Elijah PIERCE was born [1][2] 13 Jan 1739 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Elijah died [3] 07 Sep 1817 in Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States.
His will, of 3 May 1816, named his wife Esther, daughter Betty and her husband Israel Bradley, and the heirs of his deceased daughter Currence, 1st wife of Bennett French.[4]
Sources
↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F746-MRS : accessed 28 April 2016), Elijah Peirce, 13 Jan 1739; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
↑ 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.
↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KC-F4Z : accessed 28 April 2016), Elijah Pearce, 07 Sep 1817; citing , reference p 4 cem 222-1; FHL microfilm 3,362.
↑ Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, Peck, Erastus-Perry, A, 1720-1880 Elijah Pearce, Southbury 1817, #3536 link Ancestry
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVZ-5NWR : accessed 28 April 2016), Elijah Pearce, 1817; Burial, Southbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Pierce Hollow Cemetery; citing record ID 10820277, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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