David Pierce (1742 - 1825)

Born 3 Oct 1742 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

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Died 6 Apr 1825 at age 82 in Solon, Somerset, Maine, United States

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Biography

Private David Pierce served with New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.

David Pierce is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A091247.

David Pierce was born October 3, 1742, in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, the son of Daniel and Sarah (Buck) Pierce. Source citation is needed for this parental conclusion as his marriage record refers to him as David "Peirce", Jr.

According to his Find A Grave memorial, David was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. This needs to be verified as there were a number of contemporary David Pierce identities.

The DAR patriot record lists David Pierce, a New Hampshire patriot with wife Sarah Whitney Maynard. Children: Alice, Luther, Calvin, Simon, Peter and Charles. ^[1]

David "Peirce", Jr. [aka Pierce] and (Mrs.) Sarah "Mainner" aka Maynard (believed to be Sarah Whitney) published their marriage intention 9 March 1763 at Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ^[2] Their marriage intention was also published in the Harvard, Massachusetts Town Records. ^[2] Sarah Whitney is believed to have been born November 26, 1733, in Stow, Middlesex county, Massachusetts. Children of David and Sarah include:

• Simon Pierce (1764-1814) b. Chesterfield, Cheshire, N.H., d. Chesterville, Franklin, ME per F.A.G. memorial which contains (legible name) gravestone image.; he may have served in War of 1812.

• Calvin Pierce (1766-1815) b. Bingham, Somerset, ME., d. same location per F.A.G. memorial which contains (unlegible) gravestone image; m. Deborah Blackwill, 18 Nov 1790, Fairfield, Somerset, ME.; based upon source "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1780-1980" he was b. 10 Feb 1766 and d. 7 Oct 1815 & buried Bingham, Somerset, ME.

• Luther Pierce (1768-1846); b. Chesterfield, Cheshire, N.H.; d. Solon, Somerset, Me. both locations from his F.A.G. memorial which contains (fairly legible) gravestone image.; m. Susanna Gray at Solon; served in War of 1812.; 1790 U.S. Federal Census residence Winslow, Lincoln, ME.; 1810 U.S. Fed. Census residence Solon, Somerset, ME.; d. 14 Jan 1846 ("Maine Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918") buried Bingham, Somerset, ME.

• David Pierce (1771-1844); b. Maine, d. Norridgewock, Somerset, ME.; buried Smithfield, Somerset, ME. per F.A.G. memorial which contains (legible) gravestone image.; 1790 U.S. Federal Census residence Winslow, Lincoln, ME.; not to be confused with David Pierce, b. 22 Oct 1773, New Ipswich, Hillsborough, N.H. son of Stephen & Lydia Pierce and who m. Hepzibah Davis, 27 Nov 1804, N.H.

• Alice Pierce Whipple (1773-1836) d. Solon, Somerset, ME. per F.A.G. memorial which contains (illegible) gravestone image.; m. Eleazer Whipple; d. 20 Nov 1836, Solon, Somerset, ME ("Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990")

• Charles Pierce (1775-1851); b. Norridgewock, Somerset, ME.; d. Solon, Somerset, ME. per F.A.G. memorial which contains (fairly) legible gravestone image.; 1790 U.S. Federal Census residence Lincoln, Titeums, ME.; 1820 residence Norridgewock, Somerset, ME.; 1830 residence, Somerset, ME.; 1840 residence Moscow, Somerset, ME.; 1850 residence Bingham, Somerset, ME.; age 76 yrs., d. 11 Apr 1851, buried Solon, Somerset, ME. ("Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990")

• Peter Pierce (1777-1860) d. Moscow, Somerset, ME. per F.A.G. memorial which contains (legible) gravestone image.; 1850 & 1860 residence Moscow, Somerset, ME which shows his b. as 1779, New Hampshire (1850 U.S. Federal Census); m. Elizabeth Blackwill, 28 Nov 1799, Fairfield, ME. ("ME, Marriage Index, 1670-1921"); d. age 82 yrs., 11 Dec 1850, Moscow, Somerset, ME., buried Moscow ("Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1780-1980")

At age 84 years 9 months David "Pierce" died April 6, 1825, in Solon, Somerset county, Maine and is buried in the Pierce cemetery there. ^[3] Sarah, his wife, passed away 17 Feb 1822, age 88 years. ^[3] The same Cemetery vital record includes a reference to his son Luther Pierce of Solon, Maine. ^[3]

Research Notes
-This WikiTree profile for David Pierce, b. 3 Oct 1742 was based upon an unsourced Find-A-Grave memorial. A Massachusetts vital record for his marriage to Mrs. Sarah Maynard has been added which styles David as David Pierce, Jr. suggesting, if accurate, his father was not Daniel Pierce, Sr. as has been asserted in the Find-A-Grave memorial. The marriage record source is an old very legible (for the period) hand-written Town Record. An attempt has been made to locate a David Pierce, Sr. identity which fits as a father to this profile but at this time without success.

-This profile shouldn't be confused with another contemporary who is the son of Ann Ritter (bap.1720/1) & David Pierce, Jr. (1726-1795) of Groton & Lunenburg, Mass. This David and Ann Pierce family resided in Lunenburg until 1770, when they removed to Fitchburg. He (David, Sr.) was a soldier in the (1776) Revolution." ^[4]

Their son David Pierce (David), of Lunenburg, b. abt 1752, married Sarah Stephens [Stevens], 23 Feb 1774, at Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts ^[5] (Townsend lies just north of Lunenburg, Mass.)

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 8 Feb 2022), "Record of David Pierce", Ancestor # A091247.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0873749 item 2. Reprinted Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [db on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Accessed 25 Sep 2020.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990" Reprinted (image record online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019, Lehi, UT, USA. Accessed 25 Sep 2020.
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5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82D-BYZ : 24 January 2020), David Pierce, 1774.

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51120033&ref=acom
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51120033/david-pierce : accessed 03 January 2022), memorial page for David Pierce (3 Oct 1742–6 Apr 1825), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51120033, citing Pierce Cemetery, Solon, Somerset County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Maine 101 (contributor 47130320) .