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Thomas Pierce

Also Known As: "(son of William)"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Heacham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Death: of, Mulberry Island, James City County , Province of Virginia, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of William Pierce, of Mulberry Island and Joan “Jane” Pierce
Brother of William Pierce, Il; Jane Smith; Edith Clements; Elizabeth Bayley and Miss Woodward

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About Thomas Pierce

Jone Pierce, his wife, and their children : William, Jone, and Thomas, came to Virginia in 1609 on the Blessing. Jone also brought with her a young niece [SIC: kin, relationship unclear] Cicilly Reynolds, age 10 probably to help care for the younger children. Capt. Pierce had a home in James City and a plantation on "Mulberry Island."


Boddie, Colonial Surry, p60 refers to Captain Pierce's son "Thomas Pierce, and his grandson William Pierce (IV) living on Mulberry Island with him 21 Jan 1655. Thomas Pierce also had a daughter Jane (II)


From http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/pierce/6608/

The children of William Pierce and his wife Jone were

  • William PIERCE was born Abt 1603, and died before 1609. ?
  • Jane (Joan) PIERCE was born 1605. She married John ROLFE 1619 in James City, Virginia, son of John ROLFE and Dorothea MASON. He was born 6 MAY 1585 in Heacham, Norfolk, England, and died 22 MAR 1621 in James City, Virginia.
  • Thomas PIERCE was born Abt 1607, and died 22 MAR 1621 in Henrico, Virginia. ???? [a Thomas Pierce arriving 1618 with wife died that date, not this one]

Disambiguation

Not the same as https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pierce-1096 who died about 26 Mar 1622 in Martin's Hundred Plantation, Wolstenholme Towne, James River, Virginia He came to Virginia in 1618[3] on the "William and Thomas" apparently with his wife Alice and daughter Elizabeth. When Powatan Indians attacked the English colonists at Martin's Hundred on 22 March 1622 Tomas was killed and his wife and daughter were taken by the Indians. His wife and daughter were released by the indians early in 1624.


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Thomas Pierce's Timeline

1607
1607
Heacham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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of, Mulberry Island, James City County , Province of Virginia, Colonial America