Ermina (Merriam) Pierce (abt. 1809 - 1907)

Born about 4 Oct 1809 in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 25 Mar 1907 at about age 97 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Michael Pavilaitis [send private message]

Biography

PERSPECTIVE:

This person and the creation of this profile and the research associated is part of an attempt to identify all the descendants of a George Zacharias Hatstat (Hattstatt-1), who was a Prussian soldier hired by the British to fight against the American colonists in the American Revolutionary War. George's British transport ship (The Favourite) was captured near Boston Harbor and he was sent to a POW camp 1st in Boston and then in Rutland, Massachusetts. After the war he married a local girl and raised a large family in and around Petersham, Massachusetts. George is believed to be the 1st Hatstat in the America's. This Ermina Merriam is a granddaughter of that George.

Source 1: A record of this Ermina's christening in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts; September 6, 1812. Gives her father as William Merriam; mother not given. This means she had to have been born before this daate.

Source 2: The 1850 US Census of New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts finds this Ermina Pierce, given in this record as 40yrs old, living there with her 44yr old husband, Frederick and five children between the ages of 1yr old and 15yrs old. Her birthplace is given as Massachusetts.

Source 3: The 1860 US Census of New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts finds this Ermina at 50yrs of age, living there with her husband Frederick and four children. Her birthplace is given as Massachusetts.

Source 4: The 1865 Massachusetts state census of New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts finds this Ermina at the age of 55, living there with her husband Frederick and three sons. Her birthplace is given as New Salem (Massachusetts).

Source 5: The 1870 US Census if New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts finds this Ermina at the age of 60 and living there with her husband, Frederick a certain son, William H., William H.'s wife 27yr old Ruby L. and their 1yr old son Alton W.

Source 6: The 1880 US Census of New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts finds this Ermina at the age of 70yrs old, living there with the family of her son Prentice M. Pierce. Her birthplace is given as Massachusetts.

Source 7: Her Massachusetts Death Certificate. Tells us her date and place of death, the name of her husband, (Frederick Pierce), the names and birthplaces of her parents, her cause of death, and her age at death, (97yrs, 5-months and 21-days) which allows us to extrapolate an estimated date of birth of October 4, 1809.

Sources

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVK-BMP : 5 January 2021), Ermina Merriam, 1812.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCBS-JF8?cc=1401638&wc=95R8-HZF%3A1031311001%2C1031447601%2C1032719201 : 9 April 2016), Massachusetts > Franklin > New Salem > image 19 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GB9J-9PWY?cc=1473181&wc=7Q6K-LMN%3A1589422209%2C1589422251%2C1589429476 : 24 March 2017), Massachusetts > Franklin > New Salem > image 2 of 25; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D169-7CP?cc=1410399&wc=M6PX-WWL%3A27784001%2C27809601 : 1 June 2018), Franklin > New Salem > image 6 of 15; State Archives, Boston.

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-63TS-Q78?cc=1438024&wc=KGRN-SP8%3A518657101%2C518793501%2C519210501 : 12 June 2019), Massachusetts > Franklin > New Salem > image 3 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBJ-9TWY?cc=1417683&wc=XHTW-FM9%3A1589405656%2C1589395071%2C1589402225%2C1589395470 : 24 December 2015), Massachusetts > Franklin > New Salem > ED 255 > image 7 of 23; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LVQ-MRN?cc=1463156&wc=MJCL-929%3A1043018701 : 22 May 2019), 2217349 (004282855) > image 1530 of 2067; State Archives, Boston.