Henry ‘the Quaker’ Pierpoint

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Did not descend from Sir George Pierrepont, MP

Henry Pierpoint 1613 County of Herefordshire, England-1682 Anne Arundel County, Maryland (may have been Davidsonville).

Parents: Amos Pierpoint

Wives:

1. Elizabeth Larkin c. 1620-
2. Ann Summerland

Children with Elizabeth:

• Amos
• Jabez
• Elizabeth
• Hannah
• Moses

Children with Ann

• Charles
• Sarah
• Mary
• Francis

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Elizabeth was born in 1630, and she passed away about 1671. This first wife of Henry Pierpoint came with him to Maryland from England in 1665 with five children (Amos, Jabez, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Moses). Elizabeth presumably died between 1666 and 1671, and Henry Pierpoint married his second wife (Ann Summerland) about 1672, and they had 5 children (Mary, Sarah, Francis, John, and Charles). At least this seems to explain what we know of his families by the two wives.

Occupation: Quaker The Maryland-Virginia line stems from Henry Pierpoint, who arrived in southern Virginia in 1635. Under "Immigrants to Virginia," Vol. VI, Virginia County Records, page 284, May 15, 1635, is the following: "These underwritten names are to Virginia embarked in the Plaine Joan, Richard Buckam, Master, the parties having brought attestation of their conformity to the orders and discipline of the Church of England," Included on the list of passengers was Henry Perpoynt, aged 22. The record states that the "Bonaventure," which sailed from England in 1634, and the "Plaine Joan," which sailed in 1636, both landed their passengers in the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Henry Piexpoint had nine children. The first five were born in Isle of Wight County, Virginia and brought to Maryland in 1665 - Amos, Jabez, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Moses. The last four children - Charles, Mary, Sarah, and Francis were born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Jabez Pairpoint's will lists his five sisters - Sidney, Eliza Dea, Mary Davis, Sarah Warfield and Eliza. (Sidney and Eliza, wives of Charles and Francis respectively.)

No records have been found in Virginia to show how long Henry Pierpoint stayed in Virginia, but we find much about him and his family in the records of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The “Friends" Church has records concerning him and his descendants.

Henry Pierpoint entered rights in the Land Office at Annapolis, Maryland on October 30, 1665, for himself and Elizabeth, his wife, and five children. A grant for 350 acres (50 acres a piece) was granted to him on November 1, 1665. In 1665 he received a certificate for 150 acres of land. This was called "Pierpoint's Lott." In 1675, he received a certificate for 80 acres of land, and the patent the same year and called it "Pierpoint's Rocks." In 1673 he received a certificate and patent for 40 acres of land, called "Pierpoint's Branch." In 1674 he added 207 acres to 'Pierpoint's Lott" and received patent for same. In all he owned over a thousand acres, 32 though it is not known that he followed the occupation of "Planter" exclusively. His home plantation, "Diamond," was located in Anne Arundel County about two miles from the head of Anne Arundel River (now the Severn River), and is now one of the most attractive sections of the state of Maryland, being the scene of fashionable summer colonies. These records are from the Land Office, Annapolis, Maryland.

That Henry Pierpoint was a man of means is shown by the fact that he paid his own passage into the colony, and that of his wife and five children.

That he was a man of education is confirmed by the following minutes taken from the West River Monthly Meeting of the Friends Churchs "At a manis meeting at John Garey's at the "Cliffs," the 13th day of the 6th month, 1680, a book in manuscript by Henry Pierpoynt was read at this meeting." In another minutes it is spoken of as a book on Truth. All efforts to locate this manuscript, or a copy, have failed.

That Henry Pierpoint was a man of public spirit is shown in the records of the Testamentary Proceedings, Land Office, Annapolis. He is named as one of the loving friends in the will of Elizabeth Brewer, 1668, and is asked to serve as executor, and is also one of the bondsmen. In 1674, he was security on fifteen thousand pounds of tobacco for John Vennals of Anne Arundel County. In 1685, he was testator of the last will and testament of William Mitchell (daughter-in-law's father); in 1676 for the will of William Crimes.

Henry is said to have sold his home plantation "Diamond" to his son Amos in 1696, so he presumably lived there with his son Amos until his death (later in 1696 or later).

There is no record as to where Henry Pierpoint, his wife, Elizabeth, or his second wife, Ann, died or where they were buried.

Sources:

• http://www.gurganus.org/ourfamily/browse.cfm/Henry-Pierpoint/p31052...
• http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/gopher/other/journals/kraftpub/Genealogic...
• Kathryn Pierpoint Hedman, "The Pierpoint-Pierpont Family of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia,", privately published, 1973, p. 31.
• A. B. Stickney, "The Pierpoints of Hertfordshire, England, and Ann Arundel County, Maryland," The American Genealogist, Oct 1957.
• Church Records, 1685-1899, All Hallow's Parish, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel Co, MD, Episcopal, LDS Film 0013279.
• Some of this page and the text files were provided by William Pierpoint. If you would like more infromation please pose any inquiries to the Pierpoint boards in genealogy.com or rootsweb on ancestry.com, as William periodically checks there boards.
• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~edburton/fam22868.htm
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pierpoint-13 cites

1. Hedman, Kathryn Pierpoint & Pierpoint, Hattie (Malone) . The Pierpoint-Pierpont family of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia (September 1953) p. 31.
2. Warfield, Joshua Dorsey. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland (Kohn & Pollock, Publishers, Baltimore, MD, 1905) p.30
3. "Henry Pierpoint's "Diamond" adjoined Nicholas Wyatt, Richard Warfield and Thomas Browne. These surveys were nine miles west of Annapolis" (under the heading Middle Neck Hundred After 1660
4. Powell, John W. Anne Arundel Co., Maryland Wills Index, 1777-1918, p. 75, Pierpoint, Henry, book: JG1:36, p.6, year: 1788
5. Barnes, Robert W. Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759 (1989) pps:506-508
6. "The Pierpoint Family is the subject of a chart at the Maryland Historical Society compiled by a Mr. Stickney; unfortunately there is no documentation for the English generations, so the pedigree must be accepted with reservations, until such time as the chart can be verified"....son of Amos. "bapt. 27 May 1629 at Benington; imm. to Md. by 1655 with w. Elizabeth and ch. Amos, Jabes, Moses, Elizabeth, and Hannah; became a member of the Society of Friends"[6]
7. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdannear/firstfam/pierpoint/pierp...
8. Stickney, A.B., The Pierpoints of Hertfordshire, England and Ann Arundel County, Maryland, The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1958) Vol. 2, Page 51
9. Church Records, 1685-1899, All Hallow's Parish, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel Co, MD, Episcopal, LDS Film 0013279
10. Coldham, Peter Wilson. Settlers of Maryland, 1679-1783 (Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002)

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"On 30 Oct 1665, Henry Pierpoint entered head rights in the Land Office at Annapolis, Maryland, for himself, his wife Elizabeth, and his five children, Amos, Jabez, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Moses. A grant of 350 acres (50 acres per person) was granted to him on 1 Nov 1665. Henry and Elizabeth had five more children after coming to Maryland: John, Francis, Charles, Sarah, and Mary.”

References

• Stickney, A. B., The Pierpoints of Hertfordshire, England and Ann Arundel County, Maryland, The American Genealogist (1957) Vol. 33, Page 239. <AmericanAncestors>
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pierpoint-13