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Mercy Peirce

Female 1762 - 1847  (85 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mercy Peirce was born on 25 Apr 1762 in East Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Capt. Job Peirce and Elizabeth Rounsevill); died on 20 May 1847 in ; was buried in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA (Lakeville Cemetery).

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    Groom's Name: Lieut. Peter Hoar
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    Bride's Name: Marcy Peirce
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    Marriage Date: 05 Sep 1782
    Marriage Place: Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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    Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01315-9
    System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
    Source Film Number: 945014
    Reference Number: Roll3 P98 R16
    Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

    Her will:
    https://familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004743330.004743330_00624


    [[The following census information was compiled and contributed by Joyce S.

    The 1820 Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA census has Marcy mistranscribed as Nancy.
    Marcy Hoar
    1 male 26- 45 yrs.
    1 female 26-45 yrs.
    I female over 45 yrs.

    1840 census Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA has "Mary" Hoar age 78 as a Pensioner of the Revolutionary or Military Services. (image 66) in the household of Wlliam Bourne. (image 65) William Bourne was married to Lucy Peirce, sister to Marcy.

    Mercy married Major Peter Hoar on 11 Oct 1782 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA. Peter (son of Robert Hoar, Sr. and Judith Tinkham) was born on 25 Jul 1754 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Mar 1815 in ; was buried in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA (Lakeville Cemetery). [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Capt. Job Peirce was born on 29 Nov 1737 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA (son of Ebenezer Peirce and Mary Haskins); died on 22 Jul 1819 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.

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    About his military life:
    http://www.archive.org/stream/historicsketches00peir/historicsketches00peir_djvu.txt
    "Job Peirce (a brother of Captain Abial Peirce and great grand son of the Narragansett Soldier), was born in what is now Lakeville, Nov. 29, 1737, and as a private soldier performed a short tour of duty in a company of the local milltia (commanded by Captain Joseph Tinkham), upon an alarm in 1757, occasioned by an attack made by the French upon Fort William Henry. .......etc"

    The Peirce Family:
    http://books.google.com/books?ei=7nl6S7WBL8ih8Aa9pMW2AQ&ct=result&output=text&id=Zrs-AAAAYAAJ&dq=%22job+peirce%22+%2Bhoar&ots=cbu9pIRhxv&q=mercy#v=snippet&q=mercy&f=false
    "For the next two years, the name of Job Peirce does not appear upon the ancient war rolls at the State House. One brother, however, has been promoted to a captaincy, raised his company and again repaired to the field, taking another brother in the capacity of a private soldier. The reason why Job, himself, did not also go, will be evident from the fact that soon after this was the publishment of" the banns" between Job Peirce, of Middleborough, and Miss Elizabeth Rounsevill,* of Freetown. She was the orphan daughter of William Rounsevill, eldest son of Philip Rounsevill the emigrant, who at that time was one of the wealthiest men in Bristol county, and among the largest landholders of the Colony. May 18, 1761, Job Peirce, of Middleborough, and Miss Elizabeth Rounsevill, of Freetown, were joined in marriage (see Town Records of Middleborough), he being 23 years of age, and she 17.
    Early the next year (viz., March 24), Job Peirce for a third time enlists, and his name now appears " in his Majesty's Service," and in the company of which " Ephraim Holmes, Esq. is Captain." Here he served till March 14, 1763, or 50 weeks and 6 days. The whole amount of his wages was 22 pounds 17 shillings and 9 pence, of which he had taken 14 shillings in beer, and the balance due him was 22 pounds 3 shillings and 9 pence. With Job, in this company, also served his brother Henry Peirce, who was six years his junior.
    News of the treaty of peace concluded and signed'Feb. 10, 1763, between England and France, rendered their further service unnecessary, and Capt. Abial Peirce, with his brothers Job and Henry, were honorably mustered out of the service, and for the next twelve years suffered to dwell in peace at home.
    During his absence upon this last campaign (viz., April 25, 1762), the happiness of his house is increased by the birth of their first child, a daughter, who was blessed with a good constitution, sound health, and remarkable sweetness of temper, which with the addition of a well balanced mind, made her the loved and honored of all classes of society, and no doubt conspired to prolong her life of usefulness to the good old age of 85 years. But with the return of peace, the young husband, released from further service in the field of carnage, with health and morals unimpaired, returns to the bosom of his family and friends ; and the grateful parents, mindful of God's watchful care, name their first born, Mercy."

    Job married Elizabeth Rounsevill on 28 May 1761 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of William Rounsevill and Elizabeth Macomber) was born on 25 Aug 1743 in Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Jan 1790 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Rounsevill was born on 25 Aug 1743 in Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of William Rounsevill and Elizabeth Macomber); died on 9 Jan 1790 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.

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    Children:
    1. 1. Mercy Peirce was born on 25 Apr 1762 in East Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 May 1847 in ; was buried in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA (Lakeville Cemetery).
    2. William Rounsevell Peirce was born on 19 Apr 1764 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 May 1794.
    3. Elizabeth Peirce was born on 6 Jan 1766 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 May 1850 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Job Peirce was born on 12 Dec 1767 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Sep 1805.
    5. Annie Peirce was born on 18 Dec 1769 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Sep 1822 in , Union Co, Ohio, USA.
    6. Lucy Peirce was born on 18 Dec 1771 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Dec 1859.
    7. Levi Peirce was born on 1 Oct 1773 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Aug 1847 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    8. Ebenezer Peirce was born on 26 May 1775 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 6 Jan 1845.
    9. Mary Peirce was born on 31 May 1777 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Oct 1836.
    10. Sarah Peirce was born on 20 Mar 1779 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Nov 1838.
    11. Elnathan Peirce was born on 20 Oct 1781 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Oct 1797.
    12. Thomas Peirce was born on 26 Dec 1783 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Mar 1784.
    13. Peter Hoar Peirce was born on 25 Mar 1788 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Jan 1861.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Ebenezer Peirce was born on 19 Nov 1704 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA (son of Isaac Peirce and Judith Booth); died on 14 Aug 1796 in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA (Old Nelson Cemetery).

    Ebenezer married Mary Haskins on 13 Dec 1728 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Henry Haskins and Abigail Godfrey) was born on 8 Oct 1711 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Oct 1768 in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Haskins was born on 8 Oct 1711 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Henry Haskins and Abigail Godfrey); died on 5 Oct 1768 in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Capt. John Peirce was born on 7 Mar 1731 in Plymouth, , Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Jan 1823 in Shutesbury, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Capt. Abiel Peirce was born in Sep 1733 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Dec 1811 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Judith Peirce was born on 24 Feb 1736 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 6 Nov 1821 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Anna Peirce was born about 1737 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1806.
    5. 2. Capt. Job Peirce was born on 29 Nov 1737 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jul 1819 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. Capt. Henry Peirce was born about 1739 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jan 1791 in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. Mary Peirce was born about 1741 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died about 1783.
    8. Capt. Seth Peirce was born about 1746 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Feb 1809 in Hardwick, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    9. Ebenezer Peirce, Jr. was born about 1747 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died in in Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island, USA.
    10. Hopestill Peirce was born on 27 Jun 1748 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Jan 1831.

  3. 6.  William Rounsevill was born on 10 Oct 1705 in Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (son of Philip Rounsevill and Mary Howland); died on 31 Jan 1744 in Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.

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    William married Elizabeth Macomber. Elizabeth (daughter of John Macomber and Elizabeth Williams) was born on 15 Mar 1715 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Macomber was born on 15 Mar 1715 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of John Macomber and Elizabeth Williams).

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    Children:
    1. William Rounsevill was born on 4 Nov 1735 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Sep 1796 in Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Joseph Rounsevill was born on 3 Jan 1736 in Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Levi Rounsevill was born about 1739 in ; died on 3 Jan 1815; was buried in East Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Sylvester Rounsevill was born on 18 Mar 1740 in East Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. 3. Elizabeth Rounsevill was born on 25 Aug 1743 in Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Jan 1790 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Isaac Peirce was born about 1682 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA (son of Isaac Peirce and Alice Chartley); died on 17 Jan 1758 in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.

    Isaac married Judith Booth on 24 Jan 1703 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA. Judith was born on 13 Mar 1680 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 May 1733 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Judith Booth was born on 13 Mar 1680 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 May 1733 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. 4. Ebenezer Peirce was born on 19 Nov 1704 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Aug 1796 in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA (Old Nelson Cemetery).
    2. Isaac Peirce, 3rd was born about 1705 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 18 Sep 1782 in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Elisha Peirce was born about 1706 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died about 1779 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Abigail Peirce was born about 1707 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1786 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Judith Peirce was born on 4 Jul 1709 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jan 1792 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. Elkanah Booth Peirce was born about 1711 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.

  3. 10.  Henry Haskins was born on 12 Oct 1686 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (son of William Haskins and Sarah Caswell); died on 29 Jul 1771 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.

    Henry married Abigail Godfrey. Abigail was born on 5 Nov 1684 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Abigail Godfrey was born on 5 Nov 1684 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Haskins was born on 8 Oct 1711 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Oct 1768 in Lakeville, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Henry Haskins was born on 12 Dec 1712 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Anna Haskins was born on 22 Jun 1714 in Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Sarah Haskins was born about 1717 in , Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Abigail Haskins was born on 24 Aug 1719 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. Rachel Haskins was born about 1723 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. Sarah Haskins was born on 1 Jan 1727 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Nov 1774 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (Staples Street Burying Ground).
    8. Rachel Haskins was born about 1728 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.

  5. 12.  Philip Rounsevill was born about 1677 in England.

    Notes:

    http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=%22job%20peirce%22%20%2Bhoar&sig=chyoMqwjvg8TGT3RzEnc7kmpm54&ei=7nl6S7WBL8ih8Aa9pMW2AQ&ct=result&id=Zrs-AAAAYAAJ&ots=cbu9pIRhxv&output=text
    Philip Rounsevill emigrated to America from Honetun, in Devonshire County, England, about the year 1700, being then near 23 years of age. He was by trade a clothier or cloth dresser, but by practice a shrewd schemer ; and keen calculations and singular foresight enabled him to accumulate a larger property than that acquired by his neighbors. He not only had the faculty to get, but also to keep ; for he was patient, self-denying and exceedingly obstiuate, and 60 years of almost unprecedented success made him not a little purse-proud, arbitrary and overbearing. Such unlimited confidence did he repose in himself and such contempt for every body else, that his children, now advanced to the age of three score, were to his mind still in their nonage in the ability to manage property, and no division of his property or power would he make with any of them. They must wait till after his death, and all must keep upon their good behavior, or " King Philip " (as his neighbors nicknamed him) would cut them off with a shilling at last. William Rounsevill, eldest son of Philip, had died when his daughter Elizabeth was little more than five months old. When, therefore, Job Peirce became the husband of Elizabeth Rounsevill, it was expected that he would be extremely careful to humor all the whims of her austere grandfather, in the hope that his wife might be handsomely provided for in the Will of that man whose perverseness had ever kept his family under such long and degrading surveillance. The young wife is still at her grandfather's, and the old gentleman, who is evidently pleased with her husband, astonishes the neighbors by the liberality of his expenditure for the beautiful furniture he has procured as the outfit for the granddaughter. The day is set when the house-keeping of the youthful pair shall commence, and Job Peirce sends an old-fashioned, long bodied ox cart to take to their new house the first load of furniture. When the cart was loaded and ready to start, Philip Rounsevill thus addresses the young husband :? " The furniture upon this cart is mine, and I loan it to you for the use of your wife, my granddaughter." " Indeed," says the young man, with mock gravity, " indeed, you surprise me; now let me return your favor by surprising you equally as much. I am unwilling to borrow anything of you, nor will I; " and, suiting his action to the words, stepped to the forward end of the cart, and raised it till the tailbridge rested on the ground, then starting the team drove on till the last article of furniture had tumbled from the cart and lay scattered upon the ground ; then turning to his bride, he said; " Come, let us go home, I didn't borrow you."

    Philip married Mary Howland. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Mary Howland
    Children:
    1. 6. William Rounsevill was born on 10 Oct 1705 in Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 Jan 1744 in Freetown, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.

  7. 14.  John Macomber was born on 18 Mar 1681 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Dec 1747 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (Staples Street Burying Ground).

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    John married Elizabeth Williams. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathaniel Williams and Elizabeth Rogers) was born on 18 Apr 1686 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 May 1732 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (Staples Street Burying Ground). [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Elizabeth Williams was born on 18 Apr 1686 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Nathaniel Williams and Elizabeth Rogers); died on 2 May 1732 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (Staples Street Burying Ground).

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    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage date: March 17, 1706/7

    Children:
    1. Nathaniel Macomber was born on 9 Feb 1709 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Nov 1787 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (Staples Street Burying Ground).
    2. Josiah Macomber was born on 19 Feb 1711 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Nov 1801 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (Staples Street Burying Ground).
    3. John Macomber was born on 10 Feb 1713 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Nov 1774.
    4. 7. Elizabeth Macomber was born on 15 Mar 1715 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. James Macomber was born on 12 Sep 1717 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. Capt. Elijah Macomber was born on 25 Oct 1718 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Feb 1802 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (Staples Street Burying Ground).


 

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