GEORGE PEARSALL, son of Henry Pearsall, is buried in the graveyard on the farm where he lived, and all his people for several generations lie there beside him. Gravestones there are none, the few gravestones there were having some years ago been removed to the yard of the Searingtown M. E. Church. The farm recently became the grounds of a mansion on the edge of the hills overlooking the plains, the owner whereof has planted the old graveyard with a clump of evergreens so that the dead may not be disturbed.

George Pearsall resided at Herrick, Hempstead, L.I., N.Y., near what is now Searingtown. He married Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Robert Williams. The records of Hempstead disclose that she received part of the lands belonging to the property right of her father, Robert Williams, who was one of the original fifty proprietors of the patented town of Hempstead. He was probably brother to *Moyles Williams, whose widow became the wife of Henry Pearsall and mother of George Pearsall, so the latter and his wife were related by Marriage. In the old mouse-eaten book containing the record of the distribution of the land, the names come after each otherin the following order: Robert Williams, Henry Pearsall, Moyles Williams.
The children of Moyles Williams were know on the records as "the family of Persall at Herricks"

Children:

  1. George Pearsall resided at Herricks, Hempstead L.I., N.Y. married --?
    1. Nathaniel Pearsall
    2. Samuel Pearsall
    3. John Pearsall
    4. A daughter married Jacob Fowler
  2. Henry Pearsall resided at Near Rockaway, married Martha--?
    1. Hezekiah Pearsall
    2. James Pearsall
    3. Henry Pearsall
    4. A Daughter
  3. Elizabeth Pearsall
  4. Sarah Pearsall

The Town Records of Hempstead disclose: Record Book 8, page 234. Nathaniel Pearsall , 18th September, 1692, in a deed to his brother Thomas Pearsall conveying to the latter his share of their father's estate, recites as follows:--and a part of ye right of old Rainers which is given to my sd brother and my broth George equal alike which they have taken up land for on ye east side of ye Harbour Path.

Record Book 1, page 383, at a town meeting held at Hempstead June 6th 1682, it was owned and concluded by a major vote of the town that they name and give the Rev. Jeremy Hubard, seventy pounds a year in current pay as it passes amongst us for his yearly maintenance and that he shall have his firewood brought to him free of cost. George Pearsall consented to this except the fire wood which he did not assent to.

George Pearceall signed the address of Queens County freeholders to Governor Lord Cornbury in 1702, congratulating him on his arrival and saying that for near four years we have labored under the utmost calamities, our liberties unprized and properities invaded. (Calendar of State Papers, America & West Indies, Vol. 1702, page 627.)

Taken from Clarence Pearsall book Vol. III pg.1200
*Note: There is no documentation and doubt that this is true.

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