JONATHON PIERCE

(1661-1722) - Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA; Malden, Middlesex co., MA

(Third Generation - Pierce-MA Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
SAMUEL PIERCE
MARY [SURNAME NOT KNOWN]


BIRTH & BAPTISM Jonathon was born in 1661[1]. At the age of 8, Jonathon was baptized in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA on 16d:11m(January):1669/70[3].
DEATH & BURIAL He died in 1722; he was 61[1]. He is buried in Copp's Hill Cemetery, Boston, Suffolk co., MA.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP Jonathan was admitted to the church at Charlestown on 18 September 1715.
RESIDENCE & REAL ESTATE Jonathan was granted 10.5 acres of land in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA in 1685. In 1699/1700, he bought 6 acres from B. Bunker. In 1700, he sold 16.5 acres to Samuel Whittemore. He sold a house to S. Counce in 1704. In 1707, he bought 3 acres from John Pierce & sold the same lot to Joseph Kent that same year. Along with John Pierce, he sold 12 acres of woodlot #56 to W. Richardson in 1707. He sold 6 acres of Bunker [Hill] to A. Ireland in 1708. He sold lots to Spencer Phipps in 1709 & 1710. To his son Samuel, he either deeded or sold a house & 30 acres in 1713. He bought this parcel back from his son's widow Mehitabel in 1714/15. He then mortgaged the same lots to C. Chambers in 1715/16[25].
ESTATE Jonathan's estate was administered to his widow, Mary on 16 July 1722. The inventory included a house and 10 acres, being 4 acres meadow, 3 acres orchard, 3 acres plowland, 19-1/2 acres of pasture, 2 acres of marsh, 2 acres of upland, 1-1/2 acres & 6 acres - being 7-1/2 acres woods, 1st division 2nd range Mystic Side.

His widow received the southwest part of the house, 1.5 acres of orchard & meadow, 2 acres of upland, 2.25 acres of woods and 6 acres of the 19.5 acres of pasture mentioned in the estate inventory. In 1724/5, 3.25 acres of lot #56 was granted to Thomas Pierce. In 1728, Mary Lobdell Pierce deeded to her children all the rights to her husband's estate. In 1728/9, the heirs sold to Joseph Pierce the northeast end of the house & the cellar under the northwest end of the house; 2/3 of the barn at the west end; 8.75 acres and another parcel of 13.5 acres. In addition, they sold him one-quarter of the 5 acres of woods bequeathed to their mother by their father; and ³Drinker's house² -- lot #45. In 1728/9, the heirs -- working through Joseph & John Pierce, attorneys -- sold to N. Tufts 1 and 1/8 acres of orchard and sold 6 acres to S. Phipps. In addition, they transacted the southwest third of the barn and 2.25 acres at the north end of the 6 acre lot[25].

MARRIAGE On 4d:10m(December):1683 when Jonathon was 22, he married Mary LOBDELL, daughter of Isaac LOBDELL & Martha WARD, in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[1,11,35,38,39,40,41,42,43]. They were married by Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth, Esq.

CHILDREN 27. i. Mary PIERCE Please see her own page.
28. ii. Samuel PIERCE Samuel was born on 19 February 1687/8 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26]. At the age of 1, Samuel was baptized in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA on 12d:6m(August):1688[26]. He married Mehitable [surname not known].
29. iii. Jonathon1 PIERCE Jonathon was "dead born" on 18 October 1689 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26].
30. iv. Jonathon2 PIERCE Jonathon was born on 24 January 1690 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26]. At the age of 4, he was baptized in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA on 21d:2m:1694/5[26].
31. v. Thomas PIERCE Thomas was born on 29 March 1693 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26] and was baptized in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA on 11d:4m(June):1693[26].
32. vi. Joseph PIERCE Joseph was born on 24 January 1694/5 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26] and baptized in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA on 21d:2m(April):1694/5[26].
33. vii. Martha PIERCE Martha was born on 5 January 1696/7 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26]. At the age of 1, Martha was baptized in Cambridge, Middlesex co., MA on 8 August 1697[52]. She married John STEEL.
34. viii. Benjamin PIERCE Benjamin was born on 30 September 1698 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26] and baptized as "Peirce, Benjamin" in Cambridge, Middlesex co., MA on 2 October 1698[53].
35. ix. Sarah PIERCE Sarah was born in 1699 and baptized in Cambridge, Middlesex co., MA on 28 July 1699[26].
36. x. Elizabeth PIERCE Elizabeth was born on 29 June 1700 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26]. Elizabeth married Abraham SMITH, son of Lieutenant & Captain John SMITH & Catherine MORRILL. He was born on 10 April 1661 in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[47,54,55].
37. xi. Isaac PIERCE Isaac was born on 27 June 1702 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26].
38. xii. John PIERCE John was born on 22 December 1703 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26] and baptized as "Pierce, John" in Cambridge, Middlesex co., MA on 23 April 1704[52].
39. xiii. Jacob PIERCE Jacob was born on 24 August 1705 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26] and died on 24 August 1705 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26].
40. xiv. Stephen PIERCE Stephen was born on 24 January 1706 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[26]. At the age of 3, Stephen was baptized in Cambridge, Middlesex co., MA on 30 April 1709[52].




GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G7) Grandfather
FAMILY NUMBER 934
SOURCES 1. Edward Carroll Death Record, 19 October 1899, Lynn, Essex co., MA, 1866, 192, p. 186, #337.


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