Roy: There were Pierces in Middlesex CCPR p.68 Catherine Pierce daughter of Edward and Rebecca born 10 Jan. and bapt.18, March 1715. This is same time period as George Pace son of John of Midd was born. This Edward could be of same age as John of Midd. p.136 Edward Pearce died 12 feb. 1722. (John died 1720) p. 130 Rebecca Pearce died 30 May and was buried 25 May 1718. This person would be close to age of John's wife Elizabeth. If these Pierces were second generation it is most possible that there were Pierces in Middlesex in 1684. Now if we could find Pierce, Pearce, Pearse in same location in England as John of Midd we might find a blood relationship. It would be interesting to see lineage of Pierce who's DNA matches John of Midd. . The difference in spelling is common and name likeness are too. More for your Archive: Also there was a Charles Pierce son of Edward and Katherine born 01, Aug. 1692. -- Edward Pierce and Katherine Humphryes of this parish married 02, Sep.1688 This is 5 yrs before John of Midd purched Nicholls land. Good searching Jack Pace Va.

Gordon has definitely found Pierce in the Shropshire area, and says that sometimes the same person was Pace in one record and Pierce in the other. Here is the pedigree submitted by the Pierce entry that we have: 1. JEREMIAH PIERCE is thought to have been born in 1710 in Essex County, Virginia. (This is an unverified entry.) 2. ISAAC PIERCE was the only known child of Jeremiah Pierce and Elizabeth. He was born in Caroline County, Virginia after 1735. He was living in Orange County, Virginia on July 27, 1783 when he and his wife ANN deeded 100 acres of land to their son FRANCIS PIERCE. It is believed that he died in Orange County prior to 1791? 3. FRANCIS PIERCE (Aug. 1760-Feb. 22, 1853) married about 1782 + ELIZABETH LEWIS, daughter of James Lewis. (LEWIS name not verified) Born in Caroline County, Virginia and moved to Orange Co., Virginia when he was 10 years old. After marriage, they moved to Wilkes County, North Carolina about 1784. In 1801 he sold his land then removed to Cumberland County, Kentucky (later named Clinton, County in 1837) where he had received a Land Grant for 200 acres of land near the Central Grove churchouse, on Spring Creek of the Wolf River and lived there until his death in 1853. 4. JOHN PIERCE (1789-1854) He was born October 11, 1789 on a farm on Kings Creek, Wilkes County, North Carolina and moved with his parents to Cumberland (Clinton) County, Kentucky about 1801. He moved to CHRISTIAN County, Kentucky before 1818, south of Hopkinsville near Church Hill and bought a farm located one mile east of Hebron Church on what is now called the James Roy Cayce farm. This begins the family genealogy of the Pierce Family in Christian County which follows; he served as a Sergeant in the War of 1812, in the 20th Regiment of the U. S. Infantry from March 12,1812 to December 1, 1814. He married SARAH (SALLY) ALLEN, on February 22, 1818 born: January 8, 1799 and died: December 29, 1878 She was born in Alexandria, Virginia, daughter of HENRY ALLEN, Born: September 4, 1773, died: November 6, 1841 and Elizabeth Summers Allen. Born: 1782, Died: 1836 (buried in the Pioneer Graveyard in Hopkinsville, Ky). The Pierce graveyard is located on the James Roy Cayce farm 1.2 miles east of Hebron Methodist Church and is registered with the State of Kentucky Historical Society. 5. GEORGE ROBIN PIERCE born January 10, 1836 He died Aug 19, 1919. + He married ELVIRA MCCLAREN STEGER November 18, 1862. The GEORGE ROBIN PIERCE family lived on the JOHN PIERCE homeplace 1.2 miles east of the Hebron Methodist Church, Christian County, Kentucky. 6. CHARLES LUCIAN PIERCE was born July 23, 1878. He married EDNA ASHTON ADAMS on February 11, 1911. He died April 9, 1958. 7. JAMES ADAMS PIERCE was born Dec 7, 1911. He married ELLEN MCCRAE on April 16, 1935. He died on February 20, 1999. This This recent note from Brad Pierce, coordinator of the Pierce DNA project: Actually, in a more extended version of that pedigree he began with this: "The earliest pioneers in my family arrived in America in 1682 in Piscataway, New Jersey and others in Middlesex County, Virginia about 1684." ========================== Unfortunately this Pierce does not respond to emails, possibly deceased. Roy -----Original Message----- From: pace-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pace-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of paceshire@cox.net Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 10:24 PM To: pace@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACE] Pace/Pearce Roy: There were Pierces in Middlesex CCPR p.68 Catherine Pierce daughter of Edward and Rebecca born 10 Jan. and bapt.18, March 1715. This is same time period as George Pace son of John of Midd was born. This Edward could be of same age as John of Midd. p.136 Edward Pearce died 12 feb. 1722. (John died 1720) p. 130 Rebecca Pearce died 30 May and was buried 25 May 1718. This person would be close to age of John's wife Elizabeth. If these Pierces were second generation it is most possible that there were Pierces in Middlesex in 1684. Now if we could find Pierce, Pearce, Pearse in same location in England as John of Midd we might find a blood relationship. It would be interesting to see lineage of Pierce who's DNA matches John of Midd. . The difference in spelling is common and name likeness are too. More for your Archive: Also there was a Charles Pierce son of Edward and Katherine born 01, Aug. 1692. -- Edward Pierce and Katherine Humphryes of this parish married 02, Sep.1688 This is 5 yrs before John of Midd purched Nicholls land. Good searching Jack Pace Va. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message