PEARSON, John of Ullock in Dean (1677-1728)
Not complete. This is beyond my current time range.
Son of Christopher and Eleanor Pearson of Ullock.
Inventory
Perhaps the most intriguing part of his probate is the accumulated savings that the family have made - £77 out of a total of £194 6s 6d.
He's lent £62 out by 'speciality' (i.e. a formal contractual loan) with the remaining £15 being invested in two ships, 1/32 of one, 1/48 (1/3 x 1/16) of the other. This sounds like a sensible peice of financial planning - solid investment with the ships providing an element of risk.
This whole area, close to Whitehaven, was deeply involved in seafaring in one way or another. A direct investment in ships was not unusual - but it would be interesting to know whether these were Quaker owned and operated.
PEARSON, John, Ullock, Dean, Cumberland, 1728 |
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I John Pearson of Ullock in the Parish of Dean and County of Cumberland, yeom, Being well sticken in Age yett of perfect mind & memory Blessed be God knowing the uncertainty of this life that is Appointed for all men, once to Dye, I doe make & ordain this my last will & testament for the Disposle of my Temporal Estate it has pleased the Lord to lend to me In manner and forme as followeth. |
That is to say I give and bequeath unto my Eldest Son John Pearson all my freehold Estate with its appurtenances thereunto belonging and it's freehold Estate with its appurtenances thereunto belonging and it's my further will and mind that my son John Pearson shall pay out of the sd [said] Estate unto my second son Peter Pearson the sume of ten pounds also unto my two youngest sons Jomathan and Joseph Pearson Each the Sume of thirty five pounds when they attain unto the full age of twenty one years and if it happen that my sd son John Pearson Doe Dye before he attain unto the age of twenty one years then it's my will and mind that my son Peter shall pay unto his two younger Brothers each the Sume of forty pounds when they shall have attained unto the age afforsaid |
Item I give unto my son John all my Grates Crocks Cubert table Dresser Screen Clock one Great Arke in the parlour & one Bedstead wch Screen Clock one Great Arke in the parlour & one Bedstead wch stands on the House Loft & one Black walnut Table Gavelock and all my working Iron impleyments |
Item I give to my son Peter Pearson twenty five pounds |
Item I give to my two Daughters Sara[] and Mary Pearson Each forty pounds |
and if any of my sd Children Dye before they attain to the Age of twenty one then it's my will and mind that the share of the Deceased shall be Equally Divided amnogst the Rest |
Item I give to Mary Gill five shillings & all of the Rest & Residue of my Goods Chattles and psonel Estate wsoever I Give unto my loving wife Mary Pearson and my two Daughters Saah & Mary whom I joyne Executrixes of this my last will & testament they paying all my Debts Leg[] & funeral expenses I also apoint my two Brothers Jno Be[ll?] & Wm Woodvill wth Jno Gill as trustees for my Children as witness my hand this 15th Day of April anno Domini 1728
John Pearson [signature] |
Seald Signed & Declared to be his last will & testament in ye presence of
John Bowman [signature] Daniel Fearon [signature] Jno Gill [signature] |