Stephen Pierson (abt. 1671 - abt. 1744)

Born about 4 Feb 1671 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mehetabel (Canfield) Pierson — married 12 Oct 1697 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 1744 at about age 72 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Problems/Questions Profile managers: John Grant [send private message], Philip Tripp [send private message], and Ken Fanton [send private message]

Biography

STEPHEN JR son of Stephen and Mary Tomlinson Pierson m. Mehitable Canfield^[1] Oct 12, 1697^[2] who died and he m. 2d Hannah Munson June 15, I738.^[3]

Birth

Abt 1670 New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut

Derby, Connecticut^[1]

Marriage

Marriage 1 Mehitable Canfield^[1] b: 2 JUL 1671 in Milford, New Haven Co, CT

Married: 12 OCT 1697 in Derby, New Haven Co, CT^[1]

Children^[3][1]

Elizabeth Pierson b: 12 JAN 1699 in Derby, New Haven Co, CT

Abigail Pierson b: ABT 1701 in Derby, New Haven Co, CT

Thomas Pierson b: 1703 in Derby, New Haven Co, CT

John Pierson b: ABT 1705 in Derby, New Haven Co, CT

Job Pierson b: 5 OCT 1707 in Derby, New Haven Co, CT

Phebe Pierson b: ABT 1710 in Derby, New Haven Co, CT

Jonathan Pierson III b: 6 MAY 1716 in Derby, New Haven Co, CT

Marriage 2 Hannah Munson b: ABT 1681

Married: 15 JUN 1738

Children:^[3]

Enoch, b. June 18 1739

Elijah b Dec 26 1740

Daniel b Apr 29 1744

Rachel b Sept I5 1742

Eli b June 4 I749

--supposed to have had six children by first wife and five by second wife;

Death

1744^[2]

Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Note

Father: Stephen Pierson b: 1645 in Ubbeston, Suffolk Co, England

Mother: Mary Tomlinson b: 1649 in Derby, New Haven Co, CT

of Derby, CT

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Pierson
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} McKee, Florence McCutcheon, "The McCutcheon Records and Allied Families' Ancestry", Commonwealth Printing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1931
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Orcutt

• Find A Grave: Memorial #116721807
• Orcutt, Samuel. The History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (Springfield Printing Co., Springfield, Mass., 1880) Page 751-2
• Pierson, Frederick Lockwood. The Descendants of Stephen Pierson (Walsh & Griffen, Amenia, N.Y., 1895) Page 3-4.
• No. 35, pg. 76 - The St. John Genealogy; Descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650 by Orline St. John Alexander, 1907 - https://ia802703.us.archive.org/22/items/stjohngenealogyd00alex/stjohngenealogyd00alex.pdf