Died
at age 74
in Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
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Biography
John, the son of John and Ann Huthwitt Pierce, was born at Woodbury in the Connecticut Colony on September 16, 1683.[1] He married Comfort Jenner there on March 21, 1716/17.[2] They had ten known children:[3]
John b Apr 4, 1718
Elizabeth b Aug 19, 1720
Samuel b Jan 25, 1723, d Mar 17, 1788
Joseph d Apr 26, 1775
David b Dec 20, 1777 d Jan 2, 1786
Ann baptized Mar 15, 1730
Nathan b May 19, 1732 d Sep 7, 1805
Justus b May 29, 1734
Abraham b Mar 24, 1737
Elijah b Jan 13, 1840 d Sep 7, 1817.
He and son John were listed as Woodbury taxpayers in April of 1742.[4]
↑ "Woodbury Church Records." The American Genealogist, Volume 9. New Haven, CT: 1932. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Subscription Link $.
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Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Subscription Link $.Page 52.
↑ Pierce, Frederick Clifton. 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, MA: Self-Published, 1880. Page 42.
↑ Cothren, William. History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the first Indian Deed in 1659. Hartford, CT: Self-Published, 1854. Page 81.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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