[1] The land on which the cemetery is located consists of, on the east, a small part of Matthew Pearce's grant dated 1795 [Reg.

169(3)] (portion 209 of 65 hectares (160 acres)) and a larger part of Matthew Woodward Pearce's grant dated 1835 [Bk.

[1] Matthew Pearce arrived as a free settler on the Surprize in 1794 and was granted land that he called King's Langley (from which the nearby suburb takes its name).

In 1835 the Commissioner of Claims reported that Matthew Woodward Pearce was entitled to the land surrounding and including the cemetery.

His will leaves the land to his widow Eliza until her death, then to their youngest son Phillip Augustus Pearce.

Phillip Augustus died in 1919 and according to his death certificate, he is buried in the family cemetery but there is no monumental inscription to be seen.

In 1988 there was a proposal for acquisition by the Roads & Traffic Authority for all the land surrounding, but excluding, the cemetery.

[1] The first documentary proof of a burial is on the death certificate of Henrietta Fletcher (second daughter of William Thomas Pearce) who was buried there in December 1888.

[5][1] The Pearce Family Cemetery is situated on a rise almost at the highest point of the land on Seven Hills Road North and is surrounded by paddocks.

The adjacent granite obelisk dedicated to members of the Archdall family is a most prominent landmark.

[6][1] As at 19 April 2005, a small family burial ground, historically important because it contains the remains of Matthew Pearce, the district's first settler, and the graves of his descendants.

[7] The cemetery has associations with the Pearce family, who also owned nearby Bella Vista Farm, Seven Hills.

[8][9] The location of the cemetery on the Old Windsor Road indicates the important role of the road for communications between the local settlers and the rest of the colony, especially the markets for their produce, and of the importance of the family who displayed their genealogical relationships and sense of place in such a publicly prominent mode.

[1] The Pearce Family Cemetery was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

[1] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Pearce Family Cemetery, entry number 00593 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.