Polly (Winslow) Pierce (1777 - 1856)

Born 12 Sep 1777 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Amasa Pierce — married 12 Nov 1801 in Halifax, Windham, Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Jul 1856 at age 78 in Niagara, New York, United States

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Biography

Polly Winslow, daughter of Kenelm Winslow and Damaris Wilder, was born at Petersham, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, 12 September 1777.^[1] She died 23 July 1856, and was buried at Somerset Cemetery, Somerset, Niagara Co., New York.^[2]

Polly married Amasa Pierce, son of Samuel Pierce and Mary Stewart, at Halifax, Windham Co., Vermont, 12 November 1801.^[3]

Children

1. Charles Wilder Pierce b. aft. 1802, d. aft. 1853
2. Polly Pierce b. abt. 1806, d. 24 Mar 1882
3. Damaris W. Pierce b. abt. May 1806, d. 29 Oct 1861
4. Lyman Pierce b. abt. 1809, d. 28 Aug 1878
5. Lewis Pierce b. bt 1812 - 1814, d. bef. 12 Mar 1889
6. Frances P. Pierce b. 12 Jan 1815

Sources

1. ↑ Franklin P. Rice, Vital records of Petersham, Massachusetts: To the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, Massachusetts: p.p., 1904), 58-59
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #100032627
3. ↑ Halifax, Vermont, Land Records and Deeds, 1772-1906; Index to Deeds, 1772-1937; With Town and Vital Records, 1772-1865, Book 2A:44, FHL microfilm 28362.

See also:

• United States Census for 1850, Seventh Census of the United States, Somerset, Niagara, New York, population schedule, sheet 351, dwelling 91, family 93, Lewis Pierce household, age 72, born in Connecticut, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication M432, 1009 rolls, roll #561.
• New York State Census, 1855, 3rd Election District, Ridgeway, Orleans Co., Lewis Pierce household, dwelling #147, family #156, age 88, born Massachusetts, FHL Film #592746.
• Niagara Co., New York, Mortgages, 1813-1850, 29:177, FHL microfilm 0878304.