Updated August 2005
ORIGINS
+ From a biographical item on John C. Peirsol of Monroe Township,
Monroe County, Mo., in 1884: "Mr. Peirsol comes of an old and highly creditable family of the country, tracing his lineage
back through a line of ancestors who have brought no reproach on the name he bears, but have always held worthy positions
in the communities in which they lived. The family has been settled in this country for nearly 200 years. His father’s
great-great-grandfather Peirsol was one of three brothers who came from England to America in 1683 and settled in Pennsylvania,
whence the name has radiated into different States." – "History of Monroe County [Missouri]" 1884.
+ From an account
of the Peirsol family of Beaver County, Pa., in 1914: "This name, spelled Piersoll, Peirsoll and Peusell, was anciently borne
by a Protestant family of France, who fled that country to escape religious persecution, finding asylum in the mountains of
Wales. This was during the seventeenth century, and in 1717 three of the family came to America, settling in Chester county,
Pennsylvania, where Sampson Peirsol, the founder of the Beaver county family, was born." – "Genealogical and Personal
History of Beaver County, Pa.," by John W. Jordan, 1914, page 506.
+ From an account of the Piersol family of Fayette County,
Pa., in 1912: "This name, spelled both Piersol and Peirsel was borne by an ancient Protestant family of France who fled from
that country to escape religious persecution and found asylum in the mountains of Wales. From thence in 1717 a branch came
to Chester county, Pennsylvania, where William Piersol was born in 1748." Under Peirsel: "This family, originally of France,
and Protestant in religion, fled from their native country with thousands of persecuted Huguenots, and in the seventeenth
century settled in Wales. In 1717 three of the family came to the province of Pennsylvania, settling in Chester county. The
name is found both as Pearsol and Peirsel, among the descendants of William Peirsel, of whom further." – "Genealogical
and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania," by John W. Jordan, 1912, pages 835 and 848.
+ From a biographical
item on Lewis Piersol of Tredyfrin Township, Chester County, Pa.: "The Piersol family originally came from Wales, but have
been natives of Pennsylvania for many generations. Jeremiah Piersol, paternal grandfather of Lewis Piersol, was born in Honeybrook
Township, this county, on the old homestead, where he passed his life and died. He was a federalist in politics, and engaged
exclusively in farming and stock raising. He married and reared a large family of sons and daughters who became useful and
respected members of society. On the home farm in Honeybrook township Daniel Piersol (father) was born in 1788, and reared
and educated there." – "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by Winfield S. Garner,
1893, page 704.
+ From a history of the descendants of Jenkins Davis of Lancaster County, Pa.: "Jenkins Davis immigrated
from the parish of Killkennen, County of Cardigan, Wales, early in 1700. … Dinah, the second daughter of Jenkins Davis,
named above, married John Piersol. We have not been able to go farther back in the Piersol line, which we think is Welsh,
though we are unable to fix it with certainty. It may be Scotch-Irish or Huguenot." – "Biographical Annals of Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania," by J.H. Beers & Co., pages 1519 and 1520.
+ Jeremiah, John and Richard Piercell appear in records
of a congregation of Seventh Day Baptists in Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. The following occurs amid a description
of the events of 1725. "It was about the same time as the German revival movement, which has just been described, that the
English Sabbath-keepers in Newtown, Providence, Easttown, and Tredyffrin townships of Chester County became more or less restless,
on account of persecutions from their more orthodox neighbours, and migrated to the upper end of the county, where they took
up land at the falls of the French Creek in Nantmeal Township, and there founded a settlement and congregation, destined for
years to come to be the largest and most influential body of Seventh Day Baptists in the Province. Among the names of these
early pioneers, who were mainly Welsh, are to be found a considerable number who in later years appear on the Ephrata register,
and whose remains await the general resurrections in the old burying-ground at Ephrata. Following is a partial list of these
early Seventh Day Baptists: Owen Roberts, William Iddings (Hiddings); Richard, Jeremiah, and John Piercell (Piersoll); John
Williams; William David; Philip Roger (Rogers); Lewis David; and Simon Meredith." From a second passage: "… revivals
were held among the English and Welsh Seventh Day Baptists who had settled in the French Creek Valley, in Nantmeal, Chester
County, Pennsylvania. This settlement of Sabbath-keepers dates back to the first quarter of the eighteenth century, and was
the results of a desire on the part of the Providence Seventh Day Baptists for a community of their own, where they could
live undisturbed and exercise the dictates of their own consciences according to their own laws. For this purpose, a number
of families of the Providence (Newtown, Delaware County) Church had surveyed to them, in the year 1717, large tracts of land
on the north branch of the Brandywine, and French Creek. Prominent among those who settled upon their lands here were the
following: Lewis David, William David, William Iddings, John James, Mordecai Lincoln, Simon Meridith, Samuel Nutt, Jeremiah
Peircell (Piersol), John Peircell (Piersol), Richard Peircell (Piersol), William Phillips, David Roberts, Owen Roberts, Philip
Roger, and John Williams. A few years later, the infant colony was re-inforced by a number of families from the Great Valley
Baptist Church. … In after years the cordial and fraternal feeling between the Ephrata Celibates and the English Seventh
Day Baptists at Nantmeal was an unbroken one. The English settlement, as time went on, increased by converts from among the
Quakers as well as from other denominations." – "Seventh Day Baptists in Europe and America," Vol. II, 1910. The first
passage is from pages 980 and 981. The second passage is from page 1111.
NOTE: "The History and Genealogy of the Pearsall
Family in England and America" states that the progenitor of the Chester County Peirsols came from Long Island, N.Y., to southeastern
Pennsylvania and allied himself with the forces of Lord Baltimore, who claimed part of what is now Pennsylvania. However,
there is no mention of anyone named Peirsol (or any of its various spellings) in the property or estate records of Cecil County,
Md., which abuts Chester County, Pa. Since Cecil County records start in 1673, it seems that George Pearsall or any other
Peirsol who allied himself with Maryland would appear in records of that county.
ABRAHAM – b. c1741,
probably son of Jeremiah Piersol (c1680s-1760s)
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1762 for West Nantmeal, Abra’m
Persol, 10 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1763
for West Nantmeal, Abram Pearsal, 1 pound – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Abraham Pearsall,
200 acres, 4 horses, 4 cattle, 6 sheep, West Nantmeal Township – 1766 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania
Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 174.
+ Abraham Pearsal, 200 acres, 4 horses, 3 cattle, 4 sheep, West Nantmeal Township
– 1767 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 335.
+ Abra’m Pearsall,
200 acres, 4 horses, 3 cattle, West Nantmeal Township – 1768 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives,"
Series 3, Vol. 11, page 483.
+ Abra’m Pearsal, listed among freemen in 1769 in West Nantmeal Township, Chester County,
Pa. "Pennsylvania Archives," series 3, Vol. 12, page 610.
+ Abraham Persol and Mordecai Persol listed as renting a pew
for 1 pound at Bangor Episcopal Church in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1781 – "Register of Marriages and Baptisms kept
by the Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing," Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1891, page 11.
ALICE – 1705-1789,
wife of John Piersol (1677-1777)
+ Will of John Pearsoll of West Nantmeal Township. Written April 23, 1773, and
proved Sept. 11, 1778. Provides for wife Alice. Plantation where I now dwell to be sold at wife’s decease and proceeds
equally divided between 4 daughters Sarah Porter, Alice Trego, Rebecca Brown and Elizabeth Pearsoll. Plantation bought of
Wm. Carruthers and Saml. Culbertson to be sold and money divided as follows – To granddaughters Sarah and Mary Pearsoll
daughters of son John £5 each. To daughter-in-law Bathsheba Pearsoll 5 shillings. To grandson Mordecai Pearsoll, granddaughter
Hannah Pearsoll, grandson Peter Pearsoll, granddaughter Mary Pearsoll and daughter-in-law Dinah Kennedy 5 shillings each.
Remainder to be divided between 4 daughters above named and grandson John Davis son of daughter Mary Davis and Zacheus Pearsoll
son of my son John. To son-in-law David Davis 1 shilling sterling. I release unto son-in-law Joseph Trego all debts due me
from him before 8th March 1771. Executors: Wife Alice, Joseph Trego and Wm. Gibbons. Letters to Jos. Trego, the others renouncing.
Wit: Wm. Trego, Wm. Smith, Samuel Thomas. – USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co,
Pa."
+ "Joseph, son of William and Margaret Trego, born in 1732, died 1806, married Alice Piersol and had seven sons, William,
Moses, Joseph, Eli, James, Jeremiah and Absalom. The daughters were Alice Millison, Margaret Irwin, Hannah Lewis, and Sarah,
who never married. … Joseph Trego and Alice Piersol; married October 11th, 1753." – "A Historical Account
of the Trego Family," by Abram T. Shertzer, 1884, pages 16 and 87.
+ Alice Pearsel owned 200 acres, 1 cow in West Nantmeal
Township – 1779 Tax Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 12, page 142.
+ Alice
Pearcel owned 200 acres, 1 cow in West Nantmeal Township – 1780 Tax Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives,"
Series 3, Vol. 12, page 242.
+ Alice Piersoll, 152 acres, 3 cattle. 1781 tax list for West Nantmeal Township, Chester
County, Pa. "Pennsylvania Archive," Series 3, Vol. 12, page 393. Paid 4.17.1, page 511.
+ Alice Piersoll, paid 2.4.1 tax
in 1785 West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. "Pennsylvania Archives," series 3, Vol. 12, page 761.
+ "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.
+ Will of Alice Peirsoll of West Nantmeal Township.
Written Nov. 29, 1785, and proved Feb. 24, 1790. To my 3 daughters and their husbands, William Porter and Sarah his wife,
Joseph Trego and Alice his wife, Richard Peirsol and Elizabeth his wife, all my estate to be equally divided, except following:
To each grandchild I now have living 1 shilling. Executors: Sons-in-law Joseph Trego and Richard Peirsoll. Letters to Trego,
the other being absent. Executors to put tombstones over graves of my husband John Peirsol and myself. Wit: William Hunter,
Andrew Ross. – USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa."
+ "As the Piersol
family data have been recently gathered, after being almost lost, especially their genealogical connection with that of the
Col. Jacob Morgan family, founders of ‘Morgan’s Town,’ I will here give some in detail: - Col. Jacob Morgan
was a son of Thomas Morgan, who died 1740. He was married to Rachel Piersol, of West Nantmeal township, Chester county, about
1740. She died December 19, 1791, aged 68 years, and he died November 11, 1792, aged 76 years, and both are buried in the
graveyard at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church. Rachel Piersol was a daughter of Richard and Bridget Brown Piersol, and Richard
was the son of John Piersol, who died November 8, 1777, aged 100 years, and Alice Piersol, wife of John Piersol, died December,
1789, aged 84 years. Mary, wife of David Davis, died March 6, 1748, aged 19 years, presumably a daughter of John and Alice
Piersol, and John B. Philips died August 13, 1815, aged 7 years and 4 months. (These data were taken from the grave marks
in what remains of the graveyard established by the family in connection with a pubic school house and of the support of which
we have been informed the Piersol families bequeathed legacies to maintain and keep the same in good repair. But at this time
it is much neglected. The school house has been removed and the proceeds connected with the Loag’s Corner or township
high school. There is no fencing around the graveyard and the gravestones are falling down and are exposed to the plow and
the tread of grazing cattle)." – "Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County," author and original publication
date unknown, available through Ancestry.com.
ALICE – daughter of Richard Piersol (c1737-1800)
+
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 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.
ANN – c1740-1781, wife
of Jacob Piersol (c1739-1780)
+ 15th of 2 mo. 1760, "Testimony against Ann Pearsall." 18th of 4th
mo. 1760, "Ann Piershal disowned for mar. by priest." – "Early Church Records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Vol.
1, Quaker Records of Bradford Monthly Meeting," by Martha Reamy, pages 149-150.
+ Will of Petter Babb of West Caln Township,
Chester County, Pa., "Being weak & fraill of Body but of perfect mind & memory," wrote his will on May 13, 1773. It
was proved Oct. 27, 1773. Bequeathed to his well beloved wife Mary Babb all real and personal property during her widowhood.
Also left to his son Thomas Babb 10 shills, being already advanced; to daughter Basheba Trego, 5 shillings, being already
advanced; to daughter Mary Willson, 100 pounds to be paid after wife’s decease; to son Petter Babb, the plantation;
to daughter Elizabeth Bishop, 100 pounds to be paid after wife’s decease; to grandson Joseph, "now living with me,"
50 pounds to be paid out of my son Petter’s portion; to daughter Ann Peirsoll, 5 shillings, being already advanced;
to daughter Shusana Babb, 100 pounds to be paid out of my son Sampson’s part; and to son Sampson Babb, the estate where
he now lives. Thomas and Mary Babb were named executors. Petter Babb made his mark, rather than making a signature. Witnesses
were William Kennedy, William Neely and Rob’t Brown. The final account lists the legacies distributed but notes "a legacy
yet due to Ann Peirsoll … 5 [shillings]." – Chester County, Pa., Estate File 2797. Also in USGenWeb Archives in
"Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa.," which spells some names differently.
[NOTE: "Babb Families
of America," by Jean A. Sargent, has very little about Ann, stating only that she married a "Piersol – perhaps Nathaniel.
Named in father’s will." However, no Nathaniel appears among Chester County Pierols in the 18th century.
The information on Peter’s family is on pages 25 and 27.]
BATHSEBA – c1728, wife of Jeremiah Piersol
(c1728-1771)
+ Bathsheba appears in various records of the Quakers’ Bradford Monthly Meeting in Chester
County, Pa., which was her parents’ home church. On the 18th day of the 6th month, 1748, "Bathsheba
Bab d/o Peter Bab, disowned for mar. out." She had married outside the Quaker church. Bathsheba Piersol and Jeremiah Pearsol
witnessed the marriage of Isaac Gibson and Esther Sinkler on the 26th day of the 3rd month, 1761. Jeremiah
and Bathsheba Peirsol witnessed the marriage of John Battin and Libia Morgan on the 24th day of the 11th
month, 1762. – "Early Church Records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Quaker Records of Bradford Monthly Meeting,"
by Martha Reamy, pages 135, 57 and 59, respectively.
+ Administration of the estate of Jeremiah Peirsoll, miller, of West
Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. On March 19, 1771, court bound Bersheba Piersoll, Joseph Trego and William Trego, all
of Chester County. Bersheba Piersoll named administratrix. She signed her name Bathsheba Peirsol. – Chester County,
Pa., Estate File 2604.
+ Will of Petter Babb of West Caln Township, Chester County, Pa., "Being weak & fraill of Body
but of perfect mind & memory," wrote his will on May 13, 1773. It was proved Oct. 27, 1773. Bequeathed to his well beloved
wife Mary Babb all real and personal property during her widowhood. Also left to his son Thomas Babb 10 shills, being already
advanced; to daughter Basheba Trego, 5 shillings, being already advanced; to daughter Mary Willson, 100 pounds to be paid
after wife’s decease; to son Petter Babb, the plantation; to daughter Elizabeth Bishop, 100 pounds to be paid after
wife’s decease; to grandson Joseph, "now living with me," 50 pounds to be paid out of my son Petter’s portion;
to daughter Ann Peirsoll, 5 shillings, being already advanced; to daughter Shusana Babb, 100 pounds to be paid out of my son
Sampson’s part; and to son Sampson Babb, the estate where he now lives. Thomas and Mary Babb were named executors. Petter
Babb made his mark, rather than making a signature. Witnesses were William Kennedy, William Neely and Rob’t Brown. The
final account lists the legacies distributed but notes "a legacy yet due to Ann Peirsoll … 5 [shillings]." – Chester
County, Pa., Estate File 2797. Also in USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa.," which
spells some names differently.
+ Chester County, Pa., Orphans Court, April 1, 1774: "Benjamin Tregoe and Bathsheba his
Wife, late Bathsheba Peirsoll, Widow and Relict of Jeremiah Peirsoll, late of West Nantmell Deceased, & Mordecai Peirsoll
the Eldest Son of the said Deceased, Petitioned this Court, setting forth that the said Jeremiah Peirsoll some time agoe Died
Intestate, leaving a Widow, the said Bathsheba, and four Children, Viz. Mordecai, Hannah, Peter and Mary Peirsoll to survive
him. That Administration of the said Intestate’s Personal Estate, was, after his Decease, Committed to his Widow who
is since intermarried with the said Benjamin Tregoe, who have Settled the Accompts of their said Admon in the Register’s
Office at Chester, whereby it appears there is more than sufficient to pay all for the debts of the said Intestate; that the
said Intestate at the Time of his Deceased was Seized and possessed of a Certain Messuage or Tenement, Grist-Mill, Saw-Mill
and about One Hundred and Twenty six acres of Land (more or less) in the said Township, and of another Piece of Land in the
same Township, Containing Forty acres, & also of another Messuage or Tenement, Plantation and Tract of Land, Situate in
East Caln Township Containing about Two Hundred and Thirty Acres, be the same more or less: Praying that the same Premises
may be divided or Valued according to Law. And Whereas the said Petitioners together with George Ashbridge, Guardian duly
appointed for the Minor Children, have agreed upon Warrick Miller Esq’r Thomas Pim, William Gibbons, Richard Thomas
and Edward Vernon, as fit persons to Divide of Value said Estate." – Chester County Orphans Court 1762-1774, Docket
7, pages 138-139, at the Chester County, Pa., archives.
+ Will of John Pearsoll of West Nantmeal Township. Written April
23, 1773, and proved Sept. 11, 1778. To daughter-in-law Bathsheba Pearsoll 5 shillings. – USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts
and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa."
+ "Babb Thomas, married Bathsheba Hussey, daughter of John Hussey, near
New Castle, prior to 1700, and lived in Brandywine Hundred. In 1713 his wife died, leaving several children, and he married
again, 3,25,1720, Elizabeth (Conway) Booth, a widow, of Middletown township.
"Thomas Babb, Jr., married Sarah ___, about
1729, and removed to Virginia. Peter Babb, son of Thomas, settled in West Caln about 1725, and married 11,22,1728, Mary Lewis,
daughter of Evan and Ann, of that township. His sister Lydia married John Morgan, of Caln, 10,17,1735.
"Peter Babb had
several children, of whom Bathsheba married Jeremiah Piersol and Benjamin Trego; Elizabeth married a Bishop, and Samson married
Ann Way, daughter of John and Ann Way, of Kennet. Other children were John, Thomas, Content, Peter and Susanna." – "History
of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881, page 467. From USGenWeb Archives.
+
Administration of the estate of Jeremiah Peirsoll of West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa., proved March 19, 1771. Administrator
Bathsheba Peirsoll. – "Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825," from www.ancestry.com.
+ Benjamin Trego’s
"third marriage was to Bathsheba (Babb), widow of Jeremiah Peirsol, and had other children – Benjamin, Bathsheba, and
Rachel." The marriage would have been after July 13, 1767, when he married Mary Rettew. – "History of Chester County,
Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881.
+ Will of Benjamin Trego of Goshen, Chester County,
Pa. Written Oct. 26, 1784 and proved July 22, 1786. Provides for wife Bathsheba. To son Emmor Trego all my lands, etc. in
Goshen, paying legacies: To daughter Hannah, wife of Amos Matlack, to daughter Edith, wife of Nicholas Brooks, 5 shillings
each. To daughter Mary, wife of Joshua Weaver, £20. To son Benjamin £30 at 21. To daughter Rachel £5 at 18. To daughter Bathsheba
£20 at 18. Executors: Son Emmor, friends Charles Dilworth, Nathan Sharpless. Witness: John Hannum, Thomas Taylor, John Patton.
– USGenWeb Archives in "Wills: Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa."
BATHSHEBA –
b. 1782, daughter of Mordecai Piersol (b. c1750)
+ Bathsheba Piersol, daughter of Mordecai Piersol and his wife
Anne Rebecca. Bathsheba was born March 18, 1782. – "Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Church Records of the 18th
Century, Vol. 5," by Robert L. Hess and F. Edward Wright, page 156.
BRIDGET –
wife of Richard Piersol (c1680s-1753)
+ 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.
+ "WEST NANTMEAL TAXABLES, 1753. … John Pearsal, Jeremiah Pearsel, Jnr., … Bridget Pearsel, …
John Pearsel, Jnr., … Jeremiah Pearsel …" History of Nantmeal in Chester County, Pa. – "History of Chester
County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881, page 187.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list
for 1753 for West Nantmeal, Bridget Pearsel, 5 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+
Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1754 for West Nantmeal, Bridget Persol, 4 shillings, 9 pence – County tax indexes
from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1756 for West Nantmeal, Widow Parsale, 7 shillings, 9
pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1757 for West Nantmeal,
Widow Pearsall, 1 pound, 9 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax
list for 1758 for West Nantmeal, Widdow Persall, 11 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+
Will of Bridget Piersoll of West Nantmeal Township, written Dec. 27, 1762, and proved Oct. 15, 1764. To daughter Rachel Morgan
wearing apparel. To daughter Elizabeth Davis all my pewter and to daughter Martha Hunter 15 gallon pot. To daughter Mary Douglas
walnut chest and to her daughter Bridget £10. Remainder to 4 daughters except 5 shillings to son Richard Piersoll. Executors:
Capt. Jacob Morgan and Robert Brown. Witnesses: Joseph Darlinton, Robert Darlinton. – USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts
and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa." Also in "Wills of Chester County Pennsylvania, 1748-1766, Based on the Abstracts
of Jacob Martin," 1994, Family Line Publications, Westminster, Md., page 141.
+ "As the Piersol family data have been recently
gathered, after being almost lost, especially their genealogical connection with that of the Col. Jacob Morgan family, founders
of ‘Morgan’s Town,’ I will here give some in detail: - Col. Jacob Morgan was a son of Thomas Morgan, who
died 1740. He was married to Rachel Piersol, of West Nantmeal township, Chester county, about 1740. She died December 19,
1791, aged 68 years, and he died November 11, 1792, aged 76 years, and both are buried in the graveyard at St. Thomas’
Episcopal Church. Rachel Piersol was a daughter of Richard and Bridget Brown Piersol, and Richard was the son of John Piersol,
who died November 8, 1777, aged 100 years, and Alice Piersol, wife of John Piersol, died December, 1789, aged 84 years. Mary,
wife of David Davis, died March 6, 1748, aged 19 years, presumably a daughter of John and Alice Piersol, and John B. Philips
died August 13, 1815, aged 7 years and 4 months. (These data were taken from the grave marks in what remains of the graveyard
established by the family in connection with a pubic school house and of the support of which we have been informed the Piersol
families bequeathed legacies to maintain and keep the same in good repair. But at this time it is much neglected. The school
house has been removed and the proceeds connected with the Loag’s Corner or township high school. There is no fencing
around the graveyard and the gravestones are falling down and are exposed to the plow and the tread of grazing cattle)." –
"Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County," author and original publication date unknown, available through
Ancestry.com.
CATHARINE
+ Deed of Catharine Piersol (admin) to George Phillips, 1818, Chester County,
Pa., Deed Book P3, page 168.
DANIEL – b. 1788, son of Jeremiah Piersol (d. 1813)
+ 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.
+ "Jeremiah Piersol, paternal grandfather of Lewis
Piersol, was born in Honeybrook Township, this county, on the old homestead, where he passed his life and died. He was a federalist
in politics, and engaged exclusively in farming and stock raising. He married and reared a large family of sons and daughters
who became useful and respected members of society. On the home farm in Honeybrook township Daniel Piersol (father) was born
in 1788, and reared and educated there." – "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by
Winfield S. Garner, page 704.
DAVID – uncertain
+ David Piersel witnessed a transaction
involving the heirs of Jeremiah Jerman of Chester County, Pa. On Oct. 21, 1735, Griffith Evan and Sara; Philip Roger and Elizabeth;
Jeremiah Piersel and Mary; and Roger Evens and Margaret – "Children and Daughters of Jeremiah Jerman late of Uwchlan
Deceased" – released their claim to land to "John Jerman of Uwchlan aforesaid in Chester County and Province of Pennsilvania
yeoman (Son of the aforesaid Jeremiah Jerman)." Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Rachel Brown, John Jenkins,
Hannah Rogers, Daniel Rogers, David Piersel, David Thomas, Nathan Evans and Jeremiah Potts. – Chester County, Pa., Deed
Book P2, pages 444-452. [Although this might be the same David who begins appearing in tax records in 1760, that is unlikely.
Chester County normally started taxing men when they turned 21 unless they were very poor. It seems very unlikely that he
remained that poor for 25 years before starting to appear in tax records in 1760. Most likely, this David was a young man
who died before appearing in the tax records. It’s even possible that he died before the "younger David" was born and
was his older brother.]
DAVID – b. c1739, probably son of Jeremiah Piersol (c1680s-1760s)
+
Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1760 for West Nantmeal, David Peirsoll, inmate, 4 shillings, 6 pence – County tax
indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1762 for West Nantmeal, David Peirsol, 3 shillings
– County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1763 for West Nantmeal, David
Pearsal, 6 shillings, 3 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ David Peirsall, 100 acres, West
Nantmeal Township – 1765 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 45.
+
Dav’d Pearsall, 100 acres – 1766 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11,
page 174.
DINAH – b.1720s, wife of John Piersol (c1726-1765)
+ Dinah Pearsall, 100 acres,
1 horse, 2 cattle – 1766 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 174.
+
Dinah Pearsall, 100 acres, 1 horse, 1 cattle, West Nantmeal Township – 1767 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania
Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 335.
+ Dianna Piercel – Thomas Kennedy, Oct. 28, 1767, from Pennsylvania Marriage
Licenses, 1762-1768 – "Pennsylvania Vital Records," Vol. 1, page 710.
+ Dinah Pearsall, 100 acres, 1 horse, 1 cattle,
West Nantmeal Township – 1768 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 482.
+
Will of John Pearsoll of West Nantmeal Township. Written April 23, 1773, and proved Sept. 11, 1778. Gives daughter-in-law
Dinah Kennedy 5 shillings. – USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa."
+ From
a history of the descendants of Jenkins Davis of Lancaster County, Pa.: "Jenkins Davis immigrated from the parish of Killkennen,
County of Cardigan, Wales, early in 1700. … He died in 1747. Among his children were Catharine, born 1696; Zaccheus,
born 1710, and Dinah." Catharine married Rees Davis and their son Gabriel Davis married Jean Douglas, daughter of Archibald
Douglas. "Their [Gabriel and Jean’s] oldest daughter, Margaret (1756-1839), married her cousin, Zaccheus Piersol, son
of John and Dinah Piersol, in 1780. … Dinah, the second daughter of Jenkins Davis, named above, married John Piersol."
– "Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," by J.H. Beers & Co., pages 1519 and 1520.
EDWARD
– d. 1717
+ Edward Pearsal is mentioned in a deed dated Sept. 29, 1706. Evan Bevan of Merion in Philadelphia
County, Pa., sold land to Merick Davies of Radnor. The land was originally obtained by Evan’s father, John, who had
since returned to "his native country of Wales." Evan and other were given power of attorney to dispose of the land. This
was "delivered in the presence of Griffith Miles, Edward Pearsal, John Stphens & Richard Miles." – "Abstracts of
Chester County, Pennsylvania, Land Records, Vol. 4," by Carol Bryant, page 68. A May 2, 1704, deed mentions that land was
in the "Welch Tract" – Vol. 1, page 83. [Although this reference probably refers to the Edward who died in 1717, it
may be to an older Edward. Further research is needed to clarify this.]
+ Edward Pearsall married Dorothy Davis, Jan. 5,
1717 at Christ Church in Philadelphia, Pa. – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 2, Vol. 8, page 75.
+ Will of Edward
Pearsall of Radner Township, Chester County, Pa., in Philadelphia County Will Book D, page 77. Written June 26, 1717 and proved
Aug. 28, 1717. Names: wife, Dorothy; brother, Richard; an unborn child; and servant Richard Hughes. Executors: wife and brother
Richard. Witnesses were Hugh Williams, James Pugh and Merick Davies. – "Wills: Abstracts, Books D: 1714-1725/6: Philadelphia,
Pa.," in the USGenWeb Archives. The will is transcribed in "History and Genealogy of the Pearsall Family in England and America."
It reads, in part: "Item. I give and bequeath the one half of all my estate of what kind or nature so ever or in whose hands
so ever it now is to my dear and loving wife Dorothy Pearsall to be by her full possessed and enjoyed. Item. I have and bequeath
the other half of my estate unto my loving mother Elizabeth Pearsall to be by her freely had and enjoyed and my will is also
that immediately after my death my said wife shall be discharged by my brother Richard Pearsall of the bargain that I and
he now are partners in concerning the house and plantation where we now life and whereas by servant Richard Hughes was to
serve the four years as by his indenture appeareth therefore, my will is that my said servant shall have six months time given
him before the expiration of his term by indenture and my will is also that he shall serve the residue of his time in such
place or places as my wife shall order until the last six months aforesaid and do hereby nominate and appoint my loving wife
aforesaid and my brother Richard to be the executors of this my last will and testament … and whereas my wife aforesaid
is now with child therefore my will is that if the said child shall live until it doth attain the full age three years that
then my brother Richard is to – five pounds more to my wife aforesaid out of my mothers share towards the maintenance
and bringing up of my said child which said five pounds my said brother is to reserve in his hands until he doth see that
my said child doth live or not as aforesaid." – "History and Genealogy of the Pearsall Family in England and America,"
edited by Clarence Pearsall, 1928, Page 1386 (Chapter 46, Section 1).
ELIZABETH – mother of Edward and
Richard Piersol
+ Will of Edward Pearsall of Radner Township, Chester County, Pa., in Philadelphia County, written
June 26, 1717. "I have and bequeath the other half of my estate unto my loving mother Elizabeth Pearsall to be by her freely
had and enjoyed." – Philadelphia County Will Book D, page 77, as transcribed in "History and Genealogy of the Pearsall
Family in England and America," edited by Clarence Pearsall, Page 1386 (Chapter 46, Section 1).
ELIZABETH –
daughter of Richard Piersol (c1680s-1753)
+ 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.
ELIZABETH – daughter of John Piersol (1677-1777), wife of Richard Piersol
(c1737-1800)
+ Will of John Pearsoll of West Nantmeal Township. Written April 23, 1773, and proved Sept. 11, 1778. Provides
for wife Alice. Plantation where I now dwell to be sold at wife’s decease and proceeds equally divided between 4 daughters
Sarah Porter, Alice Trego, Rebecca Brown and Elizabeth Pearsoll. – Chester County, Pa., Estate File 3145.
+ 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 to Elizabeth Peirsol (trust) from Daniel Miller, 1810, Chester County,
Pa., Deed Book Z3, page 125. [Probably wife of Richard Piersol.]
ELIZABETH – daughter of Richard Piersol
(c1737-1800)
+ 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 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.
ELIZABETH
– d. 1814, wife of Jeremiah Piersol (d. 1814)
+ Will of Jeremiah Peirsoll of Honeybrook Township, Chester
County, Pa., dated Feb. 20, 1813 and proved June 19, 1813. To wife Elizabeth all real and personal estate. … Executors
son-in-law Samuel Buchanan and John Buchanan. – "Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825," from www.ancestry.com.
+ Elizabeth Peirsol, widow, of Honey Brook, estate filed 1814, File 5998 – Chester County Archives and Records Service,
Wills & Administrations, 1714-1825 at www.dfs.chesco.org.
+ 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.
+ Deed from John Buchanan of Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa., executor of Elizabeth Peirsoll, late
of Honeybrook Township, deceased, to David Hunter and James Graham Jr. April 28, 1815. The land was bought by Jeremiah Piersoll
on Jan. 8, 1808. [See Chester County, Pa., Deed Book L3, pages 246.] – Chester County, Pa., Deed Book L3, page 248.
HANNAH
– daughter of Jeremiah Piersol (c1728-1771)
+ Chester County, Pa., Orphans Court, April 1, 1774: "Benjamin
Tregoe and Bathsheba his Wife, late Bathsheba Peirsoll, Widow and Relict of Jeremiah Peirsoll, late of West Nantmell Deceased,
& Mordecai Peirsoll the Eldest Son of the said Deceased, Petitioned this Court, setting forth that the said Jeremiah Peirsoll
some time agoe Died Intestate, leaving a Widow, the said Bathsheba, and four Children, Viz. Mordecai, Hannah, Peter and Mary
Peirsoll to survive him." – Chester County Orphans Court 1762-1774, Docket 7, pages 138-139, at the Chester County,
Pa., archives.
+ Will of John Pearsoll of West Nantmeal Township. Written April 23, 1773, and proved Sept. 11, 1778. To
grandson Mordecai Pearsoll, granddaughter Hannah Pearsoll, grandson Peter Pearsoll, granddaughter Mary Pearsoll and daughter-in-law
Dinah Kennedy 5 shillings each. – USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa."
+
Hannah Persol is listed as a witness at the wedding of Phinehas Witaker and Edith Beale on the 24th day of the
2nd month, 1779. – "Early Church Records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Quaker Records of Bradford
Monthly Meeting," by Martha Reamy, page 84.
ISAAC – b. c1741, probably son of Jeremiah Piersol (c1680s-1760s)
+
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 – uncertain
+ Isaac Pearsol listed as private
in Capt. John Reese’s 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. [Possibly the son of Jeremiah Piersol.]
JACOB – c1739-1780, probably son of Jeremiah
Piersol (c1680s-1760s)
+ 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 Jason Cloud and Elizabeth, Jason’s
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 Jacob’s brother. Chester
County, Pa., Deed Book L3, page 246.]
+ Deed from Jacob Piersol and Jason Cloud and Elizabeth, Jason’s 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, 1762, 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 Jacob’s brother. Chester
County, Pa., Deed Book L3, page 246.]
JACOB – b. 1784, son of Richard Piersol (c1737-1800)
+
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 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 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.
+
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 farmer 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.
+ 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
– daughter of Jeremiah Piersol (d. 1813)
+ 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.
JEREMIAH – c1680s-1760s
+ "Signed a Warrant of land to Rich’d Pearsal and
Jeremiah Pearsall for 300 acres back in Chester County at (pounds) 10 p. C’t. to be paid in three Months. Signed a Warr’t
to Jno. Pearsal for 200 a’s at the same Price, dat. 13, 10, 1717." Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Vol. 19, page 626.
+
Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1719 in Highest District From Skoolkill to Brandywine, Richard and John Persalls, 18 shillings
– County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1720 Near ye Branches of the
ffrench Creek & Brandywine, Richd, Jeremiah and John Peircell, 3 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County
archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1721 at Skoolkill, Richard, John and Jeremiah Peircel, 6 shillings –
County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1722 for Nantmeal, Jeremiah Pearsal,
2 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ "The first assessment of this district
is of the inhabitants ‘Near ye Branches of the ffrench Creek & the Branches of Brandywine,’ 1720. The names
and valuation of the estates were as follows: … Richard, Jeremiah, & John Peircell, (pounds) 20… In 1721,
this was again the case, and the following names and valuations are given: … Richard, John, & Jeremiah Peiriel,
(pounds) 18 … In 1722 the name of Nantmel first appears, and it contains these taxables: John, Richard, and Jeremiah
Pearsal." History of Nantmeal in Chester County, Pa. – "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey
and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881, page 186.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1724 for Nantmeal, Jeremiah Peircell,
4 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1725 for Nantmeal,
Jeremiah Piercell, 3 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Jeremiah, John and Richard Piercell
appear in records of a congregation of Seventh Day Baptists in Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. The following occurs
amid a description of the events of 1725. "It was about the same time as the German revival movement, which has just been
described, that the English Sabbath-keepers in Newtown, Providence, Easttown, and Tredyffrin townships of Chester County became
more or less restless, on account of persecutions from their more orthodox neighbours, and migrated to the upper end of the
county, where they took up land at the falls of the French Creek in Nantmeal Township, and there founded a settlement and
congregation, destined for years to come to be the largest and most influential body of Seventh Day Baptists in the Province.
Among the names of these early pioneers, who were mainly Welsh, are to be found a considerable number who in later years appear
on the Ephrata register, and whose remains await the general resurrections in the old burying-ground at Ephrata. Following
is a partial list of these early Seventh Day Baptists: Owen Roberts, William Iddings (Hiddings); Richard, Jeremiah, and John
Piercell (Piersoll); John Williams; William David; Philip Roger (Rogers); Lewis David; and Simon Meredith." From a second
passage: "… revivals were held among the English and Welsh Seventh Day Baptists who had settled in the French Creek
Valley, in Nantmeal, Chester County, Pennsylvania. This settlement of Sabbath-keepers dates back to the first quarter of the
eighteenth century, and was the results of a desire on the part of the Providence Seventh Day Baptists for a community of
their own, where they could live undisturbed and exercise the dictates of their own consciences according to their own laws.
For this purpose, a number of families of the Providence (Newtown, Delaware County) Church had surveyed to them, in the year
1717, large tracts of land on the north branch of the Brandywine, and French Creek. Prominent among those who settled upon
their lands here were the following: Lewis David, William David, William Iddings, John James, Mordecai Lincoln, Simon Meridith,
Samuel Nutt, Jeremiah Peircell (Piersol), John Peircell (Piersol), Richard Peircell (Piersol), William Phillips, David Roberts,
Owen Roberts, Philip Roger, and John Williams. A few years later, the infant colony was re-inforced by a number of families
from the Great Valley Baptist Church. … In after years the cordial and fraternal feeling between the Ephrata Celibates
and the English Seventh Day Baptists at Nantmeal was an unbroken one. The English settlement, as time went on, increased by
converts from among the Quakers as well as from other denominations." – "Seventh Day Baptists in Europe and America,"
Vol. II, 1910. The first passage is from pages 980 and 981. The second passage is from page 1111.
+ Chester County, Pa.,
tax list for 1726 for Nantmeal, Jeremiah Piercill, 3 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+
Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1729 for Nantmeal, Jeremiah Pearsal, 4 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from
Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1730 for Nantmeal, Jeremiah Pearsol, 6 shillings – County
tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1730 in Nantmeal: Jeremiah Pearsol, 72 pence;
John Pearsol, 48; Richard Pearsol 78. 1740 in West Nantmeal: John Persall, 57 pence; Richard Persall, 57. 1750 in West Nantmeal:
Jeremiah Pearsall, 60 pence; Jeremiah Pearsall Jr., 24; John Pearsall Sr., 102; Richard Pearsall, 90; Richard Pearsall, 90
– "Tax Indexes for Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1693, 1730, 1740, 1750, 1765," compiled by Jack D. Marietta, Chester
County Courthouse Archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1732 for Nantmeal, Jerem’h Piarsall, 4 shillings,
6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1734 for Nantmeal,
Jeremiah Piersall, 3 shillings, 4 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Jerry Piersall receives
warrant of land in Chester County, 50 acres, Feb. 12, 1734 – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. XXIV, page 92.
+
Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1735 for Nantmeal, Jonathan Piercell (actually Jeremiah), 3 shillings, 6 pence – County
tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Jeremiah Jerman’s heirs listed in deed from Feb. 6, 1737. John Jerman
and Eleanor, his wife, of Goshen Township, Chapter County, Pa., sold property to Edward Goff of Uuchlan Township, Chester
County. Jeremiah Jerman died intestate. His heirs were Griffith Evans and Sarah, his wife; Philip Rogers and Elizabeth, his
wife; Jeremiah Piersall and Mary, his wife; and Roger Evans and Margaret, his wife, "the said Sara Elizabeth Mary and Margaret
being the Daughters of the said Jeremiah Jerman." The daughters released the property to John Jerman, who sold it to Edward
Goff for 50 pounds. On Oct. 21, 1735, Griffith Evan and Sara; Philip Roger and Elizabeth; Jeremiah Piersel and Mary; and Roger
Evens and Margaret – "Children and Daughters of Jeremiah Jerman late of Uwchlan Deceased" – released their claim
to land to "John Jerman of Uwchlan aforesaid in Chester County and Province of Pennsilvania yeoman (Son of the aforesaid Jeremiah
Jerman)." The tract covered 125. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Rachel Brown, John Jenkins, Hannah Rogers,
Daniel Rogers, David Piersel, David Thomas, Nathan Evans and Jeremiah Potts. On Nov. 3, 1735, "Mary Jerman Widow and Administratrix
of Jeremiah Jerman late of the Township of Uwchland in the County of Chester and Province of Pennsylvania dec’d" sold
land to "John Jerman of Uwchlan aforesaid Yeoman son of the aforesaid Jeremiah Jerman" for 5 shillings. Land was originally
obtained via deed dated Dec. 1, 1725. Deed from David Loyd and Grace, his wife, of Chester, Chester County, Pa., to Jeremiah
Jerman of Yuchlan, Chester County. Jerman paid 5 shillings for the 125 acres, which adjoined other tracts owned by Jerman
and Loyd. – Chester County, Pa., Deed Book P2, pages 444-452.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1737 for Nantmeal,
Jeremia Pearsall, 3 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Jeremiah Persel owned
land "on a branch of the Brandywine Creek," according to a deed that lists him and William Trego as adjoining landowners on
April 15 and 16, 1737. – "Abstracts of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Land Records, Vol. 4," by Carol Bryant, page 141.
Jeremiah is similarly listed in deeds recorded in May 1751, Vol. 3, page 115.
+ Jeremiah Piersal receives warrant of land
in Chester County, 257 acres, Jan. 27, 1738 – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. XXIV, page 93.
+ Chester County,
Pa., tax list for 1739 for Nantmeal, Jer. Pearsall, 3 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+
Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1740 for West Nantmeal, Jeremiah Persel, 4 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes
from Chester County archives.
+ Will of Mary Jerman of West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa., a "widow Being very
Sick and weak in Body but of Perfect mind and memory Thanks be Given unto God." Written Sept. 24, 1741, and proved Oct. 8,
1741. To Jeremiah Potts 10 pounds. To Hezekiah Evins, my grandson, 10 pounds. 15 pounds, divided, 5 pounds each, to three
grandchildren Obediah Evins, Hannah Evins and Rebeccah Evins. Feather bed to granddaughter, the daughter of Mary Peirsol and
Jeremiah Peirsol. To my well beloved children 40 shillings to be divided among John Jarmen, Grifey Evins, Phillip Rogers and
Jeremiah Peirsol. Executors: David Thom[as] and Jeremiah Peirsol. Witnesses: Rebeccah Morison, Israel Seymour. Jeremiah Peirsol
withdrew as an executor. Inventory was taken by John Peirsol and Robert Anderson. – Chester County, Pa., Estate File
762. [Notes: "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa.," from USGenWeb Archives has different spellings in
most of the names. The abstract is based on the will as recorded in Chester County Will Book B, page 97. Some previous researchers
have assumed that Mary married at least four times since her "sons" had four different surnames. However, other records indicate
that the wives of these men were actually her daughters. See Chester County, Pa., Deed Book P2, pages 444-452.]
+ Jeremiah
Piersall receives warrant of land in Chester County, 150 acres, Aug. 21, 1744 – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol.
XXIV, page 93.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1747 for West Nantmeal, Jeremy Piercal, 5 shillings – County tax
indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1749 for West Nantmeal, Jeremea Pircel, 12 shillings,
6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ "Philadelphia, May 25, 1749. Whereas the house of Jeremiah
Piersal, of West Nantmeal, Chester county, was robbon the 19th inst of a small trunk, with a considerable sum of
money, and writings of value; the said robbery is supposto have been committed by one Patrick Higgins, who us a short well
set man, of sandy complexion, and wears a beaver hat, and a worsted cap, a light colored cloth jockey coat, with cross pockets,
a white linnen jacket, and check trowsers. Whoever takes up the said man, and brings him to Dennis Wellen, at the Three tuns,
in Nantmeal township, or James Way, tavernkeeper, in the township of Caln, or secures him so as he may be brought to justice,
shall have Five Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by Jeremiah Piersal. N.B. ‘Tis supposed he may be between
25 and 30 years of age, and hath two blue letters on one of his hands." – The Pennsylvania Gazette of Philadelphia,
May 25, 1749, as recorded by Accessible Archives, Inc, at the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia Library.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1750 for West Nantmeal, Jeremia Persel, 5 shillings – County tax indexes from
Chester County archives.
+ Jeremiah Piersall receives warrant of land in Chester County, 100 acres, Oct. 29, 1750 –
"Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. XXIV, page 94. [This may pertain to the Jeremiah who lived c1680s-1760s.]
+ Chester
County, Pa., tax list for 1753 for West Nantmeal, Jeremiah Pearsel, 3 shillings, 3 pence – County tax indexes from Chester
County archives.
+ "WEST NANTMEAL TAXABLES, 1753. … John Pearsal, Jeremiah Pearsel, Jnr., … Bridget Pearsel,
… John Pearsel, Jnr., … Jeremiah Pearsel …" History of Nantmeal in Chester County, Pa. – "History
of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881, page 187.
+ Will of Richard
Piersol of West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa., yeoman. Written May 7, 1753, and proved May 24, 1753. Witnesses were
John Piersoll Sen’r, John Trego, John Bishop and Jeremiah Piersoll Sen’r. Richard and each of the witnesses made
a mark rather than a signature on the will. The inventory was taken by John Pearsoll and William Darlinton. – Chester
County, Pa., Estate File 1485. Also at USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa.," which
abstracted Will Book C, page 416, and "Wills of Chester County Pennsylvania, 1748-1766, Based on the Abstracts of Jacob Martin,"
1994, Family Line Publications, Westminster, Md., page 47.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1754 for West Nantmeal,
Jeremiah Pearsol Sr, 4 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Death of the "helpmate"
of Brother Jerimais Pirsel in 1755 appears in records of the religious community at Ephrata, Pa. The Pirsels were members
of the Ephrata community but not members of the cloistered portion. A footnote states: "Wife of Jeremiah Piersal, from Nantmeal,
Chester County, Chron. Eph., p. 197, et seq." – "The Registers of the Ephrata Community," by Julius F. Sachse, in "Pennsylvania
Vital Records: from the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine and the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography," Vol. 1,
page 168. Also see Church of the Brethren Network at http://www.cob-net.org/text/gencloister01.htm.
+ Chester County,
Pa., tax list for 1756 for West Nantmeal, Jeremie Persile Sr, 4 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester
County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1757 for West Nantmeal, Jeremiah Pearsall, 16 shillings – County
tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1758 for West Nantmeal, Jeremiah Persall,
11 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Two Jeremiah’s appear in the Chester County,
Pa., tax list for 1760 for West Nantmeal and there is no definitive way to tell them apart. The listings are: Jere Pearsall,
5 shillings, 6 pence; and Jer Pearsoll, 1 pound, 2 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+
Jeremiah Pearsol owned land in Nantmell, according to a deed that lists him and William Trego as adjoining landowners on May
29, 1761. The deed concerned land belonging to Mathew Buchanan of Brecknock in Lancaster County, Pa. – "Abstracts of
Chester County, Pennsylvania, Land Records, Vol. 5," by Carol Bryant, page 149. Jeremiah is similarly listed in deeds recorded
in Jan. 3, 1764 and March 12, 1764, Vol. 5, pages 263 and 302, respectively. [This might pertain to the Jeremiah who lived
c1727-1771.]
+ Deed from Jeremiah Peirsol of West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa., yeoman, to Jason Cloud of West
Nantmeal. March 3, 1762. Land adjoins other property of Jeremiah Peirsol and Jason Cloud. It covered 50 acres, 36 perches,
part of 307 acres granted to Jeremiah Peirsol by the proprietors of Pennsylvania on Feb. 3, 1738, as listed in the Records
of Philadelphia, Book 1, Vol., 9, page 3. The deed as recorded June 26, 1769 at the request of "the above mentioned Jeremiah
Peirsoll." – Chester County, Pa., Deed Book Q, page 172.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1763 for West Nantmeal,
Jeremiah Pearsal, 15 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives. [This might pertain to the Jeremiah
who lived c1727-1771. However, he is listed in West Caln Township in 1763. Chester County taxed a property’s occupants,
not its owners, so it seems likely that the elder Jeremiah reappeared in the listing for 1763.]
+ "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.
[This might pertain to the Jeremiah who lived c1727-1771. However, that seems less likely since Isaac appears to have been
the elder Jeremiah’s son.]
JEREMIAH – c1727-1771, son of John Piersol (1677-1777)
+
Jeremiah appears to have married Bathsheba Babb in 1748 because Bathsheba was disowned by the Quakers’ Bradford Monthly
Meeting in Chester County, Pa., for marrying outside the church. On the 18th day of the 6th month, 1748,
"Bathsheba Bab d/o Peter Bab, disowned for mar. out." The couple appear in two other Quaker records. Bathsheba Piersol and
Jeremiah Pearsol witnessed the marriage of Isaac Gibson and Esther Sinkler on the 26th day of the 3rd
month, 1761. Jeremiah and Bathsheba Peirsol witnessed the marriage of John Battin and Libia Morgan on the 24th
day of the 11th month, 1762. – "Early Church Records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Quaker Records
of Bradford Monthly Meeting," by Martha Reamy, pages 135, 57 and 59, respectively.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for
1749 for West Nantmeal, Jeremiah Pircele, 2 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester
County, Pa., tax list for 1750 for West Nantmeal, Jeramia Persel Jnr, 2 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester
County archives.
+ Jeremiah Piersall receives warrant of land in Chester County, 100 acres, Oct. 29, 1750 – "Pennsylvania
Archives," Series 3, Vol. XXIV, page 94. [This may pertain to the Jeremiah who lived c1680s-1760s.]
+ Chester County, Pa.,
tax list for 1753 for West Nantmeal, Jeremiah Pearsal Jr., 3 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County
archives.
+ "WEST NANTMEAL TAXABLES, 1753. … John Pearsal, Jeremiah Pearsel, Jnr., … Bridget Pearsel, …
John Pearsel, Jnr., … Jeremiah Pearsel …" History of Nantmeal in Chester County, Pa. – "History of Chester
County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881, page 187.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list
for 1754 for West Nantmeal, Jeremiah Pearsol Jr, 4 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+
Jeremiah Pearsall Jun served as a collector of the Chester County, Pa., tax for 1756 – County tax records from Chester
County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1756 for West Nantmeal, Jeremiah Persale, 2 shillings, 9 pence –
County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1757 for West Nantmeal, Jeremiah Pearsall
Jr, 18 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1758 for
West Nantmeal, Jeremiah Persall, miller, 13 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Two Jeremiah’s
appear in the Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1760 for West Nantmeal and there is no definitive way to tell them apart.
The listings are: Jere Pearsall, 5 shillings, 6 pence; and Jer Pearsoll, 1 pound, 2 shillings, 6 pence – County tax
indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Jeremiah Piersall Jr. served as a tax assessor in 1760 for London Britain in Chester
County, Pa. – "Provincial Taxes – Minutes 1756-1778," by the Chester County, Pa., archives, page 84.
+ "Peter
Babb had several children, of whom Bathsheba married Jeremiah Piersol and Benjamin Trego; Elizabeth married a Bishop, and
Samson married Ann Way, daughter of John and Ann Way, of Kennet. Other children were John, Thomas, Content, Peter and Susanna."
– "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881, page 467. From
USGenWeb Archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1762 for West Nantmeal, Jere Persol Jr, 2 shillings, 6 pence –
County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Deed from Richard Pike, merchant of the City of Cork, by Charles Norris,
attorney for Pike and merchant of the City of Philadelphia, to Jeremiah Piersol Jun’r of West Nantmeal, miller. June
2, 1762. Jeremiah paid 503 pounds, 16 shillings, 3 pence for 165 acres, 30 perches, in parcel "No. 2 in a certain Plan or
Draught of a great Tract" in East Caln Township. – Chester County, Pa., Deed Book O, page 330.
+ Chester County,
Pa., tax list for 1763 for East Caln, Jeremiah Peerercel, 14 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County
archives.
+ Jeremiah Pearsall owned sawmill, 102 acres, 3 horses, 2 cattle, West Nantmeal Township – 1766 Chester
County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 174.
+ Jeremiah Pearsall, 120 acres, 4 horses,
3 cattle, West Nantmeal Township – 1767 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11,
page 336.
+ Jeremiah Piersol receives warrant of land in Chester County, 40 acres, July 7, 1768 – "Pennsylvania Archives,"
Series 3, Vol. XXIV, page 94.
+ Jeremiah Pearsall, gristmill, sawmill, miller, 100 acres, 4 horses, 3 cattle, West Nantmeal
Township – 1768 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 482.
+ Jeremiah
Peircell, 70 acres, 4 horses, 2 cattle – 1769 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol.
11, page 609.
+ Jeremiah Pearsall owned a mill, 89 acres, 4 horses, 1 cattle – 1771 Chester County Tax Rates –
"Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 737.
+ Administration of the estate of Jeremiah Peirsoll, miller, of West
Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. On March 19, 1771, court bound Bersheba Piersoll, Joseph Trego and William Trego, all
of Chester County. Bersheba Piersoll named administratrix. She signed her name Bathsheba Peirsol. – Chester County,
Pa., Estate File 2604.
+ Chester County, Pa., Orphans Court, April 1, 1774: "Benjamin Tregoe and Bathsheba his Wife, late
Bathsheba Peirsoll, Widow and Relict of Jeremiah Peirsoll, late of West Nantmell Deceased, & Mordecai Peirsoll the Eldest
Son of the said Deceased, Petitioned this Court, setting forth that the said Jeremiah Peirsoll some time agoe Died Intestate,
leaving a Widow, the said Bathsheba, and four Children, Viz. Mordecai, Hannah, Peter and Mary Peirsoll to survive him. That
Administration of the said Intestate’s Personal Estate, was, after his Decease, Committed to his Widow who is since
intermarried with the said Benjamin Tregoe, who have Settled the Accompts of their said Admon in the Register’s Office
at Chester, whereby it appears there is more than sufficient to pay all for the debts of the said Intestate; that the said
Intestate at the Time of his Deceased was Seized and possessed of a Certain Messuage or Tenement, Grist-Mill, Saw-Mill and
about One Hundred and Twenty six acres of Land (more or less) in the said Township, and of another Piece of Land in the same
Township, Containing Forty acres, & also of another Messuage or Tenement, Plantation and Tract of Land, Situate in East
Caln Township Containing about Two Hundred and Thirty Acres, be the same more or less: Praying that the same Premises may
be divided or Valued according to Law. And Whereas the said Petitioners together with George Ashbridge, Guardian duly appointed
for the Minor Children, have agreed upon Warrick Miller Esq’r Thomas Pim, William Gibbons, Richard Thomas and Edward
Vernon, as fit persons to Divide of Value said Estate." – Chester County Orphans Court 1762-1774, Docket 7, pages 138-139,
at the Chester County, Pa., archives.
+ Will of John Pearsoll of West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa., wrote his
will April 23, 1773. It was proved Sept. 11, 1778. Among those mentioned are: daughter-in-law Bathsheba Pearsoll; grandson
Mordicai Pearsoll; granddaughter Hannah Pearsoll; grandson Peter Pearsoll; granddaughter Mary Pearsoll. The account papers
indicate that the following received legacies: Mordecai Persol, Hannah Austin (late Peirsol), Peter Peirsol, Mary Taylor jun.
(late Peirsol) nad Bathsheba Peirsol. – Chester County, Pa., Estate File 3145. Also in USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts
and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa.," which spells some of the name differently.
JEREMIAH –
d. 1813, probably the son of Jeremiah Piersol (c1680s-1760s)
+ "LAND-OWNERS, 1774. … Jeremiah Piersoll,
… Richard Piersoll, … John Piersall, … Mordeccai Piersall …" History of Nantmeal in Chester County,
Pa. – "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881, page 187.
[However, Jeremiah does not appear in the West Nantmeal tax list for 1774 in the Chester County tax index or in "Pennsylvania
Archives," Series 3, Vol. 12, page 53. This may indicate the Futhey and Cope list is mistaken.]
+ Jeremiah Persal owned
66 acres, 2 horses, 3 cattle in West Nantmeal Township – 1779 Tax Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives,"
Series 3, Vol. 12, page 142.
+ Jeremiah Persal owned 66 acres, 2 horses, 3 cattle in West Nantmeal Township – 1780
Tax Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 12, page 241.
+ Jeremy Persoll, 70 acres,
2 horses, 3 cattle. 1781 tax list for West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. "Pennsylvania Archive," Series 3, Vol. 12,
page 393. Jeremiah, paid 2.3.6, page 511.
+ Jeremiah Piersol, paid 18.11 tax in 1785 West Nantmeal Township, Chester County,
Pa. "Pennsylvania Archives," series 3, Vol. 12, page 762.
+ Jeremiah Peirsol was fined once by the Chester County militia,
probably for failure to appear for muster. No dates are listed but it is certainly during the Revolutionary War. Quakers and
Mennonites refused to serve for religious reasons. Others sometimes failed to appear for business, agricultural, health or
personal reasons. There were also a few Tories who favored the British. – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 6,
pages 195.
+ Jeremiah Peirsol, private in 1st Class of Capt. John Graham’s Company of the 1st
Battalion of the Chester County Militia. No date is listed but the roster falls among records from 1783 – "Pennsylvania
Archives," Series 5, Vol. 5, page 501.
+Concerning a ferry on the Lehigh River in Northampton County, Pa.: "After the Revolutionary
war the Penns sold the ferry rights to Jeremiah Piersoll, who employed Abraham Horn and Jacob Shouse as ferrymen. They, in
1790, acquired the rights. Abraham Horn finally became the sole owner of the ferry on the Lehigh river, which he conducted
with profit for an umber of years." – "History of Northampton County (Pennsylvania) and the Grand Valley of the Lehigh,"
by William J. Heller, page 104.
+ Jeremiah Pearsel in Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa., in 1790 U.S. Census. Household
contains 3 males 16 and older, 4 males under 16, 5 females. – "First Census of the United States 1790, Pennsylvania,"
Government Printing Office, page 66.
USGenWeb Archives.
+ "Agreeably to a determination had by Lottery, the following
is a Return of the Names of Persons who are entitled to Shares of Stock in the Corporation instituted for the purpose of opening
a Canal between the waters of the Susquehanna and Schuylkill. … Piersol Jeremiah … Peirsal Jeremiah …" –
The Pennsylvania Gazette of Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1792, as recorded by Accessible Archives, Inc, at the Electronic Text Center
of the University of Virginia Library.
+ Jeremiah Piersol, received warrant for 400 acres land in Northampton County, Pa.,
on April 23, 1793 – "Pennsylvania Archive," Series 3, Vol. 26, page 152.
+ Jeremiah Piersol, received warrant for
400 acres land in Northampton County, Pa., on Aug. 13, 1793. Mordecai and Rebecca Piersol received similar warrants on the
same day – "Pennsylvania Archive," Series 3, Vol. 26, page 153.
+ Mordecai Piersol, Jeremiah Piersol and others had
filed a caveat against Jeremiah Jackson and others concerning a piece of land for which both groups held warrants. On Jan.
24, 1794, the Pennsylvania Board of Property ruled that Jackson held the prior claim. "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, vol.
2, page 93.
+ Jeremiah Peirsol charged with a misdemeanor, November 1795, Docket CCD-10, page 150 – "Index to Quarter
Sessions Records, Criminal Cases 1681-April 1837," Chester County, Pa., archives, page 202.
+ Jeremiah Piersol in 1800
U.S. Census of Chester County, Pa. Household contains 2 males under 10; 3 males age 10-16; 1 male age 16-26; 1 male 45 or
older; 1 female under 10; 1 female age 16-26; 1 female 26-45. Londonderry and Honeybrook townships, page No. 716, 717, on
USGenWeb and, without the township information, "Pennsylvania 1800 Census Index," edited by Ronald V. Jackson, page 716.
+
Jeremiah Piersol on June 6, 1807, was among those appointed by Gov. Thomas McKean to be commissioners to establish a lottery
to raise money for the state. (Note: This one of many state positions Jeremiah held that appear in "Pennsylvania Archives,"
Series 9.) – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 9, page 2382.
+ Deed from John Scott and Ann, his wife, of Willistown
Township, Chester County, Pa., and Nathaniel Irwin and Elizabeth, his wife, of Honeybrook Township, Chester County, to Jeremiah
Piersoll of Honeybrook Township, yeoman. Jan. 8, 1808. Ann Scott and Elizabeth Irwin were sisters and heirs of Richard Hunter,
who died intestate, unmarried and without issue. Peter Hunter bought the land from Jacob Piersol and Jacob and Elizabeth Cloud
on May 18, 1772. [See Chester County, Pa., Deed Book L3, pages 244-5.] The land consisted of 299 acres adjoining land of Nathaniel
Cunningham, James Graham, James Skeen and Robert Jenkins and was sold for 1,345 pounds, 10 shillings – Chester County,
Pa., Deed Book L3, page 246. [Jeremiah was probably the brother of Jacob Piersol, who sold the land to Peter Hunter.]
+
Deed of Jeremiah Piersol Sr. (executor) to Ann Otenkirk, 1809, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book D3, page 482.
+ Deed of Jeremiah
Piersol (executor) to Matthias Sheiner, 1810, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book F3, page 354.
+ Deed of Jeremiah Peirsol (executor)
to Jesse Laverty, 1812, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book G3, page 360.
+ Jeremiah Peirsol, farmer, of Honey Brook, estate
filed 1813, File 5921 – Chester County Archives and Records Service, Wills & Administrations, 1714-1825 at www.dfs.chesco.org.
+
Will of Jeremiah Peirsoll of Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa., dated Feb. 20, 1813 and proved June 19, 1813. To wife
Elizabeth all real and personal estate. After her death the estate is to be divided among my three surviving heirs, who are
not named. … Executors son-in-law Samuel Buchanan and John Buchanan. – "Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825,"
from www.ancestry.com.
+ 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.
+ Deed of Jeremiah
Peirsol Sr. (executor) to Samuel Buckhanan, 1816, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book D3, page 145.
+ "Jeremiah Piersol, paternal
grandfather of Lewis Piersol, was born in Honeybrook Township, this county, on the old homestead, where he passed his life
and died. He was a federalist in politics, and engaged exclusively in farming and stock raising. He married and reared a large
family of sons and daughters who became useful and respected members of society. On the home farm in Honeybrook township Daniel
Piersol (father) was born in 1788, and reared and educated there." – "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester
County, Pennsylvania," by Winfield S. Garner, page 704.
JEREMIAH – son of Jeremiah (d. 1713)
+
Jeremiah Piersol, Junr., in 1800 U.S. Census of Chester County, Pa. Household contains 1 male age 10-16; 1 male age 26-45;
1 female 26-45. – Honeybrook and West Nantmell townships, page No. 720, 721, on USGenWeb and, without the township information,
"Pennsylvania 1800 Census Index," edited by Ronald V. Jackson, page 721.
+ 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.
JOB – d. 1769 in Hampshire County, Va.
+ From section on
Hampshire County, W.Va. "Among the earliest Germanic settlers were father and son, Job and John Pearsall (Piersall), who arrived
between 1735 and 1738. …
"The Pearsall family’s religious connections are mysterious. No record is known of
their religious preference in Hampshire County. The family apparently came from Chester Co., Pa., adjacent to Lancaster County.
If we may trust the scholarship of the author of the ‘The Seventh Day Baptists In Europe and America’ (1910, Vol.
2, 981), we will note that three Piersalls, Richard, Jeremiah and John, were related to the Conestoga congregation and the
Ephrata Cloisters. The connection of these Piersalls to Hampshire County remains unclear." – "Allegheny Passage; Churches
and Families; West Marva District Churches of the Brethren, 1752-1990," by Emmert G. Bittinger, Penobscot Press, Camden, Maine,
1990, pages 148-149. [Warning: Some of this account seems to rely on questionable secondary sources rather than original documents.
No solid primary sources are cited for the Pearsalls’ arrival date in Hampshire County or their link to Chester County.
I have found no primary document linking Job to Pennsylvania.]
+ "To be sold, 323 Acres of land, on the South Branch of
Potomack, in Hampshire County, Virginia, joining Lines with Romney, the County Town. There is a Fort on the Premises, and
some other Improvements; about 80 Acres of clear Land; the Soil very rich. For Terms apply to Bryan Bruin, in Winchester,
or Joe Pearsall, living on the Premises aforesaid, who will shew the same." – The Pennsylvania Gazette of Philadelphia,
March 14, 1765, as recorded by Accessible Archives, Inc, at the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia Library.
JOHN
– 1677-1777
+ Executors for the estate of Richard Moore of Radnor Township, Chester County, Pa., paid a
debt owed to Jno Pearsall, according to an account filed Nov. 8, 1716. Moore’s will in recorded in Philadelphia County,
Pa., Will Book D, page 38. – "Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families from The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine," Vol.
II, page 254-255.
+ "Signed a Warrant of land to Rich’d Pearsal and Jeremiah Pearsall for 300 acres back in Chester
County at (pounds) 10 p. C’t. to be paid in three Months. Signed a Warr’t to Jno. Pearsal for 200 a’s at
the same Price, dat. 13, 10, 1717." "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 2, Vol. 19, page 626.
+ "In 1717-19 surveys were made
on the head of the north branch of the Brandywine for … Richard and John Peirsol, 410 acres." History of Nantmeal in
Chester County, Pa. – "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia,
1881, page 185.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1719 in Highest District From Skoolkill to Brandywine, Richard and
John Persalls, 18 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for
1720 Near ye Branches of the ffrench Creek & Brandywine, Richd, Jeremiah and John Peircell, 3 shillings – County
tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1721 at Skoolkill, Richard, John and Jeremiah
Peircel, 6 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ "The first assessment of this district
is of the inhabitants ‘Near ye Branches of the ffrench Creek & the Branches of Brandywine,’ 1720. The names
and valuation of the estates were as follows: … Richard, Jeremiah, & Jon Peircell, (pounds) 20… In 1721, this
was again the case, and the following names and valuations are given: … Richard, John, & Jeremiah Peiriel, (pounds)
18 … In 1722 the name of Nantmel first appears, and it contains these taxables: John, Richard, and Jeremiah Pearsal."
History of Nantmeal in Chester County, Pa. – "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert
Cope," Philadelphia, 1881, page 186.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1722 for Nantmeal, John Pearsal, 2 shillings,
6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1724 for Nantmeal,
John Peircall – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1725 for Nantmeal,
John Piercell, 3 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Jeremiah, John and Richard Piercell
appear in records of a congregation of Seventh Day Baptists in Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. The following occurs
amid a description of the events of 1725. "It was about the same time as the German revival movement, which has just been
described, that the English Sabbath-keepers in Newtown, Providence, Easttown, and Tredyffrin townships of Chester County became
more or less restless, on account of persecutions from their more orthodox neighbours, and migrated to the upper end of the
county, where they took up land at the falls of the French Creek in Nantmeal Township, and there founded a settlement and
congregation, destined for years to come to be the largest and most influential body of Seventh Day Baptists in the Province.
Among the names of these early pioneers, who were mainly Welsh, are to be found a considerable number who in later years appear
on the Ephrata register, and whose remains await the general resurrections in the old burying-ground at Ephrata. Following
is a partial list of these early Seventh Day Baptists: Owen Roberts, William Iddings (Hiddings); Richard, Jeremiah, and John
Piercell (Piersoll); John Williams; William David; Philip Roger (Rogers); Lewis David; and Simon Meredith." From a second
passage: "… revivals were held among the English and Welsh Seventh Day Baptists who had settled in the French Creek
Valley, in Nantmeal, Chester County, Pennsylvania. This settlement of Sabbath-keepers dates back to the first quarter of the
eighteenth century, and was the results of a desire on the part of the Providence Seventh Day Baptists for a community of
their own, where they could live undisturbed and exercise the dictates of their own consciences according to their own laws.
For this purpose, a number of families of the Providence (Newtown, Delaware County) Church had surveyed to them, in the year
1717, large tracts of land on the north branch of the Brandywine, and French Creek. Prominent among those who settled upon
their lands here were the following: Lewis David, William David, William Iddings, John James, Mordecai Lincoln, Simon Meridith,
Samuel Nutt, Jeremiah Peircell (Piersol), John Peircell (Piersol), Richard Peircell (Piersol), William Phillips, David Roberts,
Owen Roberts, Philip Roger, and John Williams. A few years later, the infant colony was re-inforced by a number of families
from the Great Valley Baptist Church. … In after years the cordial and fraternal feeling between the Ephrata Celibates
and the English Seventh Day Baptists at Nantmeal was an unbroken one. The English settlement, as time went on, increased by
converts from among the Quakers as well as from other denominations." – "Seventh Day Baptists in Europe and America,"
Vol. II, 1910. The first passage is from pages 980 and 981. The second passage is from page 1111.
+ Chester County, Pa.,
tax list for 1726 for Nantmeal, John Piercill, 3 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester
County, Pa., tax list for 1729 for Nantmeal, John Pearsal, 4 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County
archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1730 for Nantmeal, John Pearsol, 4 shillings – County tax indexes from
Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1730 in Nantmeal: Jeremiah Pearsol, 72 pence; John Pearsol,
48; Richard Pearsol 78. 1740 in West Nantmeal: John Persall, 57 pence; Richard Persall, 57. 1750 in West Nantmeal: Jeremiah
Pearsall, 60 pence; Jeremiah Pearsall Jr., 24; John Pearsall Sr., 102; Richard Pearsall, 90; Richard Pearsall, 90 –
"Tax Indexes for Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1693, 1730, 1740, 1750, 1765," compiled by Jack D. Marietta, Chester County
Courthouse Archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1732 for Nantmeal, John Piarsall, 4 shillings, 6 pence –
County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1734 for Nantmeal, John Piersall,
3 shillings, 7 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1735
for Nantmeal, John Piercell, 3 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County,
Pa., tax list for 1737 for Nantmeal, Jno Pearsall, 4 – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester
County, Pa., tax list for 1739 for Nantmeal, Jno Pearsall, 4 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+
Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1740 for West Nantmeal, John Persall, 5 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester
County archives.
+ Warrantees of Land in Lancaster County, Pa. John Persal, 100 acres surveyed on Oct. 26, 1741 –
"Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 24, page 500.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1747 for West Nantmeal, Jno Piercal,
5 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ John Pearsall receivec warrant of land in Chester
County, 73 acres, June 16, 1748 – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. XXIV, page 93.
+ John Pearsoll on June
16,1748, applied for a warrant for 73 acres in Nantmeal Township, formerly surveyed to William Caruthers by warrant of the
June 10, 1735, which was vacated. – "PA Land Warrant Applications for 1748," USGenWeb Archives.
+ Division of Nantmeal
Township. "February, 1739-40, another division was proposed, which would leave Logan’s meadow or swamp in the upper
part, and Ann Robert’s swamp in the other, after which the line was to pass to the head of Wynn’s meadow, and
follow the main branch of that water to the line of Uwechlan township. In September, 1739, the citizens of the two ends chose
persons to divide the township, being Thomas Miradah (Meredith?) and Matthew Robertson, of east side, Arthus Graham and John
Piersol, of the west. The could not agree, and called John Goheen as umpire. The line agreed upon then was from the county
line at the spring near Edward George’s house, thence to Brandywine, and so to Clan township." – "History of Chester
County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881, page 186.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax
list for 1749 for West Nantmeal, John Pircel, 9 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester
County, Pa., tax list for 1750 for West Nantmeal, John Persel Ser, 8 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester
County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1753 for West Nantmeal, John Pearsal, 6 shillings, 6 pence –
County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ "WEST NANTMEAL TAXABLES, 1753. … John Pearsal, Jeremiah Pearsel,
Jnr., … Bridget Pearsel, … John Pearsel, Jnr., … Jeremiah Pearsel …" History of Nantmeal in Chester
County, Pa. – "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, Philadelphia, 1881, page
187.
+ Will of Richard Piersol of West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa., yeoman. Written May 7, 1753, and proved
May 24, 1753. Witnesses were John Piersoll Sen’r, John Trego, John Bishop and Jeremiah Piersoll Sen’r. Richard
and each of the witnesses made a mark rather than a signature on the will. The inventory was taken by John Pearsoll and William
Darlinton. – Chester County, Pa., Estate File 1485. Also at USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825:
Chester Co, Pa.," which abstracted Will Book C, page 416, and "Wills of Chester County Pennsylvania, 1748-1766, Based on the
Abstracts of Jacob Martin," 1994, Family Line Publications, Westminster, Md., page 47.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list
for 1754 for West Nantmeal, John Pearsol Sr, 4 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+
Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1756 for West Nantmeal, John Persel, 9 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester
County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1757 for West Nantmeal, John Pearsall Ser, 1 pound, 13 shillings,
6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1758 for West Nantmeal,
Jno Persall, 1 pound, 15 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax
list for 1760 for West Nantmeal, John Persoll, 1 pound, 5 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County
archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1763 for West Nantmeal, John Pearsall Sr, 17 shillings – County tax
indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Jno. Peirsal, 250 acres, 1 horse, 6 cattle, 10 sheep, West Nantmeal Township –
1765 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 45.
+ John Percell, 250 acres, 4
horses, 6 cattle, 6 sheep – 1769 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 609.
+
John Pearsall, 150 acres, 2 sheep – 1771 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11,
page 737.
+ Came to the plantation of John Peirsol, in West Nanmell township, Chester county, about the 1st
of June, Four Head of Sheep. The owner is desired to come, prove his property, pay charges, and take them away. October 10,
1772. Matthew Brown." – The Pennsylvania Gazette of Philadelphia, Oct. 21, 1772, as recorded by Accessible Archives,
Inc, at the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia Library.
+ John Pearsall owned 250 acres, 2 horses, 2
cattle in West Nantmeal Township – 1774 Tax Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol.
12, page 53.
+ "LAND-OWNERS, 1774. … Jeremiah Piersoll, … Richard Piersoll, … John Piersall, …
Mordeccai Piersall …" History of Nantmeal in Chester County, Pa. – "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania,"
by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881, page 187.
+ "Departed this life November 8th, 1777
John Piersol at 10 oclock at night. Aged One Hundred Years." – Photocopy of a page from a Bible in "Piersol" folder
at the Chester County Historical Society in West Chester, Pa.
+ Will of John Pearsoll of West Nantmeal Township, Chester
County, Pa., "being weak in Body, but of Sound & disposing mind & memory, thanks to almighty God for the Same &
all his mercies," wrote his will April 23, 1773. It was proved Sept. 11, 1778. Bequeathed to his well beloved wife Alice Pearsoll
his plantation where he lived, which was be sold at wife’s decease and proceeds divided among "my four Daughters viz:
Sarah Porter Alice Treago Rebecca Brown & Elizabeth Pearsoll. The plantation he bought from William Carruthers and Samuel
Culbenson [spelled Culbertson in abstract] to be sold and money to be used for the following: "I give to my two Grand-Daughters
Sarah & Mary Pearsoll Daughters of my Son John Pearsoll five Pounds to each of them & to my Daugher-inlaw Bathsheba
Pearsoll five Shillings, to my Grandson Mordicai Pearsoll five Shillings to my Grand Daughter Hannah Pearsoll five Shillings,
to my Grandson Peter Pearsoll five Shillings; to my Granddaughter Mary Pearsoll five Shillings & to my Daughter-inlaw
Dinah Kennady five Shillings & the remainder to be Equally divided between my four Daughters before named & my Grandson
John Davis son of my Daughter Mary Davis & Zacheus [Davis is crossed out here] Pearsoll son of my Son John Pearsoll to
them & their heirs." In addition, he left one English shilling to his son-in-law David Davis and released son-in-law Joseph
Treago from all debts incurred before March 8, 1771. Alice Pearsoll, Joseph Treago and William Gibbons were named executors.
However, Joseph Trego ended up acting as executor. Witnesses were William Trego, William Smith and Samuel Thomas. The account
papers indicate that the following received legacies: Sarah Porter, Rebecca Brown, Elizabeth Peirsol, Alice the wife, John
Davis, Zacheus Davis [probably Pearsoll], Sarah Peirsol, Mary Peirsol, Dinah Kennedy and her husband, Mordecai Persol, Hannah
Austin (late Peirsol), Peter Peirsol, Mary Taylor jun. (late Peirsol), Bathsheba Peirsol and David Davis. – Chester
County, Pa., Estate File 3145. Also in USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa.," which
spells some of the name differently.
+ "As the Piersol family data have been recently gathered, after being almost lost,
especially their genealogical connection with that of the Col. Jacob Morgan family, founders of ‘Morgan’s Town,’
I will here give some in detail: - Col. Jacob Morgan was a son of Thomas Morgan, who died 1740. He was married to Rachel Piersol,
of West Nantmeal township, Chester county, about 1740. She died December 19, 1791, aged 68 years, and he died November 11,
1792, aged 76 years, and both are buried in the graveyard at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church. Rachel Piersol was a daughter
of Richard and Bridget Brown Piersol, and Richard was the son of John Piersol, who died November 8, 1777, aged 100 years,
and Alice Piersol, wife of John Piersol, died December, 1789, aged 84 years. Mary, wife of David Davis, died March 6, 1748,
aged 19 years, presumably a daughter of John and Alice Piersol, and John B. Philips died August 13, 1815, aged 7 years and
4 months. (These data were taken from the grave marks in what remains of the graveyard established by the family in connection
with a pubic school house and of the support of which we have been informed the Piersol families bequeathed legacies to maintain
and keep the same in good repair. But at this time it is much neglected. The school house has been removed and the proceeds
connected with the Loag’s Corner or township high school. There is no fencing around the graveyard and the gravestones
are falling down and are exposed to the plow and the tread of grazing cattle)." [Note: The connection among John, Alice and
Richard doesn’t seem very likely. John’s will lists many grandchildren but none that match any of Richard’s
children.] – "Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County," author and original publication date unknown,
available through Ancestry.com.
+ "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 hiladelphia, 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 JR. – c1726-1765, son
of John Piersol (1677-1777)
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1747 for West Nantmeal, John Piercal Junr, 2 shillings,
3 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1749 for West Nantmeal,
John Pircel, 4 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list
for 1750 for West Nantmeal, John Beasel Junr (listed under Piersols), 6 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester
County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1753 for West Nantmeal, John Pearsal Jr, 5 shillings, 6 pence –
County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ "WEST NANTMEAL TAXABLES, 1753. … John Pearsal, Jeremiah Pearsel,
Jnr., … Bridget Pearsel, … John Pearsel, Jnr., … Jeremiah Pearsel …" History of Nantmeal in Chester
County, Pa. – "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, Philadelphia, 1881, page
187.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1754 for West Nantmeal, John Pearsol Jr., 2 shillings – County tax indexes
from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1756 for West Nantmeal, John Persile, 4 shillings, 6
pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1757 for West Nantmeal,
John Pearsall Jr, 1 pound, 5 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa.,
tax list for 1758 for West Nantmeal, Jno Persall Junr, 9 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County
archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1760 for West Nantmeal, John Persoll Jr, 14 shillings – County tax
indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1762 for West Nantmeal, John Persol Jr, 4 shillings,
6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1763 for West Nantmeal,
John Pearsal Jr, 14 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Jno. Peirsal, Jun’r –
150 acres, 2 cattle, West Nantmeal Township – 1765 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series
3, Vol. 11, page 45.
+ From a history of the descendants of Jenkins Davis of Lancaster County, Pa.: "Jenkins Davis immigrated
from the parish of Killkennen, County of Cardigan, Wales, early in 1700. … He died in 1747. Among his children were
Catharine, born 1696; Zaccheus, born 1710, and Dinah." Catharine married Rees Davis and their son Gabriel Davis married Jean
Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas. "Their [Gabriel and Jean’s] oldest daughter, Margaret (1756-1839), married her
cousin, Zaccheus Piersol, son of John and Dinah Piersol, in 1780. They had twelve children, of whom the youngest, Margaret
Douglas Luckey, died in 1894, at the age of ninety-two years. … John, the second son of Zaccheus (May 13, 1783; April
14, 1816), married Catharine Wilson (Nov. 14, 1787, Sept. 23, 1825). They had four children: Cyrus, who was unmarried; Charlotte,
married Thomas McCaustand …; Mary, married Dr. William Jones, of Douglasville, Berks county …; and Margaret (June
14, 1810, July 18, 1898), who married William McCaskey in 1836. … Dinah, the second daughter of Jenkins Davis, named
above, married John Piersol. We have not been able to go farther back in the Piersol line, which we think is Welsh, though
we are unable to fix it with certainty. It may be Scotch-Irish of Huguenot." – "Biographical Annals of Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania," by J.H. Beers & Co., pages 1519 and 1520.
JOHN – c1735-1757, probably son of Jeremiah
Piersol (c1680s-1760s)
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1756 for West Nantmeal, John Persel Jr, 3 shillings,
9 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1757 for West Nantmeal,
John Pearsall, 1 pound, 2 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Estate papers of
John Pearsoll filed Dec. 13, 1757, in Chester County, Pa. Sarah Pearsoll, David Thomas and William Griffith, all of Chester
County, bound for 200 pounds. Sarah Pearsoll named administrator. Inventory taken on Nov. 29 by Fra’s Gardner and Robt
Brown. The file does not include any final account papers, which is unusual for this time and place. – Chester County,
Pa., Estate File 1694. Also in "Wills of Chester County Pennsylvania, 1748-1766, Based on the Abstracts of Jacob Martin,"
1994, Family Line Publications, Westminster, Md., page 77. [No Piersol children are mentioned in the Chester County orphans
court records at this time.]
JOHN – 1770s-1811, son of Richard Piersol (c1737-1800)
+ 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.
+ 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.
JOHN – b. 1770s, son of Jeremiah Piersol (d. 1813)
+ John Piersol, received warrant 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 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.
JOHN – b. 1775, son of Mordecai Piersol (b. c1750)
+
John Peirsol born July 7, 1775, to Mordecai and Margaret Peirsol – records of St. Gabriel’s Protestant Episcopal
Church in Amity Township, Berks County, Pa., according to "Pennsylvania Births, Berks, County, 1710-1780," by John T. Humphrey,
page 259. Berks County is just north of Chester County.
JOHN – d. 1816, probably son of Zaccheus Piersol
(c1750s-1804)
+ 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
- uncertain
+ 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.
+ Deed of John Piersol (executor) to William Moore, 1813, Chester County,
Pa., Deed Book L3, page 484.
+ 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.
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 – b. c1750, wife of Mordecai Piersol
+
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 – daughter of Richard Piersol (c1680s-1753)
+
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.
MARTHA
– daughter of Richard Piersol (c1737-1800)
+ 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 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.
MARY – wife of Jeremiah Piersol (c1680s-1760s)
+ Jeremiah Jerman’s
heirs listed in deed from Feb. 6, 1737. John Jerman and Eleanor, his wife, of Goshen Township, Chapter County, Pa., sold property
to Edward Goff of Uuchlan Township, Chester County. Jeremiah Jerman died intestate. His heirs were Griffith Evans and Sarah,
his wife; Philip Rogers and Elizabeth, his wife; Jeremiah Piersall and Mary, his wife; and Roger Evans and Margaret, his wife,
"the said Sara Elizabeth Mary and Margaret being the Daughters of the said Jeremiah Jerman." The daughters released the property
to John Jerman, who sold it to Edward Goff for 50 pounds. On Oct. 21, 1735, Griffith Evan and Sara; Philip Roger and Elizabeth;
Jeremiah Piersel and Mary; and Roger Evens and Margaret – "Children and Daughters of Jeremiah Jerman late of Uwchlan
Deceased" – released their claim to land to "John Jerman of Uwchlan aforesaid in Chester County and Province of Pennsilvania
yeoman (Son of the aforesaid Jeremiah Jerman)." The tract covered 125. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Rachel
Brown, John Jenkins, Hannah Rogers, Daniel Rogers, David Piersel, David Thomas, Nathan Evans and Jeremiah Potts. On Nov. 3,
1735, "Mary Jerman Widow and Administratrix of Jeremiah Jerman late of the Township of Uwchland in the County of Chester and
Province of Pennsylvania dec’d" sold land to "John Jerman of Uwchlan aforesaid Yeoman son of the aforesaid Jeremiah
Jerman" for 5 shillings. Land was originally obtained via deed dated Dec. 1, 1725. Deed from David Loyd and Grace, his wife,
of Chester, Chester County, Pa., to Jeremiah Jerman of Yuchlan, Chester County. Jerman paid 5 shillings for the 125 acres,
which adjoined other tracts owned by Jerman and Loyd. – Chester County, Pa., Deed Book P2, pages 444-452.
+ Will
of Mary Jerman of West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa., a "widow Being very Sick and weak in Body but of Perfect mind
and memory Thanks be Given unto God." Written Sept. 24, 1741, and proved Oct. 8, 1741. To Jeremiah Potts 10 pounds. To Hezekiah
Evins, my grandson, 10 pounds. 15 pounds, divided, 5 pounds each, to three grandchildren Obediah Evins, Hannah Evins and Rebeccah
Evins. Feather bed to granddaughter, the daughter of Mary Peirsol and Jeremiah Peirsol. To my well beloved children 40 shillings
to be divided among John Jarmen, Grifey Evins, Phillip Rogers and Jeremiah Peirsol. Executors: David Thom[as] and Jeremiah
Peirsol. Witnesses: Rebeccah Morison, Israel Seymour. Jeremiah Peirsol withdrew as an executor. Inventory was taken by John
Peirsol and Robert Anderson. – Chester County, Pa., Estate File 762. [Notes: "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825:
Chester Co, Pa.," from USGenWeb Archives has different spellings in most of the names. The abstract is based on the will as
recorded in Chester County Will Book B, page 97. Some previous researchers have assumed that Mary married at least four times
since her "sons" had four different surnames. However, other records indicate that the wives of these men were actually her
daughters. See Chester County, Pa., Deed Book P2, pages 444-452.]
MARY – b. 1720s, daughter of Richard
Pierols (c1680s-1753)
+ 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.
+ "George Douglas, of Douglas Manor (now Douglasville), Pa., married, April 25, 1747, Mary Pearsol." Children
included Rebecca, who married Mordecai Persol – "A Collection of Family Records," by Charles H. James, page 510.
MARY
– b. 1729, daughter of John Piersol (1677-1777)
+ Will of John Pearsoll of West Nantmeal Township. Written
April 23, 1773, and proved Sept. 11, 1778. … Remainder to be divided between 4 daughters above named and grandson John
Davis son of daughter Mary Davis and Zacheus Pearsoll son of my son John. To son-in-law David Davis 1 shilling sterling. –
Chester County, Pa., Estate File 3145.
+ "Mary, wife of David Davis, died March 6, 1748, aged 19 years, presumably a daughter
of John and Alice Piersol … (These data were taken from the grave marks in what remains of the graveyard established
by the family in connection with a pubic school house and of the support of which we have been informed the Piersol families
bequeathed legacies to maintain and keep the same in good repair …)." – "Transactions of the Historical Society
of Berks County," author and original publication date unknown, available through Ancestry.com.
MARY –
daughter of Jeremiah Piersol (c1728-1771)
+ Chester County, Pa., Orphans Court, April 1, 1774: "Benjamin Tregoe
and Bathsheba his Wife, late Bathsheba Peirsoll, Widow and Relict of Jeremiah Peirsoll, late of West Nantmell Deceased, &
Mordecai Peirsoll the Eldest Son of the said Deceased, Petitioned this Court, setting forth that the said Jeremiah Peirsoll
some time agoe Died Intestate, leaving a Widow, the said Bathsheba, and four Children, Viz. Mordecai, Hannah, Peter and Mary
Peirsoll to survive him." – Chester County Orphans Court 1762-1774, Docket 7, pages 138-139, at the Chester County,
Pa., archives.
MARY – b. c1750s, daughter of John Piersol (c1726-1765)
+ Will of John Pearsoll
of West Nantmeal Township. Written April 23, 1773, and proved Sept. 11, 1778. To granddaughters Sarah and Mary Pearsoll daughters
of son John £5 each. To daughter-in-law Bathsheba Pearsoll 5 shillings. To grandson Mordecai Pearsoll, granddaughter Hannah
Pearsoll, grandson Peter Pearsoll, granddaughter Mary Pearsoll and daughter-in-law Dinah Kennedy 5 shillings each. Remainder
to be divided between 4 daughters above named and grandson John Davis son of daughter Mary Davis and Zacheus Pearsoll son
of my son John. To son-in- law David Davis 1 shilling sterling. – USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations
1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa."
MARY – daughter of Richard Piersol (c1737-1800)
+ 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 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.
MORDECCAI – b. c1750, son of Jeremiah Piersol
(c1728-1771)
+ 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.
+ Mordecai Pearsall owned mill,
50 acres, 2 cattle, 1 servant in West Nantmeal Township – 1774 Tax Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives,"
Series 3, Vol. 12, page 53. (Note: "Servants" usually indicated slaves in such tax records.)
+ "LAND-OWNERS, 1774. …
Jeremiah Piersoll, … Richard Piersoll, … John Piersall, … Mordeccai Piersall …" History of Nantmeal
in Chester County, Pa. – "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia,
1881, page 187.
+ Chester County, Pa., Orphans Court, April 1, 1774: "Benjamin Tregoe and Bathsheba his Wife, late Bathsheba
Peirsoll, Widow and Relict of Jeremiah Peirsoll, late of West Nantmell Deceased, & Mordecai Peirsoll the Eldest Son of
the said Deceased, Petitioned this Court, setting forth that the said Jeremiah Peirsoll some time agoe Died Intestate, leaving
a Widow, the said Bathsheba, and four Children, Viz. Mordecai, Hannah, Peter and Mary Peirsoll to survive him. That Administration
of the said Intestate’s Personal Estate, was, after his Decease, Committed to his Widow who is since intermarried with
the said Benjamin Tregoe, who have Settled the Accompts of their said Admon in the Register’s Office at Chester, whereby
it appears there is more than sufficient to pay all for the debts of the said Intestate; that the said Intestate at the Time
of his Deceased was Seized and possessed of a Certain Messuage or Tenement, Grist-Mill, Saw-Mill and about One Hundred and
Twenty six acres of Land (more or less) in the said Township, and of another Piece of Land in the same Township, Containing
Forty acres, & also of another Messuage or Tenement, Plantation and Tract of Land, Situate in East Caln Township Containing
about Two Hundred and Thirty Acres, be the same more or less: Praying that the same Premises may be divided or Valued according
to Law. And Whereas the said Petitioners together with George Ashbridge, Guardian duly appointed for the Minor Children, have
agreed upon Warrick Miller Esq’r Thomas Pim, William Gibbons, Richard Thomas and Edward Vernon, as fit persons to Divide
of Value said Estate." – Chester County Orphans Court 1762-1774, Docket 7, pages 138-139, at the Chester County, Pa.,
archives.
+ Mordecai Peirsoll petitions the Chester County, Pa, Orphans Court on June 3, 1774, on behalf of "Margaret his
Wife, one of the Daughters of William Ashton, late of West Nantmell Deceased." – Chester County Orphans Court 1762-1774,
Docket 7, page 139, at the Chester County, Pa., archives.
+ "George Douglas, of Douglas Manor (now Douglasville), Pa.,
married, April 25, 1747, Mary Pearsol." Children included Rebecca, who married Mordecai Persol – "A Collection of Family
Records," by Charles H. James, page 510.
+ John Peirsol born July 7, 1775, to Mordecai and Margaret. Mary Pearsol was born
Feb. 2, 1778 to Mordecai and Rebecca – records of St. Gabriel’s Protestant Episcopal Church in Amity Township,
Berks County, Pa., according to "Pennsylvania Births, Berks, County, 1710-1780," by John T. Humphrey, pages 258 and 259, respectively.
Berks County is just north of Chester County.
+ Will of John Pearsoll of West Nantmeal Township. Written April 23, 1773,
and proved Sept. 11, 1778. Provides for wife Alice. Plantation where I now dwell to be sold at wife’s decease and proceeds
equally divided between 4 daughters Sarah Porter, Alice Trego, Rebecca Brown and Elizabeth Pearsoll. Plantation bought of
Wm. Carruthers and Saml. Culbertson to be sold and money divided as follows – To granddaughters Sarah and Mary Pearsoll
daughters of son John £5 each. To daughter-in-law Bathsheba Pearsoll 5 shillings. To grandson Mordecai Pearsoll, granddaughter
Hannah Pearsoll, grandson Peter Pearsoll, granddaughter Mary Pearsoll and daughter-in-law Dinah Kennedy 5 shillings each.
Remainder to be divided between 4 daughters above named and grandson John Davis son of daughter Mary Davis and Zacheus Pearsoll
son of my son John. To son-in- law David Davis 1 shilling sterling. I release unto son-in-law Joseph Trego all debts due me
from him before 8th March 1771. Executors: Wife Alice, Joseph Trego and Wm. Gibbons. Letters to Jos. Trego, the others renouncing.
Wit: Wm. Trego, Wm. Smith, Samuel Thomas. – USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co,
Pa."
+ Deed of Mordecai Peirsol to David Thompson, 1774, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book F2, page 42.
+ Deed of Mordecai
Peirsol (executor) to James Lockhart, 1775, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book X, page 2.
+ Mordecai Pearsol swore oath of
allegiance on June 20, 1778. Such oaths were required of all Pennsylvania citizen during the Revolution. – "Oaths of
Allegiance, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Taken Before the Justice of the Peace, 1777-1785," by RT and MC Williams, page 27.
+
Mordecai Pearsel, owned gristmill, sawmill, 100 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow in West Nantmeal Township – 1779 Tax Chester
County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 12, page 143.
+ Mordecai Piersol of West Nantmeal Township
owned one slave in 1780. A list of Chester County slave owners appears in "The History of Chester County, Pa.," by J. Smith
Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881 – USGenWeb Archives. The slave is listed as a 4-year-old "Mulatto Girl,"
whose name was not given in the registry. The registry was made Nov. 1, 1780. – Slavery in Pennsylvania, Chester County
– Listings from 1780 Registry of Slaves, from www.afrolumens.org.
+ Mordecai Peirsol was fined three times by the
Chester County militia, probably for failure to appear for muster. No dates are listed but it is certainly during the Revolutionary
War. Quakers and Mennonites refused to serve for religious reasons. Others sometimes failed to appear for business, agricultural,
health or personal reasons. There were also a few Tories who favored the British. – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series
3, Vol. 6, pages 191, 192 and 198.
+ Mordecai Piersol listed as a private in the 2nd Company, 1st
Battalion of Chester County militia. No date is listed but it appears among records for 1783 – "Pennsylvania Archives,"
Series 5, Vol. 5, page 497.
+ Deed to Mordecai Piersoll from Matthew Brown (executor), 1780, Chester County, Pa., Deed
Book Z, page 85.
+ Deed to Mordecai Piersoll from Matthew Brown (executor), 1780, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book Z, page
86.
+ Mordecai Pearsel owned gristmill, sawmill 100 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow in West Nantmeal Township – 1780 Tax Chester
County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 12, page 242.
+ Mordecai Persol and Abraham Persol listed
as renting a pew for 1 pound at Bangor Episcopal Church in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1781 – "Register of Marriages and
Baptisms kept by the Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing," Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1891, page 11.
+ Mordecai Piersoll, owned
grist mill, sawmill, 128 acres, 2 horses, 4 cattle. 1781 tax list for West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. "Pennsylvania
Archive," Series 3, Vol. 12, page 393. Paid 11.14.3, page 511.
+ Mordecai Piersol’s son George Douglass and daughter
Bathsheba were baptized on Jan. 24, 1783, by the Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing, who served several churches in the area,
Lutheran and Episcopalian. Both children’s parents were listed as Mordecai Piersol and his wife Anne Rebecca. George
Douglass was born Feb 26, 1780. Bathsheba was born March 18, 1782. [The next baptism on Illing’s list could be that
of one of Mordecai’s slaves. It says: "Dorothea, about seven years – a black; bap. Jan. 27, 1783." It’s
uncertain whether the date is a clerical error or whether Illing made a special mid-week trip to someone’s home to baptize
Dorothea. However, her age of 7 makes it likely that Dorothea was the 4-year-old slave from the 1780 listing.] – "Register
of Marriages and Baptisms kept by the Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing," Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1891, page 21.
+ Mordicai
Piersoll, paid 5.4.6 tax in 1785 West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. "Pennsylvania Archives," series 3, Vol. 12, page
763.
+ Deed of Mordecai Peirsol to Peter Peirsol, 1786, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book D2, page 327.
+ St. Thomas’
Episcopal Church was incorporated on March 6, 1786. Mordecai and Richard Peirsol are listed as vestrymen – "Two Hundred
Twenty-fifth Anniversary, 1740-1965, St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Morgantown, Pennsylvania," author unknown, available
at Ancestry.com.
+ "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.
+ Mordecai Piersol established the ironworks at Rebecca Furnace, which was built
about 1764 along the Brandywine Creek in West Nantmeal Township. "This furnace was established by Mordecai Piersol. It appears
to have been built on land owned by Jeremiah Pierson, Mordecai’s father, by mutual agreement. In 1774, Jeremiah Piersol
died and this parcel became a portion of the estate passing to Mordecai. Near the furnace Mordecai Piersol also built a grist
mill and a saw mill. The grist mill later passed into the possession of James Lewis, which therefore became known as Lewis
Mill.
"Following the Revolutionary War, hard times fell upon Mordecai Piersol and he lost his properties to the sheriff
in 1789. Some understanding must be given here to the state of this nation at that time. Financial conditions were quite serious
after this costly war. A new nation was struggling to organize and there was a lack of a stable financial policy. All of these
conditions contributed unfavorably to Mordecai as he tried to hold his business together. However, the Sheriff sold the property
to Jacob Vinance, Thomas Rutter, Sarah May and Samuel Potts. The new firm had the privilege to use the high grade iron ore
from the Jones Mines in Berks County. However, the renewed prosperity of the furnace received a sudden reverse because the
farmers in the neighborhood refused to supply any more wood for the furnace which cut off their charcoal supply. Consequently,
the furnace went out of business in 1794 and was never operated after that. In the meantime, the grist mill was sold by Jacob
Winning to Jacob Happersett.
"… The mill on Lewis Mill Road and Cupola Road was built in 1762 and the house now owned
and occupied by the Joseph Blosenski family was built in the same year by Mordecai Piersol. The stone house across from the
mill at the west side of the arched bridge was built in the same year by Mordecai Piersol.
"It is interesting to note
that the earliest tax records reveal the builder of the mill at Lewis Mill Road and Cupola Road, Mordecai Piersol, as one
of the early settlers of Nantmeal Township. The tax transcript of 1722 lists three members of the ‘Pearsall’ family
as owners and residents of Nantmeal Township. They were John, Richard and Jeremiah." – Chester County Genealogy, a PAGenWeb
Project Web site. http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/westNantmealTwp.htm.
+ "The Rebecca Furnace was built exclusively to
smelt the Jones ores, and subsequently they were mixed with the ores found in the Daniel Buchwalter mine by Mordecai Piersol,
1760 to 1764, and was owned in 1793 by Vinance, Rutter, May and Potts, and blown out in 1794 for lack of Charcoal." –
"Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County," author and original publication date unknown, available through
Ancestry.com.
+ Mordecai Peirsole a defendant in a lawsuit brought by Jonathan Jones of West Nantmeal in February 1789
– "Index to Records of the Court of Common Please," by the Chester County, Pa., archives.
+ Mordecai Piersoll, received
warrant for 400 acres land in Northampton County, Pa., on May 3, 1790 – "Pennsylvania Archive," Series 3, Vol. 26, page
150.
+ Mordeca Persald in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., in 1790 U.S. Census. Household contains 1 males 16 or older,
3 males under 16, 3 females and 1 slave. – "First Census of the United States 1790, Pennsylvania," Government Printing
Office, page 171.
+ Mordecai Piersol, received warrant for 400 acres land in Northampton County, Pa., on Aug. 13, 1793.
Jeremiah and Rebecca Piersol received similar warrants on the same day – "Pennsylvania Archive," Series 3, Vol. 26,
page 153.
+ Mordecai Piersol, Jeremiah Piersol and others had filed a caveat against Jeremiah Jackson and others concerning
a piece of land for which both groups held warrants. On Jan. 24, 1794, the Pennsylvania Board of Property ruled that Jackson
held the prior claim. "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, vol. 2, page 93.
+ Mordecai Peirsol in Northampton County, Pa.,
in 1800 U.S. Census. Household contains 1 male age 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 45 or older, 2 females 16-26, 1 female 26-45,
3 other free people and 1 slave. – "Pennsylvania 1800 Census Index," edited by Ronald V. Jackson, page 245.
MORDECAI
– b. c1797, son of Peter Piersol (c1760s-1807)
+ Will of Peter Peirsol of Honeybrook Township, Chester County,
Pa., written Jan. 23, 1807, and proved May 12, 1807. To daughters Bathsheba and Rebecca all personal estate not otherwise
bequeathed, and 3 years rent of plantation. To sons Richard and Mordecai all real estate when of age; Richard to have the
west end, adjoining the Tregos, and Mordecai the east end adjoining David Hunter. Refers to a house in which Charles Goodman
lives. Executors: Friends, Isaac Trego and Joseph Buffington. Wits.: David Hunter, Eli Trego. – "Wills: Abstracts and
Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, PA" in USGenWeb Archives.
+ Deed to Mordecai Piersol from Richard Piersol (executor),
1818, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book Q3, page 335.
+ Deed of Mordecai Piersol to Richard Piersol, 1818, Chester County,
Pa., Deed Book Q3, page 336.
+ Mordecai Piersol appears in the 1850 Census in Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa.
He is listed as a 53-year-old laborer, who was born in Pennsylvania. His property was valued at $500. His household contained:
Hannah, age 52; Eliza Hughes, 48; John Piersol, 19, shoemaker; Sarah, 20; Elizabeth, 17; Mordecai, 14; David, 10; Richard
W., 8; and Hannah, 6.
+ Mordecia Pearsol appears in the 1860 Census in Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa. He is listed
as a 64-year-old laborer, who, who was born in Pennsylvania. His real estate was valued at $900 and his personal property
was valued at $100. His household contained: Hannah, age 59; Richard, a laborer, 18; Isaac Robinson, 12; and Adaline Pearsol,
14. All were born in Pennsylvania.
+ Mordecai Piersol appears in the 1880 Census in Honeybrook Township, Chester County,
Pa. He is listed as an 86-year-old farmer living with Adaline, his 32-year-old daughter.
+ Mordecai Piersol died 10/03/1883
at age 87 and is buried at St. Marks Episcopal Church in Honeybrook, Chester County, Pa. – "St. Marks Episcopal Church
Burials, Honeybrook: Chester Co, PA," at USGenWeb Archives.
MOSES – b. c1781, son of Jeremiah Piersol
(c.1813)
+ 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.
+ Moses Piersol
appears in the 1850 Census in Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa. He is listed as a 68-year-old laborer who was born
in Pennsylvania. His property was valued at $600. Others in his household were Hannah, age 57; Thomas, 18, a laborer; and
Hannah, 15. All were born in Pennsylvania.
PETER – c1760s-1807, son of Jeremiah Piersol (c1728-1771)
+
Chester County, Pa., Orphans Court, April 1, 1774: "Benjamin Tregoe and Bathsheba his Wife, late Bathsheba Peirsoll, Widow
and Relict of Jeremiah Peirsoll, late of West Nantmell Deceased, & Mordecai Peirsoll the Eldest Son of the said Deceased,
Petitioned this Court, setting forth that the said Jeremiah Peirsoll some time agoe Died Intestate, leaving a Widow, the said
Bathsheba, and four Children, Viz. Mordecai, Hannah, Peter and Mary Peirsoll to survive him." – Chester County Orphans
Court 1762-1774, Docket 7, pages 138-139, at the Chester County, Pa., archives.
+ Will of John Pearsoll of West Nantmeal
Township. Written April 23, 1773, and proved Sept. 11, 1778. Provides for wife Alice. Plantation where I now dwell to be sold
at wife’s decease and proceeds equally divided between 4 daughters Sarah Porter, Alice Trego, Rebecca Brown and Elizabeth
Pearsoll. Plantation bought of Wm. Carruthers and Saml. Culbertson to be sold and money divided as follows – To granddaughters
Sarah and Mary Pearsoll daughters of son John £5 each. To daughter-in-law Bathsheba Pearsoll 5 shillings. To grandson Mordecai
Pearsoll, granddaughter Hannah Pearsoll, grandson Peter Pearsoll, granddaughter Mary Pearsoll and daughter-in-law Dinah Kennedy
5 shillings each. Remainder to be divided between 4 daughters above named and grandson John Davis son of daughter Mary Davis
and Zacheus Pearsoll son of my son John. To son-in- law David Davis 1 shilling sterling. I release unto son-in-law Joseph
Trego all debts due me from him before 8th March 1771. Executors: Wife Alice, Joseph Trego and Wm. Gibbons. Letters to Jos.
Trego, the others renouncing. Wit: Wm. Trego, Wm. Smith, Samuel Thomas. – USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations
1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa."
+ Peter Pearcell, listed among freemen in 1779 in West Caln Township, Chester County, Pa. "Pennsylvania
Archives," series 3, Vol. 12, page 159.
+ Peter Pearcell, listed among freemen in 1780 in West Caln Township, Chester County,
Pa. "Pennsylvania Archives," series 3, Vol. 12, page 258.
+ Peter Peirsol, private in 5th Class of Capt. Allen’s
Company of the Chester County Militia. No dates is listed but the roster falls among records from 1781 and 1782 – "Pennsylvania
Archives," Series 5, Vol. 5, page 479.
+ Peter Piersol, paid 1.16.6 tax in 1785 West Nantmeal Township, Chester County,
Pa. "Pennsylvania Archives," series 3, Vol. 12, page 763.
+ Deed to Peter Peirsol from Mordecai Peirsol (executor), 1786,
Chester County, Pa., Deed Book D2, page 327.
+ Peter Pearsel in Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa., in 1790 U.S.
Census. Household contains 1 male 16 or older, 1 male under 16 and 2 females. – "First Census of the United States 1790,
Pennsylvania," Government Printing Office, page 66.
+ Deed of Peter Peirsol to John Mauger, 1799, Chester County, Pa.,
Deed Book Q2, page 476.
+ Deed to Peter Piersol from Adam Carr (executor), 1801, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book W2, page
250.
+ Peter Peirsol of Honeybrook, estate filed 1807, File 5366 – Chester County Archives and Records Service, Wills
& Administrations, 1714-1825 at www.dfs.chesco.org.
+ Will of Peter Peirsol of Honeybrook Township, Chester County,
Pa., written Jan. 23, 1807, and proved May 12, 1807. To daughters Bathsheba and Rebecca all personal estate not otherwise
bequeathed, and 3 years rent of plantation. To sons Richard and Mordecai all real estate when of age; Richard to have the
west end, adjoining the Tregos, and Mordecai the east end adjoining David Hunter. Refers to a house in which Charles Goodman
lives. Executors: Friends, Isaac Trego and Joseph Buffington. Wits.: David Hunter, Eli Trego. – "Wills: Abstracts and
Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, PA" in USGenWeb Archives.
RACHEL – daughter of Richard Pierosl
(c1680s-1753)
+ 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.
+ "As the Piersol family data have been recently gathered, after being almost lost, especially their genealogical
connection with that of the Col. Jacob Morgan family, founders of ‘Morgan’s Town,’ I will here give some
in detail: - Col. Jacob Morgan was a son of Thomas Morgan, who died 1740. He was married to Rachel Piersol, of West Nantmeal
township, Chester county, about 1740. She died December 19, 1791, aged 68 years, and he died November 11, 1792, aged 76 years,
and both are buried in the graveyard at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church. Rachel Piersol was a daughter of Richard and Bridget
Brown Piersol, and Richard was the son of John Piersol, who died November 8, 1777, aged 100 years, and Alice Piersol, wife
of John Piersol, died December, 1789, aged 84 years. Mary, wife of David Davis, died March 6, 1748, aged 19 years, presumably
a daughter of John and Alice Piersol, and John B. Philips died August 13, 1815, aged 7 years and 4 months. (These data were
taken from the grave marks in what remains of the graveyard established by the family in connection with a pubic school house
and of the support of which we have been informed the Piersol families bequeathed legacies to maintain and keep the same in
good repair. But at this time it is much neglected. The school house has been removed and the proceeds connected with the
Loag’s Corner or township high school. There is no fencing around the graveyard and the gravestones are falling down
and are exposed to the plow and the tread of grazing cattle)." – "Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County,"
author and original publication date unknown, available through Ancestry.com.
RACHEL – daughter of Richard
Piersol (c1737-1800)
+ 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 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.
REBECCA
– daughter of John Piersol (1677-1777)
+ Rebecca Piercel to Matthew Brown, March 9, 1760, at St. James Episcopal
Church – "Lancaster County Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century," Vol. 3, by F. Edward Wright,
page 100.
+ Will of John Pearsoll of West Nantmeal Township. Written April 23, 1773, and proved Sept. 11, 1778. Provides
for wife Alice. Plantation where I now dwell to be sold at wife’s decease and proceeds equally divided between 4 daughters
Sarah Porter, Alice Trego, Rebecca Brown and Elizabeth Pearsoll. – USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations
1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa."
REBECCA – b. c1750s, wife of Mordecai (b. c1750s)
+ "George Douglas,
of Douglas Manor (now Douglasville), Pa., married, April 25, 1747, Mary Pearsol." Children included Rebecca, who married Mordecai
Persol – "A Collection of Family Records," by Charles H. James, page 510.
+ Rebecca Piersol, received warrant for
400 acres land in Northampton County, Pa., on July 10, 1793. – "Pennsylvania Archive," Series 3, Vol. 26, page 153.
+
Rebecca Piersol, received warrant for 400 acres land in Northampton County, Pa., on Aug. 13, 1793. Jeremiah and Mordecai Piersol
received similar warrants on the same day – "Pennsylvania Archive," Series 3, Vol. 26, page 153.
REBECCA
– daughter of Richard Piersol (c1737-1800)
+ 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.
RICHARD
– c1680s-1753
+ "Signed a Warrant of land to Rich’d Pearsal and Jeremiah Pearsall for 300 acres back
in Chester County at (pounds) 10 p. C’t. to be paid in three Months. Signed a Warr’t to Jno. Pearsal for 200 a’s
at the same Price, dat. 13, 10, 1717." Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Vol. 19, page 626
+ "In 1717-19 surveys were made
on the head of the north branch of the Brandywine for … Richard and John Peirsol, 410 acres. … Prior to 1720 the
settlement was assessed with the district on Schuylkill." History of Nantmeal in Chester County, Pa. – "History of Chester
County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881, page 185.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax
list for 1719 in Highest District From Skoolkill to Brandywine, Richard and John Persalls, 18 shillings – County tax
indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1720 Near ye Branches of the ffrench Creek &
Brandywine, Richd, Jeremiah and John Peircell, 3 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester
County, Pa., tax list for 1721 at Skoolkill, Richard, John and Jeremiah Peircel, 6 shillings – County tax indexes from
Chester County archives.
+ "The first assessment of this district is of the inhabitants ‘Near ye Branches of the
ffrench Creek & the Branches of Brandywine,’ 1720. The names and valuation of the estates were as follows: …
Richard, Jeremiah, & John Peircell, (pounds) 20 … In 1721, this was again the case, and the following names and
valuations are given: … Richard, John, & Jeremiah Peiriel, (pounds) 18 … In 1722 the name of Nantmel first
appears, and it contains these taxables: John, Richard, and Jeremiah Pearsal." History of Nantmeal in Chester County, Pa.
– "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia, 1881, page 186.
+
Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1722 for Nantmeal, Richard Pearsal, 2 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from
Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1724 for Nantmeal, Richard Pearsal, 4 shillings – County
tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Jeremiah, John and Richard Piercell appear in records of a congregation of
Seventh Day Baptists in Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. The following occurs amid a description of the events of 1725.
"It was about the same time as the German revival movement, which has just been described, that the English Sabbath-keepers
in Newtown, Providence, Easttown, and Tredyffrin townships of Chester County became more or less restless, on account of persecutions
from their more orthodox neighbours, and migrated to the upper end of the county, where they took up land at the falls of
the French Creek in Nantmeal Township, and there founded a settlement and congregation, destined for years to come to be the
largest and most influential body of Seventh Day Baptists in the Province. Among the names of these early pioneers, who were
mainly Welsh, are to be found a considerable number who in later years appear on the Ephrata register, and whose remains await
the general resurrections in the old burying-ground at Ephrata. Following is a partial list of these early Seventh Day Baptists:
Owen Roberts, William Iddings (Hiddings); Richard, Jeremiah, and John Piercell (Piersoll); John Williams; William David; Philip
Roger (Rogers); Lewis David; and Simon Meredith." From a second passage: "… revivals were held among the English and
Welsh Seventh Day Baptists who had settled in the French Creek Valley, in Nantmeal, Chester County, Pennsylvania. This settlement
of Sabbath-keepers dates back to the first quarter of the eighteenth century, and was the results of a desire on the part
of the Providence Seventh Day Baptists for a community of their own, where they could live undisturbed and exercise the dictates
of their own consciences according to their own laws. For this purpose, a number of families of the Providence (Newtown, Delaware
County) Church had surveyed to them, in the year 1717, large tracts of land on the north branch of the Brandywine, and French
Creek. Prominent among those who settled upon their lands here were the following: Lewis David, William David, William Iddings,
John James, Mordecai Lincoln, Simon Meridith, Samuel Nutt, Jeremiah Peircell (Piersol), John Peircell (Piersol), Richard Peircell
(Piersol), William Phillips, David Roberts, Owen Roberts, Philip Roger, and John Williams. A few years later, the infant colony
was re-inforced by a number of families from the Great Valley Baptist Church. … In after years the cordial and fraternal
feeling between the Ephrata Celibates and the English Seventh Day Baptists at Nantmeal was an unbroken one. The English settlement,
as time went on, increased by converts from among the Quakers as well as from other denominations." – "Seventh Day Baptists
in Europe and America," Vol. II, 1910. The first passage is from pages 980 and 981. The second passage is from page 1111.
+
Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1725 for Nantmeal, Richard Piercell, 3 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester
County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1726 for Nantmeal, Rich’d Piercill, 3 shillings – County
tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1729 for Nantmeal, Richard Pearsal, 4 shillings,
6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1730 for Nantmeal,
Rich’d Pearsol, 6 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa.,
tax list for 1730 in Nantmeal: Jeremiah Pearsol, 72 pence; John Pearsol, 48; Richard Pearsol 78. 1740 in West Nantmeal: John
Persall, 57 pence; Richard Persall, 57. 1750 in West Nantmeal: Jeremiah Pearsall, 60 pence; Jeremiah Pearsall Jr., 24; John
Pearsall Sr., 102; Richard Pearsall, 90; Richard Pearsall, 90 – "Tax Indexes for Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1693,
1730, 1740, 1750, 1765," compiled by Jack D. Marietta, Chester County Courthouse Archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list
for 1732 for Nantmeal, Rich’d Piarsall, 4 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ "Richard
Pearsall requests a Grant of Settlement of a piece of Land near his former improvement near Brandywine Creek." Dec. 7, 1733
in Minute Book "K" in the property records of Pennsylvania. – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 1," page 34.
+
Rich’d Pearsoll receives Warrant of land in Chester County, 150 acres, Aug. 14, 1734 – "Pennsylvania Archives,"
Series 3, Vol. XXIV, page 92.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1734 for Nantmeal, Rich’d Piersall, 3 shillings,
3 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1735 for Nantmeal,
Rich’d Piercell, 3 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax
list for 1737 for Nantmeal, Ric’d Pearsall, 3 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+
Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1739 for Nantmeal, Rich’d Pearsall, 3 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester
County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1740 for West Nantmeal, Richard Persall, 4 shillings, 9 pence –
County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1747 for West Nantmeal, Richard Piercal,
4 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1749 for West
Nantmeal, Richard Pircel, 9 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax
list for 1750 for West Nantmeal, Richard Pearsel, 7 shillings, 6 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+
"Strayed away from Richard Pearsell, in Nantmeal township, Chester county, on the 10th day of last month, a horse,
about 14 hands high, his colour is between a bay and a sorrel, his legs is of a whitish colour, broad behind, and small before,
he has a large head, and big ears, switch tail, his mane not trimmed, and a white spot on his back, and branded on the near
shoulder with a bell buckle; he paces well, and trots out of hand, is five years old, shod before, when he went away. Whoever
take up and secures said horse, and brings him, to Joseph Long, in the same township, shall have Twenty Shillings reward,
and reasonable charges, paid by Thomas Ellet." – The Pennsylvania Gazette of Philadelphia, May 3, 1750, as recorded
by Accessible Archives, Inc, at the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia Library.
+ Will of Richard Piersol
of West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa., yeoman, "being sick & weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory Thanks
be to allmighty God. Written May 7, 1753, and proved May 24, 1753. Bequeaths to "Bridget my well beloved wife ... my plantation
where I now live with the hundred & three acres … with all my movable Estate excepting two Riding horses one a sorrell
ye other a gray which I reserve to My Son Richard Junior and my Daughter Martha." After Bridget’s death, the property
would "then fall to my Son Richard Piersoll," who would pay the following legacies: eldest daughter Rachell, 5 pounds; second
daughter Elizabeth, 5 pounds; third daughter Martha, 5 pounds; and fourth daughter Mary, 5 pounds. Another 50 pounds was set
aside on bond of Frances Morgan for Martha if she married with the consent of her mother. Three pounds was set aside for Elizabeth
Harmon, a servant, if she served her time honorably. And 14 pounds, 15 shillings, was set aside on bond of George Duglas to
be divided among Richard’s married daughters, Rachell, Elizabeth and Mary. Robert Brown and Bridget Piersol were named
executors. Witnesses were John Piersoll Sen’r, John Trego, John Bishop and Jeremiah Piersoll Sen’r. Richard and
each of the witnesses made a mark rather than a signature on the will. The inventory was taken by John Pearsoll and William
Darlinton. – Chester County, Pa., Estate File 1485. Also at USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825:
Chester Co, Pa.," which abstracted Will Book C, page 416, and "Wills of Chester County Pennsylvania, 1748-1766, Based on the
Abstracts of Jacob Martin," 1994, Family Line Publications, Westminster, Md., page 47.
+ "As the Piersol family data have
been recently gathered, after being almost lost, especially their genealogical connection with that of the Col. Jacob Morgan
family, founders of ‘Morgan’s Town,’ I will here give some in detail: - Col. Jacob Morgan was a son of Thomas
Morgan, who died 1740. He was married to Rachel Piersol, of West Nantmeal township, Chester county, about 1740. She died December
19, 1791, aged 68 years, and he died November 11, 1792, aged 76 years, and both are buried in the graveyard at St. Thomas’
Episcopal Church. Rachel Piersol was a daughter of Richard and Bridget Brown Piersol, and Richard was the son of John Piersol,
who died November 8, 1777, aged 100 years, and Alice Piersol, wife of John Piersol, died December, 1789, aged 84 years. Mary,
wife of David Davis, died March 6, 1748, aged 19 years, presumably a daughter of John and Alice Piersol, and John B. Philips
died August 13, 1815, aged 7 years and 4 months. (These data were taken from the grave marks in what remains of the graveyard
established by the family in connection with a pubic school house and of the support of which we have been informed the Piersol
families bequeathed legacies to maintain and keep the same in good repair. But at this time it is much neglected. The school
house has been removed and the proceeds connected with the Loag’s Corner or township high school. There is no fencing
around the graveyard and the gravestones are falling down and are exposed to the plow and the tread of grazing cattle)." [Note:
The connection among John, Alice and Richard doesn’t seem very likely. John’s will lists many grandchildren but
none that match any of Richard’s children.] – "Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County," author
and original publication date unknown, available through Ancestry.com.
RICHARD – c1737-1800, son of Richard
Piersol (c1680s-1753)
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1758 for West Nantmeal, Richd Persall, 1 pound, 10 shillings
– County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1760 for West Nantmeal, Richd
Persoll, 1 pound, 14 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+ Richard Piersal served as a collector
of the Chester County, Pa., tax for 1762 – County tax records from Chester County archives.
+ Chester County, Pa.,
tax list for 1762 for West Nantmeal, Richard Persol, 7 shillings, 9 pence – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
+
Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1763 for West Nantmeal, Richd Pearsal, 1 pound, 6 shillings – County tax indexes from
Chester County archives.
.+ Rich’d Persal, 300 acres, 2 horses, 4 cattle, West Nantmeal Township – 1765 Chester
County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 45.
+ Richard Pearsall, 275 acres, 3 horses,
4 cattle, 4 sheep – 1766 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 174.
+
Richard Pearsall, 350 acres, 4 horses, 6 cattle, 10 sheep, West Nantmeal Township – 1767 Chester County Tax Rates –
"Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 337.
+ Rich’d Pearsall, 350 acres, 3 horses, 4 cattle, 8 sheep,
1 servant, West Nantmeal Township – 1768 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11,
page 484. (Note: "Servants" usually indicated slaves in such tax records.)
+ Rich’d Pearcell, 200 acres, 3 horses,
3 cattle, 6 sheep – 1769 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 609.
+
Rich’d Pearsall, 175 acres, 3 horses, 4 cattle, 6 sheep, 1 servant – 1771 Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania
Archives," Series 3, Vol. 11, page 737.
+ Rich’d Pearsall owned 250 acres, 3 horses, 2 cattle in West Nantmeal Township
– 1774 Tax Chester County Tax Rates. "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 12, page 53.
+ "LAND-OWNERS, 1774.
… Jeremiah Piersoll, … Richard Piersoll, … John Piersall, … Mordeccai Piersall …" History of
Nantmeal in Chester County, Pa. – "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania," by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope," Philadelphia,
1881, page 187.
+ Rich’d Pearsel owned 290 acres, 5 horses, 5 cattle in West Nantmeal Township – 1779 Tax Chester
County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 12, page 142.
+ "Two Hundred Dollars Reward. West Nantmill,
November 1, 1780. Ran away from the subscriber, living in West Nantmill township, Chester county, in the night of the 12th
of October last, a Negroe man, named Dublin, about 35 years of age, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, well set, some of the
fore teeth of the upper jaw out; had on, when he went away, an old brown country made coat and waistcoat, tow shirts and trowsers,
and took with him a red waistcoat. Whoever takes up said Negroe, and delivers him to the subscriber, or confines him in any
goal, so that the owner may have him again, shall receive the above reward. Richard Piersol." – The Pennsylvania Gazette
of Philadelphia, Nov. 8, 1780, as recorded by Accessible Archives, Inc, at the Electronic Text Center of the University of
Virginia Library.
+ Richard Persol listed as renting a pew for 1 pound at Bangor Episcopal Church in Lancaster County,
Pa., in 1781 – "Register of Marriages and Baptisms kept by the Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing," Harrisburg Publishing
Co., 1891, page 11.
+ Richard Peirsol was fined three times by the Chester County militia, probably for failure to appear
for muster. No dates are listed but it is certainly during the Revolutionary War. Quakers and Mennonites refused to serve
for religious reasons. Others sometimes failed to appear for business, agricultural, health or personal reasons. There were
also a few Tories who favored the British. – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 6, pages 191, 192 and 195.
+
Rich’d Peirsol, private in 4th Class of Capt. John Graham’s Company of the 1st Battalion of the Chester
County Militia. No date is listed but the roster falls among records from 1783 – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 5,
Vol. 5, page 502.
+ Bond from Richard Peirsol and others to Mordecai Peirsol, 1780, entered in 1785 in Chester County,
Pa., Deed Book X, page 84.
+ Richard Pearsel owned 290 acres, 5 horses, 5 cattle in West Nantmeal Township – 1780
Tax Chester County Tax Rates – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 12, page 242.
+ Rich’d Persoll, 312
acres, 6 horses, 5 cattle. 1781 tax list for West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. "Pennsylvania Archive," Series 3,
Vol. 12, page 393. Paid 9.1.3, page 511.
+ Richard Piersol, paid 4.10.0 tax in 1785 West Nantmeal Township, Chester County,
Pa. "Pennsylvania Archives," series 3, Vol. 12, page 763.
+ St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church was incorporated on March
6, 1786. Mordecai and Richard Peirsol are listed as vestrymen – "Two Hundred Twenty-fifth Anniversary, 1740-1965, St.
Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Morgantown, Pennsylvania," author unknown, available at Ancestry.com.
+ "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.
+ Richd Pearsel in Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa., in 1790 U.S. Census.
Household contains 2 males 16 and older, 2 males under 16 and 6 females. – "First Census of the United States 1790,
Pennsylvania," Government Printing Office, page 66.
+ Deed of Richard Piersol (executor) to Isaac Trego, 1793, Chester
County, Pa., Deed Book W2, page 183.
+ Bond from Richard Peirsol and others to John Mauger, 1799, Chester County, Pa.,
Deed Book S2, page 14.
+ Richard Piersol, farmer, of Honey Brook, estate filed 1800, File 4772 – Chester County Archives
and Records Service, Wills & Administrations, 1714-1825 at www.dfs.chesco.org.
+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.
RICHARD – b. c1791, son of Peter Piersol (c1760s-1807)
+ Deed of Richard Piersol (executor)
to Mordecai Peirsol, 1818, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book Q3, page 335.
+ Deed to Richard Piersol from Mordecai Piersol
(executor), 1818, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book Q3, page 336.
+ Richard Piersol appears as the head of a household in
Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa., in the 1850 Census. He is listed as a 59-year-old farmer who was born in Pennsylvania.
His property was valued at $5,000. Also in his household were Hannah, age 58, and Oliver, a 20-year-old farmer. Both were
born in Pennsylvania. – 1850 Census information available through www.ancestry.com.
ROBERT (probably
not a Piersol)
+ Robert Piercal is mentioned in Chester County, Pa., court records on the 11th day,
7th month, 1700: "Abraham Beeks preferred a petition to this Court for a Road from his house to the road called
Edgemont Road which this court granted and appoints Daniel Hoop x John Worrile x George Smedley x William Edwards x Randolph
Meling x Robert Piercal to lay out the said Road and made return therof to next Court." However, this record actually seems
to refer to Robert Pennel because that name appears among those who reported back to the court at its next session. Several
of the other names also are spelled very differently in the second record. [Robert Pennel appears frequently in Chester County
court records but this is the only reference I have found to a Robert Piercal in southeastern Pennsylvania.] – "Records
of the Courts Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1697-1710," transcribed by Dorothy B. Lapp and Franes B. Dunlap, pages 67, 69
and 70.
SAMPSON – 1764-1842, probably son of Jacob Piersol (c1739-1780)
+ "On this 6th
day of March AD 1834 personally appeared in open court … Samson Piersal a resident of North Sewickley Township in Beaver
County aforesaid aged about sixty nine years … (asking for a pension for Revolutionary War service with Capt. Joseph
Sipeney in a company of Indian Spies in 1781 and 1782 and Capt. Andrew Hood under Col. Crawford in 1782)
"Interrogatory
1st Where and in what year were you born.
"Answer: in Chester County in Pennsylvania. I think in the year 1764
in June or July. I have now no record of my age. it was lost." – Revolutionary War Pension S.22937, National Archives.
+
"This name, spelled Piersoll, Peirsoll and Peusell, was anciently borne by a Protestant family of France, who fled that country
to escape religious persecution, finding asylum in the mountains of Wales. This was during the seventeenth century, and in
1717 three of the family came to America, settling in Chester county, Pennsylvania, where Sampson Peirsol, the founder of
the Beaver county family, was born. Another branch, headed by William and Grace (Cope) Piersol, settled in Perry Township
Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where he died aged, one hundred years, his wife aged ninety-four years.
"(I) Sampson Peirsol
was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, in 1765, married, and settled in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where his son, Jacob
Scudder, was born October 16, 1786." – "Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pa.," by John W. Jordan,
New York, 1914, page 506. [This is secondary source that is of uncertain reliability.]
SAMUEL – son of
Jeremiah Piersol (d. 1813)
+ 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.
+ Deed of Samuel
Piersol to Joel Marsh, 1823, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book Y3, page 456.
SARAH – b. 1730s, probably
wife of John Piersol (c1735-1757)
+ Estate papers of John Pearsoll filed Dec. 13, 1757, in Chester County, Pa.
Sarah Pearsoll, David Thomas and William Griffith, all of Chester County, bound for 200 pounds. Sarah Pearsoll named administrator.
Inventory taken on Nov. 29 by Fra’s Gardner and Robt Brown. The file does not include any final account papers, which
is unusual for this time and place. – Chester County, Pa., Estate File 1694. Also in "Wills of Chester County Pennsylvania,
1748-1766, Based on the Abstracts of Jacob Martin," 1994, Family Line Publications, Westminster, Md., page 77. [No Piersol
children are mentioned in the Chester County orphans court records at this time.]
+ Chester County, Pa., tax list for 1760
for West Nantmeal, Sarah Pearsall, 5 shillings – County tax indexes from Chester County archives.
SARAH
– daughter of John Piersol (1677-1777)
+ Will of John Pearsoll of West Nantmeal Township. Written April
23, 1773, and proved Sept. 11, 1778. Provides for wife Alice. Plantation where I now dwell to be sold at wife’s decease
and proceeds equally divided between 4 daughters Sarah Porter, Alice Trego, Rebecca Brown and Elizabeth Pearsoll. To granddaughters
Sarah and Mary Pearsoll daughters of son John £5 each. – USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and Administrations 1713-1825:
Chester Co, Pa."
SARAH – b. c1770s, daughter of Jeremiah Piersol (d. 1813)
+ On Sept. 22,
1796, Rev. T.F. Illing conducted the wedding of Samuel Buchanon and Sarah Pearsol, both of Honeybrook Township, Chester County
– "1780-1799 Marriages by Rev. T.F. Illing: St. Peter’s (Lutheran) Middletown & Caernarvon, (Episcopal) Lancaster
Co," at USGenWeb Archives.
+ 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.
THOMAS
– possibly son of Zaccheus Piersol (c1750s-1804)
+ Thomas Persol charged with breaking and entering, May
1815, Docket CCM – "Index to Quarter Sessions Records, Criminal Cases 1681-April 1837," Chester County archives, page
202.
+ Deed of Thomas Peirsol (admin) to George Phillips, 1818, Chester County, Pa., Deed Book P3, page 168.
WILLIAM
– 1748-1848, probably son of Jeremiah Piersol (c1780s-1760s)
+ Wm. Piersoll, 150 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow.
1781 tax list for West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pa. – "Pennsylvania Archive," Series 3, Vol. 12, page 393.
Paid 2.11.1, page 511.
+ On March 5, 1782, Rev. T.F. Illing conducted the wedding of William Piercel, of West Nantmeal
Township, Lancaster County [actually Chester County], and Grace Kop, of Salisbury Township, Lancaster County; the first Feb.
24, in the Forest; the second March 3 at Schweinhert’s; and the third the day of marriage at Mr. Wilson’s. Received
15s. [The German name Kop would be pronounced the same as the English name Cope.] – "1780-1799 Marriages by Rev. T.F.
Illing: St. Peter’s (Lutheran) Middletown & Caernarvon, (Episcopal) Lancaster Co," at USGenWeb Archives.
+ William
Peirsol was fined once by the Chester County militia, probably for failure to appear for muster. No dates are listed but it
is certainly during the Revolutionary War. Quakers and Mennonites refused to serve for religious reasons. Others sometimes
failed to appear for business, agricultural, health or personal reasons. There were also a few Tories who favored the British.
– "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 6, pages 192.
+ William Peirsol, private in 2nd Class of Capt.
John Graham’s Company of the 1st Battalion of the Chester County Militia. No date is listed but the roster
falls among records from 1783 – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 5, Vol. 5, page 501.
+ From an account of the Piersol
family of Fayette County, Pa., in 1912: "This name, spelled both Piersol and Peirsel was borne by an ancient Protestant family
of France who fled from that country to escape religious persecution and found asylum in the mountains of Wales. From thence
in 1717 a branch came to Chester county, Pennsylvania, where William Piersol was born in 1748., died in Perry township, Fayette
county, Pennsylvania, 1848, a centenarian. William with his wife, Grace (Cope) Piersol, then a bride, settled in Fayette county
and in 1784 made his first purchase of land in Petty township. They at first lived in a hastily built cabin and there passed
through all the experiences incident to pioneer life. He prospered and as the frost gave way to cultivated fields built a
very handsome long house that is yet standing. The old farm in Washington Bottom is yet owned in the family. Tradition says
William Piersol served in the revolutionary war. William and Grace Piersol both attained a great length of days, he ding at
one hundred and she at ninety-four years of age." – "Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania,"
John W. Jordan, 1912, page 835.
WILLIAM – b. 1770s, son of Jeremiah Piersol (d. 1813)
+
William Piersol, received warrant for 400 acres land in Berks County, Pa., on March 18, 1794. John 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 Elizabeth Peirsol, widow [of Jeremiah], of Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pa. January 24, 1814, and proved.
April 1, 1814. 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. – "Wills: Abstracts
and Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa.," at USGenWeb Archives.
WILLIAM – uncertain
+
William Peirsol charged with assault and battery, January 1814, Docket CCM – "Index to Quarter Sessions Records, Criminal
Cases 1681-April 1837," Chester County, Pa., archives, page 202.
+ William Peirsoll is listed as the head of a household
in Spring Garden, Ward 1, of Philadelphia in the 1850 Census. His listing says he was 76 years old, had no occupation, had
property valued at $8,000 and had been born in Pennsylvania. Others in his household were: Lydia, age 62; Mary, 29; Henry,
27, a clerk; and Margaret, also 27. All were born in Pennsylvania. [Identified as son of Mordecai by "History and Genealogy
of The Pearsall Family in England and America," by Clarence E. Pearsall, page 1369. However, it seems likely that he was actually
the son of Jeremiah Piersol (d. 1813).]
ZACHEUS – c1750s-1804, son of John Piersol (c1726-1765)
+
Zacheus Piersoll, corporal in Capt. Alexander Martin’s company listed under "A Muster Roll of Militia of Colonel Peter
Grubb’s Battalion of Lancaster County, Capt.. Martin’s Company, for the Camp in Ye Jerseys, August 13, 1776."
– "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 23, page 429-430. A similar records for the same deployment is in Series 5,
Vol. 7, page 800. It mentions Grubb’s unit was the 8th Battalion.
+ Zacheus Peirsol, private in 5th
Class of Capt. James Watson’s Company in the 10th Battalion of the Lancaster County Militia. 1777 –
"Pennsylvania Archives," Series 5, Vol. 7, page 985.
+ Zaccheuas Persil, private in 5th Class of Capt. James
Wotson’s Company in the 10th Battalion of the Lancaster County Militia. 1778 – "Pennsylvania Archives,"
Series 5, Vol. 7, page 992.
+ Zacheus Persol swore oath of allegiance, which was required of all Pennsylvania men during
the Revolution, on June 22, 1778, according to Lancaster County Deed Book L, page 386B – "Lancaster County Pennsylvania
Deed Abstracts & Revolutionary War Oaths of Allegiance," compiled by R. Thomas Mayhill, page 159
+ Will of John Pearsoll
of West Nantmeal Township. Written April 23, 1773, and proved Sept. 11, 1778. Provides for wife Alice. Plantation where I
now dwell to be sold at wife’s decease and proceeds equally divided between 4 daughters Sarah Porter, Alice Trego, Rebecca
Brown and Elizabeth Pearsoll. Plantation bought of Wm. Carruthers and Saml. Culbertson to be sold and money divided as follows
– To granddaughters Sarah and Mary Pearsoll daughters of son John £5 each. To daughter-in-law Bathsheba Pearsoll 5 shillings.
To grandson Mordecai Pearsoll, granddaughter Hannah Pearsoll, grandson Peter Pearsoll, granddaughter Mary Pearsoll and daughter-in-law
Dinah Kennedy 5 shillings each. Remainder to be divided between 4 daughters above named and grandson John Davis son of daughter
Mary Davis and Zacheus Pearsoll son of my son John. To son-in-law David Davis 1 shilling sterling. I release unto son-in-law
Joseph Trego all debts due me from him before 8th March 1771. Executors: Wife Alice, Joseph Trego and Wm. Gibbons. Letters
to Jos. Trego, the others renouncing. Wit: Wm. Trego, Wm. Smith, Samuel Thomas. – USGenWeb Archives in "Abstracts and
Administrations 1713-1825: Chester Co, Pa."
+ Zacheus Piercel, owned no land, 1 horse, 1 cow, and paid 2.5.0 tax in Earl
Township, Lancaster County in 1782. "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 17, page 887.
+ Zachus Percal, a private in
the 2nd Class of Capt. James McConnall’s company of the 5th Battalion of Lancaster County Militia,
1782 – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 5, Vol. 7, page 506.
+ Capt. Zacheus Piersol elected to head 7th
Company of 4th Battalion of the Lancaster County Militia in1786 – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 6, Vol.3,
page 609.
+ Capt. Zacheus Piersol, company commander in 4th Battalion of the Lancaster County Militia, Dec.
6, 1787 – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 6, Vol. 3, page 516.
+ Zaccheus Piersol is listed as living in Earl Township,
Lancaster County in April 1780 and July 1784 – "Abstracts of Lancaster County, PA, Deed Books, Vol., IV," compiled by
Edward N. Wevodau, pages 2, and 59.
+ Zaecheus Perzel is listed as the head of a household in Earl Township, Lancaster
County, in the 1790 Census. His household contained 1 male 16 or older, 3 males under 16 and 4 females. – "First Census
of the United States 1790, Pennsylvania," Government Printing Office, page 131.
+ Zacheaus Piersol was appointed vestryman
at St. John’s Church in Pequay on May 2, 1796 and May 1, 1797 – "Early Church Records of Chester County, Pennsylvania,
Vol. 3," by Martha Reamy, page 156.
+ From a history of the descendants of Jenkins Davis of Lancaster County, Pa.: Jenkins’
daughter Catharine married Rees Davis, and their son Gabriel Davis married Jean Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas. "Their
[Gabriel and Jean’s] oldest daughter, Margaret (1756-1839), married her cousin, Zaccheus Piersol, son of John and Dinah
Piersol, in 1780. They had twelve children, of whom the youngest, Margaret Douglas Luckey, died in 1894, at the age of ninety-two
years. … John, the second son of Zaccheus (May 13, 1783; April 14, 1816), married Catharine Wilson (Nov. 14, 1787, Sept.
23, 1825). They had four children: Cyrus, who was unmarried; Charlotte, married Thomas McCaustand …; Mary, married Dr.
William Jones, of Douglasville, Berks county …; and Margaret (June 14, 1810, July 18, 1898), who married William McCaskey
in 1836. … Dinah, the second daughter of Jenkins Davis, named above, married John Piersol. We have not been able to
go farther back in the Piersol line, which we think is Welsh, though we are unable to fix it with certainty. It may be Scotch-Irish
of Huguenot." – "Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," by J.H. Beers & Co., pages 1519 and 1520.
+
Zaccheus Piersol was buried at St. John’s Episcopal Church Cemetery in Chester County, Pa. He was born in 1764 and died
in 1804. He served in a Pennsylvania unit during the Revolutionary War – "Revolutionary War Soldier Graves: Burials
in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery & Philadelphia Counties," by the Sons of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania
Society, Philadelphia-Continental Chapter, at www.sar.org/passar/graves/n_s.html. [The birth year for Zaccheus must be incorrect
since he is listed as a corporal in 1776.]
+ NOTE: Zacheus does not appear to have left a will in the Lancaster County
or Chester County but his named does appear in western Pennsylvania records. John Peirsol is listed as eldest son of Zaccheus
Piersol, deceased, in the March 1806 term of Allegheny County, Pa., Orphan’s Court. The record concerns 142 acres on
Rarden’s Run in Elizabeth Township. – Docket page 107, #452, as recorded in "Orphan’s Court Docket I, Allegheny
County, Pa., 1789-1820," abstracted by KTH McFarland, page 46.
YORK COUNTY
A Percel family
who lived in York County, Pa., might be of interest to us. It’s conceivable that this family was related to the Peirsols
in Chester County since family members had first names similar to those of some Peirsols in Chester County and the last name
wasn’t too different. If they were related, they probably descend from the eldest Jeremiah.
+ Will of Richard Percel
Sr. of Berwick Township, York County, Pa., was written Feb. 13, 1782 and proved Aug. 20, 1782. Children: Isaac, Richard, Peter,
Rulit, John, Hilgath, Mary, Sarah, Catharine, Hannah and Elizabeth. Executors: Richard Percel and Henry Slagle.
+ Isaac,
Richard, John, Peter and Rudolph/Ruliff Parsil/Percel appear in tax records of Berwick Township, York County, Pa., from 1779
to 1783 – "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 21, pages 111, 227, 449, 565 and 717.
