Samuel Abraham Pierson (1762 - 1839)

Born 1762 in Morris County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca A (DeMint) Pierson — married 12 Mar 1793 in Hamilton County, OH

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1839 at about age 77 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Private Samuel Pierson served with New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

Samuel Pierson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A087172.

Samuel was born about 1762 in Morris County, New Jersey. Samuel Pierson passed away 6 Nov 1839 in Hamilton, Ohio. Samuel enlisted along with his brother, Mathias, to serve in the Revolutionary War.^[1]

Samuel served in the Revolutionary War, entering the service in the spring of 1777 with the Fifth New Jersey regiment commanded by Col. Spencer and fought for the duration. He was under the age of 16 when he enlisted. He suffered with Washington at Valley Forge, was severely wounded in the battle of Monmouth and after recovery, he was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered.

After the war, he returned home to Morris County, NJ, and found it desolate. He met John Cleves Symmes, who had just purchased 211,000 acres of what is now Hamilton, Warren and Butler counties in Ohio. Samuel purchased 640 acres for $640 Continental dollars, and came to Ohio in 1792, floating down the Ohio River in a keel boat. He married Rebecca Demint in 1793 and built a cabin on his land.

Information in the above 2 paragraphs was taken from a newspaper article published by the Cincinnati Times Star on August 3, 1948, page 20, in an article titled "Turning Back the Clock."

Samuel Pearson is in the DAR database as being a soldier with the rank of a private during the American Revolution, Ancestor # A087172. Date of birth is 1762 Morris Co., NJ. Wife's name is Rebecca Demint. He died 6 Nov 1839 Hamilton Co., OH. He received a pension for his service. This information is different from the DAR plaque on Samuel's headstone in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Cincinnati. I have chosen to use the date in the DAR database for this profile.

Burial: Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Cemetery Pleasant Ridge, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Plot G 19. Incl. Photo of stone

NOTE: Samuel's parentage needs research - he was not mentioned in Wyllis' Pierson's will, and some believe that Wyllis and Mary Pierson were not Samuel's parents.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sep 14, 2021), "Record of Pearson, Samuel", Ancestor # A087172.Meehan-411

• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-PC5V : accessed 21 April 2020), Samuel Pearson, 04 Sep 1834; citing Ohio, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 10; FHL microfilm 1,319,390.

• http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohhamilt/hamiltonpioneermarr.htm

• http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohhamilt/hamiltonpioneermarr2.htm

• (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17956852/samuel-pierson: accessed 08 December 2023), memorial page for Samuel Pierson (1761–6 Nov 1839), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17956852, citing Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Cemetery, Pleasant Ridge, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Miss BeeHaven (contributor 48748561).

• Pierson Family photo and documents: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/find?searchTerms=Pierson&searchType=text-search&searchCategories=IMAGE%2CPDF%2CTEXT%2CAUDIO%2CALBUM&page=1&maxRecords=50&firstRecord=0&_=1607897622561

Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment

Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment or 5th New Jersey Regiment was an American infantry unit that served for four years in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress authorized the unit in January 1777 and it assembled at Monmouth Court House, New Jersey in the spring. Commanded by Colonel Oliver Spencer, the regiment consisted of one Pennsylvania and seven New Jersey companies. It transferred into the 3rd Pennsylvania Brigade in May 1777 and fought at Brandywine and Germantown in the late summer and fall of 1777. The unit went through the winter at Valley Forge and was present at the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778. The regiment absorbed Forman's Additional Continental Regiment and part of Malcolm's Additional Continental Regiment in April 1779. Spencer's Regiment went on the Sullivan Expedition in the summer of 1779 where it fought with the New Jersey Brigade. The unit was transferred to the Highland Department in September 1780 and disbanded in January 1781.