A Maine Family's History - Smith / Glidden Surnames

Pearce, Pierce, Peirce

Richard PIERCE, carpenter, of Muscongus, bought land at Round Pond and Pemaquid river 1/9/1641 of Samoset,

Children: Richard born circa 1647; John born 1652; William; Francis married Lydia; George born 1666 married Rebecca; Elizabeth married Richard Fulford/Fullford; Margaret married ? Ward; Joseph; Mary married ? Hamlin; Sarah married ? Stockwell;

Richard PIERCE born circa 1647, died by 1734, coaster/fisherman, of Marblehead MA,

Spouse: Mary ?

Children: Richard born circa 1690 married Hannah Basset; John born circa 1696; Robert married Mary Merritt; Joseph; Thomas; Benjamin; Mary married Edward Surriage; Hannah married Joseph Morse

John PEARCE I, baker, born circa 1696, died 1784

Spouse: Elizabeth MERRETT or MERRITT married 11/30/1715 Marblehead [MA VR]; had other wives per M&NH

Children: John II; Ruhamah bp 1/19/1735 Marblehead

John PEARCE II born Marblehead MA [bp 1/19/1724 Marblehead per familysearch.com]

Spouse: Elizabeth DIXEY born circa 1725 married 8/19/1746 Marblehead (MA VR)

Children: John bp 5/24/1747 Marblehead [MA VR]; Robert born 1/27/1751 died 6/26/1840; Joseph bp 2/17/1754; Richard Christened 11/9/1755; all Marblehead

John PEARCE III bp 5/24/1747 Marblehead MA; died 1827 Marblehead; Revolutionary War, Master's Mate on Frigate "Boston" & "Thorne"

Spouse: Elizabeth ROGERS DOLIBAR widow of John Dolibar; married Pearce 12/26/1771 Marblehead (MA VR do not list her as Widow Dolibar)

Children: Lucy bp 9/5/1790 Marblehead; Lydia bp 11/12/1780 Marblehead; Lydia2 bp 1/18/1784 Marblehead; Elizabeth bp 9/20/1772 Marblehead; Samuel Rogers bp 1/3/1779 Marblehead; John bp 1/27/1782 Marblehead

Lucy PEARCE of Penobscot, bp 9/5/1790 Marblehead, died 2/12/1860 Cooper Washington ME

Spouse: John Hancock SMITH born 11/15/1786 Orland ME; died 5/25/1870 Edmunds ME; married 6/26/1808

Children: Haskell Wood born 1809 married Deborah Harrison; Frances Warren born 1811; George Washington born 1813; Rhonda H. born 1815 widow of Girden D. Palmeter; Rogers Pearce; John Hancock; Ezra Whitman

Gen Dictionary ME & NH pg 554: Richard Pierce, carpenter, Muscongus m Elizabeth Brown(15); unkn where and when they d. List 121. In 1729 desc had recorded an Ind deed to him from John Summersett 9 Jan 1641 land betw Round Pond and Pemaquid Point. Four of eight heirs signed an agreement in 1717. Ch Richard eldest s b +-1647; John b +-1652; William; Francis had w Lydia and d by 1729 called of Manchester, decd in 1734, also late of Beverly. Only surv ch Elizabeth b Mar 22. Apr 1700 m 1718 Edw Clark of Gloucester; George ag 55 in Feb 1720-1 liv Beverly 1734 where one George d in 1746. W. Rebecca. Ch rec Bev 1701-1716: Abigail, Rebecca, William, George, Elizabeth, Mary. Elizabeth m Richard Fulford. Margaret d in Suffield Ct 28 Dec 1688 m 1st one Long (dau Elizabeth m in Milton 1710 Simes Langley later of Norwich Ct) m 2d in Dorchester 18 Nov 1681 Thos Pope (ch Elizabeth m in Plymouth 1706 Nathan Ward; Mindwell m Wm Huxley of Suffield). Mary m in Marblehead 10 Apr 1695 Nathl Hamilton (Hamblin by deeds), both of Manchester, Suffield 1732. See York D. for numerous deeds and depos by ch and gr ch; Doc Hist 9:451; Gen Advertiser 1:95; Col Soc MA 6:21; 8:104.
* * pg554: Richard Pierce, coaster, fisherman, Marblehead. Lists 15, 189. His w was Mary, see also Ewen. (One R.P and w Mary of Manchester 1692 were gr ch of Richard Woodis; see (5) and Suff D 44:165). In 1744 his s Richard depos that his parents liv at Smelt Cove except during Ind wars and he often visited them. The fa was of Marbleh 1717, ag 70; Muscongus 1718-1721 and s John depos that he went there ab 1722 and brot his fa and fam away. Marbleh 1729; d by 1734. Ch order unk: 1st 5 bp at Marbleh 27 Oct 1700: Richard 30 in 1720 m 22 Sep 1713 Hannah Basset, Marbleh 1734, Muscongus 1737, and mtg the ho he had built at Smelt Cove, in 1744 +-52 he depos he knew the ind language and had been ab 27 yrs a trader with them at the East. Dea John, baker, Marbleh m 30 Nov 1715 Elizabeth Merritt and had later wives. Ag +-70 in 1764, +-76 in 1770, d 1784. Robert m 10 Dec 1717 Mary Merritt; Joseph; Thomas; Benjamin; Mary m Edward Surriage; Hannah w of Joseph Morse who is a difficulty. In 1719 Wm deeded 100 a at Muscongus to neph J.M. of Marbleh, baker, adj tract Morse had from his fa and mo. Richard and Mary pearce; see also Brown(17). Joseph Morse m Hannah Man in Boston in 1735, in 1737 deeded Muscongus land to s-in-law Alex Young of Boston (m Rebecca Man 1738) with ment of "my br Richard Pearce." See also Brackett (3).

Pioneers Maine Rivers pg 357; PEARCE, Richard, carpenter, bought land from Samoset at Muscongus 1642; married Elizabeth, dau of John Brown, of New Harbor; children John, born at Pemaquid 1644; Richard born 1647; Elizabeth (Fulford); Francis; Joseph; Margaret (Ward); Mary (Hamlin); Sarah (Stockwell); William; and George born 1666.
* * DAR# 13419: John Pearce was a Master's Mate on the Frigate Boston commanded by Samuel Tucker, 1778. In 1780 he served on the Thorne & was brought a prisoner in the first cartel from R.I. He was about 75 when he died at Marblehead, 1827.

MA Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol. 12, page 18: Pearce, John. Master's Mate, frigate "Boston," commanded by Capt. Samuel Tucker; engaged 12/12/1778; reported sick at Marblehead 3/10/1779. Roll made up for advance pay for 1 month. ??? Page 18, Pearce, John. Seaman, sloop "Providence," commanded by Capt. Hoysteed Hacker; list of officers and men entitled to prize shares in the "Mellish" and "Active" [year not given]. Page 18: Pearce, John. List of prisoners brought to Marblehead in the cartel "Pacific" to be exchanged for British prisoners, as returned by Thomas Stone, Commissary [year not given]; said Pearce, a Seaman, reported taken in a prize of the "Columbus" retaken by the British ship "Liverpool."

Pioneers ME & NH pg 83: GOULD, GOLD, Alexander or Sander, New Harbor, or Pemaquid ME with his wife Margaret, had a deed of gift of a tract of land at Broad Bay from her father John Brown of New Harbor 8 Aug 1660. Daus Margaret, Mary & Elizabeth. [Eastern claims] One of these daus married James Stilson who petitioned Andros in 1689 giving some of these facts. 26 BROWN, John, New Harbor, Pemaquid, bought of the Indian sagamore Somerset or Samoset 7/15/1625, a tract of land extending from Pemaquid Falls to the head of New Harbor, thence to the south end of Muscongus island, running into the country North and by east 25 miles, then twenty eight miles northwest and by west, then south and by west to Pemaquid. Witnessed by Matthew Newman and William Cox. Acknowledged before Abraham Shurt 7/24/1626. [Me. Hist. Coll. V, 191-5.] /P/ This deed was recorded at Charlestown MA 12/26/1720 upon request of James Stillson and Margaret Stillson. [Book of Eastern Claims.] His son John Brown, of Framingham MA deposed 2/9/1720 aged about 85 years that he lived with his father at New Harbor, near Pemaquid till he was about 30 years old, and that during that time his brother in law Richard Pearse bought land of the Indians. /P/ His dau. Margaret m. Alexander Gould, q.v.
PEARCE, PIERCE, PEIRCE, Richard, carpenter, Muscongus, bought of "Capt. John summerset" [Samoset} Indian sagamore, a tract of land at Round Pond and Pemaquid river 1/9/1641. He is called "brother in law" by John Brown, Jr. of Pemaquid and Framingham. His children, Richard, born about 1647, John, born about 1652, George born about 1662, and Elizabeth (married Richard Fullford) removed to Salem MA. The sons testified to the above 11/29/1717 and made an agreement together with their deceased sister Elizabeth's daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Martin.

[John Pearch, Limerick Town, York Co ME 1790 census 1-2-5. Any connection?]
[Marblehead MA Old Burial Hill - John Pearce, a.24y., 24 April 1800 (Marblehead Vital Records: John Pearce, s. John and Betsey, bp. 26 Feb. 1775, C.R.2) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ccridland/P2.htm? ]