Welcome to a
Pease Genealogy
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To clarify the first few generations of Pease's to America beginning with the immigration
of the brothers John and Robert Pease in 1634 aboard the ship Francis.
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To help clarify the English Ancestry of these brothers by an examination of the
parish registers of their English parish of St. Mary's in Great Baddow, Essex County.
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To provide a brief description of the major sources used in these pages and other
resources yet to be examined. |
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To provide a "Cousins" page to which descendants can contribute their
line and make contact with others.
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The American Pease Immigrant Family:
Existing genealogies, the LDS Ancestral File, and town historians have confused
the descendants over the years for several understandable reasons. The two brothers,
Robert and John Pease, went their separate ways after leaving Salem and over time
the two branches knew little of the other. But chiefly, the descendants used the
name John and Robert for about four generations, and these individuals, especially
in Enfield, Connecticut, were the town founders and progenators of the line. To
illustrate this, the following chart was created by removing everybody NOT
named John or Robert for five generations following John "The Clothier":
As one can see, the sons and grandsons of Robert and Lydia Pease founded the town
of Enfield and have produced the majority of the American descendants of John "The
Clothier." Much more information on both lines is in the Register Report
on this website which begins with John's son Robert Pease (1565-1623), the father
of John and Robert who immigrated in 1634.
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The above chart is also an interactive map to the individuals in the register report.
Clicking on the family will take you to that family. The page may take a bit to
load, so wait until it finds the proper bookmark. |
Sarah Pease - Accused Salem Witch - 1692
A summary of an article on a 'famous' colonial Pease ancestor. |
 That the American branch of the Pease family originates
from Essex, and Great Baddow, is fairly certain. But in reality, firm documentation
as to the English Ancestry of the Pease line only goes back several generations
into the records, and the American relationship to the English branch may never
be known for sure. The English branch has been described by Charles E.G. Pease on
his web pages (see the "Cousins page") and it includes some very interesting
"fathers" of the English Industrial Revolution.
The lineage presented by Philip Rice in his book on the Pease
family goes back to Robert Pease "The Smythe" who lived between about
1485 and 1550, but whose existence is only told by an entry in the parish register
of the burial of his wife Joan: "Joan Pease, widow late the wife of Robert
Pease was buried 25 February 1552". Two earlier burial entries indicate
daughters, but it is even presumptions to state that the entry "John Pease
Smythe was buried 13th October 1556" is that of his son. The family
of John Pease "Smythe" is a bit more certain, and the lineage gets even
firmer in the next generation, but the fact remains that no records exist further
than 1540. For the serious student of this, I have placed not only Philip Rice's
version of the lineage online with annotations and notes, but also the register
as he published it. There is more about this subject on those pages, links to which
follow.
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Fifty-six entries of the Pease surname in the
Great Baddow Parish Register, 1540-1632
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The Essex, England 16th Century Wills containing
the Pease Surname.
Also included is the will of Richard Hyches - the father-in-law of John "The
Clothier".
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The Parish Church
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Baddow Today
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Sources Page
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Cousins Page
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