Elizabeth Pierce

Immigration; 8 Jun 1637, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. 7344 "ROSE" of Yarmouth, William Andrews, Jr., Master. Set sail from Ipswich, England and arrived at Boston, MA

Church membership; 10 Nov 1634, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. 7344 Admited to Charlestown church

Savage, James, "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register. 4 vols. 1860–62; rpt. ed.", (Boston:MA, Little, Brown & Co.,, 1982 ); (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969); (FHL# 974/D2s), 3:431

She was admitted to the Charlestown church 1/10/1634-5 ["Charlestown's Inhabitants," NEHGR, 1977].

She was age 71 in 1667.

Thomas and Elizabeth had the following children:

1. i. JOHN PIERCE (Src: Code 2).
2. ii. SAMUEL PIERCE, T0003, b.___, d. September 1678.
3. iii. SGT. THOMAS PIERCE (our line), T0004, b. abt. 1620, England Freem. 1677
4. iv. ROBERT PIERCE (Src: Code 2).
5. v. ELIZABETH PIERCE (Src: Code 2).
6. vi. PERSIS PIERCE (Src: Code 2), m. WILLIAM BRIDGE.
7. vii. ABIGAIL PIERCE, christened June 17, 1639 (Src: Code 1 & 2).
8. viii. MARY PIERCE, b. abt. 1627 (Src: ); d. January 1702/03, Malden, Middlesex, MA (Src: Malden VR); m. PETER TUFTS, abt. 1647; b. 1616, England; d. May 13, 1700, Malden, Middlesex, MA (Src: Malden VR).

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Sources

1. Peirce genealogy: being the record of the posterity of John Pers, an early ... By Frederick Clifton Pierce.  Pg.xv "Thomas, Charlestown, from England, adm. to church 1634, freeman 1635, by wf. Elizabeth had John, Samuel, Thomas b. 1618, Robert, Mary, Elizabeth, Persis and Abigail. He d. Oct. 7, 1666."

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Elizabeth's birth and death information is available at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9M4X-DFG

GEDCOM Note

I’ll bet her maiden name was Persis!

Biography
Uncertain Origins
This profile originally stated: Frederick Clifton Pierce, Esq.'s book "Pierce Genealogy", published in 1882, had Thomas Pierce Sr. married to an Elizabeth Wortington; either an alternate name for Elizabeth Carew, another wife of Thomas Pierce Sr., or an error subsequently corrected.

However, the book does not actually say that. It only names her as "his wife Elizabeth Pierce" and states that she was born in England in 1596/96. No specific source is given, and it is not clear if the author means that her maiden surname was also Pierce but he does not claim Worthington, Carew or any other surname for her.[1] So whatever F.C. Pierce's mistakes, he does not claim a surname nor does he assert a death date or location or say anything else at all about her origins other than she came with her husband Thomas to Charlestown in 1633/34.

Regarding her birth year, Pierce is accurate in his assertion that she filed her deceased husband's estate inventory on 22 Mar 1667 listed as "age 71" so if she told the truth then a birth year of 1595/96 is correct.[1] Thomas Pierce's will and inventory is listed as as Probate packet 17583 Vol. 3 p. 81, 83 dated 22 Mar 1677.[2] The probate itself confirms this data, she was indeed listed as age 71 on that date.[3]

However, if her son Thomas was born in 1608 as estimated, assuming she was 20 at marriage (WikiTree standard guesstimate) and leaving a year for pregnancy that places her birth at 1587 or earlier. Thomas "Jr" birthdate is also not known with certainy and could have been later. With all this uncertainty, it is hard to pick a birth date but either she lied about her age in 1667 or Thomas Pierce Jr. was probably born 1616 or later.

Her FindAGrave memorial has some interesting text which bears further investigation, but has no sources and lists her as Carew: ...Some genealogies online indicate she was Elizabeth (Carew) Pierce, daughter of Richard Carew and Bridget (Chudleigh) Carew, and this appears to concur with a marriage in International Marriage Index in 1608. Other internet pages call her mother Juliana Arundel and place her birth as Apr 4,1592 at Shilligford St George, Co.Devon...

Note that the "International Marriage Index" on ancestry.com is an auto-aggregated database of a variety of "sources" including unsourced user tree and worksheet submissions and should never be relied upon by itself. A marriage proven to be for Thomas Pierce has not yet been found in a reputable source.

A few unsourced or ridiculously sourced Ancestry trees list her as Elizabeth Brown b. 1601 in Benhall, Suffolk, England married 9 Apr 1622 in Norwick, Norfolk, England

Death & Estate
Elizabeth's final fate is not yet known but her death was clearly after 22 Mar 1667 as described above.[3] A death location of Woburn was previously asserted without source on this profile, perhaps conflating her husband with the Thomas Pierce of Woburn. This family was of Charlestown as stated in Thomas' will and there is no particular reason to think she moved elsewhere unless and until other sources come to light.

Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 Pierce genealogy : being the record of the posterity of Thomas Pierce, an early inhabitant of Charlestown, and afterwards Charlestown village (Woburn), in New England, with wills, inventories, biographical sketches, etc. by Pierce, Frederic Beech, 1845-; Pierce, Frederick Clifton Publication date 1882 p. 3
↑ Probate records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts) Probate docket Pa-Ri 16801-19200 FHL film 385984 7552878 Image 136 of 467
↑ 3.0 3.1 Probate records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts) Probate papers 17480-17605 Family History Library film 421491 7553719 Packet 17583 probate of Thomas Pierce Image 1060 of 1241
See also:

Web Archive - Merrill Society Newsletter - This link provides a revised ancestry for Barbara Pierce Bush, but it relies on FC Pierce's work, which may not be correct and should be verified Cole-12288 17:35, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
Find A Grave: Memorial #54474228 memorial for Elizabeth (Unknown) Pierce