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James Francis Pierce, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: January 20, 1742 (82)
Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Place of Burial: Mass
Immediate Family:

Son of Sgt. Thomas Pierce, Jr.; Elizabeth Pierce and Elizabeth Cole
Husband of Elizabeth Pierce
Father of Elizabeth Ruth Kendall; James Pierce; Rebecca Winship and Mary Pierce
Brother of John Pierce; William Samuel Pierce; Elizabeth Pierce; Abigail Pierce; Benjamin Pierce and 18 others

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About James Francis Pierce, Sr.

  • 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. (1882)
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  • James, Woburn, s. of Thomas, Jr., b. 1659, m. Elizabeth Kendall, and had Elizabeth, b. Oct. 11, 1688 ; James, b. Feb. 28, 1690 ; Rebecca and Mary.
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  • Joseph, Watertown, s. of Anthony, had wf. Martha, and m. 2nd, 1698, Elizabeth (Kendall) Winship, freeman 1690, April 18. Ch. Joseph, b. 1669 ; Francis, b. 1671 ; John, b. 1673 ; Mary, b. 1674 ; Benjamin, b. 1677 ; Jacob, b. 1678 ; Martha, b. 1681 ; Stephen, b. 1683 ; Israel, b. 1685 ; Elizabeth, b. 1687.
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  • 4. THOMAS2 PIERCE, Jr. (Thomas1), b. 1608; m. May 6, 1635, Elizabeth Cole, d. Mar. 5, 1688. He d. Nov. 6, 1683. .....
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  • Children:--
    • 21 1/2. oi. ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 17, 1639.
    • 22. i. JOHN, b. Mar. 7, 1643; m. July 5, 1663, Deborah Convers.
    • 23. ii. THOMAS, b. June 21, 1645; m. Eliza __; m. 2nd, Mar. 24, 1680, Rachel Bacon.
    • 24. iii. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 25, 1646; m. Nov. 9, 1666, Thomas Whittemore*, d. Mar. 10 1670, leaving Joseph, b. Aug. 14, 1667; m. 2nd, Hopestill Foster; m. 3rd, Mar. 23 1680, Nathaniel Peirce. See Peirce Genealogy, by Frederick C. Peirce, Esq.
    • 25. iv. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 22, 1648; d. Feb. 27, 1649.
    • 26. v. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 13 1649; m. June 24, 1681, Mary Richardson, b. Jan. 15, 1657, d. 1720. He d. 1716, leaving no issue. He was a soldier in 1675. They had an adopted dau., Hannah, who m. a Nichols and a Lynde. .....
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    • 27. vi. STEPHEN, b. July 16, 1651; m. Nov. 18, 1676, Tabitha Parker.
    • 28. vii. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 20, 1654; d. Oct. 27, 1655.
    • 29. viii. SAMUEL, b. April 7, 1656; m. Dec. 9, 1680, Lydia Bacon.
    • 30. ix. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 7, 1658; m. Apr. 8, 1690, Abigail Sommers nee Warrin.
    • 31. x. JAMES b. May 7, 1659; m. Elizabeth Kendall.
    • 32. xi. ABIGAIL, b. Nov. 20, 1660; m. Feb. 18, 1684, George Reed, Jr., b. Sept. 14, 1660, d. Jan. 20, 1756. She d. Sept. 7, 1719, and he m. 2nd, May 24, 1721, Mrs. Sybil Rice. Ch .....
    • 33. xii. BENJAMIN; m. Mary Read. (Not named by Savage).
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  • 31. JAMES3 PIERCE (Thomas2, Thomas1), b. May 7 1659; m.* Elizabeth Kendall, b. Jan. 15, 1653, d. Oct. 16, 1715. He res. in Woburn and d. Jan. 20, 1742.
  • Children: --
    • 96. i. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 11, 1688.
    • * By this marriage a lusus naturae of an extra finger or toe, and sometimes both, was produced, and this has ever since appeared in this branch of the family.
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    • 97. ii. JAMES, b. Feb. 28, 1690; m. Hannah __, and Phebe __.
    • 98. iii. REBECKAH, b. Sept. 16, 1692; m. Feb. 12, 1714, Nathaniel Winship.
    • 99. iv. MARY, b. __; m. Lea F. Kendall.
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  • Kendall genealogy; the descendants of Thomas and Francis Kendall of Charlestown and Woburn, Mass., by Irma A Rich (1920)
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  • FRANCIS KENDALL, born about 1620; m. December 24, 1644, in Woburn, Mass., Mary Tidd, dau. of John and Margaret Tidd of Woburn and Charlestown. He d. 1708 ae. 88 years. She d. 1705.
  • Children born in Woburn, Mass.
    • i. John, b. July 2, 1646; m. (1) Jan. 29, 1668, Hannah Bartlett, dau. of Thomas Bartlett, and had three children; m. (2) March 29, 1681, Elizabeth Comey.
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    • She d. Dec. 1701, and had eight children; m. (3) Mrs. Eunice (Brooks) Carter, dau. of John Brooks.
    • ii. Thomas, b. Jan. 10, 1649.
    • iii. Mary, b. Jan. 20, 1651; m. about 1669, Israel Reed
    • iv. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 15, 1653; m. (1) Ephraim Winship, m. (2) James Peirce
    • v. Hannah, b. Jan. 26, 1655, m. William Green, Jr., his second wife.
    • vi. Rebecca, b. March 2, 1657, m. Joshua Eaton, deceased 1706.
    • vii. Samuel, b. March 8, 1659; m. (1) Nov. 13, 1683, Rebecca Mixer, dau. of Isaac Mixer, who d. Oct. 25, 1691; m. (2) March 30, 1692, Mary Locke dau. of William Locke, They lived in Lancaster, Mass.
    • viii. Jacob, b. Jan 25, 1661; m. (1) Persis Hayward, who d. Oct. 19, 1694; m. (2) Jan. 10, 1695, Alice Temple
    • ix. Abigail, b. April 6, 1666; m. May 24, 1686, William Reed b. Sept. 22, 1662, son of George and Elizabeth (Jennison) Reed. She d. Oct. 12, 1734, in Lexington. He d. May 12, 1718.
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  • The Kendall family in America (1919)
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  • Francis Kendall, son of John, and brother of Thomas, deposed in December, 1658, that his age was about 38 years, making him born in 1620. In 1662 he made affidavit that his age was about 48 years which would place the date of his birth at 1614. He settled first in Charlestown, but soon after removed to Woburn, where with 31 others he signed the town orders 18 December, 1640. In the old registry of the town of Woburn reads the entry:
    • "Francis Kendall, alias Miles, and Mary Tedd (Tidd) maryed 24th of 10th mo. (24 Dec. D-S) 1644."
  • Mary Tidd was a daughter of John Tidd. It is claimed that Francis left England against the wishes of his family, using the name of Miles. until he was settled in this country. Francis was admitted freeman 10 May, 1648. He served the town as selectman, held numerous other offices and was looked upon as "a gentleman of great respectability and influence." He owned and operated a corn mill in Woburn, being a miller by trade. The mill now on the old Kendall homestead was built by Samuel Kendall in 1700 and is near the location of the first mill built by Francis.
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  • Francis Kendall died in the year 1708 at the age of 89. His wife Mary Tidd died in 1705. The will of Francis, dated 9 May, 1706, named his sons, Thomas and John, as executors. The son Thomas had a son Samuel who was a very active, public spirited man, engaged in promoting the civil and religious prosperity of Woburn. In 1732 he received a commission as Lieutenant from Governor Belcher and was widely known as Lieutenant Kendall.
  • A physical peculiarity has characterized the Kendall family for many centuries, — that is, an occasional excess in the number of the extremities, hands and feet, an extra finger or an extra toe. An old English medical book says that from "as long as the 14th century this mark has been traced, sometimes almost disappearing, and then coming forth again in full vigor."
    • THE KENDALLS OF WOBURN.
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  • 1. FRANCIS KENDALL married 24 December, 1644, Mary Tidd. He died Woburn, 1708. She died 1705.
  • Children :
    • 2. John, born 2 May, 1646 ; m. three times.
    • 3. Thomas, born 10 Jan., 1648; m. twice.
    • 4. Mary, born 20 Jan., 1650; m. Isaac Reed.
    • 5. Elizabeth, born 15 Jan., 1652; m. James Pierce.
    • 6. Hannah, born 26 Jan., 1654; m. William Green, Jr.
    • 7. Rebecca, born 21 March, 1657 ; m. Joshua Eaton.
    • 8. Samuel, born 8 MIarch, 1659 ; m. twice.
    • 9. Jacob, born 25 Jan., 1660; m. twice.
    • 10. Abigail, born 6 April, 1666; m. William Reed.
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James Francis Pierce, Sr.'s Timeline

1659
May 7, 1659
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1688
October 11, 1688
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1690
February 28, 1690
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1692
September 16, 1692
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1695
1695
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1742
January 20, 1742
Age 82
Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1902
April 7, 1902
Age 82
1907
November 21, 1907
Age 82
1933
January 7, 1933
Age 82