Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Josiah W Pierce

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 20 Feb 1859 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Alexander Lovett Pierce (1832-      ) 2
         Mother: Betsey R Smith (1836-      )


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Judith Pierce

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 8 Mar 1753
        Baptism: 
          Death: 30 Aug 1805
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Samuel Pierce (1712-1772) 3
         Mother: Abigail Stearns (1715-1796) 3

Spouses and Children
1. *Elisha Stearns Sr. (8 Aug 1756 - 30 Aug 1789) 3 
       Marriage: 26 Nov 1778
         Status: 


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Lemuel Pierce

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: Est 1730
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


picture Lemuel Newcomb Pierce

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 23 Feb 1787 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 11 Jun 1849 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 5
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: hernia 6


Parents
         Father: John Pierce (1764-1808)
         Mother: Phebe Newcomb (1756-1825)

Spouses and Children
1. *Tabitha Atkins (4 May 1783 -       )
       Marriage: 28 Nov 1808 - Chatham, Massachusetts 7
         Status: 

Notes
Medical:
age 64
married
laborer
b Wellfleet
s/o John & Phebe Pierce

picture Leonard Anderson Pierce

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 28 Mar 1918 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: May 1965 - South Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: in South Wellfleet cemetery
 Cause of Death: coronary thrombosis


Parents
         Father: Sylvanus Rich Pierce Jr (1890-1971)
         Mother: Jennie May Atwood (1899-1956) 10

Spouses and Children
1. *Evelyn G Butler (1921 -       ) 8 
       Marriage: 19 Apr 1942 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 11
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Anne Scott Pierce (1946-1960) 8

Notes
General:
Wellfleet selectman
Truro Consolidated school principal 1940s

Provincetown Advocate death note 27 May 1965, p4

picture Lilla Frances Pierce

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 1 Nov 1867 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 12 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain Benjamin Higgins Swett Pierce (1832-1910) 14 15
         Mother: Ruth Gould Freeman (1836-1921) 14 16

Spouses and Children
1. *Richard E Newcomb (31 Aug 1858 - 11 Jul 1936) 17 18 
       Marriage: 23 Sep 1883 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Chester E Newcomb (1883-      ) 13
                2. Lydia Doane Newcomb (1885-1974) 17
                3. Cora Lee Newcomb (1886-1964) 17 19
                4. Bertha M Newcomb (1891-1969) 17


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Lillian Pierce

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 1897
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1982
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: 


Spouses and Children
1. *Clare E Densmore (1898 - 1970)
       Marriage: 3 Sep 1922 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status: 


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Linda Anna Pierce

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 17 Mar 1863 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 20
        Baptism: 
          Death: After 1920 - (Providence, Rhode Island)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain Warren Emerson Pierce (1834-1898) 21 15 22
         Mother: Anna Hopkins (1836-1913) 23

Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Franklin Holbrook (9 Jul 1850 - Bef 1920) 24 
       Marriage: 11 May 1886 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Harold E Holbrook (1891-      )
                2. Lillian T Holbrook (1894-      )

Notes
Marriage Notes (Thomas Franklin Holbrook)
1910 US census, Providence, RI
175 Montgomaery Ave
Thomas F Holbrook, head, 59, Mass, clerk, grocery store
Linda R Holbrook, wife, 47, b Mass, 2 children born and living, no occupation
Harold E Holbrook, son, 19, b Mass, draftsman, machine shop
Lillian T Holbrook, dau, 16, b Conn, stone setter, jewelry

1920 US census, Providence, RI
175 Montgomery Ave
Linda R Holbrook, widow, 56, renting, no occupation
Harold E Holbrook, son, 29, b Mass, draftsman, oil business
Lillian T Holbrook, dau, 25, b Conn, clerk, telephone company

picture Lisa Ann Pierce

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 6 Nov 1956 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 25
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: George Gaspie Pierce (1914-2002)
         Mother: Frieda Nickerson (1921-1970) 26


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Louisa Bassett Pierce

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 27 Sep 1836 - Chatham, Massachusetts 27
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Joseph Pierce (Est 1800-      )
         Mother: Sarah Bassett (1802-      )
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Sources


1 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1.

2 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:164. The children of Thomas and Joanna Pierce.

3 David Brown, "Dave Brown's Eexxtteennddeedd Family Plus" (Rootsweb file dave-brown).

4 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:36. the family of John Pierce and Phebe his wife.

5 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 80. frequently differ from other records

6 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 80.

7 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 199.

8 Kenneth Cole, South Wellfleet Cemetery (Wellfleet, Mass. Rich Family Association).

9 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1918 births.

10 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (2004. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives), 484:515 (Marblehead).

11 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1942.

12 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 12.

13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 28.

14 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lots 41. Benjamin H. S. & Ruth G. Pierce family.

15 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:152. The children of Israel and Bethiah Pierce.

16 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:170. The children of Joseph and Serviah Freeman.

17 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 435A. Richard E. Newcomb & daughters.

18 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 53.

19 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 31.

20 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 6.

21 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1898, p 37.

22 Ben H. Swett, "Sweat and Swett Families of Cape Cod
John Swett of Newbury" (2005. http://swett-genealogy.com/10CapeCod.html
Rootsweb databases bswett, bhswett).

23 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:139. The children of Giles Hopokins 2d and Anna his Wife.

24 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 25.

25 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1956.

26 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1921.

27 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.


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