Person:Daniel Pierce (30)

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Daniel Pierce
b.Bef 1693 probably Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
 
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1693
  1. Daniel PierceBef 1693 -
  2. Abigail PierceAbt 1695 - Aft 1778
  3. John Pierce1698 -
  4. Isaac Pierce1701 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Daniel PierceBef 1693 -
  • W.  Eleanor Boynton (add)
m. 9 Dec 1719
  1. John Pierce1720 -
  2. Isaac Pierce1722 -
  3. Daniel Pierce1724/25 -
  4. Hannah Pierce1726/27 -
  5. Samuel Pierce1729 -
  6. Elizabeth Pierce1732 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Daniel Pierce
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Bef 1693 probably Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 9 Dec 1719 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Eleanor Boynton (add)
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014).

    Vol. 18, p. 268 17 Jun 1714: Daniel Pierce of Watertowne yeoman for love good will and affection to my grandson Daniel Pierce of Groton a house lot of 15 acres in Groton [bounded by highway, Elias Barron, Samuel Scripture & Elias Barron, Mr. Russell); 2 1/2 acres in Half Mood Meadow; half of 9 acres of upland and swamp; ten acres at the old mill; 2 1/2 acres meadow at cowpond Brook; 6 acres near Chelmsford line; half the land that belongs to me on Nashaway River; 3 1/2 acres meadow in south meardow; a 5 acre right to Groton commons.

    Vol. 24, p. 505 [blank] Apr 1722 (acknowledged 15 Feb 1722[/23]: Daniel Pierce Groton Husbandman [and Elenor Pearce the wife of said Daniel Pearce] for £80 conveys to Cornelius Whitney of Groton Husbandman 10 acres house and house lot in Groton containing 10 acres (bounded by country road; Samuel Bowers; Samuel Scripture; my own land).

  2. ↑ Source:Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Peirce Genealogy : Being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown, in New England, Who, p. 36, gives the birth date of Daniel as 18 Feb 1698. Yet the Groton birth record found in the VRs on this date indicates it belongs to "John", and John is also shown in Source:Butler, Caleb. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655, p. 427. The birth of Daniel is not seen in the VRs or Butler. However, Pierce chooses to show Daniel's birth on the date of John's birth with no John in the family. The date of marriage of the parents is unknown, no probate for the father is found, so there is no constraint against children earlier than John b. 1698, so it is not clear why Pierce felt the need to change the recorded data, and it appears to be an error.

    Pierce says the father died before 1723, unexplained. This is based on the grandfather's will of 1723 which gives to the children of his son Daniel deceased. However, in 1714, the grandfather deed land to his grandson Daniel. To be old enough to own land, Daniel should have been born by 1693. This is within a time that his parents could have been married and not inconsistent with any of the sparse data we do know about this family.
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