I have been researching my Parce/Pierce/Pearce lineage, and have seen some census reports showing Rhode Island as a place of origin. I could not match any names that you have with mine, except for John Parce, who may be related. Here is my research web site, which I really need to update: http://www.cc.utah.edu/~mm10a50/perry/ - Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holly Snead" <snead@qwestinternet.net> To: <PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 12:05 PM Subject: [PIERCE-L] Pearce family lineage > Jim, > > Am not sure if I have conversed with you in the past, but our Pearce families both connect > with John Pearce, Mason. My line connects with his son, Daniel, grandson, Nathan, married > to Abigail Spink, and then to his son, Benoni, married to Mehitable Walker. Benoni had ten > children, you probably have all their families listed in your records. His son, Nathan, married > to Rebecca Chase, is my fifth great grandfather. At the time of their marriage, Nathan changed > his name to Parce deleting the "e" becoming Nathan Parce. Nathan had ten children, Benoni, > Justus, Abigail, Ephraim, John, Nathan, Jr., Hiram, Polly, Royal and Ransom. Their son, Benoni > Parce married Dolly Casa, and they had five children, Cyrenus, Hannah, Earl, Alexander and > Mary Jane. Cyrenus married Sabra Sutton and they had nine children. Twins Almearn and Elam, > Nancy, Frank, John, Emily Anne, Melissa, Jimey, and Elvira Jennett. Almearn married Jemima > Shaw, twin sister to Anna Shaw, who married Elam, and they had five children, Fremont, Daniel, > Frances, Maude, and Lulu. Fremont married Anna Hilpl, from Germany, and had two sons, > James D, and Ralph R. Parce. Ralph Parce married Florence Dansberry and had one son > James W. Parce, married to Ruth Doremus, my parents. > > Cyrenus and Sabra Sutton Parce where both born in Chenango Co., New York and migrated to > Grant Co., Wisconsin some time after 1842. The family remained there until my father went into > service in WW 11 and resettled in NY (Westchester Co) after the war. My sisters Marjorie and Donna, > and I were born in New York and they remain in New Jersey and Philadelphia, with their families. > I am living in Clermont, Ga. with my family. > > If there is any info you would like on Benoni's line, or the Parce branch, I am happy to fill in this > branch of our tree. Have been trying to find all the Parce lineage, some migrated to Michigan, > South Dakota, Colorado, Florida, and elsewhere. From family legend, if the name is Parce, there > is a connection back to Nathan and Rebecca, and so far all the Parces I have gotten in touch with > have been able to trace their lineage back to them. > > Let me know if you find anything on John Pearce, Mason's line. I have heard some stories that he and > the other John Pearce are related, that John Pearce, the mason's father, and Richard Pearce, father of > the other John Pearce, were brothers, but have found nothing to validate this. Have also heard that > John Pearce, the mason, with two brothers, and parents, traveled from Wales to Boston, and that > the father died on board the ship. The father's name apparently was also John. At some point John > Pearce, the mason migrated to Rhode Island, settling there. I would like to find out if any of this is > accurate, and if there is a connection to the other Pearce families that settled the area. Keep in touch > if you find anything to add to the family tree. Holly Snead snead@qwestinternet.net > > > > ==== PIERCE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: Go to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pierces - Mailing List Information ..... If you are getting a new email address you will need to unsub from your old address and resub under your new address. > Join the Project -- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pierces