Ebenezer Pierce (bef. 1741 - 1771)

Born before 2 Sep 1741 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Gilson) Fuller — married 25 Nov 1763 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, Province of New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 1771 after age 29 in Bennington, Vermont

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Biography

Born 1740, Groton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Private Ebenezer Pierce served with Col. William Williams' Regiment, Vermont Republic Militia during the American Revolution.

Ebenezer Pierce is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A091257.

"Ebenezer Pierce was a minuteman. He was shot by a Tory^[1] just before the battle of Bennington."

"Ebenezer Peirce (Anthony, John, Joseph, Joseph, Anthony, John) m. Nov. 24, 1763, Elizabeth Gilson. They res. in Westmoreland, N.H., and Putney, Vt. He was shot by a British soldier just before the battle of Bennington, in the Revolutionary War. The widow afterwards m. a Fuller and d. very aged at her son Reuben Peirce's house.

Children:

1. Reuben, b. Sept. 14, 1766: m. Arvilla Gilson.
2. Royal; m. Azubah Davenport.
3. Roswell, b. Dec. 18, 1764, m. Elizabeth Morton.
4. Rufus, b. June 27, ___; m. Thankful Lindsey.
5. Elizabeth; m. Samuel Chadwick.
6. Melicient; m. ___ Bunday and ___ Crosby.
7. Anna; m. ___ Marsh."^[2]

Died 4 OCT 1777, Bennington, Bennington County, Republic of Vermont

Sources

1. ↑ DAR lineage book, Vol 61/62
2. ↑ Peirce Genealogy: Being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown, in New England ... with Notes on the History of Other Families of Peirce, Pierce, Pearce, Etc (1880), No. 142, pg. 91

• New Hampshire, Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDJ9-CYQ : accessed 5 July 2015), Ebenezer Pierce in entry for Rossel Pierce, 18 Dec 1764; citing WESTMORELAND TWP,CHESHIRE,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,001,027
• Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley ..., Volume 1 By John Woolf Jordan Page 237
• Descendants of John PERS (Weaver) and Elizabeth TRULL Ebenezer Pierce
• Peirce Genealogy: Being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown, in New England ... with Notes on the History of Other Families of Peirce, Pierce, Pearce, Etc (1880), No. 142, pg. 64
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZDN-YVB
• "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD2C-L59 : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Pierce and Elizabeth Gilson, 25 Nov 1763; citing reference 2:3PCKP22; FHL microfilm 1,001,290.
• Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volumes 61-62, Rec. 60588, pg. 195
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3LY-S?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RMC%3A1588792204 : 24 January 2018), Vermont > image 62 of 949; citing various published state rosters, United States.