Born about in Norfolk, England
Daughter of Thomas Pierce
and Elizabeth (Unknown) Pierce
Sister of
Robert Pierce, John Mariner Pierce, Thomas Pierce II, Samuel Pierce, Elizabeth (Pierce) Nichols, Persis (Pierce) Harrison and Abigail Pierce
Wife of
Peter Tufts Sr
— married
about Oct 1647 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Peter Tufts Jr, James Tufts, John Tufts, Mary (Tufts) Eades, Jonathan Tufts, Jonathan Tufts, Elizabeth (Tufts) Lynde, John Tufts, Mercy (Tufts) Jenkins, Sarah (Tufts) Oakes, Persis Tufts and Lydia Tufts
Died
at about age 76
in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Mary (Pierce) Tufts immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Mary Pierce was baptized in Norfolk, England March 11. 1626 (1627?) She was the daughter of Thomas Pierce and Elizabeth Unknown, Some say her name was Carew, but we find no support for this,
She was married in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, to Peter Tufts II, son of Peter Tufts and Frances Vinyard,
Mary, widow of Peter Tufts died in January 1702/3, aged 75 years and was buried in the Bell Rock Cemetery in Malden.[1][2]
It is claimed that she and Peter had a total of 14 children.
Sources
- ↑ Deloraine Pendre Corey, Births, marriages and deaths in the town of Malden, Massachusetts, 1649-1850 (Cambridge, MA: Printed at the University Press for the City of Malden, 1903), p. 382.
- "Tufts, Mary, wid. of Peter, 75 y., Jan. __, 1702/3. G.S."
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 October 2019), memorial page for Mary Pierce Tufts (1627–10 Jan 1703), Find A Grave: Memorial #22246022, citing Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8). (Includes gravestone photo.)
See also:
- NEHGS Register, volume 125 (1971), page 25 (death data)
- Norfolk, England Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials: Mary Pierce, Blofield, Norfolk, March 11, 1626,
- New England Marriages Prior to 1700; page 758 (Tufts)
- Savage, James: "Genalogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England". Volume 2, page 351 (Pierce) discusses Elizabeth, mother of Mary, who married Peter Tufts.
- Pierce family records
- Ancestral File: KN6R-4DT
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Pierce-2525 through the import of Nichol Ancestry.GED on Feb 14, 2013.
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Rejected matches › Mary (Putnam) Tufts (1668-abt.1758) › Mary Elizabeth (Pierce) Carlock (1876-) › Mary Pierce (1716-) › Mary (Kent) Pierce (1669-1749) › Mary (Pierce) Jones (1699-1758) › Mary (Scott) Simons (abt.1649-abt.1724) › Mary Pierce (abt.1682-abt.1682) › Mary (Unknown) Pierce (1631-1705) › Mary (Wyman) Pierce (1674-1738) › Mary Jane Pierce (1906-1906) › Mary (Webb) Pierce (1691-) › Mary Lee L. (Pierce) Bolte › Mary Pierce › Mary (Pierce) Norton (abt.1700-) › Mary (Pierce) Greene (abt.1677-) › Mary (Pierce) Crumpler (abt.1770-aft.1820) › Mary Hoskins (Pierce) Spooner (abt.1748-abt.1782) › Mary Pierce › Mary Elizabeth (Pierce) Brisco (abt.1858-1930) › Mary (Pierce) Boggs
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Peter b. 1648 d. 1721 Henry b. 1649 d. May 24,1700 James b. 1650 d. 1664 Mary b. 1655 d. 1707 Jonathan b. 4/19/1657 d. 6/22/1658 Jonathan b. 5/1/1660 d. 8/13/1722 Martha b. 1662 d. 1698 Elizabeth b. 9/22/1663 d. 6/21/1735 John b. 1664 d. 3/28/1728 Mercy Waite b. 1666 d. 7/19/1736 Sarah b. 1670 d. 7/1749 Persis b. 1672 d. 10/2/1683 Lydia b. 1674 d. 7/26/1683
Source: Tufts Family History