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Sarah Pierce (Edson)

Also Known As: "pearce/edison/"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: March 03, 1731 (22-31)
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Joseph Edson and Experience Edson
Wife of Deacon Elisha Pierce
Mother of Sarah Holbrook
Sister of Joseph Edson; Capt. Josiah Edson and Experience Edson
Half sister of Benjamin Edson; Timothy Edson; Samuel Edson; Mary Lathrop and Susannah Johnson

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Immediate Family

About Sarah Pierce

Biography

Sarah Edson was born February 26, 1704-5 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Josiah Edson and Sarah (Packard) Edson. Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Bridgewater Births, Image 58 of 198/page 106, 14th line from bottom of page. [1]

Her siblings were:

Abiah (Edson) Alden (1706 – 1749)[2]
Josiah Edson (1708 – 1776)[3]
Huldah (Edson) Hayward (1713 – 1800)[4]
Abiezer Edson (1715 – 1791)[5]
Freelove (Edson) Fobes (1718 – 1811)[6]
Elijah Edson (1720 – 1762)[7]
Sarah was 27 when she married Elijah Pierce on February 2, 1731 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay.[8] Sarah and Elijah had at least one child: Sarah Pierce, born in 1732.[9]

Sarah (Edson) Pierce died March 3, 1732 and was buried at the Groveland Cemetery in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay. Find A Grave: Memorial #23939238[10] NOTE: Find A Grave shows date of birth as February 26, 1705, and age at death as 27.

After Sarah's death her husband Elijah married Mary Howard in 1738.

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Sarah (Edson) Pierce (1705 - 1732)

Sarah Pierce formerly Edson

Born 26 Feb 1705 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Daughter of Josiah Edson and Sarah (Packard) Edson

Sister of Abiah (Edson) Alden, Josiah Edson, Hulda (Edson) Hayward, Abiezer Edson, Freelove (Edson) Fobes and Elijah Edson

Wife of Elisha Pierce — married 2 Feb 1731 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Mother of Sarah (Pierce) Park

Died 3 Mar 1732 at age 27 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Profile last modified 21 Sep 2020 | Created 18 Dec 2017

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-XF3 : 14 January 2020), Sarah Edson, 1704.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FG-TKL : 10 February 2018), Abiah Edson, 06 Apr 1706; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-CZT : 10 February 2018), Josiah Edson, 24 Jan 1708; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FG-LSS : 10 February 2018), Huldah Edson, 03 May 1713; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-4LR : 10 February 2018), Abiezer Edson, 10 Jun 1715; citing 164,692.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NH-5S4 : 10 February 2018), Freelove Edson, 11 Oct 1718; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-W2Z : 10 February 2018), Elijah Edson, 28 Oct 1720; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHY-TX4 : 24 January 2020), Sarah Edson in entry for Elijah Pierce, 1731.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-75P : 5 November 2017), Sarah Pierce, 12 Jan 1732; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVK-LDPR : 19 May 2020), Sarah Edson Peirce, 1732; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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Sarah Pierce's Timeline

1704
1704
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1731
March 3, 1731
Age 27
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1732
January 12, 1732