Ginny (and Susan) I checked my Bristol and Plymouth VR CDs and di not find any instance of an Abraham Pierce (Peirce, Pearce) marrying a woman named Lydia. LOTS of Pierce's in the CDs, but no Abraham and Lydia together. Sorry. Perhaps another county? Blessings, Father John D >From: "Susan E. Roser" <roser@iprimus.ca> >To: MAYFLOWER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MFLR] Fw: Haskins/Pierce >Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 09:34:37 -0500 > >Ginny, > >I checked Taunton VRs with no luck, then Middleboro - found an Abraham >Pierce & two marriages and children, but no wife Lydia. > >Then started checking other sources for deaths - Middleboro Deaths by Wood >and Old Cemeteries of Southeastern Massachusetts, p.110 - where I found the >deaths of an Abraham Peirce and wife Lydia: > >Abraham d. 24 Nov. 1795, 54th yr. >Lydia, wf of Abraham, d. 23 May 1817, ae 78. > >They are buried in Lakeville in a small cemetery in a field. > >Note that if Lydia was born ca1739 she could not have married Abraham in >1746. > >My next step would have been to check the Bristol co. & Plymouth co. VR CD >however I'm having problems with my CD ROM drive and can't access it right >now. Perhaps someone else with these CDs could do a name search for >Abraham >& Lydia for you. If there is no record of them in Taunton or Middleboro, >perhaps events were recorded in a nearby town. (I've also checked Berkley.) > >Best of luck, > >Susan. >www.rootsweb.com/~canms/canada.html > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ginny Core" <vcore@tctwest.net> >To: <MAYFLOWER-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 4:22 PM >Subject: [MFLR] RE: MAYFLOWER-D Digest V03 #40 > > > > > > On my way to completing Thomas Rogers, I am working on proofs for the > > following and wonder if Richmond Family book would be accepted as a > > proof/source. Does anyone have information on their daughter Lydia > > Haskins and her spouse Abraham Peirce, son of Silas and Anne (Hathaway) > > Peirce. Thanks, Ginny Core > > > > Elizabeth Richmond b Taunton 1716 (MF2:296; MF 19:200) > > d Taunton 1806 (Richmond Family p. > > 47) > > m Taunton 16 Jun 1738 (Richmond > > Family 25, 47 ; NEHGR 117:89:90) > > Abiel Haskins/Hoskins > > b Taunton between 1712-1714 > > (Richmond Family p. 47) > > d Taunton 16 Jun 1788 no proof on > > this > > > > their daughter > > Lydia Haskins b. Taunton 24 Jul 1739 no proof > > d. ? > > m. 18 Mar 1745/6 no source/proof > > Abraham Peirce b. Taunton ? > > d. Myrick, MA 24 Nov 1805 no > > source/proof > > > > _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail