Joseph Peirce (1644-1713) is number 522 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #523 Martha --?-- (1647-1698) in about 1667 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their daughter, #261 Martha Peirce (1681-1759)), who married #260 William Whitney (1683-1720 in 1706.
* their son, #130 Samuel Whitney (1719-1782), who #131 Abigail Fletcher (1720-1783) in 1741.
* their daughter #65 Martha Whitney (1764-1832) who married #64 Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816) in 1783.
* their son #32 Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825) who married #33 Abigail Gates (1797-1867) in 1817.
* their son #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) who married #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) in 1851.
* their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.
* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Joseph Peirce[1–5]
* Sex: Male
* Father: Anthony Peirce (1611-1678)
* Mother: Anne --?-- (1613-1683)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: about 1644, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1]
* Administration: 14 March 1682/3 (about age 39), appointed administrator of father's estate; Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[3]
* Membership: 18 April 1690 (about age 46), elected Freeman; Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1]
* Death: 25 November 1713 (about age 69), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1,4]
* Burial: after 25 November 1713 (after about age 69), Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4]
* Probate: 22 December 1713 (about age 69), administration granted,Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Martha --?-- (1647-1698)
* Marriage 1: about 1667 (about age 23), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1]
* Child 1: Joseph Peirce (1669-1753)
* Child 2: Francis Peirce (1671-1728)
* Child 3: John Peirce (1673-1744)
* Child 4: Mary Peirce (1674- )
* Child 5: Benjamin Peirce (1677-1740)
* Child 6: Jacob Peirce (1678-1740)
* Child 7: Martha Peirce (1681-1759)
* Child 8: Stephen Peirce (1683-1761)
* Child 9: Israel Peirce (1685-1732)
* Child 10: Elizabeth Peirce (1687-1753)
* Spouse 2: Elizabeth (Kendall) Winship (1653-1719)
* Marriage 2: 15 June 1698 (about age 54) Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–2]
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
The book by Frederick Clifton Pierce, Pierce Genealogy[1], provides an excellent history of the Pierce/Peirce family, but very little on the Joseph Pierce family.
Joseph Peirce was born in about 1644 in Watertown, Massachusetts, the seventh child of Anthony and Anne (--?--) Pierce[1]. His gravestone in Waltham indicates that he died in 1713 in his 70th year of his age[4], so in about 1644.
He married Martha --?-- (1647-1698) in about 1667 in Watertown[1], and they had ten children, all recorded in the Watertown town record book[1]:
* Joseph Peirce (1669-1753), married (1) 1689 Ruth Holland (1665-1692); (2) 1692 Hannah Munroe (1674-1736); (3) 1736 Beriah (Bemis) Child (1681-1768).
* Francis Peirce (1671-1728), married 1697 Hannah Johnson (1675-1728).
* John Peirce (1673-1744), married 1702 Elizabeth Smith (1674-1747).
* Mary Peirce (1674-????), married 1706 Jacob Bennett (1676-????)
* Benjamin Peirce (1677-1740), married 1714 Hannah Chesley (1687-1777).
* Jacob Peirce (1678-1740), married 1702 Hannah (Lewis) Thatcher (1662-1717).
* Martha Peirce (1681-1759), married 1706 William Whitney (1683-1720).
* Stephen Peirce (1683-1761), married 1708 Abigail Bemis (1687-????).
* Israel Peirce (1685-1732), married 1718 Sarah Holland (1688-????).
* Elizabeth Peirce (1687-1753), married 1706 Joseph Bemis (1684-1738).
Joseph's father, Anthony Peirce, died in 1678, and his administration was granted in 1683 to his widow Anne, and after she died to his sons Joseph and Benjamin, and Lieutenant Richard Way. The will has been lost, so we do not know what was bequeathed to Joseph Peirce[3].
Joseph Peirce resided in Watertown throughout his life. He was admitted a freeman 18 April 1690[1].
His first wife, Martha, died before 15 June 1698 in Watertown[1]. Joseph married, second, to Elizabeth (Kendall) Winship (1653-1719), the widow of Ephraim Winship[1-2]. They had no children.
Joseph Peirce died on 25 November 1713 in Watertown[1,4] and was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery in what is now Waltham, Massachusetts[4].
The inscription on his gravestone says:
"Here Lies Y^e
Body of M^r
Joseph Peirce
Died Novem^br
The 23, 1713
In Y^e 70^th Year
Of His Age."
Joseph Peirce died intestate, and the probate of his estate is found in Middlesex County Probate Records, Packet 17,514[5]. The administration file included:
* Widow Elizabeth Peirce of Watertown and son Jacob Peirce of Weston were granted administration on 22 December 1713. Bond in the amount of 400 pounds was given by Elizabeth Peirce, Jacob Peirce, Joseph Sherman of Watertown and Joseph Peirce of Lexington.
* An inventory was taken by John Hastings, Joseph Sherman and Samuel Stearns on 18 December 1713, appraising the real estate at 257 pounds and the personal estate at 65 pounds and 10 shillings. The real estate included:
** One Mansion house barn and orchard with five acres of land adjoyning (80 pounds)
** 6 acres of plow land on the southerly side of the highway (36 pounds)
** 6 acres of pasture land called Bullard's pasture (30 pounds)
** 7 acres of divident land called Gearfield's pasture (35 pounds)
** 6 acres of divident land called the wood lot adjoyning Joseph Walling's mansion (12 pounds)
** Part of a farm of 30 acres in Weston (35 pounds)
** 5 acres of meadow in Chester's meadow (20 pounds)
** 2 acres of meadow in Farm meadow (6 pounds)
** 2 acres of meadow lying near Thomas Stratton (3 pounds)
* The account of Elizabeth Peirce and Jacob Peirce was presented on 22 December 1713 and accepted by the court on 27 December 1717.
5. SOURCES
1. Frederick Clifton Pierce, Pierce Genealogy; Being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown, in New England ... with Notes on the History of Other Families of Peirce, Pierce, Pearce, Etc (Worcester, Mass., Press of Chas. Hamilton, 1880), page 27, Joseph Peirce sketch.
2. Thomas W. Baldwin (compiler), Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1915), Marriages, page 304, Joseph Peirce and Elizabeth Winship marriage (in Watertown) entry, 15 June 1698.
3. Frederick Clifton Pierce, Pierce Genealogy; Being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown, in New England ... with Notes on the History of Other Families of Peirce, Pierce, Pearce, Etc (Worcester, Mass., Press of Chas. Hamilton, 1880), page 21, Anthony Peirce sketch.
4. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com), Grove Hill Cemetery (Waltham, Mass.), Joseph Pierce memorial # 21272929.
5. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital image, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed, Probate Packet 17514 ( 5 images), estate of Joseph Peirce of Watertown, 1713.
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