Born in Hingham, Massachusetts
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Michael Pierce
and Persis (Eames) Pierce
Sister of
Persis Pierce, Abigail (Pierce) Holbrook, Elizabeth Peirce, Sarah Pierce, Ephraim (Pearce) Pierce Sr., Anna Peirce, Benjamin Pierce, Abiah (Pierce) Ford, John Pierce, Ruth (Peirce) Pierce and Persis (Peirce) Garrett
Wife of
Samuel Holbrook Sr.
— married
23 Jun 1675 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Persis (Holbrook) Farrow, Elizabeth (Holbrook) Winslow, Elizabeth Holbrook, Bethiah (Holbrook) Winslow, Samuel Holbrook Jr. and Mary (Holbrook) Daniels
Died
at age 80
in Scituate, Massachusetts
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Contents |
Biography
There appears to be no birth record for Mary Pierce daughter of Capt Michael Pierce. She is not found in Hobart's Journal, Lincoln's History of Hingham nor the 1893 History of the Town of Hingham. However, she does appear in her father's will (see his profile).[1] She is a direct ancestor of President William Taft.
She married Samuel Holbrook 23 Jun 1675 at Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts and had Persis in 1676[2][3]
Mary Holbrook was a slaveholder. She inherited a black woman named Durance from her husband Samuel.[4]
She passed away 26 Apr 1735 in Scituate, Massachusetts.[5]
Birth
- Birth:
- Date: 6 MAY 1654[citation needed]
- Place: Scituate, Massachusetts (Plymouth)[6]
Children
Research Notes
Her birth nor baptism is recorded in The Hobart Journal (NEHGR V 121) nor is it found in Solomon Lincoln's History of Hingham.
Sources
- ↑ Pope: pp 128-9.
- ↑ Torrey, New England Marriages to 1700, Vol 2:772 citing TAG 22:208; Weaver 33; Vinton Mem. 335; Sherborn Hist. 136; Davis: Anc. of Joseph Neal 132, 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/21175/772/426928198
- ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0721179.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-FNJY?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-W68%3A337879301 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1717-1724 and 1854-1862 vol 4-4Q > image 117-118 of 485; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, VII, p 397, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/444156-vital-records-of-scituate-massachusetts-to-the-year-1850-v-02?viewer=1&offset=0#page=397&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
- ↑ Rootsweb: Page: Amy - gramiam2 @comcast.net
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/958227:7836?tid=&pid=&queryId=16e519447ba8be47a9ac0df703ae81da&_phsrc=uVt173&_phstart=successSource
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Mike Walton and Joe Fitzgerald for creating this profile.
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DNA Connections
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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