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