Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond

John Pierce
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: Est 1570 - England
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
Parents
         Father: Pierce (      -      )
         Mother: 
Notes
General:

edited from Kirk D. Ransom from the La Mance book, Chapter XXIV
"The Pierce Family"
"Line of Sanford and Mary King-Pierce" via http://rootie.geeknet.com/pierce2.html
[starting on page 160]
John the Patentee, (who may have been an uncle instead of a brother to the others) was a merchant of London. He was the owner of the historic Mayflower. An association of merchants, with John Pierce at their head, secured a patent in 1620 from the Virginia Company for the use of the Mayflower colonists, who then expected to settle in Virginia. When the Mayflower returned in the spring of 1621, with the news of the change of base, John Pierce obtained a new grant or patent to Plymouth Colony, dated June 1, 1621. He himself started for the new world in the shop Paragon, but it proved unseaworthy and put back. He then sent the patent on the ship Good Fortune, which reached Plymouth Nov. 11, 1621. He remained in London, but used his means and ships in building up the colony.

John Pierce
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 1 Aug 1825 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 24 May 1902 ¹
         Burial: in Provincetown, Massachusetts
 Cause of Death: 
Parents
         Father: John Pierce (1791-1831) ²
         Mother: Susannah Hill (1795-1868)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Nichols Atwood (13 Oct 1825 - 23 Oct 1898) ³ 
       Marriage: 5 Nov 1846 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Alexander J Pierce (1862-1862)
                2. James W Pierce (1870-1948) ⁴
Notes
Medical:

age 76-9-23

John Pierce
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 1726
        Baptism: 
          Death: 20 Aug 1811 - Wiscasset, Maine
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
Spouses and Children
1. *Anne Young (8 Oct 1727 - 15 Aug 1811) ⁵ 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
John Pierce
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: Cir 1660 - Scituate, Plymouth Colony
        Baptism: 
          Death: 28 Jun 1738
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
Parents
         Father: Captain Michael Pierce (1615-1676)
         Mother: Persis Eames (1621-1662)
Notes
General:

Married on Dec. 12, 1683 in Plymouth Co., MA, Patience DODSON, daughter of Anthony DODSON. Children of John and Patience PIERCE: Mial married Mary WOOD; John married Abigail VINTON; Jonathan; Ruth married Stephen CORNELL; Jael married Hezekiah CHACE; David; Clothier married Hannah SHERMAN; Mary married Mr. NORTON; and Samuel married Polly BARBER.

John Pierce
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: Est 1770
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
Spouses and Children
1. *Susanna Sanborn (Est 1770 -       )
       Marriage: 1800 - Standish, Maine
         Status: 
John Pierce
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: Est 1737 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Baker (13 Dec 1740 -       )
       Marriage: 20 Feb 1762 - Eastham, Massachusetts ⁶
         Status: 

2. Ruth Lombard (22 Sep 1744 -       )
       Marriage: 25 Mar 1766 - Truro, Massachusetts ⁷
         Status: 
Notes
General:

It is an assumption, that the same John Pierce married Sarah Baker and Ruth Lombard.
Marriage Notes (Sarah Baker)

"february 20 : 1762 then Entred the Intentions of marriage between John Perce and Sarah Baker both of Eastham" ⁸

John Pierce
      Sex: M
AKA: John Peirce
Individual Information
          Birth: 30 Jul 1791 - Provincetown, Massachusetts ²
        Baptism: 
          Death: 20 Dec 1831 - Provincetown, Massachusetts ⁴
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
Parents
         Father: William Pierce (1768-1853) ⁴
         Mother: Sally (1769-1847)
Spouses and Children
1. *Susannah Hill (24 Aug 1795 - 14 Apr 1868)
       Marriage: Cir 1810
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Newcomb Pierce (1811-1876)
                2. Ruth Peirce (1813-1855) ⁹
                3. Susan Pierce (1821-1846)
                4. John Pierce (1825-1902)
Notes
General:

stone
Mr. John Pierce died Dec 20, 1831 ae 40 yrs
"My husband died, I am left alone, With six children for to mourn; And may they all prepare to die, And meet him there above the sky" ⁴

John B Pierce
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 10 Oct 1831 - Chatham, Massachusetts ¹⁰
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
Parents
         Father: Joseph Pierce (Est 1800-      )
         Mother: Sarah Bassett (1802-      )
John Buntin Pierce
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 14 Jan 1841 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts ¹¹
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
Parents
         Father: Atkins Pierce (1812-      ) ¹²
         Mother: Martha Higgins Buntin (1817-      ) ¹³
John Lewis Pierce
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 30 Jul 1905 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts ¹⁴
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
Parents
         Father: Melzar Green Pierce (1875-1961) ¹⁵ ¹⁶
         Mother: Mary Julia Silver (1880-      ) ¹⁵ ¹⁷

Sources

1 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized

2 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 12:24.

3 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:99. Jeremiah and Betsey Atwood family.

4 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm).

5 Andrew P. Langlois, Descendants of John Young of Plymouth and Eastham. part 2 (2006. Mayflower Descendant 55 (1): 29-52).

6 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 125 (MD 27:187). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

7 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 105.

8 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 125 (MD 27:187).

9 Provincetown Massachusetts. Town records. (Provincetown Massachusetts), Death Book 1:18 #9, Cemetery Book 49. identifies parents.

10 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 1:299.

11 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:179. The children of Atkins Peirce and Martha his wife.

12 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:84. Joshua and Rachel Pierce family.

13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:129. daughter of Samuel and Phebe Buntin.

14 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1905 births.

15 Bowman, Records from Cemetery near South Wellfleet Church (Mayflower Descendant).

16 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1904, p 52.

17 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1899 marriages.

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