Person:Daniel Pierce (3)

Daniel Pierce
b.Cal 1611
 
m. Bet 1637 and 1638
  1. Sarah PierceEst 1640 - 1665
  2. Daniel Pierce1642 - 1704
  • HDaniel PierceCal 1611 -
  • WAnne LowellBef 1620 - 1690
m. 26 Dec 1654
Facts and Events
Name[1] Daniel Pierce
Alt Name[2] Daniel Peirce
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 1611
Emigration[1] 1634 On the Elizabeth.
Residence[1] 1634 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Residence[1] 1638 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bet 1637 and 1638 to Katherine Unknown
Other[1] 6 May 1638 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesAdmitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Marriage 26 Dec 1654 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Anne Lowell
Will[1][2] 12 Nov 1677 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Estate Inventory[1] Aft 27 Nov 1677 "… taken on an unknown date, totalled £1837 10s., of which £1455 was real estate: … Appended to the inventory, but unvalued, were "more a farm & stock at New Jersye" [ILR 4:158-59; EPR 3:211]."
Probate[1][2] 26 Mar 1678 Will proved & Inventory attested to by Daniel Pierce, the son

Will & Probate

In Daniel's November 12, 1677 will, he makes the following bequeaths and mentions:

  • "I giue and bequeath my houseing lands goods & Chattells vnto my Son Daniell Peirce"
  • "Desireing him to Doe for his brother Joshua Peirces children as he shall see in his discretion meet"
  • "Anne my wife she was to haue twenty pounds a yeare"
  • "And for my wiues son in law Thomas Thorpe prouided he wilbee content & neuer trouble nor molest my son after my decease I giue him a farme at new Jarsy scituate vpon Row Riuer"
  • "if it should fall out hereafter that my son Daniels Male posterity faile that it should come to Joshuas posterity then the said heire male of his posterity shall pay eight hundred pounds to the daughters of my son Daniels posterity."
  • Included in Daniel's inventory: "Anvill, vice, shop tooles with Iron potts, kettles. Brass, pewter, 2 old furnaces, 2 pr. of cottrils, spits, fire shovel & tonges, 201i."
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Daniel Pierce, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    5:457-62.

    "Origin: Unknown …
    Birth: About 1611 (aged 23 on 30 April 1634 [Hottcn 281])."

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Estate of Daniel Peirce, Sr. of Newbury, in Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
    3:210, 211.

    - And for my worldly goods which god of his mercy hath lent vnto me I dispose of as followeth Nouember 12th 1677. Witness : Anthony Somerby, Jno. Dole.
    - Proved in Ipswich court Mar. 26, 1678 by the witnesses.
    - Inventory of the estate of Daniell Peirce, Senr. of Newbury, deceased Nov. 27, 1677 taken by Anthony Somerby and Robert Long.
    - Attested in Ipswich court Mar. 26, 1678 by Daniell Pearce to be a true inventory of the estate of his father Daniell Peirce.