Blankthere were several pierces living in clarion county, pennsylvania and living in close proximity to each other. this would suggest that that were perhaps related. all were reportedly born in pennsylvania unless otherwise indicated. in the 1850 census: peter age 65 b. ~ 1785 (in the 1840 census, peter was 40-50 years old) new york isabella age 46 b. ~ 1804 samuel 20 b. ~ 1830 mary ann cooper 60 b. ~ 1834 elizabeth 14 b. ~ 1836 john r. 12 b. ~ 1838 i. v. (initials only) 10 male b. ~ 1840 (could be j.v.) isabella 7 b. ~ 1843 catharine 5 b. ~ 1845 1850 pa census page 11, clarion county, clarion township 1850 joseph 61 b. ~ 1789 pennsylvania jane 60 b. ~ 1790 rachael 44 b. ~ 1806 james 27 b.~ 1823 martha 22 b. ~ 1828 sarah 3 b. ~ 1847 (james and martha and sarah might be a family and perhaps james is son of joseph) 1850 pa clarion county clarion township page 21b 1840 census (heads of family only) jacob age 20-30 b. 1810-1820 john age 30-40 b. 1800-1810 joseph age 40-50 b. 1790-1800 and all three families were right next to each other in clarion county probably this 1840 joseph is the 1850 joseph 1840 pennsylvania armstrong county, clarion township, page 84 peter pierce, 1 male 0-5, 3 males 5-10, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 30-40 john pierce male 20 to 30 (him), 2 females under 5, 1 female 20-30 joseph pierce 2 males 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 2 females under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30. 1 female 40-50. 1830 pa armstrong county, clarion township, page 227 (heads of family only) peter pierce, 1 male 0-5, 3 males 5-10, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 30-40 john pierce male 20 to 30 (him), 2 females under 5, 1 female 20-30 joseph pierce 2 males 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 2 females under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30. 1 female 40-50. 1830 census pa, clarion county, in 1850, george wetter age 45 b. ~1805 in bavaria age 35 in the 1850 census lived with sarah age 38 b. ~1812 (daughter of joseph, probably) 25 in the 1850 census jane e. age 8 b. ~1842 mary 5 b. ~1845 sarah e. 3 b. ~1847 barbara 4 months b. 1849-1850 pa clarion county clarion township page 21b 1860 pennsylvania, clarion county, mill creek township, page 6 on ancestry, census page 336 1860 edward pierce 44 b. ~1816 elisabeth 41 b. ~ 1819 jane 22 b. ~1838 harvey 17 b. ~1843 isaak 13 b. ~1847 james 11 b.~1849 elisabeth 9 b.~1851 1850 pa clarion county, clarion township, page 15 1850 johnston c. 24 b.~1826 mary jane 22 b. ~ 1828 willard 11 months b. 1849 1850 pa census page 10b, clarion county, clarion township joseph 36 b. ~ 1814 sarah 27 b. ~1823 amanda 13 b.~1837 benjamin 10 b.~1840 r. (initial) 8 b. ~1842 e. e. (initials) 4 b.~1846 mary 1 b. 1849 1850 pa census page 16, clarion county, clarion township 1850 census c. w. johnson age 17 b. ~1833 (no state designation) living with william frampton age 47 and mary age 43 1850 pa census page 17, clarion county, clarion township 1850 census david 28 b. ~ 1822 lovina 24 b.~1826 james 5 b.~1845 harvey j. 3 b.~1847 mary e. b. ~1849 1850 pa clarion county, elk township, page 240 peter b. ~1785 reported in the 1850 census could have been a brother of joseph b. 1789 does anyone recognize these families? suzanne hamlet shatto

Suzanne- You are doing a wonderful job. Thank you. I haven't found a connection to my Pierce but it's very interesting reading. Pat O'Sullivan Corona

You don't worry Suzanne, my thoughts exactly as Linda said, if it pertains to the Pierces' or any variant, then seems fine to me. Now, I have an Elizabeth Pearce, b. 1857, d. 1935, not sure where she was born, but possibly Jefferson Co. PA. She married a William Alfred Pierce, b. 5 Dec. 1855, d. 1927., William was born most likely in Clarion Co. Mill Creek PA . Is there anyone on this list who may recognize these names? Laurie PIERCE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote:> ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 PIERCE-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 26 Today's Topics: #1 [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Re:[PIERCE- ["Linda Stineff" #2 [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Daniel Pier [Buch419@aol.com] #3 [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Danie Pierc [Tlshel@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from PIERCE-D, send a message to PIERCE-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. Contact the List Coordinator, ltlbit@mindspring.com if you have any questions. To post a message to the list please enter PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com in the TO: line. Thanks -- There is great information on the mailing list at http://www.rootsweb.com/ Click on Mailing Lists ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 09:14:06 -0600 From: "Linda Stineff" To: PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Re:[PIERCE-L & Variants] more on daniel 4,and a daniel pierce gene. Hi Suzanne, I for one would like to hear what ever you have on any Pierce families. This is a genealogy list and as long as we post things on that subject there should no one objecting. Hang in there. Have a great day. Linda(PIERCE) Stineff in Louisiana ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:50:54 EST From: Buch419@aol.com To: PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Daniel Pierce Suzanne - Thank you for all the information you sent on Daniel. Unfortunately, I don't think he is my line either. I THINK I am descended from the Little Compton Pearce/Pierce family. Richard Pearch b. in Waltham Abbey, Essex County, England, d. 1678, Portsmouth, RI. m Susannah Wright d. 1678. They had 11 children of which #10 is George, b. 10 July 1662, m. Alice Hart in 7 Apr 1687 and d. Sept 1752 in Little Compton, RI. They had 5 children. #3 is James b. 4 Sept. 1691, d. 24 Sept. 1755, he married Martha Wilbore. They had Giles, b. 23 March 1722, m. Mercy Rouse and d. July 1792. They had James, b. 15 Aug. 1755 m. Phebe Wood July 1763. James died July 1820. They had (we believe) Sarah (Sally) b. 7 Dec 1787 in Little Compton, RI, married Peter Hazelton in Jun 1817 and died in Homer, Calhoun, MI on 14 Jan 1852. We are trying to verify that this Sally (Sarah) was indeed a daughter of James and Phebe Wood Pearce. I would appreciate any help. Janet ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:36:45 EST From: Tlshel@aol.com To: PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Danie Pierce line Suzanne - Please don't stop posting. This is my Daniel Pierce/Peirce line and I appreciate all your efforts!! Terri --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more

Not entirely sure how this list works, I am wondering if there are people on this list who do lookups? If there is someone who might do that, I am looking for the family of a Sarah Pierce, she lived in Clarion Co. Mill Creek PA, born abt. 1828. The 1840 census is what I am interested in, am wanting to find who her parents were. If someone is so kind as to take the time to do this, if you would reply to my email address: cloud4me@yahoo.com I have family from the Mill Creek area, so it seems like a good chance she is related. Laurie --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more

Suzanne - Please don't stop posting. This is my Daniel Pierce/Peirce line and I appreciate all your efforts!! Terri

Suzanne - Thank you for all the information you sent on Daniel. Unfortunately, I don't think he is my line either. I THINK I am descended from the Little Compton Pearce/Pierce family. Richard Pearch b. in Waltham Abbey, Essex County, England, d. 1678, Portsmouth, RI. m Susannah Wright d. 1678. They had 11 children of which #10 is George, b. 10 July 1662, m. Alice Hart in 7 Apr 1687 and d. Sept 1752 in Little Compton, RI. They had 5 children. #3 is James b. 4 Sept. 1691, d. 24 Sept. 1755, he married Martha Wilbore. They had Giles, b. 23 March 1722, m. Mercy Rouse and d. July 1792. They had James, b. 15 Aug. 1755 m. Phebe Wood July 1763. James died July 1820. They had (we believe) Sarah (Sally) b. 7 Dec 1787 in Little Compton, RI, married Peter Hazelton in Jun 1817 and died in Homer, Calhoun, MI on 14 Jan 1852. We are trying to verify that this Sally (Sarah) was indeed a daughter of James and Phebe Wood Pearce. I would appreciate any help. Janet

Hi Suzanne, I for one would like to hear what ever you have on any Pierce families. This is a genealogy list and as long as we post things on that subject there should no one objecting. Hang in there. Have a great day. Linda(PIERCE) Stineff in Louisiana

i don't know why you are quarrelling with me. i just posted some of the hits i got from nehgr, typed in the articles. i am looking for a daniel pierce in my line. this is a public service that i am doing. i don't think this is my daniel pierce. so i don't know a lot about it and can't answer any questions about it. i identified that purpose in my first post, but i will identify it in all subsequent posts. i can't vouch for the truth or falsity of any of it, am just typing. i haven't received any other email about what i have been doing. i don't know if anyone else wants me to stop doing it. i had intended to do some more searching tonight and type in some more stuff. suzanne hamlet shatto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillip Lawson" <plawson@wingnet.net> To: "Suzanne Shatto" <shamlet@earthlink.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 6:06 AM Subject: Re: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] more on daniel pierce 4, and a daniel peirce genealogy > Suzanne, I think most of this started in N.Y. to Pa. N.J. then Va. Daniel > Pierce in this line mother was a Browder. Is this some of that messed > up genealogy by the leagle beagles? Phillip > -----Original Message----- > From: Suzanne Shatto <shamlet@earthlink.net> > To: Phillip Lawson <plawson@wingnet.net> > Date: Monday, March 03, 2003 8:48 PM > Subject: Re: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] more on daniel pierce 4, and a daniel > peirce genealogy > > > >i am posting information from the new england historical and genealogical > >register. do you think your pierces were in new england? > > > >i have tried to source everything. > >i don't think i have run across my daniel pierce yet, but i haven't really > >examined what i have been typing. i figure i will look at my sent mail to > >start eliminating possible daniel pierce matches. > > > >suzanne hamlet shatto > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Phillip Lawson" <plawson@wingnet.net> > >To: "Suzanne Shatto" <shamlet@earthlink.net> > >Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:00 AM > >Subject: Re: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] more on daniel pierce 4, and a daniel > >peirce genealogy > > > > > >> Dear Mrs. Shatto. I have some information on a Mrs, Browder Pierce > >> of early Va. with a son Daniel who later come into N.C. from Va. to > >> what is now Greene Co. Tn. Is this info correct? Lewis Pierce his son > >> was my GGgrandfather. Phillip > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Suzanne Shatto <shamlet@earthlink.net> > >> To: PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com <PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Date: Monday, March 03, 2003 6:02 AM > >> Subject: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] more on daniel pierce 4, and a daniel > >peirce > >> genealogy > >> > >> > >> >Blankv 61 p. 396 > >> >Notes and Queries > >> > > >> >The following letter of thomas woods of groton, mass., containing facts > >> >entirely new to those who are studying the families therein mentioned, > >was > >> >found in the files of the court of sessions of middlesex county, for > >july, > >> >1718: > >> >dated groton november 24, 1718. > >> >worthy sir: > >> >you may remember that ye last court of genel sefsions of ye peace holden > >at > >> >concord for sd county; i put in a petition refering to ye maintenance of > >my > >> >honored father samuel woods late of groton deceased &c. praying as > >herein > >> >set forth upon the hearing of which the court ordered that ye children > >and > >> >grandchildren of my said father should be summoned to attend a hearing > at > >> ye > >> >next court to be holden at charlestown in december peset as you will > find > >> >apparent by said petition on file and the order of court thereupon. now > >> sir > >> >thefe are to desire you to make out a summons consonant to the said > order > >> of > >> >court for thomas woods nathaniel woods samuel barron & abigail barron > >alias > >> >woods his wife john nutting junr & mary nutting alias woods his wife all > >of > >> >groton aforesd & children of said deceased. thomas tarbell, william > >> >tarbell, samuel tarbell, daniel pearce, nathaniel woods junr. daniel > >woods > >> >samuel woods sarah woods, john solindine & susannah solindine alias > woods > >> >his wife, daniel shead & abigail shead als pearce his wife john > >chamberlain > >> >and abigail chamberlain alias woods his wife all of groton aforesd & > >jofeph > >> >willard & elizabeth willard alias tarbell his wife and john gofs & mary > >> gofs > >> >als woods his wife of lancaster in ye county aforesd and grandchildren > of > >> >said deceased. and send the same up by the bearer enoufh lawrence who > >will > >> >satisfy you for your so doing. pray sir fail not to gratify me in this > >> >perticular, and you will much oblige your > >> >Very Humble Servt > >> >thomas woods. > >> > > >> >the petition, which was signed by hannah woods for thomas woods her > >> husband, > >> >and presented in august 1718, together with an earlier petition referred > >to > >> >therein, which was signed by thomas tarbell (a son-in-law of samuel > >woods, > >> >sen., of groton, deeded to his son samuel woods, jr., of groton, > november > >> >20, 1703, all his property, under an agreement that samuel, jr., was to > >> >maintain it and give one-quarter part of all receipts from it to the > >> father; > >> >but samuel, jr., died in 1718, and his heirs neglected and refused to > >abide > >> >by the agreement, so the court ordered, under the petition of 1714, that > >> all > >> >the children and grandchildren of samuel, sen., should share in his > >> support. > >> >the petition of 1718 states that the order of 1714 was not complied > with, > >> >that the father, samuel sen., deceased, came to live with the petitioner > >> >about three and a half years since, and that he died two years and > eleven > >> >months afterward, an aged and helpless man with no means to live upon, > >and > >> >it prays that the petitioner be reimbursed, by the family, for his > >support. > >> > > >> >v. 63, page 168 York County Marriage Returns > >> >1788 march 15 meads furbush and mary goold both of kittery by daniel > >> pierce. > >> > > >> >1788 april 16th by daniel pierce esquire, none. > >> > > >> >(apparently people licensed to be able to marry people had to report > that > >> >they performed no marriages. perhaps daniel was the town clerk?) > >> > > >> >v. 63 page 170 York County Marriage Returns > >> >return made that danl pierce esquire has joined none in marriage by may > >> 28th > >> >1789. > >> > > >> >v. 64 page 34 The Woods Family of Groton, Mass. > >> > > >> >this is the woods genealogy, along with details about each person. > >> >1. samuel woods, whose parentage and ancestry are unknown, was a member > >of > >> >the train-band at watertown, mass., in 1653 (middlesex county court > >files, > >> >1653), and later lived in cambridge, mass., where he married, sept 28 > >1659, > >> >alice rushton, whose parentage and ancestry are also unknown. in 1662 > he > >> >moved to groton, mass., where he was an original proprietor owning an > >> >eleven-acre right, and there resided until the destruction of the town > in > >> >king philip's war., mar. 1675-6, when he returned to watertown. in 1677 > >he > >> >signed the agreement, made at concord, mass., to resettle groton, and > the > >> >following year went back to groton, where he died about jan., 1717-18, > as > >> >appears in a court petition (see NEGHR v. 51, p. 396 note), and where > his > >> >wife died april 17 1712. > >> >both he and his wife were born about 1636, according to their > depositions > >> >made in 1676 (butler's history of groton, p. 84). > >> >children: > >> >2. i. samuel., b. at cambridge 3 jan. 1660-1. > >> >3. ii. thomas b. at groton ? mar., 1663. > >> > iii. elizabeth, b. at groton sept 17 1665; m. 12/1/1686, thomas > >tarbell; > >> >d. jan 24 1717. > >> >4. iv. nathaniel, b. at groton march 25 1667-8. > >> > v. mary b. at groton aug. 2 1670; m1 eleazer parker; m (2) january > >> 1706-7 > >> >as his second wife, john nutting jr. > >> >(i am typing what it says. i think the second wife is a second husband) > >> > vi. abigail b. at groton aug. 19 1672; m1 daniel pierce; m2 samuel > >> barron > >> > vii. hannah b. at groton sept 18 1674; d. unm. sept 29 1703 > >> > viii. john b. at watertown march 4 1676-7; d. young. > >> > > >> >(the only thing i can conclude is that the genealogist was not following > >> the > >> >daniel pierce/abigail wood line or there were no children) > >> > > >> >v. 68 p. 219 Dorchester First Church Baptisms > >> > > >> >april 1 john pierce's son daniel pierce was baptized in 1753. > >> > > >> >v. 68 p. 311 Dorchester First Church Baptisms > >> >august 8 1779, jonathan pierce the reverend's son daniel pierce was > >> >baptized. > >> > > >> >v. 70 p. 7 Albert Harrison Hoyt > >> >this appears to be a biography/obituary. > >> >"colonel hoyt was fond of the bible, shakspere, and the best of classic > >and > >> >english literature, and he was a fluent and ready writer. among his > >> >compilations worthy of note are "A Sketch of the Life of Hon. Joshua > >> >Henshaw, with Brief Notices of Other Members of the Henshaw Family," > >> >"Necrology of New England Colleges for the Academic Year ending in > 1868", > >a > >> >memoir entitled "William Plumer, Senior", a biographical sketch entitled > >> >"The Rev. Thomas Bradbury Chandler, D. D., 1726-1790", "Pepperrell > >Papers, > >> >with Sketches of Lt. Gen. the Honorable James St. Clair, and Admiral Sir > >> >Charles Knowles, Bart.", "Daniel Peirce, of Newbury, Mass., 1638-1677, > >and > >> >his Descendants", "Brief History of the Register", ... > >> > > >> >(the history of daniel peirce was printed in the NEGHR v. 29 p. 273-281 > >> july > >> >1875) > >> > > >> >v. 29 p. 273-281 Daniel Peirce, of Newbury, Mass., 1638-1677, and his > >> >Descendants communicated by Albert H. Hoyt, A.M. > >> > > >> >1. Daniel Peirce, blacksmith, the founder of the Peirce family of > >Newbury, > >> >Mass., and Portsmouth, N. H., came from Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England, > in > >> >1634, in the ship Elizabeth, at the age of 23 years. he first settled > in > >> >watertown, mass., of which town he was a proprietor in february, 1636-7. > >> >what family relation, if any, he bore to other individuals of the same > >name > >> >then settled in watertown does not appear. it is probable that he > >married > >> >there, and prior to 1638. only the christian name of his wife has been > >> >ascertained. he was made a freeman may 2, 1638, and removed to newbury > >the > >> >same year. daniel and sarah peirce had: > >> >2. i. daniel, b. may 15 (? 1638, in watertown). > >> >3. ii. joshua, b. in newbury, may 15, 1642. > >> > iii. martha, b. in newbury, february 14, 1648-9; m. col., thomas > >noyes, > >> >of newbury, dec. 28, 1669. thomas noyes b. aug. 10, 1648, was the sixth > >> >child of the rev. james noyes, who emigrated in 1634, and was the > >colleague > >> >of his relative the rev. thomas parker, of newbury, from 1635 till his > >own > >> >death, oct. 22, 1656. they had: 1. sarah, b. sept 14, 1670; 2. martha, > >b. > >> >feb. 24, 1672-3; 3. daniel, b. aug. 30, 1674. she d. sept 3, 1674. her > >> >husband m. elizabeth greenleaf, sept. 24, 1677, and they had eight > >> children. > >> >(coffin's hist. of newbury, 312.) > >> > > >> >the town-records of newbury show that a sarah peirce was there married, > >> >august 24, 1659, to caleb moody, son of william the first of that family > >in > >> >newbury; and that she died in that town on the 25th of may, 1665. > coffin > >> >says she died august 25, and gives the names and dates of the birth of > >> their > >> >children as follows: 1. daniel, born april 4, 1662; 2. sarah, born july > >> 28, > >> >1664. there cannot be much doubt that sarah, the wife of caleb moody, > >was > >> a > >> >daughter of daniel and sarah peirce, and that she was born in watertown. > >> >sarah, the wife of daniel peirce, died july 17, 1654. his second wife > was > >> >ann milward, widow of thomas milward, mariner, who resided first at > >> >gloucester, but removed to new bury as early as 1636 or 1637, and died > in > >> >boston, september 1, 1653. coffin thinks that he was the thomas milward > >> mate > >> >of the ship hector, who complained, in june, 1636, that the king's > colors > >> >were not displayed at the fort in boston harbor; but savage expresses a > >> >doubt. the marriage of daniel peirce and ann milward took place in > >newbury, > >> >december 26, 1654. > >> >ann milward was the youngest daughter of elizabeth goodale, of yarmouth, > >> >england, by her second husband john goodale. by her first husband, mr. > >> >taylor, she had one daughter susannah, who married abraham toppan (or > >> >tappan), the first of the family of that name in newbury, 1637. by her > >> >second husband, goodale, she had three daughters: 1. elizabeth who > >married > >> >john lowle (lowell), who was of newbury in 1639. 2. joanna, who married, > >> >first john oliver, of newbury, in 1639, and second, april 17, 1645, > >captain > >> >wiliam gerrish, of newbury, in 1649, by whom she had ten children. 3. > >ann > >> >who married, first thomas milward, and second daniel peirce, above > named. > >> >by the last named, ann had no children; by her first husband she had > >three > >> >daughters, viz: ann, b. nov. 1, 1642; rebecca, b. in 1643; and > elizabeth, > >> b. > >> >in 1544 (obviously this is 1644). > >> > > >> >from various sources we collect the following infomration about daniel > >> >peirce, senior: > >> >march 4, 1645, "there was granted by the towne of newbury to daniel > >peirce > >> >twelve akers of upland which the said daniel peirce requested, promising > >he > >> >would remain with us in newbury as long as he liveth unlesse hee should > >> >return to old england." (town records) > >> >at the close of the summer of 1665, says coffin (history of newbury), by > >> >invitation of governor carteret, of new-jersey, several persons went > from > >> >newbury and settled in a township, which, in honor of the reverend john > >> >woodbridge, of newbury, was called woodbridge. of these emigrants some > >> >returned; others remained, and became distinguished both in civil and > >> >military life. among them were captain john pike, ancestor of gen. > >zebulon > >> >m. pike, killed at the battle of queenstown in 1812; thomas bloomfield, > >> >ancestor of joseph bloomfield, for some years governor of new-jersey; > >john > >> >bishop, senior and junior; john haynes, henry jaques, george march, > >stephen > >> >kent, abraham toppan, jr., elisha ilsley, hugh march, john bloomfield, > >> >samuel moore, nathaniel webster, john ilsley. > >> >governor cateret, john ogden and luke watson, on the 21st of may, 1666, > >> says > >> >the hon. william a. whitehead (coll. of new-jersey his. soc. vol. i.), > >> >"entered into an agreement with daniel peirce and his associates for > >> >settling two townships; and on the 11th of december, 1666, in > >consideration > >> >of 80 pounds sterling, they transferred to peirce for that purpose > >one-half > >> >of the tract, 'known as arthur cull [achter kol] or amboyle' [amboy], as > >> >originally granted by governor nicolls; extending from the raritan to > >> >rahawack [rahway] river, and running back into the country, according to > >> the > >> >indian deed. this deed was confirmed by another of similar tenor, dated > >3d > >> >december, 1666, on the back of which peirce endorsed the names of those > >> >interested with him in the grant, 'that is for the accommodating of the > >> town > >> >now called woodbridge;' he to have the first choice. his associates were > >> >joshua peirce [his son], john pike, john bishop, henry jaques, and hugh > >> >march of newbury; stephen kent of haverhill; robert dennis of yarmouth, > >and > >> >john smith of barnstable in new-england. on the same day peirce was > >> >commissioned deputy-surveyor to lay out the bounds of woodbridge. on > the > >> >1st of june, 1669, he and his associates receive da charter. ... on the > >> >18th of december, 1666, a week after he obtained his first conveyance, > >> >peirce transferred to john martin, charles gilman, hugh dunn, and > >hopewell > >> >hull, one third part of the land he had thus acquired, and they and > their > >> >associates founded the town of piscataway, so named after the region in > >> >new-hampshire and maine bordering on the piscataway or piscataqua river. > >> >in 1668 daniel peirce was a member of governor carteret's first council. > >> he > >> >returned to newbury as early as 1670, and took part in the bitter and > >> >protracted church controversy between the "parker party" on the one side > >> and > >> >the "woodman party" on the other, which excited public attention > >throughout > >> >new-england. (coffin's hist. of newbury, 72-112.) > >> >daniel peirce died november 27, 1677. his will, dated nov. 12, 1677, > and > >> >proved march 26, 1678, makes daniel sole executor, "desiring him to doe > >for > >> >his brother joshua's children as he shall see in his discretion meet to > >be > >> >done for them; mentions his "marriage agreement with ann, my wife;" and > >> >gives to his "wife's son-in-law, thomas thorpe, a farm in woodbridge > >> >new-jersey, situated upon row [rahway] river, joining to john bishop's > >> >land." > >> >his second wife ann (milward) died november 27, 1690. her will, dated > >> "nov. > >> >4, 1681", and proved "22(2) 1691," mentions her "brother [in-law] > richard > >> >lowle" [lowell], her "daughter rebecca thorpe" and "daughter elizabeth > >> >peirce" and makes her "son-in-law, danield peirce", executor. inventory > >> >dated "nov. 27, 1690." this thomas thorpe of ipswich was married to > >> rebecca, > >> >daughter of thomas and ann milward, in boston, may 27, 1656, by governor > >> >endecott. > >> >2. col. daniel peirce (daniel1 and sarah) was prominent in the civil, > >> >ecclesiastical, and military affairs of newbury. like his father, he > >> >supported the rev. thomas parker in the church troubles, in 1665-1672. > >at > >> a > >> >legal meeting of the town held ampril 19, 1682: "there was voted to go > to > >> >ipswich to subscribe according to the court order about mr. mason's > >clayme, > >> >captain daniel peirce, mr. richard dummer, sergeant [tristram] coffin, > >> >sergeant [caleb] moody, mr. john woodbridge, mr. henry sewall, nicholas > >> >noyes." at a county court held march 30, 1686, "captain daniel peirce," > >> and > >> >others, "are commissioned to be magistrates by the court." october 21, > >> >1868, "the committee chosen to divide and lay out the [common] lands > were > >> >captain daniel peirce" and others. dec. 1, 1686, "captain daniel peirce > >> and > >> >captain stephen greenleaf, senior, were added to the deacons as > overseers > >> of > >> >the poor." march, 1690, "the committee of newbury appoint the house of > >mr. > >> >abraham merrill to be a garrison house and request him with all > >convenient > >> >speed to fortify his house. daniel peirce, captain." > >> >robert pike thus writes in the year 1690: "captain peirce, captain > noyes, > >> >captain greenleaf, and lieutenant moores with the rest of the gentlement > >of > >> >newbury, whose assistance, next under God, was the means of the > >> preservation > >> >of our towns of salisbury and ames bury in the day of our distress by > the > >> >assaults of the enemy." October 18, 1700, "voted that a pew be built > for > >> >the minister's wife by the pulpit stairs [in the new meeting-house], > that > >> >colonel daniel peirce should have the first choice for a pew, and major > >> >thomas noyes shall have the next choice, and that colonel daniel peirce, > >> >esquire, and tristram coffin, esquire, be impowered to procure a bell of > >> >about four hundred pounds weight." > >> >up to 1701, only two houses had been erected on the banks of the > >merrimack > >> >in newbury. one of them, owned by dr. humphrey bradstreet, stood near > >the > >> >head of hale's wharf; the other, owned by col. daniel peirce, was > farther > >> >south. the old stone house, the oldest in newbury, built as early, > >> >probably, as 1660-70, and the farm on which it stands, were the property > >of > >> >col. daniel peirce. they are now owned by edward h. little. > >> >colonel daniel peirce was a deputy to the general-court in 1682 and > 1683; > >a > >> >member of the council of safety in the revolution of 1689; justice of > the > >> >inferior court of common pleas for the county of essex, 1698-1703; and > >> >representative under the new charter, 1692-1703. he married, december > 5, > >> >1660, elizabeth, born in 1644, daughter of thomas and ann milward. > >> > > >> >the registry of deeds at salem shows that a daniel peirce, smith, had > >wife > >> >katharine in 1651. if her husband was either of the two daniels > >mentioned > >> >above, he must have been daniel. > >> > > >> >note about thomas thorpe: he and his wife removed to woodbridge, n. j. > >and > >> >left descendants there. > >> > > >> >Colonel Daniel Peirce and Elizabeth had: > >> >i. daniel b. dec. 20, 1663. he died sept. 2, 1690; his daughter joanna > >> died > >> >sept 15, 1690 and his wife joanne died sept 16, 1690. at a court held > at > >> >ipswich, sept. 30, 1690, letters of administration were granted to capt. > >> >daniel peirce on the estate of his son daniel, deceased. inventory of > >> >daniel pierce, junior, who deceased september 2, 1690, and his widow, > >> >joanna, who deceased september 16, 1690, were presented by capt. daniel > >> >peirce, september 30, 1690. > >> > > >> >ii. anne, b. may 22, 1686; probably first wife of simon wainwright, of > >> >haverhill, who was killed by the indians august 29, 1706. > >> > > >> >4. iii. benjamin b. feb. 20, 1668-9. > >> >5. iv. joshua b. october 16, 1671. > >> >6. v. thomas b. may (blank), 1674. > >> >vi. martha, b. feb. 26, 1676-7; d. aug. 3, 1732; m. november 2, 1702, > >> >william johnson of newbury, born 2(12) 1678-9, son of isaac of > >charlestown. > >> >they had: 1. elizabeth, b. aug. 17, 1703; 2. martha, b. nov. 17, 1704, > >d. > >> >oct. 17, 1717; 3. william, b. may 13, 1706; 4. mary, b. sept. 14, 1708; > >5. > >> >mary, b. oct. 22, 1709; 6. moses, b. aug. 1, 1711; 7. nicholas, b. march > >> 19, > >> >1714-15; 8. eliezer, b. may 11, 1718. > >> > > >> >vii. sarah, b. oct. 3, 1679. > >> >7. viii. george b. march 5, 1682-3. > >> >ix. mary, b. april 14, 1685. > >> >x. john b. oct. 16, 1687. > >> >xi. katharine, b. sept. 18, 1690. > >> > > >> >the will of col. daniel peirce, dated august 12, 1701, proved may 8, > >1704, > >> >mentions "elizabeth my dear wife," sons joshua, thomas george and john, > >> >son-in-law simon wainwright, grandson john wainwright, daughters martha, > >> >sarah, mary and katherine, "cousin joshua son of my brother joshua > >> >deceased", "cousin sarah bradstreet daughter of my brother joshua > >> deceased", > >> >and makes "my son benjamin my true and lawful heir and sole executor". > >he > >> >died in 1704, and his widow, december 9, 1709. his monument in the > >> >grave-yard of the first parish of newbury gives the date of his death as > >> >april 22, 1704, and his age as 66; and pays him the following tribute: > >> >"here lies interred a soul indeed, > >> >whom few or none excelled, > >> >in grace if any him exceed, > >> >he'll be unparallelled." > >> > > >> >3. joshua (daniel1), born may 15, 1642, removed with his father to > >> >woodbridge, n.j., in 1665 or 1666, and died there near the close of the > >> year > >> >1670. he was married may 7 1668, to dorothy pike, born november 11, > >1645, > >> >daughter of major robert pike of salisbury, mass, by his wife sarah > >> sanders. > >> >they had: > >> >i. sarah, b. in woodbridge, march 18, 1668-9; m. in newbury, dr. > humphrey > >> >bradstreet of that town, who was a son of moses of rowley, and grandson > >of > >> >humphrey of ipswich, who came to new-england in 1634, with daniel1 > >pierce. > >> >they had 1. dorothy, b. dec. 10, 1692, m. oct. 16, 1711, nathaniel > >sargent; > >> >2. joshua b. feb. 24, 1694-5; 3. sarah, b. jan. 14, 1696-7, m. dec. 9, > >> 1714, > >> >the rev. john tufts of newbury; 4. humphrey, b. 1700, d. young; 5. > >daniel, > >> >b. feb. 13, 1701-2; 6. moses, b. feb. 17, 1707; 7. betsey, b. may 16, > >1713, > >> >m. aug. 30, 1731, rev. william johnson, probably son of william and > >martha > >> >(peirce) johnson. dr. humphrey bradstreet was b. jan 6, 1669-70, and d. > >may > >> >11, 1717. his widow m. captain edward sargent of newbury?, june 9, > 1719. > >> >8. ii. joshua, b. jan. 14, 1670-1. > >> > > >> >4. benjamin (daniel2, daniel1) born february 20, 1668-9, married lydia > >> >(blank). they had: > >> >i. daniel, b. august 6, 1693; d. august 25, 1693. > >> >ii. charles b. feb 3, 1694-5. > >> >iii. elizabeth b. nov. 14, 1696. > >> >iv. daniel b. oct. 11, 1698. it is probable that the daniel who died > >nov. > >> >27, 1729 was his son, and that the mrs. elizabeth peirce, who died dec. > >2, > >> >1729 was his wife. > >> >v. benjamin b. june 13, 1700. > >> >9. vi. john b. nov. 7. 1793 > >> >vii. humphrey, born march 23, 1705-6. > >> >viii. joseph d. may 26, 1708. > >> > > >> >benjamin peirce, esq., died may 19, 1711 (could be 1714). the following > >> >verses are upon his tombstone in the grave-yard of newbury (oldtown): > >> >"pillar i' th' state he was, > >> >bid fair still > >> >at greater things; > >> >to all ye knew him well, > >> >pattern of vertue, > >> >kind to all was he, > >> > > >> >loued by his frinds, > >> >feard of his enemie. > >> >embalmed in tears, > >> >enney itselfe stood dumb; > >> >soacht frmo ye world, > >> >in times most troublesome." > >> > > >> >5. joshua (daniel2, daniel1), born october 16, 1671, and joanna gerrish > >> were > >> >published as intending marriage december 5, 1703. she is supposed to > >have > >> >been a daughter of moses gerrish, and granddaughter of captain william > >> >gerrish of newbury. they had: > >> >i. anne b. oct. 14, 1704 > >> >ii. joshua, b. jan. 25, 1705-6. > >> >iii. mary b. oct. 15, 1707. > >> >iv. henry b. may 27, 1710. > >> >10. v. samuel, born prior to feb 1717-18. > >> >vi. moses born prior to feb. 1717-18. > >> > > >> >administration of joshua's estate was granted in february, 1717-18, to > >his > >> >brother-in-law joseph gerish. and division of estate was made in 1736 > >> among > >> >the above named children, except anne, who was probably dead at that > >time. > >> > > >> >6. thomas (daniel 2, daniel 1), born in may, 1674, was married to > >mehitable > >> >frost, january 5, 1697-8. they had: > >> >i. john b. nov. 5, 1698 > >> >ii. mary b. jan. 4, 1702-3. > >> >iii. sarah b. july 14, 1704 > >> >iv. hannah b. june 9, 1706 > >> > > >> >7. george (daniel 2, daniel1) born in newbury, march 5, 1682-3, removed > >to > >> >portsmouth, n. h. and was married to elizabeth langdon of that town, > >march > >> >28, 1706. she was a daughter of tobias and mary (hubbard) langdon, and > >was > >> >born nov. 17, 1687. they had: > >> >i. elizabeth b. may 15, 1708. > >> >ii. george b. aug. 17, 1712; married jerusha furber, of newington, march > >> 25, > >> >1738. > >> >iii. sarah b. march 25, 1718. > >> >iv. tobias b. oct. 18, 1719. > >> >v. mehitable b. dec. 18, 1722. > >> >vi. mary b. march 24, 1726-7, twin > >> >vii. martha b. march 24, 1726-7, twin. > >> >viii. dorothy b. july 11, 1728. > >> > > >> >george was married to his second wife, mary hunking of portsmouth > january > >> >10, 1733-4. > >> > > >> >8. joshua (joshua2, daniel 1) born in woodbridge, n. j. january 14, > >1670-1, > >> >is presumed to have returned to newbury soon after the death of his > >father, > >> >with his mother, who subsequently married john knight, of newbury. > after > >> >ineffectual attempts to recover the estate of his father in new-jersey, > >> >joshua removed to portsmouth, n. h., about the year 1694. he was > married > >> to > >> >elizabeth, daughter of joseph hall, of portsmouth, january 24, 1694-5. > a > >> >brief sketch of his life is given in the historical and genealogical > >> >register, vol. 28, page 369. his valuable record of "births, marriages > >and > >> >deaths in portsmouth" from 1706 to 1742, was published in the register, > >> >vols. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. they had: > >> >i. sarah, b. april 30, 1697. she m. 1 september 21, 1721 john winslow, > >of > >> >boston, son of john and abigail (atkinson) winslow, b. dec. 31, 1693, d. > >> >oct. 13, 1731, at sea. they had: > >> >i. sarah b. aug. 2, 1722. she m. 1 john west (? son of richard and > >hannah > >> >west, b. march 26, 1697), a merchant in boston in partnership with > >> alexander > >> >hill. he d. intestate prob. march 22, 1749-50. (note: john west of > >> >salisbury m. elizabeth goldthwait of boston, oct. 21, 1736). his widow > >> gave > >> >bond as administratrix, april 4, 1750. his widow gave bond as > >> >administratrix, april 4, 1750. the inventory is dated may 28, 1750. as > >> >sarah deming, she rendered her second account april 13, 1753. among the > >> >items is the following, which supplies a fact in regard to colonel > samuel > >> >moore's death, which, we believe, has not hitherto been published: "a > >long > >> >cloth cloak mr. west directed coll. samuel moore to buy for me in > london, > >> as > >> >appears by his letter dated nov. 8, 1748, but did not come by reason > that > >> >coll. moore died in london. 5. 10s. sterling ls. 7. 6. 8." she credits > >> >herself with sums paid to elizabeth peirce, john winslow, joseph green, > >> jr., > >> >samuel langdon, abigail green and susannah peirce; and charges herself > >with > >> >sums due from mary west, sanderson west, william king, nathaniel peirce, > >> and > >> >mary moore. the inventory also mentions "land in canterbury, n. h." > the > >> >widow m. (2( john deming, a merchant of boston, february 27, 1752, and > d. > >> >mar. 10, 1788; he d. between april 21, 1796 and may 9 1797. his will, > >> dated > >> >april 21, 1796 was proved may 9, 1797. he gives his land, house and > >> >furniture in central court, newbury street, to his wife during her life, > >> and > >> >after her death to "john avery, jr., son of my nephew, john avery, esq., > >> >secretary of the commonwealth"; "to my nephew samuel gridly, son of col. > >> >richard gridly, one hundred dollars; to his sister mary leonard one > >hundred > >> >dolars; to his sister jane hunt, a ring of ten or twelve dollars price." > >> the > >> >remainder of his estate he gives to his nephew, john avery, esq. > >> >2. john, b. march 5, 1725-6; m. eliza mason, sister of deacon johnathan > >> >mason of boston and had 1. john b. sept 29, 1753; 2. sarah b. april 12, > >> >1755; 3. elizabeth b. sept. 14, 1760l > >> >3. joshua b. jan. 23, 1727; lieutenant in captain light's company of > col. > >> >samuel moore's regiment at louisburg in 1745; m. jan. 3, 1758, anna > green > >> >his cousin; was commissary-general to the brith army in north america, > >and > >> >d. in quebec in 1801. they had 1. george scott, b. nov. 14, 1758; 2. > >anna > >> >green, b. nov. 29, 1759. > >> >in 1749 this mrs. sarah winslow m. 2 doctor nathaniel sargent, and d. > >aug. > >> >21, 1771. i here seem to have been two doctor nathaniel sargents of > >> hampton > >> >and portsmouth. the younger was an assistant surgeon at louisburg in > >1745. > >> > > >> >ii. joseph b. feb. 21, 1698-9; a noted physician, appointed chief > surgeon > >> of > >> >the louisburg expedition. after his return to practice in portsmouth, > he > >> >was seized with the smallpox and d. feb. 7, 1747-8. he m. sarah reed > and > >> >had 1. elizabeth; 2. ann m. joseph barrel; 3. susan m. samuel jarvis. > >> > > >> >iii. joshua b. october 31 (?30), 1700; d. aug. 13, 1754. > >> > > >> >iv. anna b. sept 10, 1702; d. dec. 28, 1770, m. dec 28, 1727, joseph > >green, > >> >b. dec. 12, 1703. he was a son of the rev. joseph and elizabeth > >(gerrish) > >> >green, of salem village, now danvers, mass. joseph the son was a > >> successful > >> >merchant of boston, where he owned a large estate. in 1740 he was one > >of > >> >the three grantees of a large tract of land in the county of franklin, > >> mass. > >> >afterward known as the "green and walker grant". he was a magistrate by > >> >commission from gov. shirley in 1756, and gov. bernard in 1761. he took > >an > >> >active part in the politics of his time, and gave his sympathy and > >support > >> >to the colonists in their controversy with the british ministry. he d. > >> july > >> >1. 1765, and his wife d. dec. 28, 1770. they had: > >> >1. anna, b. oct 4, 1728; m. joshua winslow of marshfield, mass., jan 3. > >> >1758; 2. joseph b. feb. 7, 1729-30; 3. joshau, b. may 17, 1731; h. c. > >1749; > >> >m. hannah, dau. of ebenezer and mary(edwards) storer, of boston; 4. > >> >elizabeth, b. july 17, 1732; 5. edward b. sept. 18, 1733; m. mary > storer, > >> >april 14, 1757; 6. elizabeth, b. oct. 12, 1734; m. ebenezer storer > >(brother > >> >of hannah and mary above mentioned), july 11, 1751; 7. charles b. nov. > >30, > >> >1735; 8. (blank) stillborn may 12, 1737; 9. henry b. june 9, 1738; 10. > >> >mitchelson, b. march 19, 1740-1; 11. george b. oct. 13, 1742; a merchant > >of > >> >boston; m. nov. 15, 1769, katharine aspinwall, of brookline; 12. susanna > >b. > >> >july 26, 1744; m. oct. 18 1769 her cousin, francis green, a son of > >benjamin > >> >green of halifax, n. s. > >> > > >> >v. elizabeth b. may 31, 1705; m. the hon. john osborne of boston; d. > june > >> 9, > >> >1764. mr. osborne was a councillor from 1731 to 1740, and from 1742 to > >> >1763, and was one of the committee of supplies for the louisburg > >expedition > >> >of 1745. > >> > > >> >vi. mary b. oct. 29, 1707; d. march 2, 1752-3; m. colonel samuel moore, > >of > >> >portsmouth, a distinguished shipmaster. he was one of the masonian > >> >proprietors; commanded a regiment of new-hampshire troops at the taking > >of > >> >louisburg in 1745; and was one of the grantors of new-breton (now > >andover), > >> >n. h., the original name of which was emerystown. he died in london, in > >> >1749 (8. i. 1). the regiment sailed from portsmouth march 23, 1745. > >> > > >> >11. vii. daniel b. may 2, 1709. > >> > > >> >12. viii. nathaniel b. jan. 7, 1711-12. > >> > > >> >ix. margaret, b. june 25, 1714; d. june 9, 1764; m. nov. 24, 1737, col. > >> >benjamin green, a brother of joseph (8, iv) before mentioned. he was in > >> >mercantile business in boston until the year 1745, when the expedition > >> >against louisburg took place, in which he acted as military secretary to > >> >gen. william pepperrell. he filled other "offices of honor and > >> >responsibility" at louisburg until 1749, when he removed to halifax, n. > >s. > >> >there, also, he held important public offices. they had: > >> >1. margaretta, b. in boston; m. john newton of halifax; d. in 1763; 2. > >> >benjamin b. in boston; d. in 1793. several of his sons were officers in > >> the > >> >british army and navy; 3. francis b. in boston, august 21, 1742 (8. iv. > >> 12); > >> >d. in medford, april 21, 1809; 4. charlotte b. in boston; m. henry > >newton, > >> >collector of customs for nova scotia; d. in 1782; 5. charles b. in > >halifax; > >> >6. edward mitchelson b. in halifax; 7. edward cornwallis b. in halifax. > >> > > >> >for further particulars in regard to joseph and benjain green and the > >> family > >> >to which they belong, the reader is referred to the paper entitled > >> "percival > >> >and ellen green" in the historical and genealogical register xv. 105, > >> >contributed by samuel a. green, m.d., from which paper chiefly, the data > >in > >> >regard to joseph and benjamin green have been drawn. > >> > > >> >joshua peirce's first wife died january 13, 1717-18, aged 44; and on the > >> 5th > >> >of march, 1718-19, he was married to elizabeth wade of dover, n. h. he > >> died > >> >february 7, 1742-3, aged 72. > >> > > >> >9. john (benjamin3, daniel2, daniel1), born in newbury, november 7, > 1708; > >> >married november 30, 1730 sarah adams of kittery me. they had: > >> >i. sarah, b. july 24, 1731. > >> >ii. lydia b. oct. 30, 1735. > >> > > >> >10. samuel (joshua3, daniel2, daniel1) married mary (blank). they had: > >> >i. samuel d. sept. 30, 1822, aged 83. > >> >ii. stephen d. may 12, 1812 aged 71. > >> >iii. mary, m. nathan poor; d. april 29, 1823 aged 79. > >> >13. iv. enoch b. jan 12, 1753. > >> > > >> >11. daniel (joshua3, joshua2, daniel1) born in portsmouth, may 2, 1709 > >was > >> >graduated from harvard college in 1728. he married ann, daughter of > john > >> >rindge, of portsmouth, october 29, 1742. he died december 5, 1773; she > >> died > >> >october 19, 1748. a sketch of his life is given in the memoir of col. > >> >joshua w. peirce (register, ante, vol. xxviii. p. 369). they had: > >> >i. ann b. oct 21, 1743; m. thomas martin of portsmouth; d. july 6, 1811. > >> >they had 1. joshua b. dec. 17, 1770; 2. susanna b. april 12, 1772; 3. > ann > >> b. > >> >dec. 9, 1773; 4. charlotte b. nov. 25, 1779. > >> >ii. joshua b. nov. 3, 1744; d. july 16, 1748. > >> >14. iii. john b. aug. 19, 1746, d. june 14, 1814. > >> >iv. joseph b. june 25, 1748; d. in alton, n. h. sept 12, 1812; a > >> >representative in the congress of the united states for the years 1801 > >and > >> >1802. resigned; a farmer, unmarried. > >> > > >> >12. nathaniel (joshua2, daniel1), born in portsmouth january 7, 1711-12; > >> >married december 20, 1744, ann jaffrey, b. october 26, 1723, daughter of > >> >george and sarah (jeffries) jaffrey. they had: > >> >i. nathaniel. > >> >ii. george > >> >iii. sarah, who married march 3, 1774 col. joshua wentworth (son of > >> daniel4) > >> >and grandson of lt. gov. john3), b. jan. 4, 1741-2. she d. oct. 1807; > he > >> >died october 19, 1809. they had 14 children: 1. sarah; 2. joshua; 3. > >ann > >> >jaffrey m. samuel larkin; 4. joshua; 5. charles; 6. george; 7. joshua; > 8. > >> >elizabeth m. william bodget; 9. sarah; 10. geo. peirce; 11. daniel; 12. > >> >sarah; 13. george peirce; 14. adeline. > >> > > >> >nathaniel peirce, the father, died august 17, 1762, and his widow > married > >> >2nd the hon. leverett hubbard, december 6, 1760, and died december 17, > >> 1790. > >> >judge hubbard was born about 1724 in bristol (then in mass. now in r. > >i.), > >> >and died in portsmouth, n. h., january 2, 1793, aged 60. he was > >graduated > >> >at harvard college, 1742; comptroller of customers in portsmouth, 1762; > a > >> >justice of the superior court of judicature of new hampshire from 1763 > to > >> >1775, and of hte supreme judicial court from 1776 to 1785. he was a son > >of > >> >the hon. nathaniel hubbard (h. C. 1698) b. oct. 1680, judge of common > >pleas > >> >mass from 1728 to 1745, deputy judge of admiralty, councillor of the > >> >province 1737-1740 and 1742-1745 and judge of the superior court > 1745-6., > >> >died in bristol probably in 1747; grandson of john hubbard, a merchant > of > >> >boston born in ipswich about 1648 and died in boston about 1710 and his > >> wife > >> >ann leverett, second of the surviving daughters of governor sir john > >> >leverett, knt, of massachusetts, by his second wife mrs. sarah sedgwick; > >> and > >> >great-grandson of the rev. william hubbard, the historian by his first > >wife > >> >margaret, daughter of the rev. nathaniel rogers, of ipswich (1638-55). > >> > > >> >13. enoch (samuel4, joshua3, daniel2, daniel1), born january 12, 1758; > >> >married august 8, 1792, sarah, daughter of william gerrish, and the > widow > >> of > >> >amos stickney. he died may 31, 1812 aged 59. they had: > >> > > >> >i. sarah b. october 14, 1794; d. feb 26, 1850; m. nathaniel son of > >nicholas > >> >pierce sept 20. 1820. they had 1. nathaniel b. march 28, 1823, b. a. > >> >(bowdoin college) 1844; counsellor-at-law, newbury-port mass. > >> >ii. enoch b. jan 27, 1797; d. nov 20, 1832; m. elizabeth stickney april > >24, > >> >1825. > >> >iii. paul b. aug 26, 1801 d. nov. 9, 1801. > >> > > >> >14. john (daniel4, joshua 3, daniel2, daniel1) born august 19, 1746; > >> married > >> >mary, daughter of peter pearse, and granddaughter of the hon. jotham and > >> >mehitable (cutt) odiorne. mr. peirce was a leading merchant in > >portsmouth, > >> >n. h. for some account of him see REGISTER, ante, vol. xxviii. page > 370. > >> >he died june 14, 1814. his wife died. they had: > >> >i. mark wentworth b. july 31, 1787; m. margaret sparhawk; d. feb. 10 > >1846. > >> >ii. samuel fisher b. oct 9, 1789; d. dec. 27, 1791. > >> >15. iii. joshua winslow b. may 14, 1791. > >> >iv. ann ringe, b. jan. 9, 1794; m. the rev. charles burroughs, d. d. > >> >v. mary odiorne b. jan. 5, 1798; d. nov. 4., 1801. > >> >vi. daniel hall (h. c. ) B. A. 1820; m. d. 1823. > >> > > >> >15. joshua winslow (john5, daniel4, joshua3, daniel2, daniel1) born may > >14, > >> >1791; was married to emily, daughter of william and anna (wentworth) > >> sheafe, > >> >of portsmouth may 4, 1823. for a memoir of col. joshua winslow peirce > >see > >> >REGISTER, ante, vol. xxviii. pages 367-372. he died in portsmouth, > april > >> >10, 1874, and his wife died march 9, 1871. they had twelve children, > >> >namely: john peter, sarah coffin, ann wentworth, emily sheafe > >(deceased), > >> >joseph wentworth, joshua rindge (rector of st. mary's for sailors, > >boston), > >> >mary pearse (deceased), james sheafe (deceased), mark wentworth > >(deceased), > >> >william augustus, daniel rindge (deceased), robert cutts. > >> > > >> >END OF ARTICLE > >> > > >> >suzanne hamlet shatto > >> > > >> > > >> >==== PIERCE Mailing List ==== > >> >Send list messages to Pierce-L@rootsweb.com. > >> >WHO'S RESEARCHING WHO oR WHOM? 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Looking for info on my gggrandfather Mathew Pierce b. July 1842 married Elizabeth (b. 1843). They had 5 living children in the 1900 census. They lived in Lower Merion Twp, Montgomery CO. PA. Children included Sylimillia (b. June 1872), John (b. July 1864), and William (b. Nov 1869). Mathew was born in Pennsylvania. Does he link up to any one else's Pennsylvania Pierces? Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

I don't know if anyone responded to my post from about a week or so ago or not, seems not. I am looking for anyone with Pierce connections from Western PA, Jefferson, Clarion Counties and round about that area. PIERCE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote:> ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 PIERCE-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 22 Today's Topics: #1 Re: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Re: mis [Omegaway2@aol.com] #2 [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Re: PIERCE- [SP102741@aol.com] #3 LANSON PIERCE [SULLYSOIL@aol.com] #4 [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Brick wall [ADrjamtg@cs.com] #5 [PIERCE-L & Variants ] A. J. Pierc [ ] #6 Re: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Still a [LKBenzin@aol.com] #7 [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Census taki [EllieSS@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from PIERCE-D, send a message to PIERCE-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. Contact the List Coordinator, ltlbit@mindspring.com if you have any questions. To post a message to the list please enter PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com in the TO: line. Thanks -- There is great information on the mailing list at http://www.rootsweb.com/ Click on Mailing Lists ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:02:48 EST From: Omegaway2@aol.com To: PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Re: misc daniel pierce and other pierce references In a message dated 3/2/2003 3:34:44 AM Mountain Standard Time, shamlet@earthlink.net writes: > > more on this later. > suzanne shatto Many thanks to Suzanne.. What a wonderful contribution to our list.. Ellie S. ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:14:00 EST From: SP102741@aol.com To: PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Re: PIERCE-D Digest V03 #18 I still can't find any info. about Burrell Pearce, f/o George Henry Pierce, John W. Pierce and Sarah Pearce. Please help!!!!!!!!!! Carlyine Gibson Pierce ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 13:27:22 EST From: SULLYSOIL@aol.com To: pierce-d@rootsweb.com Subject: LANSON PIERCE LANSON PIERCE originally from New York son (first name can be spelled different) PHILITUS J. PIERCE b. November 5, 1827 in: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois Died in Iowa ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 15:53:34 EST From: ADrjamtg@cs.com To: PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Brick wall My dad's stepfather has been particularly difficult to find information about. My grandmother's second husband (she divorced in 1899) was Fred Pierce . I have assumed that he was circa 20s-30s . They lived in Caledonia County, Vermont after the turn of the century. Can anyone help me here ? Dave ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 6 message/rfc822 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 14:21:36 -0800 (PST) From: To: PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] A. J. Pierce - Meg, Our Pierce went from Tn to Arkansas after the Civil War. I thought I would put A J Pierce into the Ancestry search engine for 1860. I'm not sure what the age of your Andrew J. Pierce is in AR. This A J Pierce is 16 in 1860. Maybe this will help. Sincerely, Barbara Long 1860 Census Dyer Co. TN Dyersburg, TN 4th Civil District 22nd June 1860 WN McKnight- enumerator Stamped Page 335 Written Page 70 122 Shaw 123 Short 124 Johnson 125 131 Geo. W. Pierce 30 M Farmer 1000/ 800 TN R.T. 22 F TN J.D. 1 M TN 126 132 C.R.Pierce 32 F Farmer 5400/ 4727 TN M.E. 13 F TN I.M. 10 M TN T.I. 9 M TN W.H. 6 M TN 127 133 Nancy Connell 40 F Farmer 15,000/ 28,435 VA S.E. 12 F TN F. T. Pierce 40F VA Stephen Brown 23M Teacher TN H. F.Pursell 6 M TN 128 134 A. J. Pierce 42 M Farmer 7470/ 3450 TN A. D. 35 F ALA A. M. Pierce 18 M Farmer TN A. J. 16 M TN T(or)G. G. 14 M TN H. 12 M TN Mary 8 F TN George 6 M TN Benj. 2 M TN Samuel 8/12 M TN 129 Lacy 130 Mills ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 7 message/rfc822 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 17:37:32 EST From: LKBenzin@aol.com To: PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Still a Dead End (HELP) My gggrandfather Franklin Arthur Pierce was Born, Februrary 9 1851-1854 On his marriage cert it says he was born in Mass.Census shows he was born in Mass. On his death cert. it says he was born in Derby Ct. Also on his death cert it says his father was Franklin and mother Betsy Colvert. I don't believe Derby Ct. is correct so I don't know if his parents are. When Franklin Arthur was very young his mother died. His father remarried to a women who had a son younger than Franklin Arthur. They moved to Canada where Franklin Arthur got his education. Sometime between 1872-1878 Franklin Arthur moved to Michigan. He married 1st wife, Ida Mae Blackman in Standish. She died in child birth and he married Lucinda Umphrey( Charles and mother Betsy Pierce) were witnesses for the wedding). They lived in Prescott Michigan. He was the first supervisor of Prescott and started the 1st newspaper I have reseached in Derby Ct. and Mass and cannot find anything on Franklin Arthur Pierce. Any help would be gratefully appreciated Linda Benzin NJ ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 8 message/rfc822 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 17:59:47 EST From: EllieSS@aol.com To: PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] Census taking dates, 1790 - 1910 Subj: Census taking dates, 1790 - 1910 I am sure many of you have viewed a census and wondered when it was taken .. trying to verify an age or birthdate, etc.... >From the NARA publication, c. 1982, p. 38, I found the following.. Hope it helps! Census years: 1790 thru 1820 .... Census taken as of: First Monday in August of given year. Census years: 1830 thru 1880 .... Census taken as of: 1 June of given year Census years: 1890 .................. Census taken as of: First Monday in June 1890 Census year: 1900 .................. Census taken as of: 1 June 1900 Census year: 1910 .................. Census taken as of: 15 April 1910 I don't have the dates for 1920 and beyond.... anyone else? Ellie S. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more

Blankv 61 p. 396 Notes and Queries The following letter of thomas woods of groton, mass., containing facts entirely new to those who are studying the families therein mentioned, was found in the files of the court of sessions of middlesex county, for july, 1718: dated groton november 24, 1718. worthy sir: you may remember that ye last court of genel sefsions of ye peace holden at concord for sd county; i put in a petition refering to ye maintenance of my honored father samuel woods late of groton deceased &c. praying as herein set forth upon the hearing of which the court ordered that ye children and grandchildren of my said father should be summoned to attend a hearing at ye next court to be holden at charlestown in december peset as you will find apparent by said petition on file and the order of court thereupon. now sir thefe are to desire you to make out a summons consonant to the said order of court for thomas woods nathaniel woods samuel barron & abigail barron alias woods his wife john nutting junr & mary nutting alias woods his wife all of groton aforesd & children of said deceased. thomas tarbell, william tarbell, samuel tarbell, daniel pearce, nathaniel woods junr. daniel woods samuel woods sarah woods, john solindine & susannah solindine alias woods his wife, daniel shead & abigail shead als pearce his wife john chamberlain and abigail chamberlain alias woods his wife all of groton aforesd & jofeph willard & elizabeth willard alias tarbell his wife and john gofs & mary gofs als woods his wife of lancaster in ye county aforesd and grandchildren of said deceased. and send the same up by the bearer enoufh lawrence who will satisfy you for your so doing. pray sir fail not to gratify me in this perticular, and you will much oblige your Very Humble Servt thomas woods. the petition, which was signed by hannah woods for thomas woods her husband, and presented in august 1718, together with an earlier petition referred to therein, which was signed by thomas tarbell (a son-in-law of samuel woods, sen., of groton, deeded to his son samuel woods, jr., of groton, november 20, 1703, all his property, under an agreement that samuel, jr., was to maintain it and give one-quarter part of all receipts from it to the father; but samuel, jr., died in 1718, and his heirs neglected and refused to abide by the agreement, so the court ordered, under the petition of 1714, that all the children and grandchildren of samuel, sen., should share in his support. the petition of 1718 states that the order of 1714 was not complied with, that the father, samuel sen., deceased, came to live with the petitioner about three and a half years since, and that he died two years and eleven months afterward, an aged and helpless man with no means to live upon, and it prays that the petitioner be reimbursed, by the family, for his support. v. 63, page 168 York County Marriage Returns 1788 march 15 meads furbush and mary goold both of kittery by daniel pierce. 1788 april 16th by daniel pierce esquire, none. (apparently people licensed to be able to marry people had to report that they performed no marriages. perhaps daniel was the town clerk?) v. 63 page 170 York County Marriage Returns return made that danl pierce esquire has joined none in marriage by may 28th 1789. v. 64 page 34 The Woods Family of Groton, Mass. this is the woods genealogy, along with details about each person. 1. samuel woods, whose parentage and ancestry are unknown, was a member of the train-band at watertown, mass., in 1653 (middlesex county court files, 1653), and later lived in cambridge, mass., where he married, sept 28 1659, alice rushton, whose parentage and ancestry are also unknown. in 1662 he moved to groton, mass., where he was an original proprietor owning an eleven-acre right, and there resided until the destruction of the town in king philip's war., mar. 1675-6, when he returned to watertown. in 1677 he signed the agreement, made at concord, mass., to resettle groton, and the following year went back to groton, where he died about jan., 1717-18, as appears in a court petition (see NEGHR v. 51, p. 396 note), and where his wife died april 17 1712. both he and his wife were born about 1636, according to their depositions made in 1676 (butler's history of groton, p. 84). children: 2. i. samuel., b. at cambridge 3 jan. 1660-1. 3. ii. thomas b. at groton ? mar., 1663. iii. elizabeth, b. at groton sept 17 1665; m. 12/1/1686, thomas tarbell; d. jan 24 1717. 4. iv. nathaniel, b. at groton march 25 1667-8. v. mary b. at groton aug. 2 1670; m1 eleazer parker; m (2) january 1706-7 as his second wife, john nutting jr. (i am typing what it says. i think the second wife is a second husband) vi. abigail b. at groton aug. 19 1672; m1 daniel pierce; m2 samuel barron vii. hannah b. at groton sept 18 1674; d. unm. sept 29 1703 viii. john b. at watertown march 4 1676-7; d. young. (the only thing i can conclude is that the genealogist was not following the daniel pierce/abigail wood line or there were no children) v. 68 p. 219 Dorchester First Church Baptisms april 1 john pierce's son daniel pierce was baptized in 1753. v. 68 p. 311 Dorchester First Church Baptisms august 8 1779, jonathan pierce the reverend's son daniel pierce was baptized. v. 70 p. 7 Albert Harrison Hoyt this appears to be a biography/obituary. "colonel hoyt was fond of the bible, shakspere, and the best of classic and english literature, and he was a fluent and ready writer. among his compilations worthy of note are "A Sketch of the Life of Hon. Joshua Henshaw, with Brief Notices of Other Members of the Henshaw Family," "Necrology of New England Colleges for the Academic Year ending in 1868", a memoir entitled "William Plumer, Senior", a biographical sketch entitled "The Rev. Thomas Bradbury Chandler, D. D., 1726-1790", "Pepperrell Papers, with Sketches of Lt. Gen. the Honorable James St. Clair, and Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, Bart.", "Daniel Peirce, of Newbury, Mass., 1638-1677, and his Descendants", "Brief History of the Register", ... (the history of daniel peirce was printed in the NEGHR v. 29 p. 273-281 july 1875) v. 29 p. 273-281 Daniel Peirce, of Newbury, Mass., 1638-1677, and his Descendants communicated by Albert H. Hoyt, A.M. 1. Daniel Peirce, blacksmith, the founder of the Peirce family of Newbury, Mass., and Portsmouth, N. H., came from Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England, in 1634, in the ship Elizabeth, at the age of 23 years. he first settled in watertown, mass., of which town he was a proprietor in february, 1636-7. what family relation, if any, he bore to other individuals of the same name then settled in watertown does not appear. it is probable that he married there, and prior to 1638. only the christian name of his wife has been ascertained. he was made a freeman may 2, 1638, and removed to newbury the same year. daniel and sarah peirce had: 2. i. daniel, b. may 15 (? 1638, in watertown). 3. ii. joshua, b. in newbury, may 15, 1642. iii. martha, b. in newbury, february 14, 1648-9; m. col., thomas noyes, of newbury, dec. 28, 1669. thomas noyes b. aug. 10, 1648, was the sixth child of the rev. james noyes, who emigrated in 1634, and was the colleague of his relative the rev. thomas parker, of newbury, from 1635 till his own death, oct. 22, 1656. they had: 1. sarah, b. sept 14, 1670; 2. martha, b. feb. 24, 1672-3; 3. daniel, b. aug. 30, 1674. she d. sept 3, 1674. her husband m. elizabeth greenleaf, sept. 24, 1677, and they had eight children. (coffin's hist. of newbury, 312.) the town-records of newbury show that a sarah peirce was there married, august 24, 1659, to caleb moody, son of william the first of that family in newbury; and that she died in that town on the 25th of may, 1665. coffin says she died august 25, and gives the names and dates of the birth of their children as follows: 1. daniel, born april 4, 1662; 2. sarah, born july 28, 1664. there cannot be much doubt that sarah, the wife of caleb moody, was a daughter of daniel and sarah peirce, and that she was born in watertown. sarah, the wife of daniel peirce, died july 17, 1654. his second wife was ann milward, widow of thomas milward, mariner, who resided first at gloucester, but removed to new bury as early as 1636 or 1637, and died in boston, september 1, 1653. coffin thinks that he was the thomas milward mate of the ship hector, who complained, in june, 1636, that the king's colors were not displayed at the fort in boston harbor; but savage expresses a doubt. the marriage of daniel peirce and ann milward took place in newbury, december 26, 1654. ann milward was the youngest daughter of elizabeth goodale, of yarmouth, england, by her second husband john goodale. by her first husband, mr. taylor, she had one daughter susannah, who married abraham toppan (or tappan), the first of the family of that name in newbury, 1637. by her second husband, goodale, she had three daughters: 1. elizabeth who married john lowle (lowell), who was of newbury in 1639. 2. joanna, who married, first john oliver, of newbury, in 1639, and second, april 17, 1645, captain wiliam gerrish, of newbury, in 1649, by whom she had ten children. 3. ann who married, first thomas milward, and second daniel peirce, above named. by the last named, ann had no children; by her first husband she had three daughters, viz: ann, b. nov. 1, 1642; rebecca, b. in 1643; and elizabeth, b. in 1544 (obviously this is 1644). from various sources we collect the following infomration about daniel peirce, senior: march 4, 1645, "there was granted by the towne of newbury to daniel peirce twelve akers of upland which the said daniel peirce requested, promising he would remain with us in newbury as long as he liveth unlesse hee should return to old england." (town records) at the close of the summer of 1665, says coffin (history of newbury), by invitation of governor carteret, of new-jersey, several persons went from newbury and settled in a township, which, in honor of the reverend john woodbridge, of newbury, was called woodbridge. of these emigrants some returned; others remained, and became distinguished both in civil and military life. among them were captain john pike, ancestor of gen. zebulon m. pike, killed at the battle of queenstown in 1812; thomas bloomfield, ancestor of joseph bloomfield, for some years governor of new-jersey; john bishop, senior and junior; john haynes, henry jaques, george march, stephen kent, abraham toppan, jr., elisha ilsley, hugh march, john bloomfield, samuel moore, nathaniel webster, john ilsley. governor cateret, john ogden and luke watson, on the 21st of may, 1666, says the hon. william a. whitehead (coll. of new-jersey his. soc. vol. i.), "entered into an agreement with daniel peirce and his associates for settling two townships; and on the 11th of december, 1666, in consideration of 80 pounds sterling, they transferred to peirce for that purpose one-half of the tract, 'known as arthur cull [achter kol] or amboyle' [amboy], as originally granted by governor nicolls; extending from the raritan to rahawack [rahway] river, and running back into the country, according to the indian deed. this deed was confirmed by another of similar tenor, dated 3d december, 1666, on the back of which peirce endorsed the names of those interested with him in the grant, 'that is for the accommodating of the town now called woodbridge;' he to have the first choice. his associates were joshua peirce [his son], john pike, john bishop, henry jaques, and hugh march of newbury; stephen kent of haverhill; robert dennis of yarmouth, and john smith of barnstable in new-england. on the same day peirce was commissioned deputy-surveyor to lay out the bounds of woodbridge. on the 1st of june, 1669, he and his associates receive da charter. ... on the 18th of december, 1666, a week after he obtained his first conveyance, peirce transferred to john martin, charles gilman, hugh dunn, and hopewell hull, one third part of the land he had thus acquired, and they and their associates founded the town of piscataway, so named after the region in new-hampshire and maine bordering on the piscataway or piscataqua river. in 1668 daniel peirce was a member of governor carteret's first council. he returned to newbury as early as 1670, and took part in the bitter and protracted church controversy between the "parker party" on the one side and the "woodman party" on the other, which excited public attention throughout new-england. (coffin's hist. of newbury, 72-112.) daniel peirce died november 27, 1677. his will, dated nov. 12, 1677, and proved march 26, 1678, makes daniel sole executor, "desiring him to doe for his brother joshua's children as he shall see in his discretion meet to be done for them; mentions his "marriage agreement with ann, my wife;" and gives to his "wife's son-in-law, thomas thorpe, a farm in woodbridge new-jersey, situated upon row [rahway] river, joining to john bishop's land." his second wife ann (milward) died november 27, 1690. her will, dated "nov. 4, 1681", and proved "22(2) 1691," mentions her "brother [in-law] richard lowle" [lowell], her "daughter rebecca thorpe" and "daughter elizabeth peirce" and makes her "son-in-law, danield peirce", executor. inventory dated "nov. 27, 1690." this thomas thorpe of ipswich was married to rebecca, daughter of thomas and ann milward, in boston, may 27, 1656, by governor endecott. 2. col. daniel peirce (daniel1 and sarah) was prominent in the civil, ecclesiastical, and military affairs of newbury. like his father, he supported the rev. thomas parker in the church troubles, in 1665-1672. at a legal meeting of the town held ampril 19, 1682: "there was voted to go to ipswich to subscribe according to the court order about mr. mason's clayme, captain daniel peirce, mr. richard dummer, sergeant [tristram] coffin, sergeant [caleb] moody, mr. john woodbridge, mr. henry sewall, nicholas noyes." at a county court held march 30, 1686, "captain daniel peirce," and others, "are commissioned to be magistrates by the court." october 21, 1868, "the committee chosen to divide and lay out the [common] lands were captain daniel peirce" and others. dec. 1, 1686, "captain daniel peirce and captain stephen greenleaf, senior, were added to the deacons as overseers of the poor." march, 1690, "the committee of newbury appoint the house of mr. abraham merrill to be a garrison house and request him with all convenient speed to fortify his house. daniel peirce, captain." robert pike thus writes in the year 1690: "captain peirce, captain noyes, captain greenleaf, and lieutenant moores with the rest of the gentlement of newbury, whose assistance, next under God, was the means of the preservation of our towns of salisbury and ames bury in the day of our distress by the assaults of the enemy." October 18, 1700, "voted that a pew be built for the minister's wife by the pulpit stairs [in the new meeting-house], that colonel daniel peirce should have the first choice for a pew, and major thomas noyes shall have the next choice, and that colonel daniel peirce, esquire, and tristram coffin, esquire, be impowered to procure a bell of about four hundred pounds weight." up to 1701, only two houses had been erected on the banks of the merrimack in newbury. one of them, owned by dr. humphrey bradstreet, stood near the head of hale's wharf; the other, owned by col. daniel peirce, was farther south. the old stone house, the oldest in newbury, built as early, probably, as 1660-70, and the farm on which it stands, were the property of col. daniel peirce. they are now owned by edward h. little. colonel daniel peirce was a deputy to the general-court in 1682 and 1683; a member of the council of safety in the revolution of 1689; justice of the inferior court of common pleas for the county of essex, 1698-1703; and representative under the new charter, 1692-1703. he married, december 5, 1660, elizabeth, born in 1644, daughter of thomas and ann milward. the registry of deeds at salem shows that a daniel peirce, smith, had wife katharine in 1651. if her husband was either of the two daniels mentioned above, he must have been daniel. note about thomas thorpe: he and his wife removed to woodbridge, n. j. and left descendants there. Colonel Daniel Peirce and Elizabeth had: i. daniel b. dec. 20, 1663. he died sept. 2, 1690; his daughter joanna died sept 15, 1690 and his wife joanne died sept 16, 1690. at a court held at ipswich, sept. 30, 1690, letters of administration were granted to capt. daniel peirce on the estate of his son daniel, deceased. inventory of daniel pierce, junior, who deceased september 2, 1690, and his widow, joanna, who deceased september 16, 1690, were presented by capt. daniel peirce, september 30, 1690. ii. anne, b. may 22, 1686; probably first wife of simon wainwright, of haverhill, who was killed by the indians august 29, 1706. 4. iii. benjamin b. feb. 20, 1668-9. 5. iv. joshua b. october 16, 1671. 6. v. thomas b. may (blank), 1674. vi. martha, b. feb. 26, 1676-7; d. aug. 3, 1732; m. november 2, 1702, william johnson of newbury, born 2(12) 1678-9, son of isaac of charlestown. they had: 1. elizabeth, b. aug. 17, 1703; 2. martha, b. nov. 17, 1704, d. oct. 17, 1717; 3. william, b. may 13, 1706; 4. mary, b. sept. 14, 1708; 5. mary, b. oct. 22, 1709; 6. moses, b. aug. 1, 1711; 7. nicholas, b. march 19, 1714-15; 8. eliezer, b. may 11, 1718. vii. sarah, b. oct. 3, 1679. 7. viii. george b. march 5, 1682-3. ix. mary, b. april 14, 1685. x. john b. oct. 16, 1687. xi. katharine, b. sept. 18, 1690. the will of col. daniel peirce, dated august 12, 1701, proved may 8, 1704, mentions "elizabeth my dear wife," sons joshua, thomas george and john, son-in-law simon wainwright, grandson john wainwright, daughters martha, sarah, mary and katherine, "cousin joshua son of my brother joshua deceased", "cousin sarah bradstreet daughter of my brother joshua deceased", and makes "my son benjamin my true and lawful heir and sole executor". he died in 1704, and his widow, december 9, 1709. his monument in the grave-yard of the first parish of newbury gives the date of his death as april 22, 1704, and his age as 66; and pays him the following tribute: "here lies interred a soul indeed, whom few or none excelled, in grace if any him exceed, he'll be unparallelled." 3. joshua (daniel1), born may 15, 1642, removed with his father to woodbridge, n.j., in 1665 or 1666, and died there near the close of the year 1670. he was married may 7 1668, to dorothy pike, born november 11, 1645, daughter of major robert pike of salisbury, mass, by his wife sarah sanders. they had: i. sarah, b. in woodbridge, march 18, 1668-9; m. in newbury, dr. humphrey bradstreet of that town, who was a son of moses of rowley, and grandson of humphrey of ipswich, who came to new-england in 1634, with daniel1 pierce. they had 1. dorothy, b. dec. 10, 1692, m. oct. 16, 1711, nathaniel sargent; 2. joshua b. feb. 24, 1694-5; 3. sarah, b. jan. 14, 1696-7, m. dec. 9, 1714, the rev. john tufts of newbury; 4. humphrey, b. 1700, d. young; 5. daniel, b. feb. 13, 1701-2; 6. moses, b. feb. 17, 1707; 7. betsey, b. may 16, 1713, m. aug. 30, 1731, rev. william johnson, probably son of william and martha (peirce) johnson. dr. humphrey bradstreet was b. jan 6, 1669-70, and d. may 11, 1717. his widow m. captain edward sargent of newbury?, june 9, 1719. 8. ii. joshua, b. jan. 14, 1670-1. 4. benjamin (daniel2, daniel1) born february 20, 1668-9, married lydia (blank). they had: i. daniel, b. august 6, 1693; d. august 25, 1693. ii. charles b. feb 3, 1694-5. iii. elizabeth b. nov. 14, 1696. iv. daniel b. oct. 11, 1698. it is probable that the daniel who died nov. 27, 1729 was his son, and that the mrs. elizabeth peirce, who died dec. 2, 1729 was his wife. v. benjamin b. june 13, 1700. 9. vi. john b. nov. 7. 1793 vii. humphrey, born march 23, 1705-6. viii. joseph d. may 26, 1708. benjamin peirce, esq., died may 19, 1711 (could be 1714). the following verses are upon his tombstone in the grave-yard of newbury (oldtown): "pillar i' th' state he was, bid fair still at greater things; to all ye knew him well, pattern of vertue, kind to all was he, loued by his frinds, feard of his enemie. embalmed in tears, enney itselfe stood dumb; soacht frmo ye world, in times most troublesome." 5. joshua (daniel2, daniel1), born october 16, 1671, and joanna gerrish were published as intending marriage december 5, 1703. she is supposed to have been a daughter of moses gerrish, and granddaughter of captain william gerrish of newbury. they had: i. anne b. oct. 14, 1704 ii. joshua, b. jan. 25, 1705-6. iii. mary b. oct. 15, 1707. iv. henry b. may 27, 1710. 10. v. samuel, born prior to feb 1717-18. vi. moses born prior to feb. 1717-18. administration of joshua's estate was granted in february, 1717-18, to his brother-in-law joseph gerish. and division of estate was made in 1736 among the above named children, except anne, who was probably dead at that time. 6. thomas (daniel 2, daniel 1), born in may, 1674, was married to mehitable frost, january 5, 1697-8. they had: i. john b. nov. 5, 1698 ii. mary b. jan. 4, 1702-3. iii. sarah b. july 14, 1704 iv. hannah b. june 9, 1706 7. george (daniel 2, daniel1) born in newbury, march 5, 1682-3, removed to portsmouth, n. h. and was married to elizabeth langdon of that town, march 28, 1706. she was a daughter of tobias and mary (hubbard) langdon, and was born nov. 17, 1687. they had: i. elizabeth b. may 15, 1708. ii. george b. aug. 17, 1712; married jerusha furber, of newington, march 25, 1738. iii. sarah b. march 25, 1718. iv. tobias b. oct. 18, 1719. v. mehitable b. dec. 18, 1722. vi. mary b. march 24, 1726-7, twin vii. martha b. march 24, 1726-7, twin. viii. dorothy b. july 11, 1728. george was married to his second wife, mary hunking of portsmouth january 10, 1733-4. 8. joshua (joshua2, daniel 1) born in woodbridge, n. j. january 14, 1670-1, is presumed to have returned to newbury soon after the death of his father, with his mother, who subsequently married john knight, of newbury. after ineffectual attempts to recover the estate of his father in new-jersey, joshua removed to portsmouth, n. h., about the year 1694. he was married to elizabeth, daughter of joseph hall, of portsmouth, january 24, 1694-5. a brief sketch of his life is given in the historical and genealogical register, vol. 28, page 369. his valuable record of "births, marriages and deaths in portsmouth" from 1706 to 1742, was published in the register, vols. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. they had: i. sarah, b. april 30, 1697. she m. 1 september 21, 1721 john winslow, of boston, son of john and abigail (atkinson) winslow, b. dec. 31, 1693, d. oct. 13, 1731, at sea. they had: i. sarah b. aug. 2, 1722. she m. 1 john west (? son of richard and hannah west, b. march 26, 1697), a merchant in boston in partnership with alexander hill. he d. intestate prob. march 22, 1749-50. (note: john west of salisbury m. elizabeth goldthwait of boston, oct. 21, 1736). his widow gave bond as administratrix, april 4, 1750. his widow gave bond as administratrix, april 4, 1750. the inventory is dated may 28, 1750. as sarah deming, she rendered her second account april 13, 1753. among the items is the following, which supplies a fact in regard to colonel samuel moore's death, which, we believe, has not hitherto been published: "a long cloth cloak mr. west directed coll. samuel moore to buy for me in london, as appears by his letter dated nov. 8, 1748, but did not come by reason that coll. moore died in london. 5. 10s. sterling ls. 7. 6. 8." she credits herself with sums paid to elizabeth peirce, john winslow, joseph green, jr., samuel langdon, abigail green and susannah peirce; and charges herself with sums due from mary west, sanderson west, william king, nathaniel peirce, and mary moore. the inventory also mentions "land in canterbury, n. h." the widow m. (2( john deming, a merchant of boston, february 27, 1752, and d. mar. 10, 1788; he d. between april 21, 1796 and may 9 1797. his will, dated april 21, 1796 was proved may 9, 1797. he gives his land, house and furniture in central court, newbury street, to his wife during her life, and after her death to "john avery, jr., son of my nephew, john avery, esq., secretary of the commonwealth"; "to my nephew samuel gridly, son of col. richard gridly, one hundred dollars; to his sister mary leonard one hundred dolars; to his sister jane hunt, a ring of ten or twelve dollars price." the remainder of his estate he gives to his nephew, john avery, esq. 2. john, b. march 5, 1725-6; m. eliza mason, sister of deacon johnathan mason of boston and had 1. john b. sept 29, 1753; 2. sarah b. april 12, 1755; 3. elizabeth b. sept. 14, 1760l 3. joshua b. jan. 23, 1727; lieutenant in captain light's company of col. samuel moore's regiment at louisburg in 1745; m. jan. 3, 1758, anna green his cousin; was commissary-general to the brith army in north america, and d. in quebec in 1801. they had 1. george scott, b. nov. 14, 1758; 2. anna green, b. nov. 29, 1759. in 1749 this mrs. sarah winslow m. 2 doctor nathaniel sargent, and d. aug. 21, 1771. i here seem to have been two doctor nathaniel sargents of hampton and portsmouth. the younger was an assistant surgeon at louisburg in 1745. ii. joseph b. feb. 21, 1698-9; a noted physician, appointed chief surgeon of the louisburg expedition. after his return to practice in portsmouth, he was seized with the smallpox and d. feb. 7, 1747-8. he m. sarah reed and had 1. elizabeth; 2. ann m. joseph barrel; 3. susan m. samuel jarvis. iii. joshua b. october 31 (?30), 1700; d. aug. 13, 1754. iv. anna b. sept 10, 1702; d. dec. 28, 1770, m. dec 28, 1727, joseph green, b. dec. 12, 1703. he was a son of the rev. joseph and elizabeth (gerrish) green, of salem village, now danvers, mass. joseph the son was a successful merchant of boston, where he owned a large estate. in 1740 he was one of the three grantees of a large tract of land in the county of franklin, mass. afterward known as the "green and walker grant". he was a magistrate by commission from gov. shirley in 1756, and gov. bernard in 1761. he took an active part in the politics of his time, and gave his sympathy and support to the colonists in their controversy with the british ministry. he d. july 1. 1765, and his wife d. dec. 28, 1770. they had: 1. anna, b. oct 4, 1728; m. joshua winslow of marshfield, mass., jan 3. 1758; 2. joseph b. feb. 7, 1729-30; 3. joshau, b. may 17, 1731; h. c. 1749; m. hannah, dau. of ebenezer and mary(edwards) storer, of boston; 4. elizabeth, b. july 17, 1732; 5. edward b. sept. 18, 1733; m. mary storer, april 14, 1757; 6. elizabeth, b. oct. 12, 1734; m. ebenezer storer (brother of hannah and mary above mentioned), july 11, 1751; 7. charles b. nov. 30, 1735; 8. (blank) stillborn may 12, 1737; 9. henry b. june 9, 1738; 10. mitchelson, b. march 19, 1740-1; 11. george b. oct. 13, 1742; a merchant of boston; m. nov. 15, 1769, katharine aspinwall, of brookline; 12. susanna b. july 26, 1744; m. oct. 18 1769 her cousin, francis green, a son of benjamin green of halifax, n. s. v. elizabeth b. may 31, 1705; m. the hon. john osborne of boston; d. june 9, 1764. mr. osborne was a councillor from 1731 to 1740, and from 1742 to 1763, and was one of the committee of supplies for the louisburg expedition of 1745. vi. mary b. oct. 29, 1707; d. march 2, 1752-3; m. colonel samuel moore, of portsmouth, a distinguished shipmaster. he was one of the masonian proprietors; commanded a regiment of new-hampshire troops at the taking of louisburg in 1745; and was one of the grantors of new-breton (now andover), n. h., the original name of which was emerystown. he died in london, in 1749 (8. i. 1). the regiment sailed from portsmouth march 23, 1745. 11. vii. daniel b. may 2, 1709. 12. viii. nathaniel b. jan. 7, 1711-12. ix. margaret, b. june 25, 1714; d. june 9, 1764; m. nov. 24, 1737, col. benjamin green, a brother of joseph (8, iv) before mentioned. he was in mercantile business in boston until the year 1745, when the expedition against louisburg took place, in which he acted as military secretary to gen. william pepperrell. he filled other "offices of honor and responsibility" at louisburg until 1749, when he removed to halifax, n. s. there, also, he held important public offices. they had: 1. margaretta, b. in boston; m. john newton of halifax; d. in 1763; 2. benjamin b. in boston; d. in 1793. several of his sons were officers in the british army and navy; 3. francis b. in boston, august 21, 1742 (8. iv. 12); d. in medford, april 21, 1809; 4. charlotte b. in boston; m. henry newton, collector of customs for nova scotia; d. in 1782; 5. charles b. in halifax; 6. edward mitchelson b. in halifax; 7. edward cornwallis b. in halifax. for further particulars in regard to joseph and benjain green and the family to which they belong, the reader is referred to the paper entitled "percival and ellen green" in the historical and genealogical register xv. 105, contributed by samuel a. green, m.d., from which paper chiefly, the data in regard to joseph and benjamin green have been drawn. joshua peirce's first wife died january 13, 1717-18, aged 44; and on the 5th of march, 1718-19, he was married to elizabeth wade of dover, n. h. he died february 7, 1742-3, aged 72. 9. john (benjamin3, daniel2, daniel1), born in newbury, november 7, 1708; married november 30, 1730 sarah adams of kittery me. they had: i. sarah, b. july 24, 1731. ii. lydia b. oct. 30, 1735. 10. samuel (joshua3, daniel2, daniel1) married mary (blank). they had: i. samuel d. sept. 30, 1822, aged 83. ii. stephen d. may 12, 1812 aged 71. iii. mary, m. nathan poor; d. april 29, 1823 aged 79. 13. iv. enoch b. jan 12, 1753. 11. daniel (joshua3, joshua2, daniel1) born in portsmouth, may 2, 1709 was graduated from harvard college in 1728. he married ann, daughter of john rindge, of portsmouth, october 29, 1742. he died december 5, 1773; she died october 19, 1748. a sketch of his life is given in the memoir of col. joshua w. peirce (register, ante, vol. xxviii. p. 369). they had: i. ann b. oct 21, 1743; m. thomas martin of portsmouth; d. july 6, 1811. they had 1. joshua b. dec. 17, 1770; 2. susanna b. april 12, 1772; 3. ann b. dec. 9, 1773; 4. charlotte b. nov. 25, 1779. ii. joshua b. nov. 3, 1744; d. july 16, 1748. 14. iii. john b. aug. 19, 1746, d. june 14, 1814. iv. joseph b. june 25, 1748; d. in alton, n. h. sept 12, 1812; a representative in the congress of the united states for the years 1801 and 1802. resigned; a farmer, unmarried. 12. nathaniel (joshua2, daniel1), born in portsmouth january 7, 1711-12; married december 20, 1744, ann jaffrey, b. october 26, 1723, daughter of george and sarah (jeffries) jaffrey. they had: i. nathaniel. ii. george iii. sarah, who married march 3, 1774 col. joshua wentworth (son of daniel4) and grandson of lt. gov. john3), b. jan. 4, 1741-2. she d. oct. 1807; he died october 19, 1809. they had 14 children: 1. sarah; 2. joshua; 3. ann jaffrey m. samuel larkin; 4. joshua; 5. charles; 6. george; 7. joshua; 8. elizabeth m. william bodget; 9. sarah; 10. geo. peirce; 11. daniel; 12. sarah; 13. george peirce; 14. adeline. nathaniel peirce, the father, died august 17, 1762, and his widow married 2nd the hon. leverett hubbard, december 6, 1760, and died december 17, 1790. judge hubbard was born about 1724 in bristol (then in mass. now in r. i.), and died in portsmouth, n. h., january 2, 1793, aged 60. he was graduated at harvard college, 1742; comptroller of customers in portsmouth, 1762; a justice of the superior court of judicature of new hampshire from 1763 to 1775, and of hte supreme judicial court from 1776 to 1785. he was a son of the hon. nathaniel hubbard (h. C. 1698) b. oct. 1680, judge of common pleas mass from 1728 to 1745, deputy judge of admiralty, councillor of the province 1737-1740 and 1742-1745 and judge of the superior court 1745-6., died in bristol probably in 1747; grandson of john hubbard, a merchant of boston born in ipswich about 1648 and died in boston about 1710 and his wife ann leverett, second of the surviving daughters of governor sir john leverett, knt, of massachusetts, by his second wife mrs. sarah sedgwick; and great-grandson of the rev. william hubbard, the historian by his first wife margaret, daughter of the rev. nathaniel rogers, of ipswich (1638-55). 13. enoch (samuel4, joshua3, daniel2, daniel1), born january 12, 1758; married august 8, 1792, sarah, daughter of william gerrish, and the widow of amos stickney. he died may 31, 1812 aged 59. they had: i. sarah b. october 14, 1794; d. feb 26, 1850; m. nathaniel son of nicholas pierce sept 20. 1820. they had 1. nathaniel b. march 28, 1823, b. a. (bowdoin college) 1844; counsellor-at-law, newbury-port mass. ii. enoch b. jan 27, 1797; d. nov 20, 1832; m. elizabeth stickney april 24, 1825. iii. paul b. aug 26, 1801 d. nov. 9, 1801. 14. john (daniel4, joshua 3, daniel2, daniel1) born august 19, 1746; married mary, daughter of peter pearse, and granddaughter of the hon. jotham and mehitable (cutt) odiorne. mr. peirce was a leading merchant in portsmouth, n. h. for some account of him see REGISTER, ante, vol. xxviii. page 370. he died june 14, 1814. his wife died. they had: i. mark wentworth b. july 31, 1787; m. margaret sparhawk; d. feb. 10 1846. ii. samuel fisher b. oct 9, 1789; d. dec. 27, 1791. 15. iii. joshua winslow b. may 14, 1791. iv. ann ringe, b. jan. 9, 1794; m. the rev. charles burroughs, d. d. v. mary odiorne b. jan. 5, 1798; d. nov. 4., 1801. vi. daniel hall (h. c. ) B. A. 1820; m. d. 1823. 15. joshua winslow (john5, daniel4, joshua3, daniel2, daniel1) born may 14, 1791; was married to emily, daughter of william and anna (wentworth) sheafe, of portsmouth may 4, 1823. for a memoir of col. joshua winslow peirce see REGISTER, ante, vol. xxviii. pages 367-372. he died in portsmouth, april 10, 1874, and his wife died march 9, 1871. they had twelve children, namely: john peter, sarah coffin, ann wentworth, emily sheafe (deceased), joseph wentworth, joshua rindge (rector of st. mary's for sailors, boston), mary pearse (deceased), james sheafe (deceased), mark wentworth (deceased), william augustus, daniel rindge (deceased), robert cutts. END OF ARTICLE suzanne hamlet shatto

Subj: Census taking dates, 1790 - 1910 I am sure many of you have viewed a census and wondered when it was taken .. trying to verify an age or birthdate, etc.... >From the NARA publication, c. 1982, p. 38, I found the following.. Hope it helps! Census years: 1790 thru 1820 .... Census taken as of: First Monday in August of given year. Census years: 1830 thru 1880 .... Census taken as of: 1 June of given year Census years: 1890 .................. Census taken as of: First Monday in June 1890 Census year: 1900 .................. Census taken as of: 1 June 1900 Census year: 1910 .................. Census taken as of: 15 April 1910 I don't have the dates for 1920 and beyond.... anyone else? Ellie S.

My gggrandfather Franklin Arthur Pierce was Born, Februrary 9 1851-1854 On his marriage cert it says he was born in Mass.Census shows he was born in Mass. On his death cert. it says he was born in Derby Ct. Also on his death cert it says his father was Franklin and mother Betsy Colvert. I don't believe Derby Ct. is correct so I don't know if his parents are. When Franklin Arthur was very young his mother died. His father remarried to a women who had a son younger than Franklin Arthur. They moved to Canada where Franklin Arthur got his education. Sometime between 1872-1878 Franklin Arthur moved to Michigan. He married 1st wife, Ida Mae Blackman in Standish. She died in child birth and he married Lucinda Umphrey( Charles and mother Betsy Pierce) were witnesses for the wedding). They lived in Prescott Michigan. He was the first supervisor of Prescott and started the 1st newspaper I have reseached in Derby Ct. and Mass and cannot find anything on Franklin Arthur Pierce. Any help would be gratefully appreciated Linda Benzin NJ

My dad's stepfather has been particularly difficult to find information about. My grandmother's second husband (she divorced in 1899) was Fred Pierce . I have assumed that he was circa 20s-30s . They lived in Caledonia County, Vermont after the turn of the century. Can anyone help me here ? Dave

Meg, Our Pierce went from Tn to Arkansas after the Civil War. I thought I would put A J Pierce into the Ancestry search engine for 1860. I'm not sure what the age of your Andrew J. Pierce is in AR. This A J Pierce is 16 in 1860. Maybe this will help. Sincerely, Barbara Long 1860 Census Dyer Co. TN Dyersburg, TN 4th Civil District 22nd June 1860 WN McKnight- enumerator Stamped Page 335 Written Page 70 122 Shaw 123 Short 124 Johnson 125 131 Geo. W. Pierce 30 M Farmer 1000/ 800 TN R.T. 22 F TN J.D. 1 M TN 126 132 C.R.Pierce 32 F Farmer 5400/ 4727 TN M.E. 13 F TN I.M. 10 M TN T.I. 9 M TN W.H. 6 M TN 127 133 Nancy Connell 40 F Farmer 15,000/ 28,435 VA S.E. 12 F TN F. T. Pierce 40F VA Stephen Brown 23M Teacher TN H. F.Pursell 6 M TN 128 134 A. J. Pierce 42 M Farmer 7470/ 3450 TN A. D. 35 F ALA A. M. Pierce 18 M Farmer TN A. J. 16 M TN T(or)G. G. 14 M TN H. 12 M TN Mary 8 F TN George 6 M TN Benj. 2 M TN Samuel 8/12 M TN 129 Lacy 130 Mills

LANSON PIERCE originally from New York son (first name can be spelled different) PHILITUS J. PIERCE b. November 5, 1827 in: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois Died in Iowa

I still can't find any info. about Burrell Pearce, f/o George Henry Pierce, John W. Pierce and Sarah Pearce. Please help!!!!!!!!!! Carlyine Gibson Pierce

In a message dated 3/2/2003 3:34:44 AM Mountain Standard Time, shamlet@earthlink.net writes: > > more on this later. > suzanne shatto Many thanks to Suzanne.. What a wonderful contribution to our list.. Ellie S.

Blankvol 43 p. 278 Soldiers in King Philip's War Water-Towne Cr. by Sundry accepts viz. 146 10 00 (i would guess that this is pounds, shillings and pence) aug. 4, 1876 joseph peirce 01 06 00 daniel peirce 02 12 06 vol. 43, p. 375 Alumni of Brown University daniel peirce is on the list. vol. 49, pg. 155 Some Dorchester Matters 1803 edward pierce & (blank) clap married feb 3 (capt. edward to elizabeth january 27.) 1803 may 10th, daniel pierce married lydia davenport. 1804 jonathan pierce and eunice tolman married dec. 6 (jonathan jr.) v. 51 pg. 467-472 Contribution to the History of Londonderry, New Hampshire (if your relatives were named, look this up. i won't type it in it's entirety.) on the tenth day of november, 1737, at portsmouth in the province of new hampshire, two prominent men of the times debated and concluded a contract which incidentally has led to the preservation of the material for an interesting chapter in the annals of londonderry. the instrument was styled a charter party, and by the terms of the written agreement a certain ship was leased for a voyage from the north of ireland to new england. the contracting parties were joshua pierce, junior, a merchant of ample fortune and liberal education of the town of portsmouth, and robert boyes, a native of ireland and for many years an enterprising and honored resident of londonderry. by the terms of the written agreement made in duplicate and sealed and signed on the date above written, mr. pierce agrees to send the good ship lime of 130 tons burden, john cate, master, to the coast of ireland. the ship was to sail from portsmouth on or before the fifteenth day of january, 1738, and all the profits of the outward voyage were reserved by mr. pierce. when unladed the ship was to be delivered to mr. boyes either at port rush or greencastle as he might elect. in consideration of 160 pounds irish money, mr. boyes was permitted to lade the ship "with goods effects and passengers," and then proceed to some port in new england. here the contract ends. had the homeward passage been fortunate we never should have learned of this ancient document nor of the incidents of the voyage. the good ship lime behaved, it will be seen, very badly, and many misfortunes were encountered by land and by sea. for these reasons mr. pierce and mr. boyes could not agree concerning the rental of the ship, and unfortunately, no doubt, for them, but fortunately for us, a most bitter and hotly contested lawsuit ensued. anyway, mr. daniel peirce brother and attorney to mr. joshua peirce being present and objecting against the declaration because in the said peirces judgment the declarants have sworn to sundry things they are not acquainted with not being mariners. taken in perpetuam rei memoriam: before us habijah savage, john fayerweather dated april 23, 1739 Records of the Blinman Family v. 53 pg 239 Thomas Jones and Daniell Pearce, churchwardens, 1610. suzanne hamlet shatto

BlankThe Burial Place at Old-Town v. 1 p. 373-374 on the headstone of mr. daniel pierce, we found an epitaph which, if taken literally, would seem to militate against the doctrine of the soul's immortality, than which, we presume, nothing could have been further from the poet's intention. "here lies interred a soul indeed whom few or none excelled, in grace if any him exceed he'll be unparallelled!" list of freemen v. 3 p. 96 daniel peirce, c. r., vol. I. p. 196 may 2, 1638 boston, massachusetts List of freemen, communicated by rev. lucius r. paner? of cambridge, member of the n. e. hist. geneal. society. v. 3, pg. 194 danl. pearse, freeman, may 5, 1663, c. r., vol. IV, p. 416 dorchester inscriptions v. 6 pg 240 'here lyes ye body of mrs. abigail pierce widow of mr. john pierce; who died june 24th 1747 in ye 80 year of her age.' 'daniel pierce son to mr. samuel and mrs. abigail pierce. he died may 27 1744 aged 1 year 7 months 9 days.' Early Records of Boston v. 7 pg 161 daniel the sonne of anthonie and anne peirce born 1 (11) 1638. Materials for the History of Newbury [from the ipswich records, copied by a. w. brown] v. 7 pg 349 a list of their names who have taken the oath of alegeance at newbury 1678. daniell perse 40 Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk v. 7 pg. 358 Pierce. - john, w. 40 in 1658, - joshua, m. dorothy pike, may 7 1668 - richard, (cannot read symbol, think it means age) 20 in 1662. - robert, age 50 in 1663. - john age 50 in 1666. stephen, age 55 in 1666. - daniel, buys farm of john spencer, 1651. it was laid out in 1648-9. - daniel, newbury, 1691. - daniel and others bought land at amboy, n. j. 1664. pierse. - stephen, age 60; samuel age 17 in 1669 p. 357 peares. - robert (pierce or pearce?) 1671. - robert age 60 in 1672. percie. - see lindall. - robert, senior, will march 8 1678-9, d. march 21. s. y. wf abigail; ch. samuel, john, joanna, robert, moses, mary. abigail was wife of (blank) lindall. - perhaps percie should be price or pierce. Newbury Troubles (without date) v. 8 page 274 it's a petition. daniel pierce signed it. but it's too long to type. you will have to look this up at the source if you're interested. vol. 8 pg 311 will of joseph hills " ... My will further is that for the good of the inhabitants of this towne of newbury from generation to generation that there be the sum of 40 shillings in money paid into the hands of capt. daniel pierce or such other person as the inhabitants of this towne shall appoint towards the procuring of a good bell for the meeting house now built or such other as shall be built for the better comfort of the inhabitants provided the said inhabitants shall make it up the sum of 30 pounds or more within three yeares after my decease, the said 40 shillings to be paid by my executors out of my estate. also i appoint my son samuel and my son in law abiel long to be the executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills of mine and my debts and funerall charges to be discharged by my executors out of my estate. also i desire my christian friends capt. daniel pierce and lieut. tristram coffin of newbury to be the overseers of this my last will and testament hereby willing and requiring my executors to satisfy for what time and paines they shall spend therein. in witness of all and every the premises above said as my last will and testament i do set my hand and seal this 14th of september anno dom. 1687 in the third year of his majestie's reigne. joseph hills (ls) signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of benjamin sambourne, joshua pierce, henry short. mr. henry short, joshua pierce and benjamin sambourne appeared in court march 14th 1687-8 and made oath that they saw joseph hills of newbury signe, seal and declare this to be his last will and testament and that he was then of a disposing mind to the best of their understanding. attests william browne judge of the inferior court, stephen sewall clerk. v. 14 pg 329 The Founders of New England [the following lists of new england emigrants are from her majesty's state paper office. they cannot be referred to by volumes at present, as the papers, among which they are, are undergoing a re-arrangement; a condition which usually precludes examinations. but through the kindness of mr. sainsbury, under whose supervision they are being arranged and calendered, i have been indulged with the privilege of examinations, and allowed to make copies.] ipswich - A note of the names and ages of all the passengers which tooke shipping in the elizabeth of ipswich mr. william andrews bound for new england the last of april, 1634. danyell pierce age 23 and he took the oath of allegiance and supremacy at his majesty's custome house in ipswich, the 11th? of november 1634. vol 14 pg 371 Marriages and Deaths Pierce, Rev. Cyrus, west newton, april 5 age 70. he was the youngest of 12 children - five sons and seven daughters - of isaac and hannah (mason) pierce, and the 7th generation in descent from john pierce, an early settler of watertown, mass. through anthony, danie, joseph, isaac, and issac, above-named. (see bond's watertown, pp. 393,-99.) cyrus was b. in waltham, mass., august 15, 1790p; grad. h. c. 1810; during his sophomore year, in the winter of 1807 - 8, he began his labors as a school teacher in the village of west newton, in the same town, and not far from the very spot where he closed his life upwards of fifty-three years afterwards. immediately after leaving college, he accepted an invitation to take charge of a private school in nantucket. here he taught two years; in 1812, he returned to cambridge to pursue his theological studies. after three years he returned to nantucket, and resumed his work of a teacher, where he remained three years. during his residence there he m. harriet coffin, of that town. he left no children. in 1818, mr. pierce commenced preaching; was ord. in north reading, may 19, 1819; here he remained eight years; resigned his pastoral charge may 19, 1827, and returned to school-keeping; took charge of a school in north andover; returned to nantucket in 1831, where he taught a private school, which he relinquished in 1837, when he became the principal of the nantucket high school. this school he kept two years. in 1839, when the first normal school on this continent was established at lexington, he was induced to take cahrge of it, and entered upon his labors, july 3, 1839. he began with only three pupils, but the experiment was successful; at the expiration of the first three years there were forty-two scholars, when he resigned, in consequence of ill health, and returned to nantucket. he resumed his charge in 1844, the school having been removed to west newton. in 1849, he was again compelled to resign on account of his health; was a delegate to the peace congress, held in paris; travelled in england and on the continent; soon after his return, in 1850, he associated with mr. nathaniel t. allen, in the management of an academy in west newton, until his health again compelled him to retire, although he nominally remained an associate until his death. he passed away calmly and serenely with the respect and love of all who knew him. pierce, rev. willard, north abington, april 26, age 70. he settled first in foxborough, where he remained about twenty years. he was re-settled at north abington, where he sustained the pastoral relation ten years, and then, on account of ill health, resigned his office. the next obituary is william pope of dorchester. i notice he married sarah pierce, june 16, 1799. she was the younger sister of the late rev. dr. pierce, of brookline, and an elder sister of molly, above mentioned; was b. dec. 17, 1744, had 11 children, five of whom, with their mother, are living. margaret pope, a child by his second wife, married mr. pierce of dorchester. ralph pope, another child by his second wife margaret, had a grandson ( i think, lol) named frederick b. at stoughton may 15, 1772) married molly, daughte rof john and sarah (blake) pierce of dorchester april 13, 1796. (if anyone is related to any of these people, you should look up this obituary. it makes very little sense to me and i could have made mistakes in the relationships.) Indian Deed of Springfield v. 15 pg. 140 province of new hampshire, in the house of representatives d. pierce, clk. signed a vote that there be allowed one hundred and two pounds one shilling in full of this muster roll for provisions, wages, &c., to be pd out of the money in the publick treasury for ye defense of the government. dated may 20th 1746. vol 22 page 200 Deaths Hoyt, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth, wife of david w. hoyt, of providence, r. i. died in brighton, mass., oct. 2, 1867, age 33. she was the daughter of jonathan mason and frances (stetson) pierce of brighton, and was born in roxbury, mass., july 21, 1834. her paternal grand-parents and their ancestors, in a direct line, were daniel and lydia (humphreys) pierce, ebenezer and sally (woodbury) pierce, john and elizabeth (fessenden) pierce, john and abigail (thompson) pierce, thomas and mary (proctor) pierce, robert and ann (greenway) pierce. the list of her ancestors embraces the names of baker, cheney, clap, clarke, collamore, dickerman, elliot, fessenden, greenway, greenwood, holmes, humphreys, leadbetter, leeds, locke, osborn, paine, payson, pierce, pray, proctor, shepard, smith, stetson, swift, thompson, tulman, woodbury, and others, of dorchester, roxbury, stoughton, charlestwon, and other towns in eastern massachusetts. she shared the genealogical labors of her husband, and was very anxious to perfect the record of her own ancestors. mrs. hoyt was the oldest of a family of five children, all of whom are now dead. she left but one child, albert pierce hoyt, now ten years old. though her life seems all too brief for her mourning family and friends, yet while she lived she exerted a strong influence over a wide circle of acquaintances, and her life-work was well done. notices of her life and character have appeared in the christian era, of nov. 14 and the watchman and reflector, of nov. 21. vol 22 page 429-430 the Peirce Family sarah peirce (no. 87), dau. of shadrach peirce (no. 29) and wife abigail hoskins, while the widow of george peirce (no. 54) had an illegitimate son: (322) edmund, b. oct. 16, 1776; m. dec., 1799, wealthy howland, of freetown. he was a carpenter, and died nov. 26, 1823. she died jan. 14, 1858. edmund and mother were temporarily insane. levi pierce (no. 88), son of shadrach (no. 29) and wife abigail, was b. feb. 26, 1739, and m. feb. 11, 1761, bathsheba babbett, of middleborough. perhaps she was b. in that part of old taunton now berkley. levi served a brief period in a company of the local militia of middleborough that were sent to reinforce fort william henry, in 1757, but the danger was over before they had proceeded far, and so they returned. (see Rolls on file in the office of secretary of state, boston.) from april 26 to dec. 16, 1759, levi peirce served as a private soldier in an expedition to crown point, his wages amounting to 15 pounds 2 shillings and 2 pence. he received of the commissary 9 shillings and 4 pence, and of his captain 1 shilling, leaving due him on settlement, 14 pounds 11 shillings and 10 pence. (french and indian war rolls, state house, boston.) he left middleborough, and removed to the west part of the state, and ultimately settled in partridgefield, now peru in berkshire county, mass., where in 1826 hedied. the children of levi peirce (no. 88) and wife bathsheba babbett were: (323) abner, b. oct 4 1761; m. feb 1, 1787, huldah wilcox, and died jan 28, 1851. (324) george, b. in 1767; m. abigail kinney, and d. in 1858. (325) benjamin, b. in 1769; m. mercy hathaway, and d. may 15, 1849. (326) eli, b. 1772; m. electa leland. (327) liberty, b. oct. 19, 1776; m. lydia beals, of abington, june 29, 1797. he d. feb 8, 1864. (328) henry, b. may 23, 1777; m. 1st, dec. 5, 1802, eunice page 430 wightman; m. 2nd, may 16, 1814, minerva dresser. he d. july 28, 1862 (329) levi b. in 1778; m. dolly thompson. he d. in 1850. he was a leading man in twon, was commissioned ensign may 3, 1809, captain of a company of militia in peru, april 19, 1813, promoted to lt. colonel, march 3, 1819, colonel, sept. 20, 1822. honorably discharged jan. 26, 1824. (330) shadrach, b. may 30, 1782; m. 1st, march 16, 1804, tamerson badger, of peru; m. 2nd, april 14, 1822, lydia k. post, of hinsdale. he died march 24, 1832. he was an architect of considerable note. (331) daniel, b. feb. 23, 1783; m. may 3, 1810, abigail lyman, of goshen. he d. aug. 24, 1857. he practised medicine more than forty years. (332) isaac, b. 1784; m. polly webb. (333) sarah, b. 1786; m. william ensign. v. 23 page 270 Births, Marriages and Deaths in Portsmouth, N.H. geo. peirce of newbury and eliz. langdon of portsmouth were married 3/28/1706. eliz. peirce ye daughtr of ye parents above was born may 15, 1708. geo. ye son of ye parents above was born aug. 17, 1712. sarah ye daughtr of ye above parents was born march 25, 1718. tobias ye son of ye parents above was born october 18, 1719. mehittable ye daughter of ye parents above was born dec. 18th 1722. josh peirce and eliz. hall were both of this town married january 24, 1694. the said elizabeth died january 13th 1717-18 age 44. the said joshua died feb 7th 1742-43 age 72. sarah peirce ye daughter of josh and eliz. eirce was born april 30, 1697 and died aug. 21st 1771 about 4 o'clock a.m. joseph peirce ye son of ye parents above was born feb 21, 1698. josh peirce ye son of ey parents above was born oct. 31, 1700 at eight at night and died august 3rd 1754. anna peirce ye daughter of ye parents above was born sept. 10th 1702. died dec. 28th 1770. eliz. peirce ye daughter of ye parents aboe was born may 31, 1705. died june 9th 1764. mary peirce ye daughter of ye parents above was born oct. 29th 1797. died march 2nd 1752. dan peirce ye son of ye parents above was born may 2nd 1709. nath. pierce ye son of ye parents above was born january 7th 1711. died aug. 27th 1762. marg. peirce ye daughter of ye parents above was born june 25 1714. suzanne hamlet shatto