Lydia (Ball) Pierce (1736)

Born 6 Mar 1736 in Massachusetts Bay

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Lydia was born in 1736. She is the daughter of John Ball and Margaret Hemenway. ^[1]

Lydia married Francis Pierce in Hopkinton, Mass., in 1759.^[2]

They had 12 children:

• Aaron 11oct 1761^[3]
• Lois 11 oct 1761^[4]
• Samuel 1762^[5]
• Ebenezer 1764^[6]
• Seth 1766^[7]
• Eli 1768^[8]
• Abijah 1770^[9]
• Benjamin 3 sep 1772^[10]
• John 3 sep 1772
• Abraham 1775^[11]
• Lydia 1777
• Francis Edward 1780^[12]

I believe she died in 1812.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 Name Lydia Ball Birth Date Mar 6, 1737 Birth Place Hopkinton Father's First Name John Source Vital Records of Hopkinton
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 Name Francis Pierce Gender Male Spouse Lydia Ball Marriage Date 27 Dec 1759 City Hopkinton County Middlesex Source Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0954365.
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 Name Aaron Pierce Birth Date Oct 11, 1761 Birth Place Hopkinton Father's First Name Francis Source Vital Records of Hopkinton
4. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 Name Lois Pierce Birth Date Oct 11, 1761 Birth Place Hopkinton Father's First Name Francis Source Vital Records of Hopkinton
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 Name Samuel Pierce Birth Date Nov 14, 1762 Birth Place Hopkinton Father's First Name Francis Source Vital Records of Hopkinton
6. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 Name Ebenezer Pierce Birth Date Aug 12, 1764 Birth Place Hopkinton Father's First Name Francis Source Vital Records of Hopkinton
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 Name Seth Pierce Birth Date Nov 9, 1766 Birth Place Hopkinton Father's First Name Francis Source Vital Records of Hopkinton
8. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Name Eli Pierce Event Type Birth Birth Date 24 Jan 1768 Birth Place Westborough, Massachusetts Father Name Francis Pierce Mother Name Lydia Pierce
9. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Name Abijah Pierce Event Type Birth Birth Date 17 Jun 1770 Birth Place Westborough, Massachusetts Father Name Francis Pierce Mother Name Lydia Pierce
10. ↑ U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 Name Benjamin Pierce Birth Year abt 1772 Event Death Death Date Abt 1831 Death Place Westboro Age at Death 59 Newspaper Columbian Centinel Publication Date 24 Dec 1831 Publication Place Massachusetts, USA Call Number485704
11. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Name Abraham Pierce Event Type Birth Birth Date 5 Feb 1775 Birth Place Westborough, Massachusetts Father Name Francis Pierce Mother Name Lydia Pierce
12. ↑ Name Francis Pierce Gender Male Birth Date 07 May 1780 Birthplace WESTBORO,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS Father's Name Francis Pierce Mother's Name Lydia Citing this Record "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHS-PSS : 10 February 2018), Francis Pierce in entry for Francis Pierce, 07 May 1780; citing WESTBORO,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0824365 IT 2.