Person:Abraham Pierce (1)

Watchers
Abraham Pierce
b.Est 1605
m. Bef 1638
  1. Abraham Pierce1638/39 -
  2. Isaac PierceEst 1641 - Aft 1673
  3. Rebecca PierceEst 1643 -
  4. Mary PierceEst 1645 -
  5. Alice Pierce1650 -
Facts and Events
Name Abraham Pierce
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1605
Immigration[1] 1623 On the Anne
Residence[1] 1623 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1638 to Rebecca Unknown
Death[1] Bef 3 Jun 1673 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
The Anne and The Little James (1623)
The Anne and the Little James left England together, and arrived a week or so apart in Plymouth. Most of the passengers were probably on the Anne, as the Little James was smaller and carried mostly cargo.
Sailed: May(?) 1623 from an unspecified port in England under William Peirce (Master Anne), Emanuel Althan (Captain Little James), and John Bridges (Master Little James).
Arrived: 10 July 1623 (the Anne) and about 10 days later (the Little James) at Plymouth, Massachusetts
Previous Vessel: Weston's ships (Swan, Charity, Sparrow) (1622)
Next Vessel: Jonathan (1623)

Passengers:
~60 (Full List)
Families of earlier immigrants: Patience and Fear Brewster - Elizabeth (Walker) Warren and daughters - Hester (Mathieu) Cooke and her children - Bridget (Lee) Fuller - Margaret Hicks and her children - Wife and daughter of William Hilton - Frances Palmer - Joshua Pratt - Barbara Standish
Other Passengers: Anthony Annable (and family) - Edward Bangs - Robert Bartlett - Mary Bucket - William Bridges - Thomas Clark - Christopher Conant - Anthony Dix - John Faunce - George Morton (and family) - Godbert Godbertson (and family) - Timothy Hatherly - Edward Holman - John Jenney (and family) - Manasseh Kempton - Experience Mitchell - George Morton (and family) - Ellen Newton - Oldham, John, his wife and sister - Christian Penn - Abraham Pierce - Nicholas Snow - Alice (Carpenter) Southworth - Francis Sprague - Stephen Tracy, wife, and daughter - Ralph Wallen

Resources: Primary Sources: Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation - Mourt's Relation - Pilgrim Hall (wills and other contemporary documents)

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Abraham Pierce sketch, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

    ORIGIN: Unknown
    MIGRATION: 1623 on the Anne
    FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
    REMOVES: Duxbury after 1643

    BIRTH: By about 1605 (if he was eighteen when he arrived in 1623).
    DEATH: By 3 June 1673 [PCR 5:116-17].