John Pierce (1659 - 1750)

Born 1659 in Hingham, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Patience (Dodson) Pierce — married 12 Dec 1683 in Scituate, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1750 at about age 91 in Somerset, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Pierce was born about 1659 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He was the son of Michael Pierce (1615 – 1676) and Persis (Eames) Pierce. Surname variations have included; Pierce, Peirce, Peirse, Pearce, Perse.

Siblings were:

• Persis Pierce (1645 - 1646)
• Abigail (Pierce) Holbrook (1646–1723)
• Elizabeth Peirce
• Sarah Pierce
• Ephraim Pearce Sr.
• Anna Pierce
• Mary (Pierce) Holbrook (1654–1735)
• Benjamin Pierce (1657–1730)
• Abiah (Pierce) Ford (1659–1725)
• Ruth Peirce
• Persis (Pierce) Garrett (1662–1715)

Timeline

• 1683 Marriage: John Pierce, age 24, married Patience Dodson, age 19, on December 12, 1683, in Scituate, Massachusetts Bay Colony. ^[1]

The spouse's name on the record is indexed as Patricia, but closer look of the actual record says Patience. Children were:

• Michael "Mial" Pierce (1684 - 1764)^[2]
• John Pierce Jr. (1686 - 1766)^[3]
• Jonathan Pierce (1688 - 1738)^[4]
• Ruth (Pierce) Cornell (b. abt. 1689-?)^[5]
• Jael (Pierce) Chase (1692 - 1738)^[6]
• David Pierce (1695 - 1767)^[7]
• Clothier Pierce (1698-1744)^[8]
• Samuel Pierce (1699-1785)
• Mary (Pierce) Norton (about 1700-?)

• 1676 Death of father, Captain Michael Pierce, killed fighting in King Philip's War. John, age 16-17, was named in his father's will: "...And I give unto my son John Pierce all my lands in Hingham, in the Massachusetts, and my land in Scituate which I bought of William James, of Scituate, paying out of it to my son Ephraim's two children Eserikum Pierce and Ephraim Pierce, to each of them fifteen pounds at the age of twenty and one years; provided that neither my son Ephraim aforesaid, nor either of his after him, or any by or under him, shall go about to molest my said John of or upon the attempt of the three or four acres of meadow land in Hingham aforesaid which my father gave unto my said son Ephraim which is not yet so fully confirmed to me as by my son Ephraim's promise it should have been."

• 1715 Ordained: John was ordained an Elder in the Nonsectarian Christian Church of Swansea in 1715.

*1722 Deed: John Pierce, of Swansea, to son Clothier Pierce, Mariner, land in Swansea, on April 7, 1722. (recorded 4 Jan 1728) Samuel and David signed as Witnesses. ^[9]

• 1750 Death: Elder John Pierce died, age 91, on September 8, 1750, and was buried in the Hathaway-Chace Cemetery in what is now Somerset, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Find A Grave: Memorial #74395004 ^[10]
• 1750 Will: John Pierce Sr’s will was written in 1738, but probated in 1750. All his children were listed in his will.

Sources

• Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, Shurtleff, Nathaniel B, and David Pulsifer, William White, Boston, , 12 Volumnes, p.213.
• Stetson, Oscar Frank, The Descendants of Coronet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Mass., 1634, Stetson Kindred of America, Inc. Providence, RI 1933, Vol 1, No. 1 & 2
• Pope, Charles Henry, Pioneers of Massachusetts, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore1965 (Orig. published 1900).

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHH1-4MT : 5 November 2017), John Pierce and Patricia Dodson, 12 Dec 1680; citing Marriage, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-NF3 : 5 November 2017), Michiell Pearce, 24 Sep 1684; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-NXP : 5 November 2017), John Pearce, 12 Apr 1686; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-NXB : 5 November 2017), Jonathon Pearce, 24 Feb 1688; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-N66 : 5 November 2017), Ruth Pearce, 06 Sep 1689; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-N6Y : 5 November 2017), Jaell Pearce, 24 Feb 1692; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-N62 : 5 November 2017), David Pearce, 01 Jun 1695; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-NX4 : 5 November 2017), John Pearce in entry for Clothyer Pearce, 05 May 1698; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
9. ↑ 18-322, Image 171 of 310; 5-55, Image 35 of 578
10. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 April 2018), memorial page for John Peirce (1659–8 Sep 1750), Find A Grave Memorial no. 74395004, citing Hathaway-Chace Cemetery, Somerset, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Carole (contributor 46836381).

See also:

• Ancestry of Alonzo B Cornell, Ahnentafel# 34.

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Carrol Paul for creating WikiTree profile Pierce-2563 through the import of Charles Elmer Paul ancestors.ged on Feb 20, 2013.
• Thank you toDeborah David for creating WikiTree profile Pierce-9317.
• WikiTree profile Peirce-117 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X.