Birth: Abraham Pierce was born in England about 1605 if he was
eighteen when he arrived in 1623.
Death: He died in Duxbury by June 3, 1673.
Ship: Anne or Little James, 1623
Life in England: Nothing is known of his life in England,
but he may have been related to the John Pierce in London who invested
in Plymouth Colony.
Life in New England: It has long been assumed that
Abraham Pierce was one of the two servants of Mr. Pierce who came to
Plymouth in 1623. Abraham was a freeman of Plymouth in 1633, and moved
to Duxbury after 1643. In 1730, his greatgrandson, Caleb Pierce,
referred to a plantation in Barbados which had belonged to Abraham
Pierce, but nothing more is known. Family: Abraham Pierce married
Rebecca _____ by 1638 and had five children. She probably died before
him.
Children of Abraham and Rebecca Pierce:
- Abraham was born in January 1638. He married twice and had four
children. He married (1) Hannah Baker by about 1665. He married (2)
Hannah _____ on October 1695 in Scituate. He died in Duxbury in January
1718.
- Isaac was born about 1641. He was still living in 1673, but there is
no further information.
- Rebecca was born about 1643. She married Samuel Wills by 1673 and
died in Marshfield on March 30, 1724.
- Mary was born about 1645. She married Nathaniel Baker by 1670.
- Alice was baptized on July 21, 1650, in Barnstable. She married John
Baker by 1672 and had at least one child. She died in Duxbury in 1673.