Stephen Pierson Sr (abt. 1642 - 1739)

Born about Feb 1642 in Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Sperry) Hotchkiss — married before 1675 in Milford, New Haven, CT

Husband of Mary (Tomlinson) Pierson — married about 1675 in Milford, New Haven, CT

Descendants

Died 14 May 1739 at about age 97 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Stephen is said to have been born in Suffolk county, England, about 1645, to Edward Pierson and Anne Clough^[1]. He was apprenticed by his mother, a widow, about 1654 to Thomas Mulliner of New Haven to learn the carpenter's trade. He married (1) at Stratford Mary Tomlinson^[2]. He settled in Derby in 1670, where he resided on Sentinel Hill. He married (2) Esther. His will was dated 2 September 1733. He died in Oxford, May 14, 1739^[2], aged 94. His first wife Mary died Sept 25, 1715.^[2]

Name

Stephen Pierson, Sr.

Birth

1642^[1] Ubbeston, Suffolk, England^[3]

Baptized

13 Feb 1642 Ubbeston, Suffolk, England

13 Feb 1643 Ubbeston, Suffolk, England^[1]

Emigration

Stephen Peirson emigrated to Connecticut, sent by his widowed mother to become an apprentice of Thomas Mulliner, a joiner, in Branford, Connecticut. (Thomas Mulliner, first settler of Totokeet, acquired his land from Indians before New Haven Colony purchased it in 1638, and renamed it Branford.)

Arrival 1657 New Haven, Connecticut (Filby)

Marriage

13 MAY 1670 Derby, New Haven, Connecticut (Torrey)

Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Massachusetts (Yates)

Stephen married Mary Tomlinson^[2] 1675, Milford, CT. daughter of Henry and Alice Tomlinson.

Death

14 MAY 1739 Derby, New Haven, Connecticut (Barbour Collection)

Burial

Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut (Find A Grave)

Argument

How did he get linked to Rev. Abraham Sr. Pierson?

James Savage, a Boston banker and historian of some note, said the following in his "Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England": "Stephen Pierson, Derby 1679 prob. had other ch. besides Stephen and Sarah; as the name Abraham is found in the list of 1717. This may lead to the presumption that Stephen was s. of first Abraham."

Subsequently this "presumption" has been converted to "fact". Unfortunately, James Savage did not clarifying it after he learned the names of the ten children of of Rev. Abraham Sr. Pierson and wife Abigail (Mitchell) Pierson. Even their son, Rev. Abraham Jr. Pierson, founder of Collegiate School, renamed Yale College (its rector until his death in 1707) has suffered from the "Abraham Pierson" identity syndrome. His son, Abraham Pierson Esq. (1680-1752) has been linked to the wrong father.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQXF-6M9 : 30 December 2014), Stephen Pierson, 13 Feb 1642; citing UBBESTON,SUFFOLK,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 919,634
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} McKee, Florence McCutcheon, "The McCutcheon Records and Allied Families' Ancestry", Commonwealth Printing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1931
3. ↑ Find A Grave

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