Anna (Lowell) Pierce (abt. 1616 - 1690)

Born about 1616 in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Milward — married 20 Dec 1642 in New England

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1690 at about age 74 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Disputed origins

The wife of Thomas Millward was shown to be Ann Lowell or Lowle, daughter of Percival Lowel/Lowell, early (1945^[1] and 1947^[2]). The parentage was accepted by Brandon Fradd and Douglas Richardson in their 2003 "The Royal Ancestry of Percival Lowell."^[3]

Many family files report Thomas' wife, Ann/Anne, to have been Anne Goodale. Walter Goodwin Davis explains first how this association initially came to pass.^[4]

"The two daughters, Joanna and Anne, who are herein credited to Percival Lowle, are considered by several competent genealogists to have been the children of John and Elizabeth Goodale of Great Yarmouth ... As a widow, Elizabeth Goodale came to New England and settled in Newbury, where her daughter Elizabeth married Percival Lowel's son John. In her will Elizabeth (Goodale) Lowle names the husbands of Joanna and Anne among her four "brothers."

Goodwin then continues, "John Goodale of Great Yarmouth, [Elizabeth's] father, however, made a very careful and highly genealogical will in 1625, and neither in this document nor in the regular baptismal records of his children do daughters Joanna and Anne appear." Finally concluding (emphasis added), "It would seem to be the sound conclusion that the husbands of Joanna and Anne were Elizabeth's "brothers" as husbands of her two Lowle sisters-in-law ..."^[5]

According to Hoyt: Ann Milward, a widow married Daniel Pierce. She had three daughters by her first husband: Rebecca, born ?, married 27 March 1656, Thomas Thorpe of Ipswich; Ann, born Nov. 1642; Elizabeth, born 1644, married Daniel Pierce, Jr.

When Daniel Pierce, Sr. died in 1677, he left a farm in Woodbridge to "wife's son-in-law, Thomas Thorpe."

Ann Milward Pierce died November 27, 1690. Her will dated November 4, 1681 and proved 22 February 1691 mentions her brother (in-law) Richard Lowle (Lowell), her daughter Rebecca Thorpe and daughter Elizabeth Pierce and makes her son-in-law, Daniel Pierce Jr., Executor.

"The last will and testament of An Peirce of Newberry. I An peirce of Newberry… doe make this my last will and testament…

Imprimis that all my honest and real debts shall be paed and then I doe in the first place give unto my brother Richard Lowle twenty shillings as a small token of my love.

Allso to my daughter Rebecca Thorpe having long since received her portion, I doe give her thirty shillings and for the rest of my estate that god hath given as all my Apparrell, linninge, and al the rest of my estate I doe give unto my daughter Elizabeth Peirce, and I doe make my sonn in Law Daniell Peirce Exquitor of this my last will… thir fourth day of November… one thousand six hundred eighty and one…
Anne Peirce
In the presence of us
Philip Nellson
Daniell Perce
Proved 22 Apr. 1691

An inventory of Mrs Anna Peirce deceaseds 27 november 1690

By beding & waring apparrill - ten pound"^[6]

Not much left of that £1800 Daniel had!

Marriage

She married (2) DANIEL PIERCE December 26, 1654 in Newbury, Essex Co, MA. He was born Abt. 1611 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, and died November 27, 1677 in Newbury, Essex County, MA.

Research Notes

Eldest child m. 1656, probably b. 1631-8, which suggests that Ann was probably b. about 1606-19. Fradd/Richardson, however, states that she was probably b. after 1614, presumably because brother, Peter, was baptised in 1614. Therefore estimated DOB should probably be about 1616. — 18 Sep 2018 at 22:31 GMT Chase Ashley.

Sources

1. ↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, "John Goodale of Great Yarmouth," The American Genealogist 22 (1945):17-21; digital images, American Ancestors.org (accessed 2014).
2. ↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, The ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, wife of Capt. Abel Lunt of Newburyport, Massachusetts (1947), 218-9 (in particular part); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013).
3. ↑ Brandon Fradd and Douglas Richardson, "The Royal Ancestry of Percival Lowell," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 157 (2003):309-315; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2013); in particular, p. 310 for baptisms of Percival's children and related references.
4. ↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, The ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, wife of Capt. Abel Lunt of Newburyport, Massachusetts (1947), 218-9 (in particular part); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013).
5. ↑ Citing "The American Genealogist, XXII:17" in Walter Goodwin Davis, The ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, wife of Capt. Abel Lunt of Newburyport, Massachusetts (1947), 217 (in particular part); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013).
6. ↑ Essex Co. Registry of Probate- Docket No. 21140

See also:

• Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts; Author: David W. Hoyt; Publication: Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1981 (fifth printing, 1996) Originally published 1897. Page 176.
• Thorpe DNA Project Goodale Report
• Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #166643239 (accessed 28 September 2022)
  Memorial page for Anna Goodale Milward (1600-27 Nov 1690), citing Old Town Cemetery, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by LookingForFamily (contributor 47127361).