Persis (Eames) Pierce (abt. 1621 - 1662)

Born about 28 Oct 1621 in St George, Fordington, Dorset, England

Ancestors

Wife of Michael Pierce — married about 1644 (to 31 Dec 1662) in Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 31 Dec 1662 at about age 41 in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Persis (Eames) Pierce immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Persis Eames (1621- 1662) (25). She was baptised in Fordington, England in St George’s church on 28th Oct 1621. The name Persis is unusual and comes from the Bible, perhaps another indication of the importance of religion in their lives. In the Bible Persis was a Christian woman in Rome whom St Paul salutes as “beloved and as having laboured much in the Lord” .

Persis married a Michael Pierce (?-1676) in 1645 at Scituate Plymouth Massachusetts and they purchased land there at Conihassett in 1647.

Their house was on the Cohasset Road one mile from the north meeting house at the well known place where Elijah Pierce of the sixth generation was still living in 1831(25)...On 28th May 1659 in answer to a Court Petition her father Anthony Eames refers to "his sonne in lawe Michaell Pearse." (Ref X1)

Michael & Persis had 12 children between 1645 and 1662, the first (which died) and the last were both named Persis after her. Her death is recorded in the Journal of Rev. Peter Hobart, in Hingham Plymouth Colony Massachusetts 'Dec. 31, 1662, Michaell Perces wife dyed'." Note: She died 5 days after the birth of her 12th and last child, also named Persis.^[1]

Daughter of Capt. Anthony EAMES and Margery (Unknown) Eames. The NEHGR of Oct. 1902, page 409, provides the following: In Mass. Bay Colony Records, Vol. IV., part 1, page 380, under date of May 28, 1659, is an answer of the Court to the petition of Anthony Eames, in which is named "his sonne in lawe Michaell Pearse." ^[2][3]It would seem that the first wife of Michael Pierce was a daughter of Anthony Eames, of Hingham and Marshfield.

Immigration

May 1634 at aged about 13. Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts [Citation needed]

Children

1. Persis Pierce 1645 – 1646
2. Abigail Pierce 1646 – 1723
3. Elizabeth Pierce 1648 – 1670
4. Sarah Pierce 1649 – 1675
5. Ephraim Pierce Sr. 1651 – 1719
6. Anna Pierce 1653 – 1675
7. Mary Pierce 1654 – 1735
8. Benjamin Pierce 1657 – 1730
9. Abiah Pierce 1658 – 1721
10. John Pierce 1659– 1750
11. Ruth Pierce 1661 – 1675
12. Persis Pierce 1662 – 1715

Her death is recorded in the Journal of Rev. Peter Hobart, "Dec. 31, 1662, Michaell Perces wife dyed." See attached image. ^[4]

1662 Persis Eames Pierce died, age 41, on December 31, 1662, in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony, just five days after the birth of her final child, also named Persis Find A Grave: Memorial #63386829 ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.opcdorset.org/fordingtondorset/Files/FordingtonAnthonyEames.html Pilgrims from Fordington, The EAMES Family An Account of the life of Captain Anthony Eames (1595 – 1686) Churchwarden of St Georges Church & Constable of Fordington Manor]©Compiled by Michael Russell OPC for Fordington December 2009 (Revised March 2010 - updated May 2011 with additional information on Jonathan Eames (1628-1702) update Aug 2015 to take account of Anthony, Margery and their son Mark being beneficiaries under the Will of Rogere Kete (d.1620)
2. ↑ The NEHGR of Oct. 1902, page 409
3. ↑ Mass. Bay Colony Records, Vol. IV., part 1, page 380, under date of May 28, 1659
4. ↑ Journal of Rev. Peter Hobart, "Dec. 31, 1662
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 July 2019), memorial page for Persis Eames Pierce (28 Oct 1621–31 Dec 1662), Find A Grave Memorial no. 63386829, ; Maintained by treerpgmo (contributor 47324296) Non-Cemetery Burial.

• New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/1191/426899840

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