Persis Harrison

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From geni member Leif Trygve Lind March 2016:

Not to be confused with Persis Lobdell

Persis was indeed the name of Simon Lobdell's wife. However, there is serious research that shows her maiden name was not Pierce. In fact, her parentage is widely considered to be unknown.

See http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pierce-454. Persis was born about 1626. She was the daughter of Thomas Pierce and Elizabeth Carew.

Persis was born in England, probably about 1625, and came to Charlestown in 1634 with her family. "Peircis Bridges" was admitted to Charlestown church 30 November 1643 [ChChR 10].

Her identity as wife of William Bridge(s) "is deduced from the 1665 will of Thomas Pierce naming granddaughters Mary Bridge and Elizabeth Jefts [Tufts] living with them, and the Charlestown town record of 1646/7 calling William Bridges and Peter Tufts brothers.[MPR Case #17583; Charlestown Town Records, p 71]."[1]

After William Bridges's death, and no later than 6 May 1653, she had married, as his second wife, John Harrison of Boston, ropemaker, by whom she had ten more children [ChBOP 127].The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33

She passed away about 1682.

Some sources identify her as Persis Lobdell, the wife of Simon Lobdell, but there is no authority for this identification [2]

Peirce genealogy: being the record of the posterity of John Pers, an early ... By Frederick Clifton Pierce Pg.xv.

Pierce of the U.S. -- Gen. Reg. VII., 10.

Thomas, Charlestown, from England, adm. to church 1634, freeman 1635, by wf. Elizabeth had John, Samuel, Thomas b. 1618, Robert, Elizabeth, Persis and Abigail. He d. Oct 7, 1666.

Pg.xiv.

Capt. Michael, Hingham, Scituate. Ch. Persis, Benjamin, John, Ephraim, Elizabeth, Deborah, Ann, Abia, Ruth; he m. a second wf. Ruth, was a capt. of great bravery, in command of 50 Eng. and 20 friendly Indians from Cape Cod, in Philip's War, and was with most of them killed March 26, 1676, at Pawtucket fight in Rehoboth--Deane's Scituate, pp. 122, 325.

Julia Ardelia (Harrison) Lobdell. Simon Lobdell--1646 of Milford, Conn. and his descendants. (page 1 of 32)

http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/julia-ardelia-harrison-lobdel...

In 1681 Simon purchased 60 acres (but was not a settler) at Stony River, between Springfield and Windsor, and had interests in Hull, Mass., in 1682. No. proof of his marriage nor birth of Mary, his first child, has been found, but I assume without proof that he married Persis Pierce, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Pierce of Charlestown, Mass., and that the families were members of the

same party on their way to the new home in New England.

Simon returned to Milford. Conn., where his wife Persis was admitted to the First Church of Milford, 7 January, 1677, and on 9 April, 1710, Simon united with the same church.

At Milford, his children married and there Simon died, previous to 4 Oct., 1717. as on that date, at Probate Court held at New Haven, Conn., his son Joshua Lobdell of Ridgefield. Conn., moved for administration on the estate of Simon Lobdell of Milford, lately deceased, which was .granted on his bond. The same administrator exhibited a jointure made between the deceased and the widow, of full satisfaction.

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New England marriages prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley

http://books.google.com/books?id=mOgK8dM9qqUC&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq...

Pg. 469

LOBDELL, Simon & 1/wf Persis [PIERCE?]; b. 1669; Milford/Harford/Springfield

LOBDELL, Simon & 2/wf Sarah (BARRETT) [HITT], w Henry; 4 Mar 1698/9, aft 30 Mar 1689/90; ? Milford, CT

http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1007.htm#...

Persis Pierce

F, b. circa 1626, d. 7 March 1682/83

Father Thomas Pierce b. c 1583, d. 7 Oct 1666

Mother Elizabeth Carew b. 1596, d. 1667

    Persis Pierce was born circa 1626 at of Norwich, Middlesex, MA. She married William Bridge, son of William Bridge and Margaret Nycoll, on 3 December 1646 at Charlestown, Suffolk, MA. Persis Pierce married John Harrison, son of William Harrison and Ann Langley, on 3 December 1646 at of Boston, Suffolk, MA.1 Persis Pierce died on 7 March 1682/83 at Woburn, Middlesex, MA.

Family 1 John Harrison d. 11 Dec 1684

Family 2 William Bridge b. 15 Dec 1591, d. 1648?

Child ◦Mary Bridge+ b. 10 Dec 1649, d. 13 Oct 1678

Citations

1.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, SLC Archives.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pierce-454

Persis Harrison formerly Pierce aka Bridges was born about 1626 in England to Thomas Pierce and Elizabeth (Unknown) Pierce. She is the sister of Thomas Pierce II, John Mariner Pierce, Daniel Pierce Sr., Anthony Pierce [half], Robert Pierce, Samuel Pierce, Elizabeth (Pierce) Nichols, Mary (Pierce) Tufts and Abigail Pierce

Wife of William Bridge — married before 1643 in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Wife of John Harrison — married 3 Dec 1646 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Mother of Rebecca Bridge, Samuel Bridge, Peter Bridge, Mary (Bridge) Knight, John Harrison, Elizabeth Harrison, Bethia Harrison, Ebenezer Harrison, Abraham Harrison and Isaac Harrison. Persis died on 7 Mar 1682 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 14 Jul 2019 | Created 10 Mar 2011

Persis (Pierce) Harrison migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Biography

Persis was born about 1626. She was the daughter of Thomas Pierce and his wife Elizabeth of Charlestown.[1]

Persis was born in England, probably about 1625, and came to Charlestown in 1634 with her family. "Peircis Bridges" was admitted to Charlestown church 30 November 1643 [ChChR 10]. [1]

Her identity as wife of William Bridge(s) "is deduced from the 1665 will of Thomas Pierce naming granddaughters Mary Bridge and Elizabeth Jefts [Tufts] living with them, and the Charlestown town record of 1646/7 calling William Bridges and Peter Tufts brothers.[MPR Case #17583; Charlestown Town Records, p 71]."[2]

After William Bridges's death, and no later than 6 May 1653, she had married, as his second wife, John Harrison of Boston, ropemaker, by whom she had ten more children [ChBOP 127].The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33

She passed away about 1682.[citation needed]

Some sources identify her as Persis Lobdell, the wife of Simon Lobdell, but there is no authority for this identification [3]

Event

Admitted to church
30 NOV 1643
Charlestown, Suffolk County, MA[4] Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). p. 231- 234. ↑ RCA, GMB, p 231 ↑ Julia Harrison Lobdell, Simon Lobdell - 1646 of Milford, Conn. And some of his descendants, self published, 1907. ↑ Source: #S562 Source: S562 Author: Frederic Beech Pierce with Frederick Clifton Pierce Title: Pierce Genealogy Abbreviation: Pierce Genealogy Publication: Worcester: Press of Chas. Hamilton, 311 Main St., Boston, Mass.,1882 Note: new Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). p. 231- 234.link for subscribers

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