JOSEPH PEASE OF GREAT BADDOW, ESSEX, ENGLAND
and
Robert Pease of Yorkshire, England
The
Pease family has been settled in Hull since the latter part of the 16th
century, originally coming from Great Baddow in Essex. Joseph Pease is the
first known from that lineage. His great grandson, Robert Pease (son of
Robert), about the year 1668, went to Amsterdam, where he proved very
successful in his business transactions. He there married Esther Clifford, who
is said to have been a descendant of the baronial house of Clifford. Joseph
Pease, the third son of this marriage, settled in Hull in 1709, as a merchant,
and resided at Hessle. In 1754 he established the well known bank, one of the
first out of London. He married Mary Turner, and died in 1778, surviving his
wife 50 years. Robert, his son, pre-deceased his father, leaving no lawful
issue, and Mary, the younger and surviving sister, married Robert Robinson,
merchant, of Manchester. She had one son, Joseph Robinson, who, in accordance
with his grandfather's will, assumed the surname and coat of arms of Pease.
This gentleman built the present mansion, Hesslewood Hall, in 1789. He married
Anne Twigge, and died in 1807, leaving, besides other issue, a son, Joseph
Robinson Pease, Esq., J.P., D.L., who succeeded to the estate. He married
Harriet, sister of the late Sir James Walker, Bart.