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Facts and Events
| Name |
Lt. Ebenezer Pierce |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Abt 1679 |
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
Abt 1707 |
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Wilson |
| Other[3] |
Oct 1733 |
Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Stateswas elected or appointed to some public office Public Office |
| Religion[3] |
Oct 1733 |
Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesdid not belong to any church (nor did his brother Daniel) |
| Other[4] |
1741 |
Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmight be the Ebenezer Pierce who was elected constable (after three other men had been elected but refused to serve) |
| Residence[5] |
Bef 1757 |
Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Will[6] |
8 Sep 1757 |
Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Residence[2] |
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| Death? |
16 May 1766 |
Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Burial? |
Aft 16 May 1766 |
Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesOld Burial Ground |
| Other[7] |
5 May 1767 |
heirs united in a deed to Ebenezer Pierce, Jr. |
| Other? |
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[ ] Pierce [Depar]ted this Life ye 16th 1766 in ye 88th year of his age (Gravestone) |
References
- ↑ NOTE: There is no birth record for Ebenezer, son of John in the Woburn VR -- There is one for an Ebenezer Pierce BUT he was the son of Thomas and Rachel (born 10 Dec 1687) and that Ebenezer died 25 May 1688. For the moment I am placing John's son Ebenezer in the four year gap between Deborah and John Jr.
- ↑ The map showing the town in 1745 shows the Pierce house (designated as still standing) in Goshen at what appears to the the corner of two major roads, across the road from Caneo Swamp, not far from the school built abt 1710, adjacent to the Benjamin Hernden Jr house built in 1722 and across from the house of Dea. Samuel Walker built 1694 (both designated as still standing) - Town Crier, January 1, 1984, Localhistory.wilmlibrary.org http://localhistory.wilmlibrary.org/sites/all/themes/Wilmington/images/1984-01-25.pdf
NOTE: It's possible this was Daniel Pierce's house, not Ebenezer, but there is no second Pierce house on the map
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Residents who were elected to some public office and who it seems were not members of the church as of October 1733 include Samuel Buck, Samuel Butter, William Butter, Ebenezer Carter, William Dummer, Daniel Going, Barachius Harnden, Benjamin Harnden, Benjamin Harnden Jr., Joseph Lewes, Thomas Parker, Daniel Pierce, Ebenezer Pierce, Giles Robert, Nathanial Townsend and Benjamin Wlker. - Town Crier, January 25, 1984, p 4 Localhistory.wilmlibrary.org
- ↑ 1741 - Wilmington elected Samuel Killam, Thomas Rich, and William Tucker to serve as constable. Each one refused to serve when elected and was fined by the town. The fourth person elected, Ebenezer Pierce, agreed to serve and was sworn into office. - Wilmington Massachusetts Police Department website
- ↑ Wilmington was formed from parts of Woburn and Reading (before its division), and incorporated September 25, 1730.
- ↑ In the name of god Amen 8th Day of September : A.D. 1757 I Ebenezer peirce of wilmington in ye county of Middlesix Gentleman being weake of Bodey but of perfict mind & mimory thanks be givin to god therefor : and calling to mind the mortality of my Bodey, and Knowing that it is appointed to men once to Die. Do make and ordain this my Last will & testement : That is to Say first of all I Recomend my Soul into ye hands of God who gave it : my my Bodey I Recommend to be buryed in a Christian maner at ye Discretion of my wife & my Executer hereafter named : nothing Doubting but at ye Generall Reserrection I shall Recive ye Same again by ye mighty power of god : And touching such Worldly Estate where wih it haith pleased god to Bless me in this Life : I give Devise & Dispose of ye Same in ye following manner & form : First I will & ordain that all my Just Debts & funerall Charges be paid by my Executer here after named out of my moveable Estate : Imprimis I give and bequeath to my true and Loveing Wife Mary peirce the use and Improvement of all my Real and personal Estate " inCluding quick Stock Husbandry utensals : money : notes of hand : book Debts & Bonds : where Ever any more of ye Same is or may be found : During her naturall Life : and if my Said Loveing wife shall find it of necessity to Sell away aney of ye Said Real or personal Estate for her Comforttable Subsistance : I will & ordaine ye Same to her & her assigns for Ever and at her Decease what of my Estate Remains I will and ordain it Shall be disposed of in ye following mannor Item I will and bequeath to my Dutifull Son Nathan peirce five Shillings to be paid to him by my Executor in one year after my Decese and ye Reason why I give my Dutifull Son Nathan nomore in this my Last will is : because I have already given him his portion of my Estate. Item I will and Bequeath all the Remainder of my Estate at my wife Decese to be Divided to & among my Dutifull Childeren whose names is hereafter written " in Such mannor & form as ye Law has provided in Case of Intestats. (Viz) one Duble Share to my Eldist Son Ebenezer peirce : one Single Share to ye Childeren of my Son Joshua peirs Decest : one Single Share to my Daughter Mary Wyman " one Single Share to ye Childeren of my Daughter Debro wyman Decest : one Single Share to my Daughter Elisabeth Johnson : and on eSingle Share to my Daughter Rebeckah Barritt " and I will & ordain that the Share that might have gon to my Daughter Ruth Kindal Shall be Delivered to ye Children of ye Said Ruth Kindal as they arive to full age " by my Executer : and in Lue of my Said Daughters her porsion of my Said Estate I will and Bequeath to her my Daughter Ruth Kindal five Shillings to be paid to her in one year after her mothers Decese by my Executor. Finally. I do hereby nominate & appoint that my Son Ebenezer peirce shall be the only & Sole Executer of this my Last will and testement utterly Revokeing and making void all other wills and Executers by me in anie wise made or named heretofore Declaring this and this only to be my Last will and Testament in witness whereof I the said Ebenezer peirce Have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal the Day and yeare above written. Ebenezer Peirce (Seal) Signed Sealed pronounced & Declared by the Said Ebenezer peirced to be his Last will & testement in the presence of us ye Subscribers -- Reuben Butters Samuel French William Butters Junier - 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. (Archive.org), Frederic Beech Pierce, Press of C. Hamilton, Worcester, MA, 1882, p 35
- ↑ The heirs of Lieutenant Ebenezer Pierce united in a deed to Ebenezer Pierce, Jr., dated May 5, 1767, viz.: Samuel Wyman and wife Mary, William Johnson and wife Elizabeth, Noah Eaton and wife Deborah, Keziah Wyman, all of Woburn; Samuel Butters, Jr., and wife Ruth, Reuben Wyman, of Billerica, Catherine Wyman, of Wilmington, Increase Wyman, of Billerica, Joshua Kendall, cordwainer, of Cambridge, Jacob Barrett, of Ipswich, mariner, Joshua Pierce, of Leominster, Massachusetts, and Jonathan Pierce, of Providence, Rhode Island. Ebenezer Pierce, Jr., settle in Sutton, Massachusetts.
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