Ephraim Pierce Jr (1674 - 1772)

Born Oct 1674 in Scituate, Plymouth, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Low) Pierce — married about 16 Apr 1697 (to before 29 Apr 1769) in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1772 at age 97 in Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

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Biography

Ephraim Pierce Jr., was born in October 1674, at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, to parents Ephraim Pearce Sr.and Hannah (Holbrook) Pierce

Timeline

• 1697 Ephraim Pearce, age 23, married Mary Low, age 26, on April 16, 1697. ^[1]

Ephraim and Mary lived in Rehoboth and Swansea. Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[2] They had the following children:

1. Mary born November 16, 1697; married Benjamin Norton on Jan. 14, 1723. ^[2]
2. David born July 6, 1701; died in January 1767; married Mary Wood on Nov. 26, 1719. ^[2]
3. Elizabeth born May 30, 1703; married Jeremiah Eddy on July 30, 1724. ^[2]
4. Ruth born 1708; married James Brown. ^[2]
5. Ephraim born April 29, 1709; married Mary Stevenson Sept. 2, 1733. ^[2]

Ephraim Pierce Sr., the son of Michael Pierce, was born October 12, 1651 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He married Hannah Holbrook in 1670 of Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, daughter of Capt. John Holbrook and Elizabeth Stream. The following paragraph is contained in the will of Capt. John Holbrook, Jul. 12, 1699, Weymouth, MA: "I give to my daughter, Hannah Pierce, £50 in money, to be at her disposal as she shall see cause. Also, I give unto my grandson, Azarikum Pierce, £15 in money. Also, I give to Ephraim Pierce, jun., £15 in money. I give to my granddaughter, Rachel Peck, £5 in money. All which legacies are to be paid by my executors within one year after my decease, which shall be in part payment of a bond under the hands and seals of Ephraim Pierce and Azarikum Pierce, bearing date June 14, 1697."

Children of Ephraim Pierce Sr. and Hannah Holbrook are:

• Azrikim Pierce, born 4 January 1671/72 in Warwick, Rhode Island; married (1) Sarah Heywood (or Howard), and (2) Elizabeth Esten (Elizabeth Streame Abt. 1672 in of Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts)
• Ephraim Pierce, born 1674; died 1772 in Glocester, Rhode Island; married Mary Low
• Rachel Pierce, born 1676. She married Peet.
• Elizabeth (1678-1679)
• Hannah Pierce, born 1680 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island; died 27 August 1736. She married (1) George Stone. She married (2) William Martin.
• Experience Pierce, born 21 July 1682 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island; died 14 April 1762; married Samuel Wheaton.
• John Pierce, born 1684 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island; died 25 June 1722; married Hannah Miles.
• Benjamin Pierce, born 1686 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island; died 9 August 1698 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
• Mial Pierce, born 24 April 1693 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island; died 18 October 1786 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; married Judith (or Joanna).

Ephraim moved to Warwick, Rhode Island about 1673, and was made Freeman of Providence Plantation May 3, 1681. He died 14 September 1719 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. His will, written July 18, 1718, and proved Sept. 28, 1719, reads: ": Ex. Son Azrikim. To wife Hannah £50, a feather bed, best room in dwelling house, garden, nine apple trees, an acre of land, clear profit of a cow, a sufficiency of firewood, and half profits of household goods. To son Ephraim £20 and a cow, having already given him sufficient. To son Michael £30, a cow and half of apparel. To daughters Rachel Peck, Hannah Martin, and Experience Wheaton £30 each. To son John, a cow and half wearing apparel. To grandchild Ruth Pierce, great iron skillet. To son Azrikim rest of lands, tenements, goods, and chattels."

• 1772 Ephraim Pierce Jr. died, age 98 years, 5 months, on March 18, 1772, in Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island Colony. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDM-7J8 : 28 December 2022), Mary Low in entry for Ephraim Peirce, 1697.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1887
3. ↑ The Providence Gazette and County Journal, vol IX, No. 429, for Saturday, 28 Mar. 1772; also, Arnold's Vital Records of Rhode Island, vol. xiv, p. 166.

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