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