Nehemiah Pierce (1708 - 1776)

Born 1708 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Hanks — married 27 Oct 1731 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 7 Sep 1776 at about age 68 in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Nehemiah Pearce was born in 1708, in Pembroke, Plymouth Colony, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. His parents were John Pierce and Elinor (Childs) Pierce.

Timeline

• 1725 Death of father, John, at age 55. Nehemiah was only 17.

Joshua Turner was appointed guardian of Nehemiah's estate on January 4, 1726, .^[1][2]

• 1731 Marriage: Nehemiah Pearce (age 23) married Elizabeth Hanks (age 20) on October 27, 1731, in Pembroke, Massachusetts.^[3]
• 1776 Death: Nehemiah Pierce died, age 67-68, on September 7, 1776, in Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and was buried in Cornwall Cemetery there. Find A Grave: Memorial #119056814 ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1558/i/20954/15494-co1/45492439
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-FHDZ : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 118 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ Vital records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1911) p. 236
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119056814/nehemiah-pierce: accessed March 3, 2024), memorial page for Nehemiah Pierce (1708–7 Sep 1776), Find a Grave Memorial ID 119056814, citing Cornwall Cemetery, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Sarah (contributor 47929957).

• Mayflower Families Vol. 15 p. 77

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