Jane Pearson

Jane Pearson or Jane Sibson (1735 – 20 March 1816) was a British Quaker minister and diarist.

Life Pearson was born in Newtown in Carlisle in about 1735. Her religious parents were Jonathan and Jane Sibson. She took notes on her life as she read the scriptures, which she found enjoyable. She wrote about the pain of losing her father and her understanding of God. Her mother was protective of her education and she employed a tutor so that she could be taught at home in line with their beliefs. Quakers were expected to have a "plainness of speech, behaviours and apparel".

In the year after her death, her writings were assembled into a book and published. This is the major source of her life. Some of her letters covering 1784 to 1821 are in the local records library.