Family:Joel Pierce and Hannah Whitney (1)

Parents: Ebenezer Pierce and Sarah Woodbury Joel Pierce b. 31 Dec 1790 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States d. 4 May 1869 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States	Parents: Ephraim Whitney and Sarah Holman Hannah Whitney b. 31 Jan 1795 Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 20 Apr 1871 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]^[2]^[3]	11 Nov 1830	Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Other`^?`		Adopted child Person:Lucy Whitney (16)

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Jotham Wood Pierce	23 Feb 1834 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
2.	Franklin Pierce	20 Nov 1841 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Royalston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1906)
p. 137.

PIERCE, Joel of Warwick and Hannah Whitney, Nov. 11, 1830.
[Note: the original p. 128 shows 11 Nov, recorded 16 Nov 1830, but was mis-indexed as 16 Apr 1830.]
↑ Warwick (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1739-1900
Vol. 1, p. 229.

Mr Joel Peirce of Warwick Entered his intentions of Marriage with Miss Hannah Whitney of Royalston County of Worcester } September 30 - 1830.
↑ Source:Allred, Marilyn. Town of Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Genealogical Records 1739-1900, Births, Marriages,, p. 213, gives this couple an infant daughter, b. 17 Dec 1836. No such daughter is found in the records (Vol. 2, p. 183) and it is presumed that the second line of the entry describing their adopted daughter was misinterpreted as a separate child, instead of recognizing it as a continuation. Then the date was changed without explanation based on the assumption it was a misrecording, being too close to Jotham's birth to be a natural child. No such child is found in the 1850 census (lines 8-13), nor is a death date for such a child found. It appears to be a careless error compounded by guessing.