Pierce Genealogy Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce an Early Inhabitant of Charlestown and Afterwards Charlestown Village (Woburn) in New England With Wills Inventories Biographical Sketches etc.

Pierce Peirce Pers Perse and Pieirce are among the spellings documented within the same family. Other variations of the name include: Par Piers Pierce Pears Pearse Peers Parsons Pearsons Pierson Peterson Perrin Perren Perret Perrett Parrot Parret Peterkin Perkin Parkin Parkinson Perk and Perke. English-born Thomas Pierce (c1583-1666) is the emigrant ancestor of this branch of the Pierce family. Thomas and his wife Elizabeth came from England to the New World in c1633-4 and settled in Charlestown Massachusetts. Records for ten generations contain (as available): date of birth date of marriage name of spouse date of death place of residence varying amounts of biographical information and names of children. Genealogical data is also provided for spouse and children. Brief biographical sketches have been provided for notable family members such as Governor Benjamin Pierce and President Franklin Pierce. This volume offers a full-name Pierce-only index a town and city index signatures portraits extracts from wills and the Pierce coat of arms. A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers in New England by the name of Pierce (however spelled) showing three generations of those who came before May 1692 on the basis of Farmer's and Savages Registers is followed by a listing of college graduates (1775-1876). (1882 2001) 2015 51/2x81/2 paper indices 392 pp.