Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Lucy F Pierce 
      Sex: F
AKA: L Fannie Pierce
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1852 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
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Parents 
         Father: Stephen Pierce (Est 1810-      )
         Mother: Louisa (Est 1810-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Thomas C F Williams (1849 -       )
       Marriage: 1 Jan 1873 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
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Marriage Notes (Thomas C F Williams)
Wellfleet VR

picture Lydia Pierce 
      Sex: F
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          Birth: 25 Nov 1829 - Chatham, Massachusetts 1
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Parents 
         Father: Joseph Pierce (Est 1800-      )
         Mother: Sarah Bassett (1802-      )



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Lydia Pierce 
      Sex: F
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          Birth: 1726
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          Death: 7 Mar 1737 - Scituate, Massachusetts 2
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Parents 
         Father: Thomas Pierce (1692-      )
         Mother: Mary Booth (Est 1695-      )



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Lydia Pierce 
      Sex: F
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          Birth: 22 Oct 1786 - Orrington, Maine
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Parents 
         Father: Nathaniel Pierce (1751-1842)
         Mother: Lydia Newcomb (1758-1842)



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Captain Marcus Morton Pierce 
      Sex: M
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          Birth: 29 Oct 1839 - Chatham, Massachusetts 1
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Parents 
         Father: Joseph Pierce (Est 1800-      )
         Mother: Sarah Bassett (1802-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mercy O Snow (Est 1843 -       )
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Marriage Notes (Mercy O Snow)
" Marcus M. Pierce, son of Joseph and Sarah (Bassett) Pierce, was born in Chatham, in 1840. He was master mariner from 1861 to 1870. He was keeper of the Nauset United States Life Saving station for six years, and since 1880 has been keeper of the Orleans station. He is a member of the Masonic order. He married Mercy O., daughter of Willis Snow. They have one daughter\emdash Sadie W., and lost one\emdash Ina M." 3

picture Margaret Pierce 
      Sex: F
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          Birth: 1 Apr 1759 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 4
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Parents 
         Father: Joshua Pierce (Cir 1732-      )
         Mother: Hepzibah Newcomb (1734-      )



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Margery Pierce 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1599 - Dorset, England
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          Death: 31 Dec 1662 - Hingham, Plymouth colony
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Captain Anthony Eames (Abt 1592 - 6 Oct 1686)
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                1. Persis Eames (1621-1662)
                2. Anna Eames (1622-1692)
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Marriage Notes (Captain Anthony Eames)
Children
Millicent EAMES b: 1618 in Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England
John EAMES
Mark EAMES b: 1620 in Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England
Persis EAMES
Elizabeth EAMES
Justus EAMES
Margery EAMES
Anthony EAMES
Jonathan EAMES
family data from lvmerrills2

The Eames family in America

Refer to The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume II, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn (2001, Boston), pages 387-92, for information concerning the immigrant family.
Capt. Anthony and Margery (Prisse) Eames

Anthony EAMES - b. about 1592, Fordington St. George, Dorset, England; d. June 1686, Marshfield, Plymouth, MA. Son of Thomas EAMES and Millicent. On Apr. 12, 1632, Anthony deposed in a tithe case that he was "of Fordington, Dorset, yeoman, where he had lived from infancy, born there, aged 40 or thereabouts." Departed Weymouth, England aboard the 'Recovery of London' on March 31, 1633/4, Gabriel CORNISH, master. Lived at Fordington, St. George to 1631; settled first at Charlestown in 1634/5; freeman at Hingham, Mass. Bay Colony, Mar. 9, 1636/7; and freeman at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, Jun. 7, 1653. Church warden at Fordington 1622, 1627 and 1631; deputy to General Court 1637, 1638, 1643 from Hingham, and 1653 through 1658, 1661 from Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA; Lt. of the Hingham train band about 1638; chosen Capt. of the train band 1644/5. Although Anthony was chosen as Captain by the town of Hingham, an allowance was not granted by the magistrates when the townsmen proposed another choice. Anthony was granted land at Charlestown in 1634/5, and was granted a number of parcels of land at Hingham between 1636 and 1647. In Dec. 1651, he and son Mark purchsed 100 acres at Marshfield, settling there the following summer. Anthony acknowledged a deed of land to his son Justus EAMES on Jun. 28, 1670, the latest record found of him. Married about 1615.

Margery - b. about 1599, near Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England. Admitted to church at Charlestown, MA Sep. 13, 1635.
http://kinnexions.com/smlawson/pierce.htm#AEames

picture Maria Pierce 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1832 - Massachusetts
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Henry Harvender (1818 -       )
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                1. Elizabeth Ann Harvender (1841-Bef 1844)
                2. Elizabeth A Harvender (1844-1902) 5
                3. Henry Harvender (1866-      )
                4. Ellen N Harvender (1857-1935) 5
                5. Eloise G Harvender (1862-1927) 5
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Marriage Notes (Henry Harvender)
1880 US census, Provincetown
Henry HARVENDER Self M Male W 62 MA Fisherman NY MA
Maria HARVENDER Wife M Female W 58 MA Keeping House MA MA
Sarah Y. HARVENDER Dau S Female W 37 MA Works In Tailor Shop MA MA
Maria HARVENDER Dau S Female W 34 MA Works Out MA MA
George W. HARVENDER Son S Male W 27 MA Sailor MA MA
Ellen M. HARVENDER Dau S Female W 23 MA Works Out MA MA
Elouise G. HARVENDER Dau S Female W 17 MA At School MA MA
Henry HARVENDER JR. Son S Male W 16 MA At School MA MA

picture Martha Pierce 
      Sex: F
AKA: Matthew Pierce
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1750
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          Death: 9 Dec 1818 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 6 7
         Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Captain Matthias Rider (7 Mar 1747 - 14 Oct 1807) 8 
       Marriage: 20 Oct 1768 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9
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                1. Captain Samuel Rider (1769-1852) 10 11
                2. Joseph Rider (1775-      )
                3. Matthius Rider Jr (1777-      )
                4. Patty Rider (1779-1847) 12
                5. Huldah Rider (1782-1861)
                6. Deacon Isaac Rider (1784-1856) 13
                7. Drusilla Rider (1786-1839) 14 15
                8. Nehemiah Murray Rider (1788-      )
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"In memory of Martha Rider, who died Dec. 9, 1818, aged 68 yrs., wife of Capt. Matthias Rider.
'Make Christ your friend that never died
All other friends are vanities
Make him your friend,
your trust, your all
Prepare for death, that solemn call.' " 16
Marriage Notes (Captain Matthias Rider)
The birth records for Joseph, Matthias, Patty, Huldah, Isaac, Drusilla and Nehemiah list their parents as "matthias and matthew Rider." 17

picture Martha Pierce 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 13 Sep 1645 - Rhode Island 18
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Parents 
         Father: Richard Pierce (1615-1678)
         Mother: Susannah Wright (1620-Bef 1678)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mahershallalhashboz Dyer (Abt 1643 - 1670)
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Sources

1 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.

2 Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts. Vol. 2, Marriages and Deaths, 433.

3 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 23. Orleans (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 781.

4 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 12:77.

5 John Braden, abstracts from Provincetown, Mass. vital records and other documents (from MJWilson, 2008).

6 Stanley W. Smith, "Records from the Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Mass." (Mayflower Descendant, vols 10, 11, 12).

7 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:232. Deaths.

8 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:268. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278 , 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes.

9 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:522, Marriages.

10 R Bradley Potts, "The Atwood Families of New England ..." (Rootsweb file atwood).

11 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:173. the son of Matthias and Martha Rider.

12 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 707. Mrs Martha Rich.

13 Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation).

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), lot 682. Joshua & Drusilla Hamblen family.

15 Rootsweb.com, utzing.

16 Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 21.

17 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 170.

18 Col. Frederick C. Pierce, Pearce Genealogy Being the Record of the Posterity of Richard Pearce an Early Inhabitant of Portsmouth, in Rhode Island, Who came from England, and whose Genealogy is traced back to 974 with an Introduction of the Male Descendants of Josceline De Louvaine, the Second House of Percy, Earls of Northumberland, Barons Percy and Territorial Lords of Alnwick, Warkworth and Prudhoe Castles in the County of Northumberland, England (1888. Rockford, Illinois. (part online http://rootie.geeknet.com/pierce.html)), 39.

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