Elisabeth (Keen) Peirce (1747 - 1839)

Born 1747 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Elisha Peirce — married 27 Feb 1768 in Dighton, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Aug 1839 at about age 92 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Elizabeth Keene of Swansea, Massachusetts was born in the year 1747 based upon her death record as Mrs. Elizabeth (Elisha) Peirce. ^[1]

Elizabeth "Keene" (aka Kean) (Robert, Ephraim, Josiah, John) is descended from Puritan Great Migration ancestor Josiah Keen who arrived on the ship Confidence, sailing out of Southampton, England, 24 April 1638. ^{[2] [3]}

"Elizabeth 'Kean' of Swanzey and Elisha 'Peirce', Jr. of Dighton entered their Intention of Marriage on 27 February 1768 [at Dighton, Bristol county, Massachusetts]." ^[4]

Elizabeth "Pierce" wife of Elisha "Pierce" died 3 August 1839, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. She was 92 years old. ^[1]

Research Notes'
Caution: Identity of her mother needs to be further researched.

• Elizabeth Seaman m. Robert Keen, 12 Jul 1744, Swansea, Bristol, MA. This appears to be the marriage record of Robert Keen and Elizabeth Seaman but the next two m. records create confusion.
• Elizabeth Seaman m. Richard Round, Jr., 12 Jul 1744, Swansea, Bristol, MA.
• Elizabeth Seaman m. Moses Millerd/Millard, 25 Apr 1746, Swansea, Bristol, MA.

Caution: Another Elizabeth "Keen" dau. of Ruth and William "Keen" b. 1 Jan 1743, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[5] CAUTION: This Elizabeth should not be confused with the Elizabeth Keen of Swansea, Bristol, MA. who m. Elisha Peirce (1744-1839) of Dighton, MA.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Taunton, Massachusetts Vital Records: City of Taunton; [old town ledger] Record of Deaths during the year 1839" (Image reader p.1579/4452). Records reprinted (online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 25 Jan 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22747514?h=1555b2
2. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 2, p. 109.subscribers$
3. ↑ Banks, Charles Edward "Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640: Lists of Passengers and the Ships Which Brought Tem, 1638" p.197. pub. 1997, Genealogical Publishing Co. Reprinted (online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 25 Jan 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22747215?h=7870b2
4. ↑ Holbrook, Jay Mack, comp. "Massachusetts Vital Records: Dighton, 1695-1890" (image reader p. 87/1465). pub. 1984, Oxford, Mass., USA: Holbrook Research Institute. Reprinted (online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 25 Jan 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22747332?h=84a168
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F454-31Q : 15 January 2020), Willm. Keen in entry for Elizabeth Keen, 1743.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-BJSS : 6 November 2017), Elisibeth Peirce in entry for Subbinas Peirce, 12 Jan 1772; citing Birth, Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 777,615.