John (Peirce) Pierce (1718 - 1788)

Born 4 Apr 1718 in Southbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Hinman) Twichell — married 13 Apr 1749 in New Haven Co., Connecticut

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1788 at age 70 in Southbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Deacon John PIERCE ^[1][2] was born ^[3] 4 Apr 1718 in New Haven Co., Connecticut. He died ^[4][5] 26 Jul 1788 in Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States. John married ^[6][7][8] Hannah HINMAN on 13 Apr 1749. Children:^[9]

1. John Pierce b Mar 5, 1750
2. Samuel Pierce b Feb 26, 1752
3. Titus Pierce b Mar 21, 1755
4. Hannah Pierce b Feb 6, 1767
5. Amos Pierce b Aug 9, 1753

Sources

1. ↑ Ralph Emerson Twitchell, Genealogy of the Twitchell Family - Record of the Descendants of the Puritan BENJAMIN TWITCHELL, Dorchester, Lancaster, Medfield and Sherborn, Massachusetts 1632 - 1927, Setauket, Long Island, N. Y., 1929, Rutland, Vermont, The Tuttle Company, p. 48. " ... resided in Southbury ..."
2. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 285. " ... of Southbury ..."
3. ↑ William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 669.
4. ↑ Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 205. "John, Dea., of South Britain ..."
5. ↑ William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, p. 669.
6. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 1537.
7. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, vol 1, p 285.
8. ↑ William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, p. 669. "Hannah Twitchell."
9. ↑ Ralph Emerson Twitchell, Genealogy of the Twitchell Family - Record of the Descendants of the Puritan BENJAMIN TWITCHELL, Dorchester, Lancaster, Medfield and Sherborn, Massachusetts 1632 - 1927, Setauket, Long Island, N. Y., 1929, Rutland, Vermont, The Tuttle Company, p. 48. " ... Sergeant John Pierce, of Southbury ... Page 48.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #21374853: Pierce Hollow Cemetery, Southbury, New Haven, Connecticut
• Pierce, Frederick Clifton. "Fifth Generation." Peirce Genealogy, Being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown, in New England ... with Notes on the History of Other Families of Peirce, Pierce, Pearce, Etc. Worchester: Press of C. Hamilton, 1880. 53-54. Print. [1]

• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PIERCE/1998-03/0890452162

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/PersonMatch.aspx?tid=100346868&pid=260003786020&_phsrc=AZK33&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/PersonMatch.aspx?tid=100346868&pid=260003963070&_phsrc=AZK38&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true

• Sharpe, William Carvosso. South Britain Sketches and Records (Record Print, Seymour, Conn, 1898 Page 109.