Mehitable Pearce

First Wife: Mehitable Walker, (1733-1800). They were married May 5, 1754, in

Coventry, Kent County, R.I. They had ten children: Sarah Pearce (1755-1793) Elizabeth Walker Pearce (1757-1813) Martha Pearce (1759-1806) Cyrus T. Pearce (1793-1831) Abigail Pearce (1763-1831) Oliver Pearce (1765-1815) Nathan Pearce 1768-1820) Lydia Mann Pearce (1770-1848) Anstis Pearce 1772-1844) John Hancock Pearce (1774-1845)

Death of Benoni"s first wife, Mehitable Walker: Article in the "United States Chronicle of Deaths", June 26, 1800:

"Death PEARCE, Mehitable, wife of Benonni, formerly of this Town, at Pawlingstown, N.Y. in 67th year".

Newspaper article in the "Providence Gazette", Provicence, R.I, June 28, 1800: "Death Mrs. Mehitable, wife of Benoni,

of Pawlingstown, N.Y. in 67th year, formerly of this town".