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Mary Pearce

Mary Pearce[1]

Female 1762 - Aft 1850  (87 years)

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  • Name Mary Pearce  [2, 3
    Born 23 Oct 1762  Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Census 3 Aug 1850  Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    1850 US 
    • age 88, white, female, b. Maryland, living in the home of her son-in-law Judge John Jones Milligan
    Name Polly Pearce 
    Reference Number 1144 
    _UID CD073EA2385F4F0583367073BF45E94C7429 
    Died Aft 3 Aug 1850  [3
    Person ID I1144  aojd-demo
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2011 

    Family Judge Moses Levy,   b. 9 Aug 1756, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1826, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage License 13 Jun 1791  Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Issued 
    • Pearce, Mary to Levey, Moses 13 Jun 1791 transcribed from marriage licenses of Cecil County.
    Married 26 Jun 1791  [2
    Children 
     1. Henrietta Maria Levy,   b. 1 Apr 1793,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Martha Mary Ann Levy,   b. 13 Jul 1798, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1889  (Age 90 years)
     3. Infant Levy,   b. 1806,   d. 25 Apr 1806  (Age 0 years)
     4. Matthew Levy,   b. Abt 1807,   d. 24 Mar 1807  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2011 
    Family ID F417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/PADELAWA/2001-07/0994289534
      Philadelphia Will extracts:
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      PEARCE, HENRY WARD. Co. of Cecil, Maryland, but residing part of the year in Philadelphia. July 6, 1808. February 16, 1809. 2.440. To dau. Margaret Pearce an annuity charged upon whole estate known as Poplar Neck in sd. county except such parts as devised to Anna Maria Pearce, widow of Henry Ward Pearce. Also house where they lived adjoining lot formerly occupied by Joseph Hague, since by Thomas Penington. To grandsons Henry and William Pearce, subject to above annuity all lands and real estate in Cecil Co. aforesaid. To nephews Mereus and Henry Capella, land in Morrison Co. Virginia, purchased of Joshia Jacson of Wilmington. Exec. not to rent out his estate, as he expects son Matthew Pearce to reside there. Residue of estate to son Matthew Pearce and dau. Mary Levy. To William and John Read money due from son Matthew Pearce secured to him by mortgage on land near Potsgrove in trust for use of dau.-in-law Mary Pearce. Son-in-law: Moses Levy. To Ann Yardly. To grandchildren Anna Pearce, Emmy Pearce, Henrietta Levy and Marian Martha Levy. Slaves to have their freedom. Exec: Son Matthew Pierce and son-in-law Moses Levy. Witnesses: Thomas Barton Zantzinger, Henry L. Waddell, Thomas Caldwell.
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      PEARCE, MARGARET. Phila. March 12, 1812. May 30, 1812. 4.109. Sister Mrs. Mary Levy. Niece Anna Gertrude Pearce. Bro.-in-law Moses Levy. Martha Levy dau. of sd. Moses. Cousin Dr. Edward Earle. Legacy to Manus Capelle and Joseph Capelle, his bro., to be paid out of legacy devised to her by her bro. Henry Pearce. Cousin Mary Pearce of Cecil Co., now lodging in house of Michael Hague. All residue of her estate to her four nieces: Anna G. Pearce, Emma Pearce, Henrietta Maria Levy and Martha Mary Ann Levy. To Alice an old servant of the family. Execs: Friends James and John Read of Phila., sister-in-law Mary Pearce, Susan R. Eckard, bro. Mathew Pearce. Wit: Rachel Levy, Susan R. Eckard.

    • (Research):AJLLJ Portraits Database 5 Aug 2011

      Born in Cecil County, Maryland in 1756, Mary Pearce married Judge Moses Levy, son of Samson Levy and Martha Lampley Levy, in Philadelphia in 1791. That city, in which they occupied the highest strata of elite Episcopalian society, would remain home for them and for their daughters Henrietta and Martha.
      [6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S285] AOJD & Heritage Muse, Inc., David M. Kleiman, (AOJD-online.net. Heritage Muse, Inc. 165 West End Ave. New York, NY 10023 [email protected]).

    2. [S4] FAJF-Stern, Rabbi Malcolm Stern, (3rd edition updated and revised. n.c.: Genealogical Publishing Company for the American Jewish Archives, 1991.), PG. 154 LEVY I (1) (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S40] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005 United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Seventh Cen sus of the United States, 1850, Washington, D.C.: Nationa l Archives and Records Administration, 1850), YEAR: 1850; CENSUS PLACE: WILMINGTON, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE; ROLL: M432_53; PAGE: 58; IMAGE: 378. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S374] Maryland Genealogies, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980.), VOLUME II PAGE 279-284 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S58] Marriage License - Cecil County MD, US Genweb, (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/md/cecil/vitals/femmarr2.txt), ORDERED BY BRIDE M-Z SURNAMES (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S294] Loeb Jewish Portraits Database, (http://www.loebjewishportraits.com/home.html), LEVY, MARY PEARCE (Reliability: 3).