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Location: Massachusetts
Surnames/tags: Clagg Pierce

Involved profiles: Ebenezer Clapp (1771-1860)

Eunice (Pierce) Clapp (1778-1849) Eunice Pierce (1778-1849)

Reference to G2G question

Question:

Are Eunice (Pierce) Clapp (1778-1849) and Eunice Pierce (1778-1849) the same person or two different people?

In either case, who are the parents of Eunice (Pierce) Clapp (1778-1849)?

I have started by documenting appropriate sources from FS and some from Ancestry about Eunice (the ones about her children are at the bottom, since they don't figure into our issue.) I laid out a timeline for her supposed father, trying to figure out who her mother probably was.

Hopefully we can come to some conclusion and then decide whether to merge the two.

In the meantime, I am going to add the other Eunice Pierce back to the profile as well as the reference to this Freespace.

Eunice Sources" Eunice Sources include: Birth

Eunice was born 1 July 1778, which was while John Pierce was married to Sarah Blake.^[1]

Eunice married Ebenezer Clap on 18 October 1797 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[2]

Eunice died (age 71) on 23 November 1849 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[3] This is one of the death record that says her mother's name was Rachel.

A Family Search record K2Q5-YYM says her parents are a John Pierce (1742-1833) and Sarah Blake (1754-1791).

John Pierce had several wives

Father - John Pierce (1742-1833)

John married (1) Thankful White

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ5-7RHY : 11 May 2022), John Pierce and Thankfull White, 11 Apr 1769; citing Marriage, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009469.

Transcription

Page 350

"Marriages ANNO 1769 by the Reverend Mr Samuel Bowman

Names of Groom and Bride Residence By Whom Married Date of Marriage

John Pierce Dorchester Rev Mr JohnathanDowman April 11

Thankful White

She was born in 1748^[4] and died 9 February 1770 ^[5]

John married (2) Sarah Blake in 1771.

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ5-KP6T : 11 May 2022), John Pierce and Sara Blake, 9 Jun 1771; citing Marriage, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 00700946. This is a typed transcription of the records

Page 353

"Marriages ANNO 1771 by the Reverend Mr Samuel Bowman

Names of Groom and Bride Residence By Whom Married Date of Marriage

John Pierce Dorchester Rev Mr JohnathanDowman June 9

Sarah Blake

Sarah died in 1791 at the age of 37

Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #43467158 (accessed 31 July 2022)
Sarah Pierce death 18 Jul 1791 (age 37) in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

According to FS, he married (3 ) Mary Ann Baker on 23 Feb 1792 (no supporting records) found yet)

John married (4) Rachel (Bent) Blake in January 1793. He was her second husband.

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ5-NDTP : 11 May 2022), John Pierce and Rachel Blake, 13 Jun 1793; citing Marriage, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009469.

Page 93

Names of Groom and Bride Residence By Whom Married Date of Marriage

John Pierce Dorchester Rev Eliphaler Porter June 13 1793

Rachel Blake

Rachel had been the wife of Ezekiel Blake.

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHB-L8W9 : 11 May 2022), Ezekel Blake and Rachel Bent, 1763; citing Marriage, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009779.

John Pierce marriage timeline

(1) Thankful White born 1748; married John in 1769; died 1770

(2) Sarah Blake born about 1754; married John in 1771 and died in 1791

(3) Maybe? Mary Ann Baker

(4) Rachel (Bent) Blake, married John in 1793

My conclusion:Italic text Eunice was born in 1778, which is squarely within the time frame he was married to Sarah. Thus I think the parentage found in Pierce-2245 is correct.

The record of Rachel Pierce as Eunice' mother in Eunice death record can be explained by the fact that she was married to John Pierce at the time Eunice died.

Other records about Eunice and Ebenezer

• Eunice and Ebenezer marriage 1797

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ5-FX9F : 11 May 2022), Ebenezer Clap and Eunice Pierce, 18 Oct 1797; citing Marriage, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009469.

This is a typed transcription of the actual records.

Transcription: "Page 378. Marriages in the Town of Dorchester from April 11, 1797 to April 11, 1798 by Rev Thaddeus Mason Harris

(Lines 9 and 10)

Name of Bride and Groom Residence By Whom Married Marriage Date

Ebenezer Clap 3rd Dorchester Rev Thaddeus Harris Oct 18

Eunice Pierce Dorchester

• Death: Eunice died (age 71) on 23 November 1849 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[6][7][8]

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There is also a record in FamilySearch pointing to the 1850 Mortality Schedule but the record is not coming up as of 9:35 Central time on 7/31/2022

Entries for Eunice; children:

• Asahel - death 1867:

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZD-JJC : 10 November 2020), Eunice Pierce in entry for Asahel Clapp, 12 Jan 1867; citing Death, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004277216.

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWK6-Q28 : 2 March 2021), Eunice in entry for Asahel Clapp, 12 Jan 1867; citing Dorchester, Massachusetts, v 203 p 231, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,191.

• Hiram - marriage 1849

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHC1-1GH : 20 May 2022), Eunice in entry for Hiram Clapp, 13 May 1849; citing Marriage, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009470.

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N44W-RH7 : 10 March 2021), Eunice in entry for Hiram Clap and Rebecca Jenkins, 13 May 1849; citing Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,257.

• Lucy - death 1872:

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG2-W1W : 10 November 2020), Eunice in entry for Lucy Clapp, 16 Dec 1872; citing Death, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004273936.

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7GG-8HS : 2 March 2021), Eunice in entry for Lucy Clapp, 16 Dec 1872; citing Boston, Massachusetts, v 249 p 252, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,201.

• Elizabeth Clap Robinson death - 1902

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWL7-BY1 : 2 March 2021), Eunice Pierce in entry for Elizabeth C. Clap Robinson, 19 Apr 1902; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 531 cn 3446, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,763.

• Jonas Clap death - 1857

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZ8-L8F : 10 November 2020), Eunice in entry for Jonas Clapp, 10 Dec 1857; citing Death, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004277216.

• Hiram death 1891

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH39-G4C : 10 November 2020), Eunice Pierce in entry for Hiram Clapp, 17 Jun 1891; citing Death, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004273443. (Shows up twice in the listing)

• Ebenezer jr death 1881

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW2D-J4X : 2 March 2021), Eunice P. in entry for Ebenezer Clapp, 12 Jun 1881; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 330 p 144, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,221.

• John death 1885

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7TY-5Y2 : 2 March 2021), Eunice in entry for John P. Clapp, 28 May 1885; citing Boston, Massachusetts, V 366 Pg 155 #4202, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,230.

• Ann C Clap Gay death 1880

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHC2-SQN : 20 May 2022), Eunice in entry for Ann C. Clapp Gay, 9 Nov 1880; citing Death, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009501.