Hannah (Holbrook) Pearce (1647 - 1719)

Born 1647 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Ephraim (Pearce) Pierce Sr. — married 8 Mar 1670 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1719 at about age 72 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Hannah Holbrook, was born about 1647, daughter of Captain John Holbrook and his second wife, Elizabeth Stream. ^[1]

Hannah Pierce received L 50 in the will of her father, Captain John Holbrook of Weymouth, written on July 12, 1699. Also mentioned are are her children Ephraim Jr. and Azrikam Pierce and Rachel Peck. ^{[2] [3]} These sons are also mentioned in the will of Capt. Michael Pierce.

She married Ephraim Pierce, son of Captain Michael Pierce, on March 8, 1670. ^[4] Ephraim was the brother of Abigail Pierce, who married John Holbrook, Hannah Holbrook's brother. ^[1] Ephraim was born about 1649 at Hingham, Massachusetts. The family removed to Warwick, Rhode Island, before the birth of their first child. ^{[5] [6]}

• 1677: March 9: Ephraim Pierce bought 60 acres at Providence, Rhode Island. ^[6]
• 1691: October 12: Having had a previous dispute with wife Hannah over his estate, Ephraim gave notice that no person should buy, sell or trade with Hannah 'upon their peril.' ^[6]
• 1693: January 20: Eprhaim and Hannah sold the house, farm, barn, meadows etc. they had lived in at Providence to Thomas Mann. ^[6]
• 1698: February 1: At Swansey. Ephraim and wife Hannah sold 16 acres to Simon Davis of Bristol. ^[6]

Ephraim died September 14, 1719. ^[6] In his will written on July 18, 1718, he left bequests to:

• wife Hannah
• sons Azrikam (executor), Ephraim, Michael and John
• daughters Rachel Peck, Hannah Martin and Experience Wheaton
• granddaughter Ruth Pierce ^[6]

• 1720: September 20: Azrikam Pierce sold land in Warwick, which his father Ephraim had purchased of Anthony Low, to his widowed mother Hannah, formerly of Rehoboth. ^[7]
• 1721: September 21: Widow Hannah Pierce, formerly of Swansea, deeded the above land to her son-in-law William Martin. ^[7]

Children

1. Azrikam born January 4, 1671/2; married first Sarah Heywood on December 31, 1696; married second Elizabeth Esten on May 29, 1718. ^{[6] [8] [9]}
2. Ephraim ^[6] born c 1674; married Mary Low at Swansea on April 16, 1697. ^[8]
3. Michael/Mial ^[6] born c 1676; married first Joanna Rounds on November 26, 1711; married second Mary Wood. ^[8]
4. Rachel born c 1676; died November 12, 1756; married Samuel Peek/Peck. ^[6]
5. Hannah born 1680; married William Martin. ^[7]
6. Experience born 1682; married Samuel Wheaton on October 24, 1709. ^{[6] [8]}
7. John ^[6] born c 1684 ; married ?Hannah Miles on May 21, 1702, at Swansea. ^[8]
8. Benjamin born c 1686: died August 9, 1698 at Swansea. ^{[8] [5]}

Research notes

Swansea Marriages

Ezariakam Pearse and Sarah Howard were married December 31: 1696. (Swansea V. 1 p. 22)

Ephraem Pearse Ju and Mary Low were married Aprill the 16th: 1697. (Swansea V. 1 p. 22)

John Peirce & Hannah [blotted - Miles?] were maried the :21: of May 1702. (Swansea V. 1 p. 24)

Samuel Wheatten and Experience Peirce were married October ye 24, 1709. (Swansea V. 1 p. 203)

Miele Peirce and Joanah Round were married November ye 26: 1711 (Swansea V. 1 p. 188)

Mial Perce and Mary Wood were married October ye 15th: 1719. (Swansea V. 1 p. 188)

Swansea Deaths

Benjamin the son of Ephraim Peirce and Hannah his Wife deceased August the ninth day Anno dom: 1698. (Swansea V. 1 p. 26) ^[8]

Rehoboth Marriages

Peirce, Ezrikim of Rehoboth and Elizabeth Eston of Providence, May 6, 1713. (intention) p. 487. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Volume 42, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts 1888
2. ↑ Case 2547: p. 1-5: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48703/2547-co3/69458490
3. ↑ Chamberlain, George Walter. Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1923
4. ↑ Loud, John J., History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Weymouth Historical Society, 1923, Vol. 3 p. 329 www.heritagequestonline.com, 3:269.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Pierce, Frederick C. Pierce Genealogy, No. IV.: Being the Record of the Posterity of Capt. Michael, John and Capt. William Pierce, who Came to this Country from England, Issue 4, Joel Munsel & Sons, Publishers, Albany, New York, 1889
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12} Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1887 p. 129-30: 153: 297
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Moriarty, G. Andrew's. Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island in: The American Genealogist, Volume 36, New Haven, Connecticut, 1959, p. 56. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11877/56/23574290
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6} Vital Records of Swansea Massachusetts in: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13932/22/251743380
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Vital Records of Rehoboth, Massachusetts 1642-1895, Marriages, Intentions, Births and Deaths, Part 1 Rehoboth: Section 1: Marriage Intentions

See also:

• Cravens, Gwen Sanders. The Sanders Family of New England & Some Connected Lines, Wiedrich Publishers, 2003
• Find A Grave for her son, Arikim Pearce (Memorial #78845993), says "Son of Ephraim Pierce (1651 - 1719) & Hannah Holbrook (1652 - 1721)."