Benjamin Peirce (1778 - 1831)

Born 30 Sep 1778 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Ropes (Nichols) Peirce — married Nov 1803 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1831 at age 52 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Peirce is Notable.

Benjamin Peirce was born at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1778, a son of Jerathmeel Peirce; he married Lydia Ropes Nichols in 1803. He died at Salem in the summer of 1831.

He was a "merchant in Salem for many years in connection with his father, but being of strong literary tastes, accepted in 1826 the the more congenial situation of Librarian of Harvard University, of which he wrote a history; he md. his cousin Lydia R. Nichols..." (Materials Ropes Family)

Research Notes

The Salem records (VRs, Vol. 2) show that Benjamin, b. 1778, was the third son born to Jerathmael who was given that name. It must be presumed that the others, b. Dec., 1772, and Dec., 1776, died at birth or in their infancy.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Benjamin Peirce (librarian)

• Birth at Salem, 1778: "Benjamin, s. Jerathmael, Sept. 30, 1778. P. R. 487. " -- Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7792/152/140896090 (subscription required)

• Birth, death, and burial (with photo of memorial): Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 April 2019), memorial page for Benjamin Peirce (30 Sep 1778–26 Jul 1831), Find A Grave Memorial no. 17058380, citing Broad Street Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bob on Gallows Hill (contributor 46630279); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17058380

• Marriage to Lydia Ropes Nichols, 1803: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHY2-RXL : 9 February 2018), Benjamin Peirce and Lydia Ropes Nichols, Nov 1803; citing reference v4 p126; FHL microfilm 877,448.

• Marriage (alt. transcript): "Benjamin, and Lydia Ropes Nichols, certif. Nov. 27, 1803.*" -- Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7794/173/140926096 (subscription required)

• Materials for A History of The Ropes Family, Essex Institute Historical Collections (Salem, Massachusetts, 1865) Vol. 7, Page 166. grad. Harvard 1831?