John Pierce b. 27 May 1673 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 26 Apr 1744 Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America: Oswald Family History

1673 - 1744 (70 years)

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Name	John Pierce
Birth	27 May 1673	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Gender	Male
Death	26 Apr 1744	Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Burial	Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Person ID	I312684222395	Oswald Genealogy
Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

Family	Elizabeth Smith, b. Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 20 Sep 1747, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Marriage	05 Nov 1702	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Family ID	F2144	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

Notes

COMMENT:
SOURCE document references are
COMMENT:
SOURCE document references are detailed at the end of notes

SOURCES:
Compiled by Dottie Holly CHENEY, Shirley May (COOPER) EDGLEY, and
Richard William COOPER from personal and family records and family knowledge of
William Henry COOPER and Dottie Holly CHENEY and their families and children
and the following sources:

SURNAME Variants: PIERCE,PEARCE,PEIRCE,PEIRFE,PEIRFF,PERCE,PERS,PEERS,PERST,
PIRCE,PIRCS,PIRRCE,

BIRTH:
[SOURCE CH079]
"1673 ... John pearfe son of Jofeph and martha Pearfe borne the 27 of may"
[SOURCE CH088] pg532-533 "John Pierce, ...born 27 May 1673 ..."
[SOURCE CH098] pg 890-891 "John Pierce, ... was born May 27, 1673"

MARRIAGE:
[SOURCE CH088] pg532-533 "John Pierce, ... He married 5 Nov. 1702 Elizabeth
Smith, b. 15 Jan. 1673, died at Watertown 20 Sept 1747, daughter of Daniel
and Mary (Grant)."
[SOURCE CH089] pg 394 info same as CH088 above
[SOURCE CH098] pg 890-891 [same info as CH088]

CHILDREN:
[SOURCE CH084] [Watertoen Birth, Marriage Death Record]
pg24 "John Peirce son of John & Elizabeth Peirce, was born:
September: 1st: 1703."
pg32 "Jonas Peirce fon of John & Elisabeth Peirce was born:
December the: 20: 1705."
pg37 "Ezekiel Peirce Son of John & Elizabeth Peirce born
March the: 8th: 1708/9."
pg46 "Samuel peirce the son of John peirce & Elesabeth his wife was born
July: 3: 1712."
pg55 "Elizabeth Pierce Daughter of John & Elizabeth Pierce was born
January: 3d.1715/16."
pg65 "Daniel Peirce son of John & Elizabeth Peirce born the
21. of October, 1719."
pg77 "Jonathan Peirce Son of John and Elizebeth Peirce borne
September: 28: 1724."
[SOURCE CH089] pg395-396 info same as CH088 below except for:
"1. John ... by wife Rebecca, had:
1. Eliphalet, b. July 29, 1728. 2. Seth, b. Nov. 5, 1730"
"2. Jonas ... m. Jan 4, 1727-8, Abigail Comee, of Lex., where he settled."
[children listed in CH089 are with Jonas' family group.
"3. Ezekiel ... m., in Wat[ertown]., ... Mercy Wellington and had:
1. Jacob, b. 1732. 2. Ezekiel, b. 1734-5.
3. Sarah, bap. Ap. 13, 1740 4. Ebenezer, bap. Sept. 17, 1742."
"6. Daniel, ... by wife Martha, had:
1. Henry, b. Mar. 1, 1753. 2. Martha, bap. Dec. 22, 1754.
3. Anna, bap. July 27, 1768."
[SOURCE CH098] pg890-891 info same as CH088 below except for:
"3. Elizabeth, born March 7, 1709." [not mentioned by CH089 or CH088]
[must be a misprint for Ezekiel"
[SOURCE CH088] pg532-533
"John Pierce, ... Children, all born at Watertown:
i. John, b. 1 Sept. 1703; m. 26 Jan 1726-27 Rebecca Fenno of
Dorchester, dau. of John. Resided at Watertown and Stoughton. They
had five children.
ii. Jonas, b. 20 Dec 1705
iii. Ezekiel, b. 8 Mar. 1708-09; m. 17 Nov. 1731 Mercy Wellington. They
had four children.
iv. Samuel, b. 3 July 1712; m. 3 June 1739 Abigail Stearns,
bapt. 1 Jan. 1715, d. 25 July 1796; d. 30 Mar. 1772. They had nine
children.
v. Elizabeth, b. 3 Jan. 1715-16. Not mentioned in her father's will.
vi. Daniel, b. 21 Oct 1719; m. Martha ( ). They had three children.
vii. Jonathan, b. 28 Sept. 1724; m. 25 Dec. 1745 Abigail Blanchard,
b. 1726, d. 6 Feb. 1764. They had five children.

DEATH:
[SOURCE CH088] pg532-533 "John Pierce, ...died 1743-44."
[SOURCE CH106] first pedigree chart "d Waltham d 1744"

COMMENT:
[SOURCE CH088] PG532-533 "John Pierce ... Resided in Waltham.
[SOURCE CH098] pg 890-891 "John Pierce, ... He settled at Waltham and
Lexington."

son of Joseph and Martha was born in
Watertown MA and married there. They lived for a time in Waltham MA.

[SOURCE CH131]
Ancestry File PIERCE1.GED acquired 7-14-94 AFN:
Name:John PEIRCE Sex:M ID No:FZPP-5C
Birth:27 May 1673 Place:Watertown,Middlesex,MA
Marr: 5 Nov 1702 Spouse:Elizabeth SMITH-FZPP-1N
Death: 1744 Place:Watertown,Middlesex,MA
Father:Joseph PIERCE-8QJ0-MP Mother:Martha-8QJ0-RD
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Husband:John PEIRCE-FZPP-5C
Wife:Elizabeth SMITH-FZPP-1N
Marriage: 5 Nov 1702 Place:Watertown,,Massachusetts
Sealing: Temple:
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Husband:John PEIRCE-FZPP-5C Br/Ch:27 May 1673
Wife:Elizabeth SMITH-FZPP-1N Br/Ch:15 Jan 1674
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CHILD BR/CH
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1. Jonas PIERCE-NPJ0-F1 20 Dec 1705
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SOURCES:
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[SOURCE CH079]
"Watertown Records ...The First Book and Supplement of Births Deaths and
Marriages [years 1630-1693] Watertown Mass Press of Fred G. Barker 1894"
SL GEN LIB: 974.44, W5, N2h, Vol. 1

[SOURCE CH084]
"Watertown Records ...The Second Book of Births Marriages and Deaths to the
end of 1737 [years 1697-1737] ...Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900"
SL GEN LIB: US/CAN, 974.44/W5, V2h, Vol. 2

[SOURCE CH088]
"History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts From Its
First Settlement to 1868. Volume II--Genealogies" [#5978]" By Charles Hudson
"Revised and Continued to 1912 By The Lexington Historical Society.
Pub:Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin Co., Riverside Press Cambridge, 1913"
SL GEN LIB: 974.44/L2, H2b, Vol 2

[SOURCE CH089]
"Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early
Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston;
Vol. I. Genealogies." By Henry Bond, M.D. Pub: 1855
SL GEN LIB: 974.44, D2b, Vol.1

[SOURCE CH098]
"Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating
to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Volume III." [#2473]
Prepared under the editorial supervision of William Richard Cutter, A.M.
Pub: New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908.
SL GEN LIB: 974.44,D2c,Vol. 3

[SOURCE CH101] "Seven Families of Pierce" collected by Harvey Cushman
Pierce published by Shenandoah Publishing House, Strasburg, VA

[SOURCE CH102] Pierce Geneology by Francis G. Pierce

[SOURCE CH103 History of Watertown, 2nd Edition, p394, 395, 439

[SOURCE CH106]
Letter from Elva Dewey to Shirley (COOPER) EDGLEY with info on ELA,
ANNIS, CHENEY, DUSTON, PIERCE (PERS), COMEY (COMEE), & WILCOX.
Copy of ltr & pedigree charts in possession of Richard Cooper

[SOURCE CH131]
Information acquired from LDS Ancestry File on 7-14-94. GED of ancestors of
Jonas PIERCE b. 20 Dec 1705, Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Father: Joseph Pierce Mother: Martha
Father: Joseph Pierce Mother: Martha