APPENDIX E. GENEALOGY OF MISS SARAH PIERCE.

John Pierce of Wethersfield. (Inscription on tombstone states he died Dec. 24, 1773, aged 70 years; m. Elizabeth ——.

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John Pierce^[148] of Litchfield, Conn., by trade a potter, b. 1730, d. 1783; m. Mary Paterson, 1751 (she d. 1770);

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John Pierce (Col.) b. 1752, d. Aug. 1, 1788; m. 1786, Ann Bard.

Mary „ b. 1754; m. —— Strong.

Betsy „ b.

Anne „ b. 1758, d. 1802.

Susan „ b. 1762, d. June 30, 1830; m. 1792, James Brace.

Ruth „ b. 1764, d. 1860; m. 1791, Thomas O. H. Croswell.

Sarah „ b. June 26, 1767, d. Jan. 19, 1852.

John Pierce of Litchfield, m. Mary Goodman, 1772.

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James „ b. Dec. 3, 1773, d. 1775.

Timothy „ b. 1775, d. 1801 (Doctor).

James „ b. Dec. 3, 1779, d. May 10, 1846.

Mary „ b. Aug. 3, 1780, d. June 22, 1863.

The inventory of the estate of John Pierce of Wethersfield in the probate records of Wethersfield mentions lands in Wethersfield and East Hartford, also in Summers (Somers) and Cambridge, Mass. Long and careful search fails to reveal the place of his birth, but there are facts that show he may be identical with the following John Pierce, who disappears from Charlestown, Mass., about the time he made his appearance in Wethersfield.

John Pierce,^[149] b. Dec. 23, 1703 (he was a potter); m. Elizabeth ——. Son of

Jonathan Pierce, b. 1661 (of Charlestown, Mass.); m. Mary Lobdell.

Son of

Samuel Pierce, (of Charlestown, Mass.), m. Mary ——. Son of

Thomas Pierce, (of Charlestown, Mass.), came from England, 1633–4.

m. Elizabeth ——. He was born in England in 1583–4. Made freeman May 6, 1635. Made commissioner by General Court, Sept. 27, 1642.

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PATERSON GENEALOGY.

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Note.—This appendix gives the result of the latest investigations into the ancestry of Miss Pierce.

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