Daniel Pierce (also Peirce) was 23 years old on 30 Apr 1634 when he boarded the ship 'Elizabeth' at Ipswich, Suffolk, England, arriving at Massachusetts later that year. He first settled at Watertown, where he was a proprietor in 1636, a freeman on 2 May 1638 and admitted to Newbury church. In the Watertown Inventory of Grants, Daniel held four parcels: a home stall of three acres, one acre of plowland in the Further Plain, one acre of Remote Meadow being the fifty-five lot, and twenty-five acres of upland, being a Great Dividend in the first division and the twenty-nine lot.
He was a blacksmith by trade, and listed himself as a yeoman.
In spring 1638 he removed to Newbury, where he served as constable in 1651, '53, '69, and 1670. On 26 Nov 1651 Daniel purchased a farm of three hundred acres, on the east side of Merrimack Ridge, of John Spencer. On 7 January 1651[/2?], "Daniel Pierce of Newbury ... , smith," sold to "Robert Coker of the same [town] and county, yeoman, four acres & half of upland lying in the Little Field in Newbury"; on 23 March 1651 [/2?], "Katherine Pierce doth assent & consent to the premises enclosed". On 11 November 1653, "Daniel Pierce of Newbury ... , yeoman, & Katherine his wife" sold to "Capt. William Gerrish of the same town & county ... all that ten acres of upland ground . . . being part of a farm lately purchased of Mr. John Spencer"
In his will, dated 12 Nov 1677 and proved 26 Mar 1678, "Daniell Perice Senior of Newbury" bequeathed "my housing, lands, goods & chattels unto my son Daniell Perice, that is to say all my housing and lands that are undisposed of," he to be sole executor and residuary legatee, and "to do for his brother Joshua Perice's children as he shall see in his discretion meet to be done for them"; "whereas upon my marriage agreement with Ann my wife she was to have twenty pounds a year during her natural life, I appoint my said executor" to see to her maintenance; "for my wife's son-in-law Thomas Thorpe provided he will be content and never trouble nor molest my son after my decease, I give a farm at New Jarsie situate upon Raw [Rahway] River joining to Mr. Bishop's land"; "whereas I have given my housing & lands as abovesaid unto my said son, that is the farm I now dwell upon, I give it unto my heir & his heirs so that it shall never be sold nor any part divided from the lawful heir male". The inventory of "the goods, lands, housing & chattels of Daniell Perice Senior of Newbury, who deceased the twenty-seventh day of November 1677," taken on an unknown date, totalled £1837, of which £1455 was real estate: "a farm of about two hundred acres of upland & meadow with the housing, barns & orchard," £1200; and "a malthouse with about twenty acres of upland & three and thirty acres of meadow & furniture to the malthouse," £255. Appended to the inventory, but unvalued, were "more a farm & stock at New Jersye"
Married firstly, late 1637/1638 Katherine __?__ , d. 17 Jul 1654 at Newbury.
Secondly, 26 Dec 1654 at Newbury, Anne (Lowell) Milward, d/o Percival Lowell and widow of Thomas Milward; d. 27 Nov 1690 at Newbury.
Much confusion has been made over the name of his first wife, and Anderson clears up the confusion with the following explanation:
"This first wife died at Newbury on 17 July 1654. In the town record for this death no given name is entered, whereas in the court copy of the death record her name is given as Sarah. In two deeds, however, Daniel Pierce is a co-grantor along with wife "Katherine Pierce." Both deeds are recorded in the first volume of Ipswich Deeds, a nineteenth-century copy of which is available on microfilm. The first of these deeds is dated 7 Jan 1651/2 and the second is dated 11 Nov 1658. The date of the second deed presents a problem, inasmuch as Daniel's first wife had died by that date, and in 1658 his wife was known to be named Anne. Closer examination of the second deed shows that it was acknowledged, or perhaps recorded, on 15 Oct 1658, nearly a month before the alleged date of the deed itself. Since the version of the deed available to us is a clerical copy made more than two centuries after the creation of the document, we propose that the nineteenth-century copyist misread "1653" as "1658," the last digit of which can be easily confused in some hands. With this adjustment to the date of the deed, we conclude that the given name of the first wife of Daniel Pierce was Katherine."
Children besides those linked:
- Daniel Pierce b. 15 May 1638 at Watertown, m. 5 Dec 1660 at Newbury Elizabeth Milward (his stepsister).
- Sarah Pierce b. ~1640; m. 24 Aug 1659 at Newbury Caleb Moody.
- Joshua Pierce b. 15 May 1642 at Newbury; m. 7 May 1668 at Salisbury Dorothy Pike.
- Martha Pierce b. 14 Feb 1649[NS] at Newbury; m. 28 Dec 1669 at Newbury Thomas Noyes, s/o James Noyes.
***Robert Charles Anderson also made known the following pertinent information regarding Daniel's children, quoted from the NEGHR as follows:
"In 1880 Frederick Clifton Peirce published a flawed and unreliable account of the families of this and other Pierce immigrants to New England [Frederick Clifton Peirce, Peirce Genealogy ... see source list below for citation]. Savage included in his entry for this immigrant birthdates for children Daniel, Martha and Joshua that match those published later by Frederick Clifton Peirce [Savage 3:427; Peirce Gen 233], but do not match the dates found in the published Newbury vital records. "
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Source(s):
- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 14, p.329.
- Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 5, M-P, pp. 457-462.
- Anderson's Great Migration Study Project. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999.
- Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Peirce Genealogy Being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown, in New England ... with Notes on the History of Other Families of Peirce, Pierce, Pearce, Etc. Worchester: Press of C. Hamilton, 1880.
- Pramberg, Noreen C. Four Generations of the Descendants of Daniel Pierce: A First Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts. Newburyport, Mass.: N.C. Pramberg, 1984.
- Coffin, Joshua. A sketch of the history of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845. Boston: S.G. Drake, 1845.∼Born about 1611 (aged 23 on 30 Apr 1634). Blacksmith who came to Massachustts Bay in 1634 on the "Elizabeth" of Ipswich. (On 30 Apr 1634, "Danyell Pierce," aged 23, was enrolled at Ipswich as a passenger for New England on the Elizabeth of Ipswich.) First settled in Watertown; moved to Newbury in 1638. Died in Newbury MA, 27 Nov 1677.
Married (1) in late 1637 or early 1638 Katherine ____. She died at Newbury on 17 July 1654.
(2) in Newbury MA, 26 Dec 1654, Anne (Lowell) Milward, daughter of PERCIVAL LOWELL {1769, Newbury} & widow of Thomas Milward. She died at Newbury on 27 Nov 1690.
Hoyt stated that "Daniel Pierce had a nephew, John Spencer in 1651. Pierce did purchase land from Spender in 1651 & there are many later references to this purchase, but no indication of a genealogical relationship between these 2 men.
He was a blacksmith by trade, and listed himself as a yeoman.
In spring 1638 he removed to Newbury, where he served as constable in 1651, '53, '69, and 1670. On 26 Nov 1651 Daniel purchased a farm of three hundred acres, on the east side of Merrimack Ridge, of John Spencer. On 7 January 1651[/2?], "Daniel Pierce of Newbury ... , smith," sold to "Robert Coker of the same [town] and county, yeoman, four acres & half of upland lying in the Little Field in Newbury"; on 23 March 1651 [/2?], "Katherine Pierce doth assent & consent to the premises enclosed". On 11 November 1653, "Daniel Pierce of Newbury ... , yeoman, & Katherine his wife" sold to "Capt. William Gerrish of the same town & county ... all that ten acres of upland ground . . . being part of a farm lately purchased of Mr. John Spencer"
In his will, dated 12 Nov 1677 and proved 26 Mar 1678, "Daniell Perice Senior of Newbury" bequeathed "my housing, lands, goods & chattels unto my son Daniell Perice, that is to say all my housing and lands that are undisposed of," he to be sole executor and residuary legatee, and "to do for his brother Joshua Perice's children as he shall see in his discretion meet to be done for them"; "whereas upon my marriage agreement with Ann my wife she was to have twenty pounds a year during her natural life, I appoint my said executor" to see to her maintenance; "for my wife's son-in-law Thomas Thorpe provided he will be content and never trouble nor molest my son after my decease, I give a farm at New Jarsie situate upon Raw [Rahway] River joining to Mr. Bishop's land"; "whereas I have given my housing & lands as abovesaid unto my said son, that is the farm I now dwell upon, I give it unto my heir & his heirs so that it shall never be sold nor any part divided from the lawful heir male". The inventory of "the goods, lands, housing & chattels of Daniell Perice Senior of Newbury, who deceased the twenty-seventh day of November 1677," taken on an unknown date, totalled £1837, of which £1455 was real estate: "a farm of about two hundred acres of upland & meadow with the housing, barns & orchard," £1200; and "a malthouse with about twenty acres of upland & three and thirty acres of meadow & furniture to the malthouse," £255. Appended to the inventory, but unvalued, were "more a farm & stock at New Jersye"
Married firstly, late 1637/1638 Katherine __?__ , d. 17 Jul 1654 at Newbury.
Secondly, 26 Dec 1654 at Newbury, Anne (Lowell) Milward, d/o Percival Lowell and widow of Thomas Milward; d. 27 Nov 1690 at Newbury.
Much confusion has been made over the name of his first wife, and Anderson clears up the confusion with the following explanation:
"This first wife died at Newbury on 17 July 1654. In the town record for this death no given name is entered, whereas in the court copy of the death record her name is given as Sarah. In two deeds, however, Daniel Pierce is a co-grantor along with wife "Katherine Pierce." Both deeds are recorded in the first volume of Ipswich Deeds, a nineteenth-century copy of which is available on microfilm. The first of these deeds is dated 7 Jan 1651/2 and the second is dated 11 Nov 1658. The date of the second deed presents a problem, inasmuch as Daniel's first wife had died by that date, and in 1658 his wife was known to be named Anne. Closer examination of the second deed shows that it was acknowledged, or perhaps recorded, on 15 Oct 1658, nearly a month before the alleged date of the deed itself. Since the version of the deed available to us is a clerical copy made more than two centuries after the creation of the document, we propose that the nineteenth-century copyist misread "1653" as "1658," the last digit of which can be easily confused in some hands. With this adjustment to the date of the deed, we conclude that the given name of the first wife of Daniel Pierce was Katherine."
Children besides those linked:
- Daniel Pierce b. 15 May 1638 at Watertown, m. 5 Dec 1660 at Newbury Elizabeth Milward (his stepsister).
- Sarah Pierce b. ~1640; m. 24 Aug 1659 at Newbury Caleb Moody.
- Joshua Pierce b. 15 May 1642 at Newbury; m. 7 May 1668 at Salisbury Dorothy Pike.
- Martha Pierce b. 14 Feb 1649[NS] at Newbury; m. 28 Dec 1669 at Newbury Thomas Noyes, s/o James Noyes.
***Robert Charles Anderson also made known the following pertinent information regarding Daniel's children, quoted from the NEGHR as follows:
"In 1880 Frederick Clifton Peirce published a flawed and unreliable account of the families of this and other Pierce immigrants to New England [Frederick Clifton Peirce, Peirce Genealogy ... see source list below for citation]. Savage included in his entry for this immigrant birthdates for children Daniel, Martha and Joshua that match those published later by Frederick Clifton Peirce [Savage 3:427; Peirce Gen 233], but do not match the dates found in the published Newbury vital records. "
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Source(s):
- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 14, p.329.
- Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 5, M-P, pp. 457-462.
- Anderson's Great Migration Study Project. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999.
- Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Peirce Genealogy Being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown, in New England ... with Notes on the History of Other Families of Peirce, Pierce, Pearce, Etc. Worchester: Press of C. Hamilton, 1880.
- Pramberg, Noreen C. Four Generations of the Descendants of Daniel Pierce: A First Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts. Newburyport, Mass.: N.C. Pramberg, 1984.
- Coffin, Joshua. A sketch of the history of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845. Boston: S.G. Drake, 1845.∼Born about 1611 (aged 23 on 30 Apr 1634). Blacksmith who came to Massachustts Bay in 1634 on the "Elizabeth" of Ipswich. (On 30 Apr 1634, "Danyell Pierce," aged 23, was enrolled at Ipswich as a passenger for New England on the Elizabeth of Ipswich.) First settled in Watertown; moved to Newbury in 1638. Died in Newbury MA, 27 Nov 1677.
Married (1) in late 1637 or early 1638 Katherine ____. She died at Newbury on 17 July 1654.
(2) in Newbury MA, 26 Dec 1654, Anne (Lowell) Milward, daughter of PERCIVAL LOWELL {1769, Newbury} & widow of Thomas Milward. She died at Newbury on 27 Nov 1690.
Hoyt stated that "Daniel Pierce had a nephew, John Spencer in 1651. Pierce did purchase land from Spender in 1651 & there are many later references to this purchase, but no indication of a genealogical relationship between these 2 men.
Daniel Pierce (also Peirce) was 23 years old on 30 Apr 1634 when he boarded the ship 'Elizabeth' at Ipswich, Suffolk, England, arriving at Massachusetts later that year. He first settled at Watertown, where he was a proprietor in 1636, a freeman on 2 May 1638 and admitted to Newbury church. In the Watertown Inventory of Grants, Daniel held four parcels: a home stall of three acres, one acre of plowland in the Further Plain, one acre of Remote Meadow being the fifty-five lot, and twenty-five acres of upland, being a Great Dividend in the first division and the twenty-nine lot.
He was a blacksmith by trade, and listed himself as a yeoman.
In spring 1638 he removed to Newbury, where he served as constable in 1651, '53, '69, and 1670. On 26 Nov 1651 Daniel purchased a farm of three hundred acres, on the east side of Merrimack Ridge, of John Spencer. On 7 January 1651[/2?], "Daniel Pierce of Newbury ... , smith," sold to "Robert Coker of the same [town] and county, yeoman, four acres & half of upland lying in the Little Field in Newbury"; on 23 March 1651 [/2?], "Katherine Pierce doth assent & consent to the premises enclosed". On 11 November 1653, "Daniel Pierce of Newbury ... , yeoman, & Katherine his wife" sold to "Capt. William Gerrish of the same town & county ... all that ten acres of upland ground . . . being part of a farm lately purchased of Mr. John Spencer"
In his will, dated 12 Nov 1677 and proved 26 Mar 1678, "Daniell Perice Senior of Newbury" bequeathed "my housing, lands, goods & chattels unto my son Daniell Perice, that is to say all my housing and lands that are undisposed of," he to be sole executor and residuary legatee, and "to do for his brother Joshua Perice's children as he shall see in his discretion meet to be done for them"; "whereas upon my marriage agreement with Ann my wife she was to have twenty pounds a year during her natural life, I appoint my said executor" to see to her maintenance; "for my wife's son-in-law Thomas Thorpe provided he will be content and never trouble nor molest my son after my decease, I give a farm at New Jarsie situate upon Raw [Rahway] River joining to Mr. Bishop's land"; "whereas I have given my housing & lands as abovesaid unto my said son, that is the farm I now dwell upon, I give it unto my heir & his heirs so that it shall never be sold nor any part divided from the lawful heir male". The inventory of "the goods, lands, housing & chattels of Daniell Perice Senior of Newbury, who deceased the twenty-seventh day of November 1677," taken on an unknown date, totalled £1837, of which £1455 was real estate: "a farm of about two hundred acres of upland & meadow with the housing, barns & orchard," £1200; and "a malthouse with about twenty acres of upland & three and thirty acres of meadow & furniture to the malthouse," £255. Appended to the inventory, but unvalued, were "more a farm & stock at New Jersye"
Married firstly, late 1637/1638 Katherine __?__ , d. 17 Jul 1654 at Newbury.
Secondly, 26 Dec 1654 at Newbury, Anne (Lowell) Milward, d/o Percival Lowell and widow of Thomas Milward; d. 27 Nov 1690 at Newbury.
Much confusion has been made over the name of his first wife, and Anderson clears up the confusion with the following explanation:
"This first wife died at Newbury on 17 July 1654. In the town record for this death no given name is entered, whereas in the court copy of the death record her name is given as Sarah. In two deeds, however, Daniel Pierce is a co-grantor along with wife "Katherine Pierce." Both deeds are recorded in the first volume of Ipswich Deeds, a nineteenth-century copy of which is available on microfilm. The first of these deeds is dated 7 Jan 1651/2 and the second is dated 11 Nov 1658. The date of the second deed presents a problem, inasmuch as Daniel's first wife had died by that date, and in 1658 his wife was known to be named Anne. Closer examination of the second deed shows that it was acknowledged, or perhaps recorded, on 15 Oct 1658, nearly a month before the alleged date of the deed itself. Since the version of the deed available to us is a clerical copy made more than two centuries after the creation of the document, we propose that the nineteenth-century copyist misread "1653" as "1658," the last digit of which can be easily confused in some hands. With this adjustment to the date of the deed, we conclude that the given name of the first wife of Daniel Pierce was Katherine."
Children besides those linked:
- Daniel Pierce b. 15 May 1638 at Watertown, m. 5 Dec 1660 at Newbury Elizabeth Milward (his stepsister).
- Sarah Pierce b. ~1640; m. 24 Aug 1659 at Newbury Caleb Moody.
- Joshua Pierce b. 15 May 1642 at Newbury; m. 7 May 1668 at Salisbury Dorothy Pike.
- Martha Pierce b. 14 Feb 1649[NS] at Newbury; m. 28 Dec 1669 at Newbury Thomas Noyes, s/o James Noyes.
***Robert Charles Anderson also made known the following pertinent information regarding Daniel's children, quoted from the NEGHR as follows:
"In 1880 Frederick Clifton Peirce published a flawed and unreliable account of the families of this and other Pierce immigrants to New England [Frederick Clifton Peirce, Peirce Genealogy ... see source list below for citation]. Savage included in his entry for this immigrant birthdates for children Daniel, Martha and Joshua that match those published later by Frederick Clifton Peirce [Savage 3:427; Peirce Gen 233], but do not match the dates found in the published Newbury vital records. "
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Source(s):
- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 14, p.329.
- Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 5, M-P, pp. 457-462.
- Anderson's Great Migration Study Project. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999.
- Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Peirce Genealogy Being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown, in New England ... with Notes on the History of Other Families of Peirce, Pierce, Pearce, Etc. Worchester: Press of C. Hamilton, 1880.
- Pramberg, Noreen C. Four Generations of the Descendants of Daniel Pierce: A First Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts. Newburyport, Mass.: N.C. Pramberg, 1984.
- Coffin, Joshua. A sketch of the history of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845. Boston: S.G. Drake, 1845.∼Born about 1611 (aged 23 on 30 Apr 1634). Blacksmith who came to Massachustts Bay in 1634 on the "Elizabeth" of Ipswich. (On 30 Apr 1634, "Danyell Pierce," aged 23, was enrolled at Ipswich as a passenger for New England on the Elizabeth of Ipswich.) First settled in Watertown; moved to Newbury in 1638. Died in Newbury MA, 27 Nov 1677.
Married (1) in late 1637 or early 1638 Katherine ____. She died at Newbury on 17 July 1654.
(2) in Newbury MA, 26 Dec 1654, Anne (Lowell) Milward, daughter of PERCIVAL LOWELL {1769, Newbury} & widow of Thomas Milward. She died at Newbury on 27 Nov 1690.
Hoyt stated that "Daniel Pierce had a nephew, John Spencer in 1651. Pierce did purchase land from Spender in 1651 & there are many later references to this purchase, but no indication of a genealogical relationship between these 2 men.
He was a blacksmith by trade, and listed himself as a yeoman.
In spring 1638 he removed to Newbury, where he served as constable in 1651, '53, '69, and 1670. On 26 Nov 1651 Daniel purchased a farm of three hundred acres, on the east side of Merrimack Ridge, of John Spencer. On 7 January 1651[/2?], "Daniel Pierce of Newbury ... , smith," sold to "Robert Coker of the same [town] and county, yeoman, four acres & half of upland lying in the Little Field in Newbury"; on 23 March 1651 [/2?], "Katherine Pierce doth assent & consent to the premises enclosed". On 11 November 1653, "Daniel Pierce of Newbury ... , yeoman, & Katherine his wife" sold to "Capt. William Gerrish of the same town & county ... all that ten acres of upland ground . . . being part of a farm lately purchased of Mr. John Spencer"
In his will, dated 12 Nov 1677 and proved 26 Mar 1678, "Daniell Perice Senior of Newbury" bequeathed "my housing, lands, goods & chattels unto my son Daniell Perice, that is to say all my housing and lands that are undisposed of," he to be sole executor and residuary legatee, and "to do for his brother Joshua Perice's children as he shall see in his discretion meet to be done for them"; "whereas upon my marriage agreement with Ann my wife she was to have twenty pounds a year during her natural life, I appoint my said executor" to see to her maintenance; "for my wife's son-in-law Thomas Thorpe provided he will be content and never trouble nor molest my son after my decease, I give a farm at New Jarsie situate upon Raw [Rahway] River joining to Mr. Bishop's land"; "whereas I have given my housing & lands as abovesaid unto my said son, that is the farm I now dwell upon, I give it unto my heir & his heirs so that it shall never be sold nor any part divided from the lawful heir male". The inventory of "the goods, lands, housing & chattels of Daniell Perice Senior of Newbury, who deceased the twenty-seventh day of November 1677," taken on an unknown date, totalled £1837, of which £1455 was real estate: "a farm of about two hundred acres of upland & meadow with the housing, barns & orchard," £1200; and "a malthouse with about twenty acres of upland & three and thirty acres of meadow & furniture to the malthouse," £255. Appended to the inventory, but unvalued, were "more a farm & stock at New Jersye"
Married firstly, late 1637/1638 Katherine __?__ , d. 17 Jul 1654 at Newbury.
Secondly, 26 Dec 1654 at Newbury, Anne (Lowell) Milward, d/o Percival Lowell and widow of Thomas Milward; d. 27 Nov 1690 at Newbury.
Much confusion has been made over the name of his first wife, and Anderson clears up the confusion with the following explanation:
"This first wife died at Newbury on 17 July 1654. In the town record for this death no given name is entered, whereas in the court copy of the death record her name is given as Sarah. In two deeds, however, Daniel Pierce is a co-grantor along with wife "Katherine Pierce." Both deeds are recorded in the first volume of Ipswich Deeds, a nineteenth-century copy of which is available on microfilm. The first of these deeds is dated 7 Jan 1651/2 and the second is dated 11 Nov 1658. The date of the second deed presents a problem, inasmuch as Daniel's first wife had died by that date, and in 1658 his wife was known to be named Anne. Closer examination of the second deed shows that it was acknowledged, or perhaps recorded, on 15 Oct 1658, nearly a month before the alleged date of the deed itself. Since the version of the deed available to us is a clerical copy made more than two centuries after the creation of the document, we propose that the nineteenth-century copyist misread "1653" as "1658," the last digit of which can be easily confused in some hands. With this adjustment to the date of the deed, we conclude that the given name of the first wife of Daniel Pierce was Katherine."
Children besides those linked:
- Daniel Pierce b. 15 May 1638 at Watertown, m. 5 Dec 1660 at Newbury Elizabeth Milward (his stepsister).
- Sarah Pierce b. ~1640; m. 24 Aug 1659 at Newbury Caleb Moody.
- Joshua Pierce b. 15 May 1642 at Newbury; m. 7 May 1668 at Salisbury Dorothy Pike.
- Martha Pierce b. 14 Feb 1649[NS] at Newbury; m. 28 Dec 1669 at Newbury Thomas Noyes, s/o James Noyes.
***Robert Charles Anderson also made known the following pertinent information regarding Daniel's children, quoted from the NEGHR as follows:
"In 1880 Frederick Clifton Peirce published a flawed and unreliable account of the families of this and other Pierce immigrants to New England [Frederick Clifton Peirce, Peirce Genealogy ... see source list below for citation]. Savage included in his entry for this immigrant birthdates for children Daniel, Martha and Joshua that match those published later by Frederick Clifton Peirce [Savage 3:427; Peirce Gen 233], but do not match the dates found in the published Newbury vital records. "
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Source(s):
- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 14, p.329.
- Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 5, M-P, pp. 457-462.
- Anderson's Great Migration Study Project. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999.
- Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Peirce Genealogy Being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown, in New England ... with Notes on the History of Other Families of Peirce, Pierce, Pearce, Etc. Worchester: Press of C. Hamilton, 1880.
- Pramberg, Noreen C. Four Generations of the Descendants of Daniel Pierce: A First Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts. Newburyport, Mass.: N.C. Pramberg, 1984.
- Coffin, Joshua. A sketch of the history of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845. Boston: S.G. Drake, 1845.∼Born about 1611 (aged 23 on 30 Apr 1634). Blacksmith who came to Massachustts Bay in 1634 on the "Elizabeth" of Ipswich. (On 30 Apr 1634, "Danyell Pierce," aged 23, was enrolled at Ipswich as a passenger for New England on the Elizabeth of Ipswich.) First settled in Watertown; moved to Newbury in 1638. Died in Newbury MA, 27 Nov 1677.
Married (1) in late 1637 or early 1638 Katherine ____. She died at Newbury on 17 July 1654.
(2) in Newbury MA, 26 Dec 1654, Anne (Lowell) Milward, daughter of PERCIVAL LOWELL {1769, Newbury} & widow of Thomas Milward. She died at Newbury on 27 Nov 1690.
Hoyt stated that "Daniel Pierce had a nephew, John Spencer in 1651. Pierce did purchase land from Spender in 1651 & there are many later references to this purchase, but no indication of a genealogical relationship between these 2 men.
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