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Participant Info

Slaveholder
Col Richard Marsham
Locations
Calvert and Prince Geroge's Counties, Maryland
Researcher
Gail Peterson
Researcher Location
VA
Comments
Richard Marsham had an illicit affair with one of the enslaved mulatto females on one of his plantations, by the name of Sarah Pearle. Richard and Sarah Pearle had four known children, Robert, Becky, Sarah, and James. Once freed by Richard Marsham's 1713 will, Robert Pearle became a wealthy planter and enslaver himself. Multiple enslaved were listed in Richard Marsham's will and included to whom they were to be bequeathed.
On-line Tree or Website
Ancestry tree: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/90075538/person/282223869017/facts
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Beyond Kin Researcher?
2

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