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Welcome to our Pierce Project Pennsylvania Page. As you can see, we have lots of information on this page, but could still use more. I encourage all of you if you have any Pierce information for Pennsylvania and would be willing to share it with us, please do so. To send information, please contact me at codell@mailcity.com and put in Subject line. Pennsylvania Pierce Project. We are accepting any information that your willing to share with us. Thanks!!!
Births
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Alice (Brown?) Pierce b.8-3-1879. w/o James W. Pierce.(Source Code # 2)
Anna Mae Pierce b.1-8-1899 Pa.(Source Code # 2)
Blanche (Knepshield) Pierce b.1-15-1892. w/o George Oscar Pierce.(Source Code # 2)
Carrie (?) Pierce b.Sept 1879 w/o Joseph Pierce (Source Code # 2)
Catherine (Ehmer) Pierce b.1880. w/o William Sarsfield Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
Catherine (Pierce) Kallin b.?. d/o William Sarsfield and Catherine (Ehmer) Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
Charles Vincent Pierce b.2-2-1882. s/o John C. and Sarah (Cassidy) Pierce. (Source Code # 3
Cinderella (?) Pierce b.18 Sept 1813 Pa. w/o of William Keller Pierce. (Source Code # 8)
David Charles Pierce b.1-27-1886 Pa.(Source Code # 2)
Edmond Leo Pierce b.2-20-1880. s/o John C. and Sarah (Cassidy) Pierce. (Source Code # 3
Elizabeth (?) Pearce b.abt 1843 Pa. w/o Jeremiah Workman Pearce. (Source Code # 2)
Emmet "Duck" Joseph Pierce b.7-10-1872. s/o John C. and Sarah (Cassidy) Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
Ennis Nadene Pierce b.1934 Pa.(Source Code # 2)
Francis William Pierce b.1-7-1869. s/o John C. and Sarah (Cassidy) Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
Gerald Pierce b.?. s/o William Sarsfield and Catherine (Ehmer) Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
Gerald Griffin Pierce b.1-25-1876. s/o John C. and Sarah (Cassidy) Pierce. (Source Code # 3
George Oscar Pierce b.Aug 1884 Pa. (Source Code # 2)
Glen Oscar Pierce b.1922 (Source Code # 2)
Harry S. Pierce b.9-6-1883 (Source Code # 2)
Hazel Irene Pierce b.8-12-1917.(Source Code # 2)
Helen Mae (Brink) Pierce b.5-12-24. w/o Lewis Franklin Pierce. (Source Code # 2)
James Sylvester Pierce b.2-28-1860 Allegheny Co., Pa. s/o Jeremiah Workman Pearce. (Source Code # 2)
James W. Pierce b.abt 1872 Pa.(Source Code # 2)
Jeremiah Workman Pearce b.Jan 1833 Clarion Co.(Source Code # 2)
John Pierce b. ?. s/o William Sarsfield and Catherine (Ehmer) Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
John Jerome Pierce b.9-10-1870. s/o John C. and Sarah (Cassidy) Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
Joseph Pierce b.Sept 1873 Pa.(Source Code # 2)
Leo Pierce b.8-29-1902. s/o William Sarsfield and Catherine (Ehmer) Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
Lewis Franklin Pierce b.5-13-1892 Indiana Co. Pa. (Source Code # 2)
Lillie (Clough) Pierce b.2-24-1889. w/o David Charles Pierce.(Source Code # 2)
Lulu Pierce b. 1-13-1888 (lived in New Jersey and married a ? Couch).(Source Code # 2)
Margaret A. (?) Pierce, b.1884. w/o Harry S. Pierce.(Source Code # 2)
Margaret "Maggie" Pierce b.abt 1869 Pa.(Source Code # 2)
Martha Adaline (Noel) Pierce b.13 Feb 1860 Pa. w/o James Sylvester Pierce. (Source Code # 2)
Mary Elizabeth Pierce b.12-11-1910 (Source Code # 2)
Maude Della Pierce b.3-2-1879 Westmoreland Co., Pa.(Source Code # 2)
Mavel O. Pierce b.1936 Pa. (Source Code # 2)
Myrtle/Hannah M. Pierce b.Aug 1877 Pa.(Source Code # 2)
Robert C. Pierce b. Jan 1882 Pa.(Source Code # 2)
Rosemary (Pierce) McHugh b.?. d/o William Sarsfield and Catherine (Ehmer) Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
Thomas Pierce b.1879 Pa.(buried in Jeannette Pa.)(Source Code # 2)
Thomas Raphael Pierce b.11-25-1867. s/o John C. and Sarah (Cassidy) Pierce. (Source Code # 3
William Pierce b.11-10-1910. s/o William Sarsfield and Catherine (Ehmer) Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
William G. Pierce b.9-6-1880 Pa.(Source Code # 2)
William Keller Pierce b.30 Apr 1807 Pa. (Source Code # 8)
William Sarsfield Pierce b.5-2-1874. s/o John C. and Sarah (Cassidy) Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
Marriages
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Anna May Pierce married Homer Negley, Sept 26 1917, Nowrytown Methodist Church Records, (Saltsburg, Pa)(Source Code # 2)
Charles Pearce married Francis V. Blair, d/o Rev. Samuel Blair in Germantown CC 10 July 1816 (Source Code # 5)
Cromwell Pearce married Mary Bartholomew in Chester Coy, Penn CCApril 25, (1621?) (prob.1821) (Source Code # 5)
David Charles Pierce married Lilly Clough, July 6 1910, Saltsburg Methodist Church Records. (David lived in DuBois Pa at the time of marriage) (Source Code # 2)
George Oscar Pierce married Blanche Knepshield, Jan 23 1910, Maysville Lutheran Church.(Source Code # 2)
J.A. Pearce of Clarksburg married (looks like) M. Emma Ferguson of Jacksonville, Oct 2 1889. Saltsburg Methodist Church(Source Code # 2)
Lewis Franklin Pierce married Alice Johns, June 10 1912, Nowrytown Methodist Church Records. (Saltsburg Pa) (Source Code # 2)
Maude Della Pierce married Charles Edward Calhoun, Sept 6 1904 or 1905 (unclear), Nowrytown Methodist Church Records, (Saltsburg, Pa)(Source Code # 2)
Ronald Lewis Pierce married Sandra LeAnne Wemette on 5-2-1988.(Source Code # 2)
Deaths
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Alice (Brown) Pierce d.10-5-1937 Pa. (Source Code # 2)
Anna Mae (Pierce) Negley d.9-21-1993.(Source Code # 2)
Catherine (Ehmer) Pierce d.12-10-1952. w/o William Sarsfield Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
Charles E. Pierce, s/o Mashall and Eliza L. d. 20 Dec 1889. Killed near Mobile, Alabama. (Source Code # 7)
Cinderella (?) Pierce d.28 Aug 1888 Crawford Co., Pa. w/o William Keller Pierce.(Source Code # 8)
Francis William Pierce d.11-6-1908. s/o John C. and Sarah (Cassidy) Pierce. (Source Code # 3)
Harry S. Pierce d.12-23-1964 Pa.(Source Code # 2)
James Sylvester Pierce d.9-10-1937, Derry Twp., Pa. (Source Code # 2)
Thomas Raphael Pierce d.7-23-1934. s/o John C. and Sarah (Cassidy) Pierce.(Source Code # 3)
Census
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1850 East Deer Twp, Allegheny Co. |
1860 East Deer Twp, Allegheny Co. (Source Code # 2)Pierce, Job, 60, bn PA Elisabeth, 54, bn PA John C., 22, bn PA George, 19, bn PA Lydia, 17, bn PA Elisabeth, 14, bn PA Henry T., 6, bn PA Pierce, Jeremiah, age 26, farmer, bn PA Mahala, age 26, bn PA Mary C., 8, bn PA John Henry, 3, bn PA Delilah E., 2, bn PA Jeremiah S., age 3 months, bn PA (later identified as James Sylvester) |
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1850 Ligonier Twp, Westmoreland County (Source Code # 2) Pierce, Caleb, age 40, wagon maker, bn PA Elizabeth, age 36, Silvester, age 13 bn PA Joseph J., age 11 John W., age 9 Mary J, age 7 George W., age 3 months |
1870 Kiskiminitas Twp, Westmoreland County (Source Code # 2) Pierce, Jeremiah, age 37, coal miner, bn PA Elizabeth, wife, age 27, bn PA John Henry, age 15 Jeremiah S., age 10, bn PA Margaret, 8 months |
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1880 Bell Twp, Westmoreland County (Source Code # 2) Pearce, Jeremiah, age 46, coal minter, bn PA, father bn NJ, mother bn PA Lizzie, age 36, bn PA, parents bn PA Maggie, age 10, bn PA James, age 8, bn PA Joseph, age 6, bn PA Myrtle, age 3, bn PA Thomas, age 10 months, bn PA Pearce, Sylvester, age 19, coal miner, bn PA, parents bn PA Martha, age 20, bn PA, parents PA Maude Della, age 1 |
1900 Loyalhanna Twp, Westmoreland County (Source Code # 2) Pierce, Jeremiah, bn Jan 1833, age 67, widow, bn PA, father NJ, mother PA Hannah M. bn Aug 1877, age 22 (most likely Hannah Myrtle?) Robert C., bn Jan 1882 age 18 George O., bn Aug 1884 age 15 Lula A., bn Jan 188, age 12 |
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1850 Crawford County (Source Code # 8) Dwlg Fam Enum. Date 196 196 William T. Pierce 43 M Farmer PA Nov. Cinderilla Pierce 34 F PA Benjamin Pierce 13 M PA Thomas Pierce 9 M PA James Pierce 7 M PA Eliza Pierce 5 F PA Jane Pierce 3 F PA Washington Pierce 3/12 M PA |
1860 Census, Crawford Co., PA, Fairfield TWP |
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1870 Census, Crawford Co., PA, Fairfield Twp, Meadville, PA, Call No. |
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Histories
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George Peirce
George Peirce (birth date unknown) of the parish of Winscon,
Somersetshire, England married on Feb 1, 1678/9 at a Quaker meeting at
Olestone, Gloucestershire, England to Ann Gainer (no dates known) of
Thornbury, Gloucestershire. They sailed for Penn's colony from Bristol,
England in 1684, with 3 children, and arrived in Philadelphia prior to
the 4th day of the 9th month 1684, upon which day George presented 2
certificates (attesting to his character and membership with the Friends
) from Friends from Ffrenshay (yes 2 f's) and Thornbury Meetings in
England. George and Ann settled on 490 acres in Thornbury township,
Chester Co., PA. George was a strict Quaker, he was overseer of Concord
Meeting and elder of Concord Meeting in 1722. He was a member of the
Provincial Assembly in 1706. George died cir 1734 in East Marlborough
township, Chester Co., PA. It appears that George spelled his surname
Pearce, but his descendants generally spell it Peirce.
children of George and Ann Peirce
1) Betty Peirce b Nov 18 1680 m. Vincent Caldwell
2) George Peirce b Apr 23 1682
3) Joshua Peirce b March 5 1684/85 d 9th month-15th day-1752 m 1st 8th
month-28th day-1713 to Ann Mercer of Westtown township, Chester Co., PA
2ndly 9th month-15th day-1722 to Rachel Gilpin of Birmingham township,
Chester Co., PA. Joshua settled in East Marlborough township, Chester
Co., PA
4) Ann Peirce b May 8 1686 married James Gibbons and William Pim
5) Margaret Peirce b June 11 1689
6) Mary Peirce b June 25 1690 m Joseph Brinton
7) Caleb Peirce b March 21 1692/93 d 1-22- 1779 m Mary Walter
8) Gainer Peirce (male) b Apr 1 1695 m Sarah Walter
9) Hannah Peirce b Apr 21 1696 m Apr 17 1724 Edward Brinton
10) John Peirce b Apr 15 1704 died before 1720
(Source Code # 4)
Esq. Erasmus James, Mount Airy, Germantown, Pa. 26 Aug , ae 75. Mr. P. was a native of Boston, and was for many years an enterprising manufacturer and merchant in Philadelphia (Source Code # 6)
Quotation from HISTORY OF WESTERN PA., Vol II, page 849 submitted by Linda Moore (Source Code # 8)
PIERCE This is a good old English name, dating from a remote period,
and is widely distributed throughout the United States in its various form
of spelling: Pierce, Pairce, Pearce+ADs- the original form being Pers. There
is every reason for believing that some of its bearers, if not all of them,
derive their origin from the ancient Percy family of Northumberland,
England, the Hotspurs of the North. Several genealogies have been written
about the different American branches, but owing to the destruction of early
records it is a matter of some difficulty to make exact connection in every
case.
I. Lewis Pierce, the first of this branch of the Pierce family of whom we
have record, was of English descent and was a farmer near Monongahela City,
Washington Co, PA. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a man of
considerable influence in the community in which he resided.
2. Amos Pierce, son of Lewis Pierce, was born on a farm near Monongahela
City, Washington Co., PA, April 17, 1796, and died Feb. 20, 1867. He was a
farmer and in 1840 built a fine brick house on the McKillip farm which had
been inherited by his wife, and this house is still used as a residence.
Later he bought 90 acres of adjoining land, onPeter's creek, and on this he
lived until his death. He was a very successful man in the treatment of
cancerous diseases, and his patients came from far and near. In politics he
was a strong Republican and was a leading spirit in local public affairs.
His religious allegiance was given to the United Presbyterian Church, and it
was largely owing to his personal efforts that the Jefferson United
Presbyterian Church was erected. He married Deborah McKillip, who was the
only daughter of her parents who lived beyond infancy+ADs- and as her only
brother, James, died in young manhood, she was their sole heir. She was
born Dec. 8, 1790, and died April 12, 1875. She ws reared strictly in the
faith of the Covenanters and later joined the United Presbyterian Church.
Military
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Obituaries
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Anna M. Pierce Negley
Anna M. Pierce Negley, 94, Conemaugh twp, Saltsburg RD 1, died Tues Sept 21
1993, at St Andrews Village, in Indiana, PA. The daughter of Sylvester and
Martha Noel Pierce, she was born Jan 8, 1899 in Nowrytown. She had lived in
the Saltsburg area all her life. She was a member of the Saltsburg Baptist
Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher. Surviving are three sons:
Mansel, Greensburg; the Rev Melvin, Lansing, NY; and Merle, Kissimmee, Fla;
six daughters; Mrs Vera Mock, Saltsburg; Mrs Mildred Morgan, Roanoake, Va;
Mrs Homer (Luella) Lindsey, Orlando Fla; Mrs Richard (Dorothy) McMillen,
Crownsville, MD; Mrs Merle (Betty) Johnson, Saltsburg; and Mrs Ron (Jean)
Zuchelli, Indiana; 25 grandchildren; 50 great grandchildren; and four great
great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer M
Negley, on Dec3, 1979; a daughter, Catherine Doris Coffman; four brothers;
Harry, Bill Lewis and Charles Pierce; and three sisters: Alice Lawton, Maude
della Calhoun, and Millie Steffy. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9
PM todayin the Curran Funeral Home, Saltsburg, where a funeral service will
be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, with the rev's Melvin Negley and richard
McMillen officiating. Internment will follow in Edgewood Cemetery,
Saltsburg. Memorial contributions may be made to the saltsburg Baptist
Church.(Source Code # 2)
David C. Pierce
David Charles Pierce, died January 24, 1949, at his late home in Saltsburg,
after an illness of several years. A son of Jeremiah Sylvester and Martha
Adaline Noel Pierce, he was born January 27, 1886, in Salina, where he spent
his early life. He formerly lived in Nowrytown, and in Saltsburg for the
past 13 years. He was a coal miner with The Leechburg Collieries Co., and a
member of The Saltsburg Methodist Church. Mr Pierce had always been active
in the work of the church. In Nowrytown he was the superintendent of the
Methodist Sunday School for 35 years. In Saltsburg he served for several
years as superintendent of the Methodist S.S., and was a trustee and steward
of the church, and a member of the choir. Surviving are his wife Lillie
Clough Pierce; two sons, Charles Lysle Pierce, Saltsburg, and David Clair,
of New Kensington; one grandson; two brothers, Harry S Pierce, Export R.D.,
Lewis F Pierce, of Saltsburg, and four sisters, Mrs Maude Della Calhoun,
Saltsburg, R.D. 1, Mrs Millie Stiffey, Greensburg, R.D., Mrs Alice Lawton,
Harmarville, and Mrs Mae Negley, Saltsburg R.D. 1. Friends were received at
Robinson Funeral Home, Saltsburg, where services were held Weds, Jan 26 at
2:30 PM. Rev H.L. Henthorne and Rev C.J. Bland officiated. Internment in
Edgewood Cemetery, Saltsburg.(Source Code # 2)
Maude Della Calhoun
Maude della Calhoun, the widow of Charles Edward Calhoun of Saltsburg RD 1,
passed away Sunday January 22, 1961, at 2:45 AM, in her home.Born March 2,
1879 in Salina, she was the daughter of the late James Sylvester and Martha
Adeline Noel Pierce. All of her life was spent in the Nowrytown area, and
she was a member of the Nowrytown Methodost Church. Surviving are two
brothers, Harry S. Pierce of Export, and Lewis F. Pierce of saltsburg RD 2;
three sisters, Mrs Millie M Stiffey, Greensburg RD 4, Mrs Alice E Lawton,
RD 4 Tarentum, Mrs Anna M Negley, Saltsburg RD 1. Friends will be received
after 7:30 PM today (Monday) at the Robinson Funeral Home, Saltsburg, where
services will be conducted Weds, January 25, at 1:30 PM Rev R.F. Connor will
officiate and internment will follow in Edgewood Cemetery, Saltsburg.(Source Code # 2)
William G. Pierce
On Saturday morning, April 30, 1932, occurred the sudden death of William G.
Pierce, of Delmont, PA., in the Greensburg hospital, of acute pnuemonia. He
is survived by his widow, one son, Howard of Braddock; his father, J.S.
Pierce of New Alexandria, and the following brothers and sisters: Harry S.
Pierce, of Avonmore; Lewis F. and D. Charles, both of Nowrytown; Mrs W.C.
Stiffen, of Delmont; Mrs Charles Lawton, of Culmerville; Mrs Charles Calhoun
and Mrs Homer Negley, both of Nowrytown. Services to be held in his late
home Monday, May 2nd, at 2:00 PM, and internment in Delmont Cemetery.(Source Code # 2)
Wills
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ROBINSON, RACHEL, now of Edgmont. Nov 5, 1815-Jan 1, 1816 Sister in law, Margaret Pearce, nephews Edward, Cromwell and Joseph Pearce, children of brother Cromwell Pearce, dec'd, for their schooling. Niece Frances B. Weaver, daughter of the same and w/o Isaac Weaver, Rachel, Cromwell, Ann and John Pearce, children of dec'd nephew John Pearce, Rebecca, wife of Henry Barrington. Extrs: Nephew, Cromwell Pearce Wits:Joshua Weaver and Jacob Neiler. #449 (Source Code # 1)
GAMBLE, PATRICK, Concord June 3, 1797-March 6, 1801 Plantation to grandson Robert Nossit Gamble. Legacies to nephews John and Peter Gamble. Exrs: William Hannum and John Pierce, Sr. Wits: Joseph Morrison, Joseph Palmer and Caleb Pierce. #176 (Source Code # 1)
PIERCE, CALEB, Thombury May 13, 1813-March 13, 1815 provides for wife ____, son Thomas to have plantation. Other children: Mary Iddings, Caleb Pierce, Rebecca Churchman, w/o Edward, Thomas, Ann West(widow), Hannah, w/o Joseph Churchman, and Joshua, also six grandchildren; Anne w/o Walter Franklin, Joshua Emlen, Mary w/o George Newbold, Samuel, Phebe and James Emlen descendants of James and Phebe Emlen-mentions eldest sons John and Joseph having been helped and wills residue to before mentioned nine children. Wits: Abram Sharples, Moses Palmer and Nathan Sharples. #433 (Source Code # 1)
PIERCE, HENRY, Concord October 19, 1801-Nov 30, 1801 Estate to wife Marget and children: Jacob, Henry, Mary and Charles. Estate to be divided at majority of youngest child. Exrs: Uncle John Pierce Wits: William Pierce and John Pierce #195 (Source Code # 1)
TRIMBLE, ESTHER, Thombury ______-July 11, 1821 Children: Joseph, Margaret Peirce and daughter Esther Ann, Samuel and daughter Esther, and Ann Williams. Exrs: Thomas Peirce, and Samuel Trimble Wits: Abram Sharples and Eli D. Peirce Codicil of Nov. 23, 1820 names Esther Trimble daugher of Joseph, Phebe Peirce a granddaughter. Wits: Eli D. Peirce and Samuel L. Smedley #551 (Source Code # 1)
PEIRCE, JOHN, Concord Twp. June 11, 1795- April 27, 1796 Son John the home plantation also that formerly John Walters, also gold watch, silver spurs, & c., plantation subject to 2/5 interest to daugher Mary w/o John James, yearly during life, she to have use of plantatin purchased of Ezekiel Leonard and also that formerly Israel Pyles's purchased of sheriff Gardner, also house and land farmed by her husband, old house rented to James Crosley and fence timbere from near Joseph Pennalls triangular field. To sons of Mary, namely John and Joseph plantatin on the Delaware purchased of David Beven subject to payment of L600, L200 being to Mires, Worrell, Sarah and John Peirce, L400 to other children of daughter Mary. Exrs: Stephen Mendenhall (who renounced) and son John. Wits: Mieajah Speakman, Joseph Finch and Caleb Peirce #95 (Source Code # 1)
Cemeteries
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Sources
- Wills Of Delaware County Pennsylvania 1789-1835 compiled by Robert G. Swift.
- Ron Pierce, Pierce Researcher
- J D Pierce, Pierce Researcher
- Debra Chapman, Peirce Researcher
- Massachusetts Centinal Marriage notices-American Antiquarian Society. Index to Marriages in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel, 1784-1840, Vol. 1 A-D. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1961
- NEHGR 1853, 7:100
- Births and Baptisms, Marriages and Intentions, Deaths, as found in the Vital Records of Putney, Vermont to the Year 1900 with selected Additional Records complied and edited by Ken Stevens-A project of The Genealogical Society of Vermont to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the granting of statehood of Vermont. Info submitted by Team Member Cynthia
- Linda Moore, Pierce Researcher
