My oldest Pierce (or Pearce) is BAKER PEARCE. He is listed in the Middlefield, Otsego County, new York 1800 census, alongside the name of Ephraim Pearce. Also in that Middlefield census were: Jonathan Pearce, Amiel Pierce and Nathan Pierce. Were they all of the same family? Despite years of searching, I have never found the family of Baker Pearce. Baker Pearce went westward to Tioga County, Pennsylvania for the 1810 Delmar, Tioga Census. He died in 1815. Thank you, Pat