Richard Pere (or Peer) married Elizabeth. Richard died and was buried 15 December 1786 in Long Newnton, Wiltshire. Long Newnton is a parish on the border of Gloucestershire. It was historically in Wiltshire, but is not in Gloucestershire.



Elizabeth died and was buried 14 September 1794 in Long Newnton.

Richard and Elizabeth had the following children:

1. Susannah, christened 16 March 1734 in Long Newnton.

*2. Mary, christened 12 October 1737 in Long Newnton; married Robert Cowley 26 August 1765, Rodmarton, Gloucestershire. buried 8 February 1823 in Coates, aged 84 years.



 Christening record for Mary Peer in Long Newnton


3. Richard, christened 5 January 1740 in Long Newnton; buried 6 June 1823 in Crudwell (age 82 years).

4. Anne, christened 28 February 1744 in Long Newnton; married Thomas Bromsgrove, yeoman of Kemble, Wiltshire 1 August 1787 in Long Newnton.


The name Pere is spelled Peer, Pear, and Peare in various records.


SOURCES: Long Newnton parish register; Coates parish register; Rodmarton parish register on ancestry.co.uk.