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From: "Norma Thompson" <>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] Vansweringen, Pierce, Carmicheal
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:29:26 -0800
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Hi, Linda,

I still have Mary as the wife of Robert, too, but I am seriously questioning
that placement. I have come to the conclusion that I consigned John's "Ann" wife
as a Williams based on the "uncle Benjamin Williams" statement in John's will.
But according to the abstract, first John makes "their uncle" Benjamin Williams
the guardian of Jonathan and Mildred, then speaks of his "two youngest children
and wife". That seems like strange wording if Benjamin Williams was related to
those "two youngest".

I can't find any other indication that "Ann" was a Williams. Do you have
anything else that shows that Ann was a Williams?

Bye,
Norma



----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Reno" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] Vansweringen, Pierce, Carmicheal


> I'm not even sure where we are on this anymore, but I still believe that Mary
Evans married Robert Pierce.
>
> Remember that Ann, wife of John Pierce, was Ann Williams, dau. of Jacob
Williams and Elizabeth Van Swearingen, and therefore a half sister of Mary
Evans. Ann Williams' brother was Benjamin Williams, the uncle of John Pierce's
children (as named in his will).
>
> I also have that it was Robert and Mary Evans who named their son, Joseph Van
Swearingen Pierce.
>
> Linda Reno
>
> "Fredric Z. Saunders" wrote:
>
> > Hi Linda and Norma,
> >
> > I agree that Mary EVANS, daughter of John EVANS and Elisabeth VanSWERINGEN
first married John CARMICHAEL. I think the following document will show that
she secondly married John PEARCE, not Robert.
> >
> > Robert PEARCE as listed yesterday married Eleanor, probably VanSWEARINGEN.
She was NOK for the 1737 inventory of Joseph VanSWERINGEN. Her husband Robert
PEARCE in 1755 collected the share of his wife (unnamed) in the estate of Joseph
VanSWERINGEN (the one who died in 1720, not the one above). Robert and Eleanor
named a son Joseph Vansweringen PEARCE.
> >
> > John PEARCE's 1751 account was listed here previously showing his EXECUTRIX
was Ann PEARCE, but nobody listed his will. His will was incorrectly listed in
the *Maryland Calendar of Wills* 9:111 as John PACE.
> >
> > Maryland wills 25:92, FHL microfilm 0,012,851 lists it as John PERCE. In
looking at the will, I can see how someone could have misread in the body of the
will the "er" as an open "a," but the certification by the witnesses showed they
testified to the will of John PEARCE.
> >
> > John PEARCE left a number of bequests to his son Jonathan and daughter
Mildred. They were to have "their unkle" Benjamin WILLIAMS as their guardian.
John then mentioned his wife Ann, son Stephen, with the residue to his wife and
four children. Benjamin WILLIAMS along with John's wife Anne were executors.
> >
> > With Benjamin WILLIAMS stated as uncle this shows that his half-sister Mary
EVANS married John PEARCE. Mildred (age 14 in 1751) and
> > John[athan] (age 12 in 1751) would be her children. Susannah (age 6 in
1751) and Stephen deceased would have been children of John PEARCE's second wife
Ann, who then married James COMPTON.
> >
> > Rick Saunders
> > http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html
>
>

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