My Will
In the Name of the Benevolent Father of all I JONATHAN PIERCE of Chandlerville do make and publish this my last will and testament.

I give and devise to my wife ANN they house and lot we now lev reside in and the household furnishings we have at my decease and further to have a good and respectable living of my former Ann’s natural life or remains my widow.

To my three sons JOHN, LEWELLEN and ANDREW I have given them there shares in land and the (house or horse) no further (elume?) on my State.

To my daughter MARGARET COLE I give and bequeath ten dollars to her and heirs.

To my daughter META ARNITA I give and bequeath fifty dollars to her and heirs and to my three daughters (effa?) SAREY, ANN and AMANDA yet at home, I give and bequeath one Bed and Beding and fifty dollars to each one of them and heirs.

I do hereby nominate my sons JAMES and DAVID executors of this my last will and testament and after having all my (dufle?) and the girls shares.

I give and bequeath to my (said?) sons James and David all my real estate and (herSoma) Property to be equally divided between them and there heirs.

I do hereby revoke all former wills by me made in testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal the fourteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.

Signed and acknowledged by hand
Jonathan PIERCE as his last will
And testament in our presence and Jonathan PIERCE
Signed by us in presence

Lewellen PIERCE
Shirley Howell

* This copy was very hard to read as the ink is faded but typed as read. Information in ( ) are my best guess. My noted state this will was probated 22 Feb 1856.

Not sure if you were looking for info or just posting info, but have this data

Children of LEWIS PEARCE and MARY HOWELL are:
i. SARAH PEARCE, b. January 03, 1775; d. March 21, 1852.
ii. LLEWELLEN PEARCE, b. January 01, 1781; d. June 17, 1856; m. JANE CHAMBERS, April 01, 1800.
iii. JANE PEARCE, b. July 09, 1785; d. June 20, 1861; m. JOHN MOORE, April 08, 1802.
iv. ANDREW PEARCE, b. July 22, 1787; d. July 22, 1822; m. FNU LEEDOW, January 18, 1811.
v. MARY PEARCE, b. November 17, 1790; d. March 29, 1859; m. JOHN TAYLOR, March 06, 1806.
vi. JONATHAN PEARCE, b. October 08, 1792; d. January 15, 1856; m. ANNA IRWINE; b. January 28, 1814.
vii. MARGARET PEARCE, b. July 05, 1797; d. September 05, 1864; m. PHILLIP HOWELL, December 11, 1817.

Yes actually I was just posting. This was among my father-in-laws genealogy things. His 2g grandmother was Susanna Pierce (PEAIRS), who we now know was the daughter of Joseph PEAIRS and Susannah Allen. I think that Joseph was a cousin of Lewis. Their fathers being Elisha and James. I have an excerp from the PEAIRS Family History. If I can be of help, please feel free to contact me.

just more info in case it helps someone

1. JAMES7 PEARCE (JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, RICHARD3, RICHARD2, RICHARD1 PERCY) was born August 18, 1717 in Monmouth Co., New Jersey, and died March 1778 in Elizabeth, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. He married SARAH HORN January 19, 1741/42 in New Jersey, daughter of JOHN VAN HORN and RACHEL WEBBER. She was born March 30, 1721 in New York, NY, and died November 20, 1806 in Columbia, Ohio.

Children of JAMES PEARCE and SARAH HORN are:
i. ANDREW8 PEARCE, b. December 15, 1743; d. 1801; m. ELIZABETH VAN METRE, Abt. 1770.
2. ii. MERCY PEARSE, b. January 29, 1745/46, Bergen, New Jersey; d. Bet. March 28, 1798 - December 09, 1822, Brooke Co., West Virginia.
3. iii. LEWIS PEARCE, b. November 21, 1748; d. August 24, 1825, Muskingum Co., Ohio.
iv. MARY PEARCE, b. December 30, 1749; d. 1750.
v. SIMON PEARCE, b. April 03, 1752; d. Abt. 1820.
4. vi. HANNAH PEARCE, b. September 23, 1755; d. 1835.
vii. MOSES PEARCE, b. September 23, 1755; m. JEMIMA ROBINSON, 1778.
5. viii. SARAH PEARCE, b. September 23, 1761.
ix. JAMES PEARCE, b. December 30, 1762; d. February 18, 1844; m. ESTHER KINNEY, April 16, 1787.
x. STEPHEN PEARCE, b. May 19, 1764; d. November 28, 1810, Columbiana County, Ohio; m. MARY KINNEY, August 29, 1787.
6. xi. JONATHAN PEARCE, b. August 11, 1767; d. 1802, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania