Jonathan Pearsall was born about 1771, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. He married Margaret Cullin on 22 February 1790, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons.
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English (West Midlands):
habitational name from Pearshall in Staffordshire. The placename probably derives from Old English pise, peosu ‘pea’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’.
occasionally a variant of Purcell .
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