Sgt. Thomas Pierce

1608 - 1683  (75 years)

• Name	Thomas Pierce
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1608  [7, 9]
  General Information	In the Woburn records, he is often called Sargent Thomas Peirce.  [7]
  Freeman	1635 (Age 27)	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [4]
  In 1635 he was admitted as a freeman in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
  Religion	21 Feb 1634/35 (Age 27)	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [7]
  On 21 February 1634/35 he was admitted to the Charlestown Church.
  Proprietor	1643 (Age 35)	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [8]
  In 1643 he was a proprietor of Woburn, Massachusetts.
  Tax	1645 (Age 37)	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [7]
  He was taxed in 1645 in Woburn, Massachusetts.
  Offices Held	1660 (Age 52)	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [7]
  In 1660 he was elected a Selectman for Woburn, Massachusetts and served several times thereafter.
  Petition	1663 (Age 55)	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [6, 8]
  He signed a petition, giving his age as about 46 years in 1663.
  Freeman	10 Oct 1677 (Age 69)	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [6, 8]
  On 10 October 1677 he was admitted as a freeman in Woburn, Massachusetts.
  Death	6 Nov 1683	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [5, 7, 9, 10]
  Inventory	say Dec 1683	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [7]
  Say in December 1683 his estate was inventoried and valued at £440.
  Siblings	6 Siblings
  1. John Pierce   2. Sgt. Thomas Pierce,   b. 1608   d. 6 Nov 1683, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 75 years) ▻ Elizabeth Cole,  m. 6 May 1635   3. Samuel Pierce   d. Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts ▻ Mary + 4. Mary Pierce,   b. 1627, England d. 10 Jan 1702/03, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 76 years) ▻ Peter Tufts,  m. 1647   5. Persis Pierce   d. 7 Mar 1682/83, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   6. Elizabeth Pierce   d. 21 Apr 1692, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   7. Abigail Pierce,   c. 17 Jun 1639, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I20048
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Pierce,   c. 17 Dec 1585, Nayland, Suffolk, England d. 7 Oct 1666, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1596, England
  Marriage	England
  Family ID	F677	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Cole,   b. say 1621   d. 5 Mar 1688, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	6 May 1635  [7, 9]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 27 years and 5 months - She : ~ 14 years and 5 months.
  Children	From 1639 to 1662  [1, 7, 8, 10]
  1. Abigail Pierce (1639-1719) 2. John Pierce (1644-1720) 3. Thomas Pierce (1645-1717) 4. Elizabeth Pierce (1646-1670) 5. Joseph Pierce (1648-1649) 6. Joseph Pierce (1649-1716) 7. Stephen Pierce (1651-1733) 8. Samuel Pierce (1654-1656) 9. Samuel Pierce (1656-1721) 10. William Pierce (1658-1720) 11. James Pierce (1659-1742) 12. Abigail Pierce (1660-1719) 13. Benjamin Pierce (1662-1739)
  Family ID	F8373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Farmer (1829) gives his death date as 7 October 1666. Savage (1860) refutes this. [4, 8]

  
  

• Event Map		Freeman - 1635 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Religion - 21 Feb 1634/35 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Proprietor - 1643 - Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Tax - 1645 - Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1660 - Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Petition - 1663 - Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Freeman - 10 Oct 1677 - Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Death - 6 Nov 1683 - Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Inventory - say Dec 1683 - Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Signature of Thomas Pierce

  
  

• Sources

  [S110] Ancestry Family Trees, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Use with Caution. [S90] Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, volume I (A-F), (Boston: New England Historic Genealogy Society, 1995). [S1830] Cole, Frank T. The Early Genealogies of the Cole Families in America, (Columbus, Ohio: Eann & Adair, 1887). [S1571] Farmer, John. Genealogical Register of First Settlers of New England, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Carter, Andrews, & Company, 1829). [S1831] Johnson, Edward Francis. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages from 1640 to 1873 Part 2 Deaths, (Woburn, Massachusetts: Andrews, Cutter & Company, 1890). [S1685] Paige, Lucius R. "List of Freeman", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume III, 1849). [S1829] Pierce, Frederic Beech. Pierce Genealogy, Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, and Early Inhabitant of Charlestown and Afterward Charlestown Village (Woburn), (Worcester, Massachusetts: Charles Hamilton, 1882). [S808] Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, volume III, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1861). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). [S84] Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629-1818 , (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1879).