Born about in England
Daughter of Thomas Pierce
and Elizabeth (Unknown) Pierce
Sister of
Robert Pierce, John Mariner Pierce, Thomas Pierce II, Samuel Pierce, Elizabeth (Pierce) Nichols, Mary (Pierce) Tufts and Abigail Pierce
Wife of
William Bridge
— married
before 1643 in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Wife of
John Harrison
— married
about 1651 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
Rebecca (Bridge) Bridges, Samuel Bridge, Peter Bridge, Mary (Bridge) Knight, John Harrison, Elizabeth Harrison, Bethia Harrison, Ebenezer Harrison, Abraham Harrison and Isaac Harrison
Died
at about age 56
in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Biography
Persis (Pierce) Harrison immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Persis was born about 1626. She was the daughter of Thomas Pierce and his wife Elizabeth of Charlestown.[1]
Persis was born in England, probably about 1625, and came to Charlestown in 1634 with her family. "Peircis Bridges" was admitted to Charlestown church 30 November 1643 [ChChR 10]. [1]
Her identity as wife of William Bridge(s) "is deduced from the 1665 will of Thomas Pierce naming granddaughters Mary Bridge and Elizabeth Jefts [Tufts] living with them, and the Charlestown town record of 1646/7 calling William Bridges and Peter Tufts brothers.[MPR Case #17583; Charlestown Town Records, p 71]."[2]
After William Bridges's death, and no later than 6 May 1653, she had married, as his second wife, John Harrison of Boston, ropemaker, by whom she had ten more children [ChBOP 127].The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33
She passed away about 1682.[citation needed]
Some sources identify her as Persis Lobdell, the wife of Simon Lobdell, but there is no authority for this identification [3]
Event
-
- Admitted to church
- 30 NOV 1643
- Charlestown, Suffolk County, MA[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). p. 231- 234.
- ↑ RCA, GMB, p 231
- ↑ Julia Harrison Lobdell, Simon Lobdell - 1646 of Milford, Conn. And some of his descendants, self published, 1907.
- ↑ Source: #S562
- Source: S562 Author: Frederic Beech Pierce with Frederick Clifton Pierce Title: Pierce Genealogy Abbreviation: Pierce Genealogy Publication: Worcester: Press of Chas. Hamilton, 311 Main St., Boston, Mass.,1882 Note: new Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
- The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). p. 231- 234.link for subscribers
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