Mary (Cogswell) Pierce (abt. 1800 - abt. 1853)

Born about 5 Mar 1800 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Pierce — married about 11 Mar 1814 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of John Corey — married 3 Feb 1822 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died about 6 Nov 1853 at about age 53 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Pierce Name Study.

Mary Cogswell was born about March 5, 1800 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, daughter of Emerson Cogswell (1743–~1808) and Elizabeth Bateman (1762– ).

Mary (14) and Stephen Pierce (27) were married on March 11, 1814 in Chelmsford, Middlesex. Stephen was born on April 5, 1786 in Chelmsford, Middlesex.

Their children were:

1. Ann Elizabeth Pierce (~1832–1894)
2. Joel Edgar Pierce (1836–1878)
3. Julia M. Pierce (~1838–1909)
4. Charles Henry Pierce (~1840–1918)
5. John Pierce (1845–1934)

Mary (21) and John Corey (23) were married on February 3, 1822 in Charlestown, Middlesex. John was born on February 13, 1798 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of Abel Cory and Hannah Raymond.

Their son was George Corey (~1824–1865).

In 1850, Mary (50) was living in Chelmsford, Middlesex.

In 1850, Mary (50) Peirce was in the household of S Peirce in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Mary died about November 6, 1853 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, aged about 53.

Sources

• Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1895);
  • p. 272
    • "Mary Cogswell dau'^r. of Emerson Cogswell & Elizabeth his wife was born March 5, 1800"

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXW5-41D : 11 November 2022), Mary Pierce in entry for John Pierce, 1845.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-6M1Q : 20 May 2022), Mary Cogswell in entry for John Corey, 3 Feb 1822; citing Marriage, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCP-T7JX : 11 May 2022), Stephen Pierce and Mary Corey, 20 Jan 1831; citing Marriage, Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011878.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4K7-GR6 : 10 November 2020), Mary in entry for John Pierce, 18 Jul 1845; citing Birth, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011262.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHV3-B58 : 10 November 2020), Mary Pierce, 6 Nov 1853; citing Death, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011262.
• *(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHL4-P4Z : 10 November 2020), Mary Cogswell in entry for Charles Henry Pierce, 13 Apr 1864; citing Marriage, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011262.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD91-QQQ : 22 December 2020), Mary Peirce in household of S Peirce, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).