Benjamin Pierce I (abt. 1662 - 1739)

Born about 1662 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Reed) Pierce — married 10 Oct 1688 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 25 Sep 1739 at about age 77 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Benjamin was born about 1662. ^[1] He was the son of Thomas Pierce and Elizabeth Cole. He passed away in 1739.

A Thomas Pierce of Woburn recorded many children's births there between 1643 and 1660, but none include a Benjamin.

He married in Charlestown 10 Oct 1688 Mary Reed.^[2]

There is a death of a Benjamin Pierce in Woburn, Sept. 25, 1739,^[3] but there is no proof this is the same Benjamin. No age is given.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth year estimated based upon marriage date.
2. ↑ Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part III - Marriages (Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers, 1890), p. 209 (Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org):
   :"Benjamin Pierce and Mary Reed, both of Woburn, at Charlestown, Oct. 10, 1688"
3. ↑ Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part II - Deaths, p. 146, Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers. 1890) (Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org)

See also:

• Pierce, Frederic Beech, Pierce genealogy : being the record of the posterity of Thomas Pierce, an early inhabitant of Charlestown and afterwards; heritagequest online (via Kitsap Public Library)
  • Page: xviii Data: Text: Thomas, Charlestown Village alias Woburn; m. May 6, 1635, Elizabeth Cole, often styled "Sergt. Thomas," selectman, Woburn, 1660l had ch. Ensign John, b. Mar. 7, 1643; Thomas, b. June 21, 1645; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1646; Joseph, b. Sept. 22, 1648, d. Feb. 27, 1649; Joseph, b. Aug. 13, 1649; Stephen, b. July 16,1651; Samuel, b. Feb. 20, 1654; d. Oct. 27, 1655; Samuel, b. Apr. 7, 1656; William, b. Mar. 7, 1858; James, b. May 7, 1659; Abigail, b. Nov. 20, 1660; Benjamin, m. Mary Reed.

Acknowledgments

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