John Pierce

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John Pierce Jr. (1686 - 1766)

John Pierce Jr.

Born 12 Apr 1686 in Scituate, Plymouth, Colony Massachusetts

Son of John Pierce and Patience (Dodson) Pierce

Brother of Mial Pierce, Jonathan Pierce, Ruth (Pierce) Cornell, Jael (Pierce) Chase, David Pierce, Clothier Pierce, Samuel Pierce and Mary (Pierce) Norton

Husband of Abigail (Vinton) Pierce — married 26 Oct 1712 in Scituate, Massachusetts

Father of John Pierce, Elisha Pierce, Ebenezer Pierce, Martha Pierce, Obadiah Pierce, Lydia (Pierce) Simmons, Abigail (Pierce) Burt and Sybil (Pierce) Phillips

Died 4 May 1766 at age 80 in Dighton, Bristol County, Colony Massachusetts

Profile last modified 1 Feb 2021 | Created 21 Feb 2013

Biography

Records

Name John Pearce Event Type Birth Event Date 12 Apr 1686 Event Place Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Gender Male Father's Name John Pearce Mother's Name / [1]

Timeline

1686: John Pierce born April 12, 1686, in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts [2] John Pierces’ will was probated May 22, 1765. [3]

1712: Married Abigail Vinton, 26 Dec 1712, Scituate, MA [4]
1722: It was John Jr’s child who was referred to in a deed of 7 Apr 1722. John Sr sold land to his son Clothier, but in the land description states, “…John Peirce reserves to himself three rod & half of land lying square upon the hill where his son John Pierce’s child is buried…” [5]
Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4L3-NXP : 13 July 2016), John Pearce, 12 Apr 1686; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
↑ MA Vital Records, Scituate, 1633-1900, Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1991, Jay Mack Holbrook, Image 54 of 1531
↑ “Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Record, Vol 18, 1762-1765.” Image 530 of 609
↑ Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society At The Charge of the Eddy Town-Records Fund, 1909, Image 752 of 909, p. 316
↑ Massachusetts Land Records 1620-1986, Bristol Deed 1727-1732, Vol 18, 18-322, Image 171 of 310, 7 Apr 1722, recorded 2 Jan 1728/29
See Also:

John Pierces’ will is image 530 of 609 “Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Record, Vol 18, 1762-1765.” The probate date is 22 May 1765.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Carrol Paul for creating WikiTree profile Pierce-2565 through the import of Charles Elmer Paul ancestors.ged on Feb 20, 2013.