The following footnote is attached to the birth record for: "Pierce, Benjamin, s. of Robert, b. 1667:", who is not this Benjamin, son of Thomas.: He [son of Robert] was known as Benjamin Pierce, Jr. Benjamin Pierce, Sr. [son of Thomas], sometimes called Sergt. Benjamin, was probably born in 1664 per Miss Mary F Pierce of Weston, who has a valuable genealogical record of the Pierce family in manuscript.