Susannah (Bemis) Peirce (1705 - 1785)

Born 3 Dec 1705 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Peirce — married 7 Sep 1722 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1785 at age 79 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Susannah Bemis, twin sister of Hannah, was born on December 3, 1705, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[1]. She was the daughter of John and Mary (Harrington) Bemis. Susannah married Isaac Pierce on September 7, 1722, in Watertown^[2].

Susanna married Isaac Peirce on 7 September 1722 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[3]

• Fact: Burial (1785) Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America

Susannah was mentioned on a memorial in Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 28 November 1785.^[4]

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch This Susannah was the second child of the same in this family. The first unfortunately died very young. Susanna was also a twin, and many twins in those days did not live, so it is nice to see a happy ending to her story. Susanna and her twin were born when her mother was about 42, and they rounded out John and Mary's large family.

Normally, the "to go" sources for this family include Henry Bond's History of Watertown and T.W.M. Draper's book entitled "The Bemis Genealogy." Unfortunately, both of these sources confused this Susanna Bemis with her near relative of the same name, and said she married John Viles. Not true. She is mentioned in her father John's will as "Susanna Pierce." This particular Susanna married Isaac Pierce on 7 September 1722. The marriage is listed in Watertown vital records: Bemis, Susanna, and Isaac Peirce, Sept. 7, 1722.

• Fact: Authors Bond and Draper Sadly Had it Wrong In Bond's History of Watertown and The Bemis Genealogy by Draper states that John Viles, who died 4 February 1774, married Susannah Bemis, daughter of John Bemis and Mary Harrington. UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE MISTAKEN. Susanna is referred to in her father's will as "Susannah Pierce." Isaac Pierce and Susannah Bemis married in Watertown 7 September 1722. The Susannah who married John Viles was the daughter of Joseph Bemis and his wife Elizabeth Pierce.

2nd generation Descendant of Robert Harrington of Watertown

Sources

1. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737 also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 32
2. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737 also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 67
3. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009514
   FamilySearch Record: FH3L-DJC (accessed 18 September 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-9979-WWQ Image number 00219
   Susanna Bemis marriage to Isaac Peirce on 7 Sep 1722 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #240372742 (accessed 18 September 2023)
   Memorial page for Susannah Bemis Peirce/Pierce (3 Dec 1705-28 Nov 1785), citing Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 51201041).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 December 2018, 02:47), entry for Susanna Bemis(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCXX-DGD); contributed by various users.