Abraham Pierce Jr. (1638 - 1718)

Born Jan 1638 in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Husband of Hannah (Glass) Pierce — married 1695 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1718 at about age 80 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Abraham Pierce/Peirce/Pearce was born January 1638, in Plymouth Colony, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America. He was the son of Abraham Pierce, migrant, and Rebecca Pierce.

Name

Abraham Pierce

The spellings of this family's name: "Pierce", "Pearse', "Pears", "Peirse', "Peirce", "Pearce", "Purse", "Pers" and other variations, will interfere with meaningful genealogical research and lead to immense duplications of profiles unless they are combined under one spelling. This problem was recognized long ago by James Savage, and he consolidated all such spellings as "Pierce". Wikitree.com considers "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. ", Author: Robert Charles Anderson, as the authoritative source for modern genealogical research. Anderson lists the spelling as "Pierce". Hence, the profile name should be "Pierce". Note that it is still possible to include other spellings of this name by adding them to the profile as "other names".

Property / Estate

Property

1673^[1]

Court Records

Court^[2]

Abraham Pearce Jr. ^[3]

Born 1638^{[4] [5]}

Marriages Firstly, Hannah Baker. Per the Seven Pierce Families by Harvey Cushman Pierce, 1936: "The name of his first wife is not known, but "Freeman's Cape Cod" and the "Baker FAmily of Yarmouth" state that Hannah Baker married "Peirce". It may be this Peirce was Abraham as two of Hannah's brothers married sisters of Abraham". Hannah Baker Pierce died in 1694.

Secondly, Hannah Glass, in 1695. She was born in 1651, the daughter of James Glass, of Duxbury and Marshfield. ^[6]

Died January 1718^[7][8]

Reference

Reference: 1576

Sources

1. ↑ Peirce: p. 9 At the distribution of the estate of Abraham Peirce (No.1), made in 1673, Abraham (No.2) received all the real estate, save twenty acres of pland and two acres of meadow, assigned to Isaac (No.6). The three daughters, then called Rebecca Wills, Mary Baker and Alice Baker, received twenty shillings each.
2. ↑ Peirce: p. 9 Of Abraham Peirce, Jr. (No. 2), the colonial records furnish notices as follows: 1661. October 1, acknowledgment that he had defamed Rebecca Alden and Hester Delaney. 1663. Arraigned before the court for abusive speeches used against his father. (His tongue appears to have been a very unruly member.) 1670. May 29, a freeman. 1673. Appointed to administer upon the estate of his father, Abraham Peirce, deceased. 1682. One of the surveyors of highways at Duxbury 1718. January, his death.
3. ↑ Source: #S1278100348 Volume: 245
4. ↑ Source: #S1278100348 Volume: 245
5. ↑ as Peirce, Abraham, son of Abraham Peirce, in Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Abraham Peirce https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/40143_271671__0001-00004/4391245
6. ↑ Seven Pierce Families, by Harvey Cushman Pierce, 1936, p.3
7. ↑ Source: #S1278100348 Volume: 245
8. ↑ as Peirce, Abraham, son of Abraham Peirce, in Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Abraham Peirce https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/40143_271671__0001-00004/4391245

• Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) Vol. 2, Page 561
• Peirce, Ebenezer Weaver.The Peirce Family of the Old Colony: or the lineal descendants of Abraham Peirce Who came to America as early as 1623 (Boston : printed for the Author. David Clapp & Son, 334 Washington St., 1870)
• Source: S1278100348 Repository: #R1253168544 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Repository: R1253168544 Ancestry.com
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