1. Colonel Richard Pearis was born unknown. He died unknown.
Note : Richard Pearis served in the French and Indian War as a Captain. He was a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War and served first as a Captain and then promoted to the rank of Colonel.
Richard married Rhoda (Indian). Rhoda died unknown.
They had the following children:
+ 2 F i Sarah Pearis was born about 1740 and died on 27 Jul 1794. 3 F ii Margaret ? Pearis was born about 1739. She died 1 on 26 Mar 1815 in Nassau and was buried 2 in Western Cemetery, Providence, Nassau. Margaret married Brigadier General Robert Cunningham, son of John Cunningham, in S.C. or Nassau ?. Robert was born in 1741 in Scotland. He died 1 on 9 Feb 1813 in Nassau and was buried 2 in Western Cemetery, Providence, Nassau. 4 M iii Ensign Richard Jr. Pearis. Richard married 1 Margaret Cunningham on 22 Jun 1790 in Abaco, Nassau (Providence).