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Pease family

 


My husband Scott and I found our first possible common ancestor in the Pease family in England. We are most probably 14th cousins once removed but documentary evidence is lacking. My 13G grandfather John Pease and Scott's 11G grandfather Robert were probably brothers in Great Baddow, Essex ENG. Scott's page, here on our own site, has additional links to a Martha's Vineyard website and several descendant reports on Pease and other related families.
 

My connection to the Pease family in England is not directly to the more familiar branch in Great Baddow, Essex but to a branch in Yorkshire. Information about this Yorkshire branch has been provided to me by Charles E. G. Pease, a descendant of Joseph Pease, the brother of my 6G grandmother Hannah Pease.
 

It appears that sometime before 1540, Edward Pease (born in Essex, probable or possible son of John) moved north to Fishlake, Yorkshire near Leeds. At this point, this is pure conjecture. None of the Pease researchers have yet been able to document this Edward.

  1. Edward 
    1. William - b. 1530 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG d. bef 10 Mar 1598 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG; 1m. 1560 Margaret ___ bur. 27 May 1565 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG 2m. 25 Nov 1565 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG Alicia Clyff bur. 29 May 1601 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG 
    2. Thomas
    3. Richard - chr. 25 Dec 1567 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG bur. 13 Jan 1595; m. 1 Dec 1584 Elizabeth Pearson
    4. Robert
    5. George
      1. Robert - 1m. 17 Nov 1670 Esther Clifford, d/o George Clifford 2m. 31 Jan 1683 in Holy Trinity, Hull Ann Richardson
    6. Arthur

William Pease and his first wife Margaret had two children:

  1. Sibill - b. 12 Oct 1562 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG; m. 30 Nov 1600 Felkirk, Yorkshire ENG Edward Eccles
  2. William - chr. 20 May 1565 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG d. 25 Apr 1586

 

William Pease and his second wife Alicia Clyff had five children born in Fishlake:

  1. Nicholas - b. 1566 d. 1654; m. 22 Jun 1613 Felkirk, Yorkshire ENG Maria Taylor
  2. Maria - chr. 25 Dec 1567 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG

  3. Richard - chr. 25 Dec 1567 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG

  4. Alicia - b. 8 Nov 1568 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG chr.14 Nov 1568 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG

  5. Francis - chr. 9 Jul 1570 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG

  6. Thomas - chr. 20 Apr 1572 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG bur. 16 Jan 1644 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG; 1m. 18 Nov 1604 Alice Guddridge b. abt 1576 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG d. Nov 1606,  2m. 2 Feb 1606/1607 Anna Beaumond. Thomas and Anna had six children:
    1. Isabella - chr. 8 Dec 1611 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG
    2. Thomas - b. 1613 Sikehouse, Yorkshire ENG
    3. William - b. 1613
    4. John - b. 1616 Had 4 children with unknown wife: 
      1. Thomas - b. 1645 d. 1685; m. 1680 Gratia Wright
      2. James 
      3. Francis
      4. Joseph - m. Dorothy ___
    5. George - b. 1621
    6. Nicholas - chr. 7 May 1609 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG

Nicholas Pease and Maria Taylor had five children, all born in Fishlake:

  1. Nicholas - bur. 6 Dec 1657 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG; m. ___ Butler d. 1682 prob Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG
  2. Barbara - b. 1616 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG; m. 30 Jan 1639 Felkirk, Yorkshire ENG Robert Whitacres
  3. Maria - b. 1621 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG d. 1640
  4. George - b. 1624 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG d. 1640
  5. Elizabeth - b. 1627 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG; 1m. 1665 Jonathan Barwick 2m. 28 Oct 1696 John Smith, son of Alexander and Margaret Smith.

Nicholas Pease and ___ Butler, a woman whose given name has not yet been found, had seven children:

  1. Isabella - b. 1642
  2. Nicholas - b. 1643 d. 1650
  3. Nicholas - b. 1647 
  4. William - b. Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG bur. 22 Dec 1692 Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG, 1m. 1666 Mary ___ bur. 11 May 1720 prob Fishlake, Yorkshire ENG, 2m. 22 Feb 1686 Balby, Yorkshire ENG Ann Pearson a widow of West Melton, Yorkshire ENG
  5. Elizabeth - b. 1650 d. 1686
  6. Lucia
  7. Anna

William's first marriage to Mary is referred to in the Yorkshire Friends Register with the listing of their three daughters:

  1. Elizabeth - b. 20 Jan 1672
  2. Mary - b. 5 Feb 1674
  3. Hannah - b. 20 Nov 1675; m. 7 Oct 1701 at Sherborne to Richard Ludome, son of John Ludome (Ludham). I have been unable to locate a death record for Hannah as of yet but it is this Richard Leedham who emigrated to Pennsylvania with at least his two sons and was the progenitor of my Leedom family in America.
  4. Joseph - b. 1676 bur. 24 Sep 1719 Felkirk, Barnsley ENG; m. 3 Sep 1706 Royston ENG Ann Coldwell b. 18 Mar 1681 daughter of Robert Coldwell. Joseph and Ann had five children:
    1. Ann - chr. 18 Sep 1707 Felkirk, Barnsley ENG; m. Richard Downs
    2. Joseph - chr. 28 Jul 1709 Felkirk, Barnsley ENG bur. 24 Sep 1719 Felkirk, Barnsley ENG 
    3. Edward - b. 26 Sep 1711 Shafton ENG chr. 11 Oct 1711 d. 14 Nov 1785 Darlington ENG; m. 2 Oct 1735 Staindrop Meeting, Raby ENG Elizabeth Coates b. 20 Apr 1715 Caselee ENG d. 22 Feb 1783 Darlington ENG, d/o Michael Coates and Margaret Welfoot
    4. George - b. 3 Feb 1715 Felkirk, Barnsley ENG d. 1786 Darlington ENG; m. Hannah Illingworth b. 21 Aug 1719 d. 27 Feb 1796 Darlington ENG
    5. Mary - chr. 23 Apr 1719 Felkirk, Barnsley ENG
  5. William
  6. Nicholas

 

I would love to document all the Leedoms and Peases in Yorkshire during the 17th century but transcripts of the appropriate parish records are difficult to find. Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated! Below is a list of towns in Yorkshire relevant to both families where I believe records could be found.

Place names in Yorkshire England:

Micklefield - about 5 miles east of Leeds
South Milford - 2.5 miles southeast of Micklefield
Burton - possibly Burton Salmon, 4 miles southeast of Micklefield
Sherborn - possibly Sherburn in Elmet, 2 miles east of Micklefield
Fishlake - about 16 miles southeast of Micklefield

 

Excellent research on the Pease family is also being done by several people, notably:
 

Steve Spicer has a wonderfully detailed Great Baddow, Essex Pease Genealogy section on his webpage, including parish register information.
 

Charles E. G. Pease has researched and documented both the Essex and Yorkshire branches but his web site, The Pease Family, appears to be inactive as of 4/29/2000. His father, Joseph Gurney Pease has information on his site about the early Pease family with more family details after their move to Darlington, County Durham.

Steve Lawson has detailed information on the Great Baddow Peases who settled in Salem, Essex MA on the Pease page of his website.



 

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