Following is a timeline showing when the male Piersols of Chester County, Pa., appear in various records. This represents all of the records that I have uncovered for the time period before about 1790.
This will prove helpful in determining chronology and possible relationships. It will also determine whether some of the people listed in "The History and Genealogy of the Pearsall Family in England and America" really existed. Starting in the 1720s, Chester County taxes were collected about every other year. We still have those records and they are an excellent indication of who lived where. The tax man might miss you once but he won't miss you two, three or eight times. If someone fails to appear in the records, he probably didn't live in the area - at least for very long. If you compare these records to the Pearsall history, you'll notice that Volume 3 contains more "Chester County Piersols" than those who actually lived in Chester County.
Brian Bowers
1706 – deed
Edward
1717 – land warrants on same day
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1717 – Edward’s will written
Richard (brother) / Edward / Elizabeth (mother)
1717-19 – Brandywine surveys
John / Richard
1719 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1720 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1721 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1722 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1724 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1725 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1726 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1729 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1730 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1732 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1734 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1735 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1735 – deed
Jeremiah / David
1737 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1739 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1740 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Richard
1747 – taxes
Jeremiah Sr. / John / Richard / John Jr.
1749 – taxes
Jeremiah / John. / Richard / Jeremiah / John
1750 – taxes
Jeremiah / JohnSr. / Richard / Jeremiah Jr. / John Jr.
1753 – Richard’s will
Jeremiah / John / Richard/Bridget
(witness) / (witness) /
1753 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Bridget / Jeremiah Jr. / John Jr.
1754 – taxes
Jeremiah Sr. / JohnSr. / Bridget / Jeremiah Jr. / John Jr.
1756 – taxes
Jeremiah Sr. / John. / Widow / John / Jeremiah / John Jr.
1757 – taxes
Jeremiah / JohnSr. / Widow / John / Jeremiah Jr. / John Jr.
1757 – John’s estate papers
John / Sara (wife)
1758 – taxes
Jeremiah / JohnSr. / Widow / Jeremiah Jr. / John Jr. / Richard
1760 – taxes
Jeremiah / John / Jacob / Sarah / Jeremiah / John Jr. / Richard / David
1762 – taxes
Jacob / Abraham / Jeremiah Jr. / John Jr. / Richard / David / Isaac
1763 – taxes
Jeremiah (?) / / JohnSr. / Jacob / Abram / Jeremiah / John Jr. / Richard / David / Isaac
1765 – taxes
John / Jacob / John Jr. / Richard / David / Isaac
1766 – taxes
Jacob / Abraham / Jeremiah / Dinah / / Richard / David / Isaac
1766 – bond
Jeremiah / Isaac
1767 – taxes
Jacob / Abraham / Jeremiah / Dinah / Richard
1768 – taxes
Jacob / Abraham / Jeremiah / Dinah / Richard
1769 – taxes
John / Jacob / Abraham / Jeremiah / Richard
1770 – Mordecai gets married
Modrecai
1771 – taxes
John / Jacob / Jeremiah / Richard
1771 – Jeremiah dies, miller, no will
Jeremiah
1772 - deed
Jacob / Jeremiah
1773 – John’s will written
Peter / John/Alice / Jeremiah (d) / / John (d) / / Mordecai / Dinah Kennedy
1774 – taxes
John / Mordecai / Jeremiah / Richard
1779 – taxes
Peter / Alice / Mordecai / Jeremiah / Richard
1780 – taxes
Peter / Alice / Mordecai / Jeremiah / Richard
1781 – taxes
Alice / William / Mordecai / Jeremy / Richard
c. 1781 – fined by militia
William / Mordecai / Jeremiah / Richard
1782 – William gets married
William
1785 – taxes
Peter / Alice / Mordecai / Jeremiah / Richard
1785 – Alice’s will written
Richard (son-in-law)
1790 – census
Peter / Mordecai / Jeremiah / Richard
1793 – land warrants in Northamton County on the same day
Mordecai / Jeremiah
1794 – land warrants in Berks County on the same day
William / John
1799 – Richard’s will written
Jacob / John / Richard
1800 – census
Mordecai / Jeremiah / Jeremiah Jr.
1807 – Peter’s will written
Peter / Richard / Mordecai (sons)
1811 – John’s will written
Jacob (brother) / / John
1814 – Elizabeth, widow of Jeremiah, writes will
Moses / William / John / Daniel / Jeremiah / Jeremiah / Samuel
