Martha (Adams) Pierce (1658 - 1717)

Born 6 Mar 1658 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Pierce — married 5 Feb 1678 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1717 at age 59 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Martha was born on 6 Mar 1658 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony.^[1] She was the daughter of John Adams Jr and Jane (James) Adams.^[1]

She married Benjamin Pierce on 5 Feb 1678 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[2]

She died on 29 Dec 1717 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was buried in Groveland Cemetery.^[3]

Timeline

• 1678 Benjamin Pearce married Martha Adames February 5, 1678, in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Image 127; p.231 ^[2]
• 1717: Martha Adams Pierce died at age 59 on December 29, 1717, just 11 days after the death of her daughter, Persis. She died in Scituate, Massachusetts and was buried in Groveland Cemetary in North Scituate. She was the mother of 10 children. (Carole Gardner, Michael Pierce Geneology, p. 23).^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ85-MVB : 15 January 2020), Martha Adams, 1658.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-FT3 : 14 January 2020), Benjamen Pearce, 1683
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118338014/martha-peirce : accessed 9 November 2021), memorial page for Martha Adams Peirce (6 Mar 1658–29 Dec 1717), Find a Grave Memorial ID 118338014, citing Groveland Cemetery, Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Chip5610 (contributor 46997557) .

• "Marriages at Scituate, Mass., prior to 1700." The New England Historical & Genealogical Register 18 (Jul 1864): p. 286. Digital image at Ancestry.com (subscription required) and americanancestors.org (subscription required).

• "Family of John Adams of Plymouth." The New England Historical & Genealogical Register 33 (Oct 1879): pp. 410-3. Digital image at the Internet Archive (free) and Google Books (free).

• Wakefield, Robert S. "Men of the Fortune: John Adams." The American Genealogist 55 (1979): pp. 212-4. Digital image at americanancestors.org (subscription required).

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Marshfield Town Meeting Minutes, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths.

• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. III, New York Monthly Meeting, pg. 15.

• Find A Grave Memorial #118338014.

• Myers, Marya & James, Jr., Donald W., A New Look at The Family of Francis and Philip James of Hingham: Immigrant Ancestors, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 68.

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV77-LJG : accessed 20 September 2021), entry for Martha Adams; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.