Joseph Pierson (abt. 1693 - 1759)

Born about 1693 in Orange, Essex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Hephzibah (Camp) Pierson — married about 1715 in Orange, Essex, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1759 at about age 66 in Orange, Essex, New Jersey

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Biography

Born 1693, Orange, Essex Co., NJ. ^[1]

Born at the homestead between the first and second Mountain in Essex Co. Settled in South Orange. Owned 2 mills: a grist mill and a saw mill. Both sold to Thomas and Aaron Ball in 1739/40.

He was buried at the First Presbyterian Churchyard in Orange, NJ ^[2]

Notes

Photos provided by Sonya Selig (Jan 2013). I found your family lineage page online while researching the history of our home, known as The Old Stone House, in Maplewood, Essex County, NJ, which we purchased in 2010.

Apparently the home was part of the property of the Pierson family that included the two mills. Its early ownership is attributed to Joseph and Hepzibah Pierson. It is believed that the original one-room home was constructed in the early 1700s and the stone portion added on in the late 1700s. A kitchen was added to the original portion in the late 1960s, but otherwise the footprint hasn't been altered too much. In 1937 it was added to the Library of Congress as an Historic Building. It was owned by Asher B. Durand (famous engraver and Hudson School artist) and his family for a while, too. We love the home and it's history of the family who built it. It's an amazing example of the early farmsteads in New Jersey and the first "train station" in Maplewood when it was a flag stop on the Morris Essex train line before the Maplewood train station was built. It's a wonderful home and thought I'd share some recent and old pictures, in case you're interested and don't live in the area to see it in person.

Sources

1. ↑ Pierson Millennium Richard E. Pierson and Jennifer Pierson Publication: Heritage Books, 1997. ISBN 0-7884-0742-2 Note: Available at: http://heritagebooks.com
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #34096473

• "New Jersey, Essex County, Superintendent of Soldiers' Burials, 1776-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WHZT-1GT2 : 16 September 2019), Joseph Pierson, .
• New Jersey Preservation. The Old Stone House. https://www.preservationnj.org/listings/old-stone-house/