Blanknew england historical and genealogical register v. 111 p. 80 queries (this looks like reader submitted advertisement for genealogical info) $50 to the first person identifying john and jane pierce reputed parents of james pierce of derryfield and londonderry, n. h., and fairlee, vt. james, born circa 1730-5; married in derryfield 7 dec. 1755, jame, daughter of charles and mary (adams) M'Kaye. moved to fairlee in 1788. known children: hannah, catherine, james, john, charles, jerediah, george. james may have had a brother or nephew named oliver. james is perhaps descended frm the daniel pierce family of newburyport, mass. - james r. pierce, 2154 north el molino avenue, altadena, calif. published: v. 112 pg. 59 inscriptions, welcome cemetery, new lisbon, n.y. daniel pierce died aug. 14, 1883 age 97 years. 4 mo. 20 da. (b. march 25 1786) sally wife died march 19, 1873 age 87 years 2 mo. 4 days (b. january 15 1786) v. 113 starts on page 29 new salem mass, church records page 32 may 2 1813 mrs. abigail pirce, wife of samuel adm. (adm.=admitted) page 33 nov. 5 1815 sally pearce and hannah pearce adm. page 34 may 4 1817 bethia pearce adm. july 6 1817 widow abigail pearce july 5 1818 abigail pirce & esther wilbur adm. sept 7 1823 wid. waitstill pearce (adm.) page 36 sept 2 1827 mrs. sussannah pearce, wife of proctor dism. to boston ch. park st. page 38 list of church members, probably 1805 proctor pearce & susannah owners of pews dec 1 1793 varney pearce samuel pearce 3d abraham pearce jun. abraham pearce page 39 gallery pews amos pearce daniel pearce proctor pearce varney pearce vol. 121 pages 45 to 52 stephen gates of hingham, lancaster and cambridge, mass., and some of his descendants by the late clarence almon torrey, ph.B., F.A.S.G., continued from volume 120, page 272. page 51-52 34. paul4 gates (daniel3, stephen2, stephen1) was born in stow, mass., 10 july 1718. he married first, sarah hapgood, died in bolton, mass., 6 feb. 1744/5 aged 16 years 1 month 16 days (gravestone); and secondly, in bolton, 18 nov. 1746, submit howe, born 23 july 1722. they resided after marriage in bolton and leominster, mass. he was a member of a troop of horse in 1748 under capt. ephraim wilder. he served as a sentinel from 7 july to 12 july 1748 (massachusetts archives; muster rolls, vol 92, p. 122). his children sarah, mercy, daniel, nathaniel, susanna and margaret were born in bolton and the others in leominster. child by first wife: i. sarah, b. 27 jan. 1744/5; d. in bolton 10 nov. 1786; m. (1) 31 march 1761, levi whitcomb, d. about 1770; m. (2) 10 march 1771 as his second wife, thomas osborn, d. 13 sept. 1810, aged 75 years. thomas osborn m. (3) 4 june 1791, mrs. abigail brown of worcester, mass. children by second wife: ii. mercy, b. 22 sept. 1747; d. in st. johnsbury, vt., 26 march 1827; m. 11 dec. 1766 daniel pierce, d. 16 july 1821. iii. daniel, b. 8 feb. 1748/9. iv. nathaniel, b. 11 jan. 1750/1; d. in bolton 12 march 1754. v. susanna, b. 24 march 1753; d. in sterling, mass., 29 jan. 1827, aged 72 years 10 months (gravestone) if birth and death rates are correct, her age was 73 years 10 months); m. in bolton, 3 march 1772, oliver fairbanks, d. in sterling 24 april 1829. vi. margaret, b. 3 june 1755; m. in littleton, mass., 23 july 1772, joseph pierce, d. in st. johnsbury, vt., 20 jan. 1803. vii. abigail b. 16 sept. 1758. viii. rachel, b. 1 oct. 1761. ix. submit (twin), b. 25 aug. 1764. x. relief (twin), b. 25 aug. 1764. v. 124 page 97 new englanders at sea daniel pierce/pearse, sr. (1611-1677) of watertown and newbury, blacksmith, is documented in an essex county suit of 1663/4 as having formerly given "his son daniell power to act for him when he went to cape faire." in 1666-70 he ran boundary lines as deputy surveyor for the associated company of woodbridge, before returning home to newbury.36 note on page 103 36 essex county court, files III, 131, 132; n. j. archives, XXI (1899), 19, &c; essex county probate, III, 210-211. vol. 125 page 93 new hampshire provincial deeds 1702-1792 thompson [signs tomson] robert, of durham, husbandman, to nathaniel tompson of durham, trader. land in durham, "that one half part that i bought with my brouther nathaniel tompson of smauel smith esqr. of durham". bounded by mass road, land of joseph sias, jonathan woodman, robert thompson, deceased, samuel hill, dated 4 may 1756. witnesses: john smith, james thompson, ackn. 12 dec. 1761, daniel peirce, j. p. received 12 dec. 1761, "unpaid". (printed form) [ no. 256] i also noted that nath'l peirce was j. p. 1762 and 1756. on the same page. on page 95 there were other recordings for daniel pierce: john leighton of barrington to tristram pinkham of dover, ackn. 29 june 1762, daniel peirce j. p. john clarke of hampstead to john hazen of hampstead, a true copy attested by daniel pierce 2 jan. 1773. john whidden, joiner, richard whidden, tailor, and robert archibald, sailor and wife abigail all of portsmouth to samuel winkley of barrington, joiner. ackn 27 oct 1763, daniel peirce, j.p. vol 127 p. 115 some early settlers of dummer, coos county, n.h. by dorthee hughes carousso, l. h. d., c. g., of meadowbrook, pa. p. 114 coos county, new hampshire, established from grafton county in 1803, is the northernmost county of that state and emcompasses the white mountain region. vulnerable as it was to indian raids, few permanent settlements were made in the area until after 1760. the town of dummer was founded in 1773, but it was not until many years later that the proprietors were able to induce settlers to put down any permanent roots. joseph pierce east 1/2 of lot 226 daniel pierce east 1/2 of lot 215 vol. 127 page 186 edward sanderson of watertown, mass. (genealogy) by page sanderson of meredith, n.h. starts on page 181 page 185 3. jonathan3 sanderson (jonathan2, edward1) was born at cambridge 25 oct. 1673 (bond) and died at waltham 4 oct. 1743 (vital records). he married 14 july 1699, abigail fiske, (savage, 2:166) daughter of john and sarah (wyeth) fiske, born 8 oct. 1675, died 29 april 1759, aged 84 (waltham vital records). abigail was descended from lord symon fiske who died in co. suffolk england, in february of 1464 (j. h. temple, history of framingham, mass., 1887, p. 547). jonathan's will was probated in 1743 (middlesex co. probate, no. 19802), the will being dated 29 sept. 1743, only five days prior to his death, and bequeathing to "my well beloved wife, abigail, 10 acres and 3 acres of land" etc., also items to his four sons, and after the decease of his wife, her interest to pass to the three daughters. both jonathan and his wife are buried in the grove hill cemetery in waltham, in the family lot. children, born in watertown (vital records): 7. i. jonathan4, b. 26 july 1700. ii. abigail, b. 23 oct. 1702; d. about 1771; mar. 20 sept. 1720 james mellon of framingham (vital records), son of simon and elizabeth (fiske) mellon or mellins. children, surname Mellon (ibid.): 1. elizabeth, b. 21 aug. 1721;mar elias whitney. 2. abigail, b. 18 april 1723; d. 24 april 1723 5. james, b. 6 april 1724; d. 26 april 1732. 4. abigail, b. 21 feb 1726/7. 5. abner, b. 25 oct. 1729; d. 28 april 1732. 6. games b. 10 march 1732/3. 7. anne b. 28 june 1735; d. 15 oct. 1736. 8. joshua, b. 16 jan. 1737/8. 9. abner b. 19 aug. 1740. iii. margaret, b. 9 sept. 1704; mar 21 (or 24) feb. 1731/2 (ibid.), benjamin whitney of framingham, son of benjamin whitney. he bought land in framingham in 1731 and 1741. children, surname whitney (ibid.): 1. jonathan, b. 25 sept. 1734; mar. 15 june 1758 eunice marshall. 2 persis, b. 20 aug. 1739. 3. amos, b. 27 sept. 1746. there were probably about ten additional children (bond, p. 417). iv. eunice, b. 1 july 1707; d. 14 sept. 1803; mar. 23 march 1725/6 isaac pierce of waltham, b. groton 25 sept. 1701. children, surname pierce (sometimes peirce), born at waltham: 1. daniel, b. 9 jan. 1726/7; m. martha godding. 2. elizabeth, b. 10 april 1729; mar. benjamin harrington. 3. isaac, b. 11 oct. 1731; mar. martha graes. 4. abraham, b. 5 jan. 1733/4; mar. (1) abigail harrington; mar. (2) grace harrington, sister of his first wife; mar. (3) abigail garfield. 5. eunice, b. 6 july 1736. 6. abigail, b. 26 march 1739. 7. sarah, b. 20 sept. 1740. 8. joshua, b. 1 july 1744. 9. benjamin, b. 26 july 1747. 8. v. thomas b. 18 june 1710. 9. vi. nathaniel, b. 30 may 1713. 10. vii. david, b. 25 june 1715. v.127 page 3-17, 138-150, 216-229, 302-312 v. 128 page 49-63, 124-135, 215-224, 293-304 v. 129 page 53-67, 270-277, 379-387 The rhode island census of 1782, transcribed by the late katharine u. waterman of north scituate, r. i. a transcription of the 1782 census of rhode island was given to the society in 1945 by katharine utter waterman, wife of lewis a. waterman. the value of this source to genealogists, historians, demographers and other scholars is of special note, since the census was taken about midway between the rhode island censuses of 1774 and 1790 both published. the first census of the united states was taken by the federal government in 1790; however in 1781 under the articles of confederation, congress apparently desired an enumeration classified by race and age. as this congress had no enforceable power over the states, it could only ask the latter to carry out the desired measure (journals of the continental congress, 21:1129,1165). census classifications: A-males under 16 a-females under 16 B males 16 to 22 b females 16 to 22 C males 22 to 50 c females 22 to 50 D males upwards of 50 d females upwards of 50 X indians Y mulattoes Z blacks A a B b C c D d X Y Z total a W after the name means widow page 10 newport A a B b C c D d X Y Z total elizabeth pearce (W) . . . 2 . 1 . 1 . . . 4 on pages 9 and 10 of the census page 16 of the census A a B b C c D d X Y Z total timothy pearce 4 2 . . 1 2 . . . . . 9 page 18 of the census page 147 middletown page 35 of the census A a B b C c D d X Y Z total michael pearce 2 . . . 1 1 . . . . . 4 samuel pearce 3 . . . 1 1 . . . . . 5 page 148 page 41 of the census tivertown A a B b C c D d X Y Z total london pierce (black) . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 little compton page 221 A a B b C c D d X Y Z total census page 59 or 39 pearce nathanial 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . 7 pearce sarah 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . . 7 pearce priscilla . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . 2 pearce elizabeth . . . 1 1 1 . 1 . . . 4 pearce giles 1 3 . 1 1 . 1 1 . . . 8 pearce wright 2 . . . 1 1 . . . . . 4 pearce stephen 2 . . . 1 1 . . . . . 4 pearce john 2 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . 5 pearce rouse 3 . . . 1 1 . . . . . 5 pearce richard 3 3 . . 1 1 . . . . . 8 page 225 census page 70 providence A a B b C c D d X Y Z total daniel pearce 1 1 . . 1 1 1 . . . . 5 page 228 census page 78 providence A a B b C c D d X Y Z total benoni pearce 2 1 1 1 . 2 1 . . . . 8 *note on one of the genealogies that i saw, v. 129, p. 42, "the hebrew name ben oni translates as "son of my affliction (sorrow)." page 304 providence census page 86 A a B b C c D d X Y Z total israil pearce 1 . 1 . 1 1 . . . . . 4 scituate page 310 census page 100 A a B b C c D d X Y Z total petor arce . 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 . . . 5 vol. 128 pg 126 census page 141 s. kingstown A a B b C c D d X Y Z total isaac pearce 1 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . 4 vol. 128 page 132 n. kingstown census page 153 A a B b C c D d X Y Z total lawrance pearce 2 2 . . 1 1 . . . . . 6 langworthy pearce 2 4 . . 1 1 . . . . . 8 silvester pearce 2 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . 5 isaac pearce . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 2 4 page 134 census page 154 north kingstown A a B b C c D d X Y Z total joshua pearce 1 1 . . . 1 2 1 . . 2 8 mary pearce (Wd) . . . 2 . 1 . 1 . . . 4 page 135 census page 157 north kingstown A a B b C c D d X Y Z total john pearce 2 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . 5 v. 128 p. 215 census page 158 north kingstown A a B b C c D d X Y Z total christopher pearce 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 3 charlestown v. 128 p 217 census page 161 A a B b C c D d X Y Z total nathan pierce . 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . 3 westerly v. 128, p. 293 census page 179 A a B b C c D d X Y Z total george peirce . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 . . 3 7 hopkintown v. 128, p. 303 census page 196 A a B b C c D d X Y Z total anney peirce . . . 1 . 2 . . . . . 3 east greenwich v. 128, p 304 census page 199 A a B b C c D d X Y Z total thomas pirce . . 2 1 . 1 1 1 . . . 6 census page 200 daniel pirce . . . 1 1 . 1 1 . . . 4 james pearce of danl 3 . . . 1 1 . . . . . 5 james pirce 1 2 . . 1 1 . . . *. . 6 might be a mulatto entry? east greenwich, vol. 129 p 53, census page 201 A a B b C c D d X Y Z total john pearce 1 1 . . . 1 . 1 . . . 4 east greenwich, vol. 129, p. 54, census page 203 A a B b C c D d X Y Z total job pearce 1 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . 4 gyles pearce . 2 . . 1 1 . . . . . 4 philip pirce 2 . . . 1 1 . . . . . 1 5 daniel perce 1 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . . 4 page 203, v. 129, p. 55 margrett pearce . . . . . 2 1 . . . 1 . 4 page 204 stephen pearce 3 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . 6 preserved pearce . . . . . 4 1 1 . . . 6 edward pirce 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . 2 v. 129, pg 56, east greenwich, census page 206 A a B b C c D d X Y Z total william pearce . 3 . 2 1 1 . . . . . 7 sarah pearce . . 1 1 . . . . . . . 2 v. 129, page 60, census page 213, east greenwich A a B b C c D d X Y Z total beniamen pearce . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 2 v. 129, page 62, census page 217, east greenwich daniel pearce 1 . . . . . 1 1 . . . 3 v. 129, page 63, census page 221, east greenwich ebenezer peirce 3 2 . 1 1 2 . . . . . 9 azrikam peirce 3 2 . . 1 1 . . . . . 7 parden peirce 1 3 . . 1 1 . . . . . 6 warwick, v. 129 p. 277, census page 250 samuel pearce 1 3 2 . 2 1 . . . . . 9 warwick, v. 129 p. 379, census page 251 A a B b C c D d X Y Z total ephriem pearce 1 1 . . . 3 1 . . . . 6 bristol, v. 129 p. 381, census page 255 nathaniel pearse 1 . . 2 1 2 1 . . . 2 9 p. 256 william pearse 2 2 2 . . . 1 2 . . 3 12 p. 260, v. 129 p. 383 thomas pearse 3 . . . 1 1 . 1 . . . 6 nathaniel pearse jun. . . . . 1 1 . . . . 2 4 suzanne hamlet shatto