaker at that time, so Agatha Brooks Pearson was perhaps not a Quaker either. The Elmores, like Pearson, were paid for provisions but not for militia service. These earliest settlers "could have been" an advance-guard for a Quaker meeting group that couldn't get going until after the Cherokee Wars ended in 1762. Militia service ruled-out at least some of this Brooks family from Quaker-status. The status of Margaret Evans at marriage (and/or just after it) might have been mentioned in the Fredericksburgh/Wateree MM minutes, but those did not survive. The various land records and military records, plus the absence of mention in Bush River MM records, raise some questions about the religious affiliations of this particular Pearson family grouping."

  
  

• Sources

  [S1268] Buckley, Dan, Email dated 2000+ at BUC@GBSO.NET. [S3] West Branch Quaker Burial Grounds, Union Twp., West Milton, Miami Co., OH (This cemetery is located off Harden Rd.? south of West Milton, OH to the west. It was the first church and cemetery location in this region of Ohio.). [S483] Pearson, Steve, Email dated 2002+ from spearson55@chartermi.ne.