The Elusive Ezekiel Pearce & His Sister, Nancy Pearce Sargent

In my most recent post, I started sharing a little about my Pearce side of the family, and the part these pioneers played in settling the small town of Oswego, in Kendall County, Illinois.

In today's post, I wanted to share a little information about two of Daniel Pearce's (Sr.) older children that did not travel to the Illinois area with the rest of the family....That I am aware of!

I have been transcribing a few pages at a time of a book titled "A Partial List of the Descendants of  Daniel Pearce, born 1760" written by Charles Gilbert Pearce, assisted by Bernice Adell Pearce, in 1934.

Since there are very few copies and I cannot find a digital version on the internet, I had decided to continue sharing some portions of it here to help fellow family historians, if I can.

(I highlighted my line in yellow. Also, I used bulleted/numbering systems, at times, for ease of reading. I am listing some basics on each of the children here from the book, and will continue following each of them in future posts.)
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Daniel, Sr. - Born 1760. The early part of his life was spent in the vicinity of Elk Ridge Landing, Maryland. Daniel married Ann “Nancy” Ankers on 5 Feb. 1782 (Pierce as recorded in List of marriages, Baltimore County). The Ankers family came from Ireland, and “Nancy” was in born 1763.

Today, I will concentrate on the two oldest of Daniel and Nancy's children, and their families.

1.) Ezekiel was born in 1783, while the family stll resided in Maryland. Married Sally Provost. One daughter. Sally Pearce was born about 1807 in Virginia. Ezekiel died in 1808 in Virginia. No further record. (pp. 3, 8)

In this day and age of having everything at our fingertips, I would love to tell you that I have found more information on Ezekiel and Sally. I am a researcher by nature, and love solving a good mystery.

However, all my tried and true magic tricks for conjuring up ancestors have still brought me up empty-handed. If anyone finds more information on the elusive Ezekiel Pearce and his family, I would be eternally grateful!

2.) Nancy. Born 1785 in Maryland. Married Mr. Sargent. Two daughters. (p. 3).

On page 8 of our Descendants book, the author gives us only the information that Elizabeth Sargent married a Waller and had six children.

He then states that her sister, Sally Sargent, married a Davis and had five children.

On page 18, we are given a list of these eleven grandchildren of Nancy Pearce Sargent. With notes included from the book, they are as follows:

*Frances Ann Harbour

* Mary A. Waller

*Sarah J. Waller

*Luke Eldridge Waller

*Elijah Waller

*Elisha Waller

(Above six lived from about 1820 to 1890.)

*Colvin Davis

*Hulda Davis

*John Davis

*Tabitha Davis

*Elizabeth Davis

~ (Above five lived from about 1820 to 1890. Said to be cousins of Noah Davis.

A Noah Davis lived in Champaign County, Ohio, and a Judge, Noah Davis
presided at the trial of "Boss" Tweed, in New York) ~

As you will see when we move on to Ezekiel and Nancy's siblings, the author
of this book does a fairly thorough job of reporting what he know on each
generation. When he was given additional information at a later date, it was
added as an addendum.

So, the fact that Ezekiel's family ends with his immediate family and his
sister's family ends with her grandchildren leaves me puzzled. In addition,
the fact that I am having absolutely no luck in finding anything more leaves
me completely baffled.

** Stay tuned for more information about the Pearce family!

Sources:

Pearce, Charles Gilbert; assisted by Bernice Adell Pearce. A Partial List of the Descendants of  Daniel Pearce, born 1760. Compiled 1934.