THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, PUBLISHED QUARTERLY, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. FOR THE YEAR 1867. VOLUME XXI.1867 |
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... PEIRCE , of Freetown , Member of the Old Colony , Historical , Pilgrim , New England Historic - Genealogical , and Wisconsin State Historical Societies . ] Continued from p . 65 . EBENEZER PEIRCE ( No. 22 ) and wife Mary Hoskins had ...
... PEIRCE , of Freetown , Member of the Old Colony , Historical , Pilgrim , New England Historic - Genealogical , and Wisconsin State Historical Societies . ] Continued from p . 65 . EBENEZER PEIRCE ( No. 22 ) and wife Mary Hoskins had ...
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... PEIRCE . ] Ebenezer Peirce , the parent ( No. 22 ) , was the oldest son of Isaac Peirce , Jr. , and born in Duxbury , in or about 1704. His recollections of the removal of the family from what was then Duxbury ( afterwards Pembroke and ...
... PEIRCE . ] Ebenezer Peirce , the parent ( No. 22 ) , was the oldest son of Isaac Peirce , Jr. , and born in Duxbury , in or about 1704. His recollections of the removal of the family from what was then Duxbury ( afterwards Pembroke and ...
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... Peirce , of Middleborough , with Miss Mary Hoskins , of Taunton , Dec. 13 , 1728 , being the date of their nuptials . And now from the Quaker meeting comes the offer of allowing the groom to perform the farce so often repeated since ...
... Peirce , of Middleborough , with Miss Mary Hoskins , of Taunton , Dec. 13 , 1728 , being the date of their nuptials . And now from the Quaker meeting comes the offer of allowing the groom to perform the farce so often repeated since ...
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... PEIRCE ( No. 23 ) and wife Deliverance Holloway had : ( 51 ) George , born in 1735 , married Sarah Peirce , of Middleborough ( No. 87 ) , Sept. 14 , 1757. He died July 17 , 1774. She died April 20 , 1778 . ( 55 ) Enos , born in 1739 ...
... PEIRCE ( No. 23 ) and wife Deliverance Holloway had : ( 51 ) George , born in 1735 , married Sarah Peirce , of Middleborough ( No. 87 ) , Sept. 14 , 1757. He died July 17 , 1774. She died April 20 , 1778 . ( 55 ) Enos , born in 1739 ...
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... PEIRCE ( No. 26 ) had : ( 73 ) John , born Oct. 25 , 1737 , married Hope Rounsvill , of Free- town , Nov. 5 , 1760. He died Sept. 11 , 1803. She died Dec. 28 , 1820 , aged 85 years . This was the Col. John Nelson , of the war of the ...
... PEIRCE ( No. 26 ) had : ( 73 ) John , born Oct. 25 , 1737 , married Hope Rounsvill , of Free- town , Nov. 5 , 1760. He died Sept. 11 , 1803. She died Dec. 28 , 1820 , aged 85 years . This was the Col. John Nelson , of the war of the ...
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