John Pierce (abt. 1670 - abt. 1725)

Born about 1670 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elinor (Childs) Pierce — married 16 Aug 1695 in Duxbury, Massachusetts

Husband of Susannah (Newland) Peirce — married 26 Jan 1713 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1725 at about age 55 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Pierce born in Massachusetts Bay in 1672 to Abraham Pierce and Hannah (Baker) Pierce

Timeline

• 1695 Marriage: John Pierce married first, Elinor Childs, on August 16, 1695. They had 6 children.
• 1712 Death of wife, Elinor (Childs) Pierce, following birth of her youngest child, Benjamin.
• 1713 Marriage: John Pierce married second, Susanna Newland, on January 26, 1713, and they had 2 children. See attached images for marriage records. John and Susanna are the 6th line from the bottom. The year is left off their record, however, the marriages above and below state 1713.
• 1725 Death: John Pierce died intestate, age 55, on October 12, 1725. His son, Caleb Pierce of Yarmouth, was granted the letter of administration for his estate.^[1]

Children

Children of John Pierce / Peirce and Elinor Chiles / Childs are:

1. Elinor Peirce, b. 1696, Duxbury, MA; m. Elijah Bisbee, 04 Jun, 1719, Pembroke, MA.
2. Mary Peirce, b. 1698, Duxbury, MA.
3. Samuel Peirce, b. Jun 1699, Mass.; d. 04 Jun, 1785.
4. Caleb Peirce, b. Abt. 1700, Barnstable MA; d. 1770.
5. Priscilla Peirce, b. 1701, Plymouth, MA; d. Aft. 1731, Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA.
6. Thankful Peirce, b. Abt. 1702, Plymouth, MA.
7. Joshua Peirce, b. 25 Jan, 1705/06, Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; d. 15 Mar, 1794, Cornwall, Litchfield, Conn.
8. Nehemiah Pierce, b. 1708, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA; d. 21 Feb, 1777, Cornwall, Litchfield, Conn; m. Elizabeth Hanks, 27 Oct, 1731, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA.
9. Mary Peirce, b. Abt. 1710, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA.
10. Benjamin Peirce, b. 19 Sep, 1712, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA; d. 29 Jul, 1756, Dartmouth, MA; m. Sarah Pope, 01 Mar, 1734/35, Dartmouth, MA.<https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ofmintz&id=I6000000000490901720/>

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-FHNV : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 75 of 596; State Archives, Boston.

• Mayflower Families Vol. 15 p. 77

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQY-8P1 : accessed 26 December 2021), entry for John Pearce, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Robert Moody Sherman, CG, FASG; Verle Delano Vincent: Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 15) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society
• Abbreviation: Ancestral File (R) Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
• Ancestral File Number: K89P-ND.