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John Peirce 1731–1823 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 7 Mar 1731

Birth Location: Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 9 Jan 1823

Death Location: Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Ebenezer Peifer

Mother: Mary Hoskins

Spouse(s): Lucy Peirce, Sarah Rounseville

Children(s): Abiah Pierce, Nathan Peirce, Eunice Haskins, Peleg Peirce

John Peirce was born in 1731 in Massachusetts, USA, the child of Ebenezer Peifer And Mary Hoskins. John Peirce married Lucy Peirce, Sarah Rounseville, and had children including Abiah Pierce, Eunice Peirce Haskins, Nathan Peirce, Peleg Peirce. John Peirce passed away in 1823 in Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • John Peirce was born in 1731 in Massachusetts, USA, the child of Ebenezer Peifer And Mary Hoskins.
  • John Peirce married Lucy Peirce, Sarah Rounseville, and had children including Abiah Pierce, Eunice Peirce Haskins, Nathan Peirce, Peleg Peirce.
  • John Peirce passed away in 1823 in Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ebenezer Peifer
1704–1796
Birth Location: Middleboro
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Mary Hoskins
1711–1768
Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
MH

Spouses(s)

Lucy Peirce
1746–1799
Birth Location: Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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Sarah Rounseville
1731–1774
Birth Location: Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
SR

Children(s)

Abiah Pierce
1756–1822
Birth Location: Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Nathan Peirce
1758–1856
Birth Location: Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
NP
Eunice Haskins
1773–1815
Birth Location: Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
EH
Peleg Peirce
1778–1839
Birth Location: Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
PP

John Peirce's Ancestors

Self
John Peirce
1731–1823
Birth Place: Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Ebenezer Peifer
1704–1796
Middleboro
Mary Hoskins
1711–1768
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Henry Hoskins
1686–1771
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Abagail Godfrey
1684–1755
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
William II
1647–1730
Sarah Caswell
1658–1730
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Project"
1616–1695
Anne Project"
1616–1665

John Peirce's Descendants

1.
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John Peirce (Abt. 7 Mar 1731–9 Jan 1823) m. Lucy Peirce (1746–8 Aug 1799) m. Sarah Rounseville (1731–25 Oct 1774)
  1. 1. Abiah Pierce 1756–1822 m. Samuel (Wood) II 1750–1830
    1. 1. Ira Wood 1788–1869 m. Lydia Taylor 1796–1868
      1. 1. Emma (E. Wood) Powers 1834–1900
      2. 2. Oliver (Lyman) Wood 1825–1894
      3. 3. Samuel (Cutler) Wood 1831–1901
      4. 4. Erastus (Dwight) Wood 1828–1829
      5. 5. Almina (Frances) Wood 1838–1851
      6. 6. Hiram (Nelson) Wood 1818–1888 m. Susan (Ann) Brimhall 1820–1904
        1. 1. Abbie (Elmira Wood) DAR 1851–
        2. 2. Mary (Jane) Wood 1844–
        3. 3. Ira (E) Wood 1842–
        4. 4. Edwin (Dwight Wood) Sr 1845–1919 m. Mary (Elizabeth) VanWater 1856–1936
        5. 5. Ellen (S) Wood 1849–
        6. 6. Herbert (Cutler) Wood 1858–1937
    2. 2. Chloe (Wood) Russell 1778–1862
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Wood) Kibbey 1780–1872
    4. 4. John Wood 1781–1858
    5. 5. Abner Wood 1784–
    6. 6. Samuel (Wood) II 1786–1834
    7. 7. Henry Wood 1793–1869
    8. 8. Ruel Wood 1796–1888
  2. 2. Nathan Peirce 1758–1856
  3. 3. Eunice (Peirce) Haskins 1773–1815
  4. 4. Peleg Peirce 1778–1839 m. Ruth Peirce 1781–1854
    1. 1. Lucy (Peirce) Ainsworth 1805–1841
    2. 2. Proctor Peirce –1829
    3. 3. Hiram Peirce 1816–1867

John Peirce's Timeline

2 Records

1731
Abt. 7 Mar 1731
Birth of John Peirce in Massachusetts, USA
Massachusetts, USA
1823
9 Jan 1823
Age 92
Death of John Peirce in Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 7 Mar 1731
    Event Place: Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Jan 1823
    Event Place: Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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