Thomas Peirce (1674)

Born 1674 in Newbury, Essex, MA

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitable (Frost) Peirce — married 5 Jan 1698 in Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1674. He is the son of Daniel Pierce and Elizabeth Milward.

Thomas Peirce was born in May 1674, son of Daniel Pierce, and married Mehitable Frost on 05 January 1697/8.^[1]

Their intentions were published,^[2] where she is called the daughter of Charles of Kittery, and marriage were recorded in Newbury, marrying on 05 January 1697/8, the ceremony performed by his father Col. Daniel Peirce, Esqr.^[3][4][5]

Children:^[1]

1. John, b. 05 Nov 1698 Newbury^[6]
2. Mary, b. 04 Jan 1702/3 Dover, NH^[7]
3. Sarah, b. 14 Jul 1704 Dover, NH^[7]
4. Hannah, b. 09 Jun 1706 Dover, NH^[7]

Their sons Daniel and Thomas (Charles according to the Kittery record) married their cousins, daughters of Charles Frost.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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.) Albert H. Hoyt, "Daniel Peirce, of Newbury Mass., 1638-1677, and His Descendants," NEHGR Vol. 29:277. (Link by $ubscription.)
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 29 November 2018, Essex > Newbury > Births, marriages, deaths 1635-1734 vol 2 > image 131 of 149; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Newbury Town Records Vol. 2:248]

   "Decembr 24th 1697 Mr Thomas Peirce to Mrs Mehittable Frost Daughter of Majr Charls Frost of Kittery in the Province of Main."

3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 29 November 2018, Essex > Newbury > Births, marriages, deaths 1635-1734 vol 2 > image 148 of 149; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Vol. 2:279.

   "Marriages Given to me by Coll D.... Peire Esqr February 1697 or 8.

   ...Mr Thomas Peirce & Mrs Mehittable Frost wer maried January 5th 1697/8."
4. ↑ Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1911), Vol. 2:185.

   "Frost, Mehittable, Mrs. [d. Charles, of Kittery. int], and Thomas Peirce, Jan 5, 1697/8."

5. ↑ Clarence A. Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (CD version) (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2001).

   "PEIRCE, Thomas & Mehitable FROST; 5 Jan 1697/8; Newbury/ Portsmouth, NH citing {Reg. 29:277; Frost 278; Pierce (,1) 7, 113; Pierce (,9) 235; Goodhue Anc. 126; Kittery 415; GDMNH 246, 554}"

6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 29 November 2018, Essex > Newbury > Births, marriages, deaths 1635-1734 vol 2 > image 34 of 149; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Newbury Town Records Vol. 2:58]

   "John, ye son of Mr Thomas Peirce & Mrs Mehettable his wife born Novembr 15th [1698]."

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Vital Records of Dover, New Hampshire, 1686-1850. Dover Historical Society, 1894. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016.) "Early Records of New Hampshire Families," p. 122. (Link by $ubscription.)

   "Tho : Peirse by Mehetible his Wife had Children

   4 Janry 1702/3 Viz: Mary there Daughter born

   14 July 1704 Sarah there Daug : born

   9 Jun 1706 Hannah ther Daug : born"

8. ↑ Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, (Porland, ME: Southward Press, 1928), p. 246 (Free link on Ancestry.com).
9. ↑ Kittery 1674 Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, p. 128.

   "Daniel Peirce of Newbery & Elizabeth ffrost of Kittery their intention of marriage Entered Aprill ye 17 1725."

10. ↑ Kittery 1674 Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, p. 118.

    "Charles Pierce & Sarah ffrost intend marriage Augst 23d 1718."

11. ↑ Kittery 1674 Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, p. 46

    "Charles Pierce & Sarah ffrost Novr 20th 1718 [marriages by John Newmarck Minister of Kittery]."

• MA Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 : 10 February 2018, Daniel Peirce in entry for Thomas Peirce, May 1674; citing NEWBURY,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,653.