Person:Ebenezer Pierce (1)

Watchers
m. 1 Jul 1663
  1. Deborah Pierce1666 - 1703
  2. John Pierce1670/71 - Aft 1735
  3. Thomas Pierce1672 - Bef 1716
  4. James Pierce1674 - 1685
  5. Daniel Pierce1676 - 1754
  6. Ebenezer PierceAbt 1679 - 1766
  7. Ruth PierceAbt 1682 -
  8. James Pierce1686 - Aft 1713
  9. Joseph Pierce1688 - Aft 1711
  10. Josiah Pierce1691 - 1759
Facts and Events
Name Ebenezer Pierce
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Abt 1679 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death[2] 16 Apr 1766 Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Pierce, Frederic Beech. Pierce genealogy : being the record of the posterity of Thomas Pierce, an early inhabitant of Charlestown and afterwords Charlestown Village (Woburn), in New England, with wills, biographical sketches, etc. (Worcester Mass.: unknown, 1882)
    p. 26, 35.

    Children of Ensign John Pierce [#22] and Deborah Convers: Ebenezer, b. 1687, d. May 1766, m. Mary ---. Will of "Ebenezer peirce of wilmington", dated 8 Sep 1757, names wife Mary; son Nathan 5 shillings "I have already given him his portion"; double share to eldest son Ebenezer peirce; single shares to children of son Joshua Peirs decest; daughter Mary Wyman; children of daughter Debro wyman Decest; daughter Elisabeth Johnson; daughter Rebeckah Barritt; daughter Ruth Kindal 5 shillings and her portion to go to her children when they arrive at full age. Son Ebenezer sole executor.
    [Note: As with Ruth, the birth of Ebenezer is not recorded, and as for Ruth, Pierce's apparent estimate seems to be an unskilled one. In Ebenezer's case, there is an age at death, and it differs markedly from the estimate.]

  2. 2.0 2.1 Kelley, James Edward, compiler. Wilmington Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, from 1730 to 1898. (Lowell, MA: Thompson & Hill, 1898)
    p. 243.

    PIERCE, Lieut. Ebenezer, [died] Apr. 16, 1766, in his 88th year.
    [Age 87, so birth about 1679.]