1612 – 1632) yeoman, settler, born in Wollaton, Nottingham, England was one of the group of English settlers of John Guy's colony at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland who had arrived in 1612, two years after the colony was established.
Pearson was most likely sent by Percival Willoughby to access the agricultural potential of the colony and surroundings.
Pearson had taken part in John Guy's expedition to Trinity Bay to find and make friends with the Beothuk.
The survivors were forced to walk to Carbonear where they found a boat and finally returned to Cuper's Cove.
Pearson had requested of Willoughby his dismissal from the colony, and returned to England in 1613.