Elizabeth Bowers

Children of BENJAMIN PIERCE and ELIZABETH MERRILL are: (all listed)

• i. REBECCA PIERCE, b. Feb. 24, 1746/47, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA (Src: Code 1; Chelmsford VR); m. SOLOMON CAREY, Dec. 22, 1767, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA (Src: Code 1; Chelmsford VR; Code 1).
• ii. JESSE PIERCE, b. Dec. 21, 1748, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA (Src: Code 1; Chelmsford VR) Twin to Phebe, d. young (Src: Code 1 & 2).
• iii. PHEBE PIERCE, b. Dec. 21, 1748, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA (Src: Code 1; Chelmsford VR) Twin to Jesse; m. EDWARD FOSTER, Jan. 23, 1772, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA (Src: Chelmsford VR; Code 1).
• iv. LYDIA PIERCE, b. Sept. 11, 1750, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA (Src: Code 1; Chelmsford VR).
• v. SUSANNA PIERCE, b. Nov. 11, 1754, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA (Src: Code 1; Chelmsford VR); d. Dec. 11, 1775 (Src: Code 1).
• vi. Gen. BENJAMIN PIERCE, T0392, bp. Dec. 25, 1757, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
• vii. LEAFEY PIERCE, b. May 01, 1759, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA (Src: Code 1; Chelmsford VR).
• viii. ESTHER PIERCE, b. June 12, 1761, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA (Src: Code 1; Chelmsford VR); m. TIMOTHY KENDALL (Src: Code 1).
• ix. MERRILL PIERCE, T0394, b. Jan. 29, 1764, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA

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• Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2.  Ezra S. Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker. Lewis Publishing Company, 1908 - New Hampshire - 2067 pages.  Page 558. "(V) Benjamin, youngest child of Stephen and Esther (Fletcher) Pierce, was born in Chelmsford, November 25, 1726. He was a lifelong resident of Chelmsford, and his death, which was untimely, occurred June 16, 1764. His wife, who was Elizabeth (Merrill) Pierce, of Mcthuen, Massachusetts, born February 22, 1728, survived him and married for her second husband a Mr. Bowers, Benjamin Pierce was the father of nine children, namely: Rebecca, Jesse and Phebe (twins), Lydia, Leakey, Susanna, Benjamin, Esther and Merrill."
• Elizabeth Merrill in the Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. Name: Elizabeth Merrill Gender: Female Spouse: Benjamin Pierce Marriage Date: 2 Aug 1746 City: Chemsford County: Middlesex Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0962548.
• Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1914), p. 191. "BOWERS, Oliver, and [Mrs. int.] Elizabeth Pierce, Jan. 3, 1769."
• http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/52388273/person/26054544878
  • Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Sketch p 7: "Gen. Pierce's mother married for her second husband a Mr. Bowers. I never knew him, but when I was a small boy she was a widow, and lived in Milford, N.H. [...] She was quite aged, and was usually called 'Grandmarm Bowers.' She died in 1809."