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plained by there being good reason why lands should 

 only be held by men who would be available for the 

 defence of the island or the condu6l of its affairs. Any- 

 how, the advanced female of this fin de siecle would 

 have writhed under such a law. 



The following relate to the family of PEERS or Peaksii, 

 at one time of importance in Barbados, members of which 

 along with their connections the Hawleys, and others 

 took active part in the events recorded by Mr. Darnell 

 Davis in his " Cavaliers and Roundheads in Bar- 

 bados " :— 



1640, 3 July.— Thomas Peire sellsto John Greenhill 

 60 acres of land in St. Andrew's Parish, bounding upon 

 Robert Ellis leeward and Adam Lee windward, at 

 the Tarr River Heids^ with the appurtenances, &c, 



James Pearce (Peers ?) of B/dos, Planter, sells to Ann Glover of B/dos, 

 Spinster 20 acres of land, part of what was laid out by Capt John 

 .... 15 Feb. 1642, butting on Capt. Berringer & Henry Mills, north & 

 east of my Lord Carlile's land " the corner trees marked with an X" 

 That the title is good, he binds himself in a penalty of 6000 lbs of good 

 merchantable cotton, 



Dated 2 March, 1642, 



James Pearce. 

 Witness 

 Jo. Still 

 Elichard Chen (?) 



Ented. loth Jan. 1643 

 Memorandum, That I Henry Pearce, (Peers) of the City of London 

 Merchant, doe assign & set over Katherine Johnson my late servant 

 unto Mr. John Dyer for the time and terme of 4 years & no more. 



Dated 15 December, \6<\2- 

 Henrv Pearce, 

 Witness 



Robert Mills 

 Rees David. 



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