My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameJoanna “Anna” Pierce
Birth Date1732
Birth PlacePembroke, Plymouth Co., MA
Misc. Notes
http://www.jackson-flint.org/Pedigree/jackson/aqwg153.htm#2924
Mentioned in husband's probate and her father's probate.
See notes of husband and father. Her birth has not been found. Marriage from Diary of Gad Hitchcock, minister in Pembroke, found in New Eng Hist and Gen Reg Vol. 136 pg 31, gives her name Anna but other records are Joanna. Former pedigree charts mistakenly showed her parents to be Isaac Pierce and Agnes Kent. However, further research showed their daughter to have married Thomas Cunningham 24 Mar 1746, Boston (974.461 V26 or film 397047). In Probate records of Suffolk Co., Mass., vol 89 pg 421, she was made administratrix of his estate with Isaac Pierce and Erasmus Pierce, "distillers, bound with her for the faithful discharge of her Trust." Because the first child of Barnabas and Joanna was named Nehemiah, a search was made in Pembroke records for a Nehemiah Pierce, which uncovered her true parentage. Her father's will was found which named her along with her husband (see notes of her father). The Pembroke baptism record which includes those of other children of Nehemiah begin with 1736. They are in bad shape and it appears that there were preceeding pages but they were not included in the filming. Since Nehemiah and Elizabeth were married in Oct 1731, Joanna was probably born in 1732.
Mentioned in husband's probate and her father's probate.
See notes of husband and father. Her birth has not been found. Marriage from Diary of Gad Hitchcock, minister in Pembroke, found in New Eng Hist and Gen Reg Vol. 136 pg 31, gives her name Anna but other records are Joanna. Former pedigree charts mistakenly showed her parents to be Isaac Pierce and Agnes Kent. However, further research showed their daughter to have married Thomas Cunningham 24 Mar 1746, Boston (974.461 V26 or film 397047). In Probate records of Suffolk Co., Mass., vol 89 pg 421, she was made administratrix of his estate with Isaac Pierce and Erasmus Pierce, "distillers, bound with her for the faithful discharge of her Trust." Because the first child of Barnabas and Joanna was named Nehemiah, a search was made in Pembroke records for a Nehemiah Pierce, which uncovered her true parentage. Her father's will was found which named her along with her husband (see notes of her father). The Pembroke baptism record which includes those of other children of Nehemiah begin with 1736. They are in bad shape and it appears that there were preceeding pages but they were not included in the filming. Since Nehemiah and Elizabeth were married in Oct 1731, Joanna was probably born in 1732.
Spouses
Birth Date30 Oct 1729
Birth PlacePlympton, Plymouth Co., MA
Death Datebef 3 Aug 1778 Age: 48
Death PlacePlympton, Plymouth Co., MA
FatherDea. Joseph Lucas (1689-1742)
MotherMeletiah Malathiah Cary Carey (~1690->1729)
Misc. Notes
From: http://www.jackson-flint.org/Pedigree/jackson/aqwg153.htm#2924
DEATH: Probate records of Plymouth vol. 2 pg 201, letter of administration to his widow, Joanna, dated 3 Aug 1778. The initial source for information about this family was a family group sheet in the FGRA collection of the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, submitted by H. Harold Jackson, (now deceased). His sources: "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, Mass"; Probate rec. Plymouth & Bristol Co. courthouses; VR of Plymouth, Pembroke, and Carver, Mass. The sheet said "will pr. 3 Aug 1779" but closer examination of the record in Plymouth Co. Probates, Vol. 23 pg 201, showed the year was 1778. The next action found in the record was Vol. 25 pg 115 when the inventory of his estate was presented 2 Dec 1778. The appointment of Samuel Lucas to divide the estate was in Vol 29 pg 185. The date was 2 June but the year is not clear, either 1783 or 1784. The account of the division follows it and is dated 25 June 1784. It the said the widow to receive her third of the estate and then listed all the sons then all the daughters, only Meletiah with a husband. There was no mention of a son, Isaac.
The FGRA sheet lists the children in the order given in the record of distribution of the father's estate except that Caleb was listed after some of the daughters as number 11. All the daughters were listed after the first six sons, also in the same order as that given in the record except Hannah was placed after Caleb as number 12 and another son, Isaac, not named in the distribution record, was listed last. The birthdates were all estimated and the birthdate of Isaac was 1780, two years after the date of the administration record and four years before the distribution. Meletiah was shown born 1769 and married 1781, which would make her only 12 years old, and Hannah was shown born abt 1778 and married 1781, only 3 years old. "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth" doesn't list a son, Isaac, and says Hannah, the wife of Bela Lucas was daughter of John Lucas. I have concluded that if there was a son Isaac he must have died before 1784. I have re-arranged the birthdates to fit more logically with the marriage dates and left off the marriage for Hannah.
Barnabas did not appear in the records of Plympton and Carver as often as his father but he was Precinct Collector in 1768. He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Carver. His three oldest sons fought in the Revolutionary War at Marshfield and two of them at other places. His son Barnabas was known to have been in camp at Valley Forge. After his death his estate was divided amongst all his children (except Isaac) and his wife, she being administrator. He had a horse valued at 15 pounds; two yoke of oxen, one 75 pnds, the other 57 pnds; three cows, 26, 21 and 18; 5 swine, 20 pnds; 10 sheep, 22 pnds10 shillings; cart, wheels and farming utensils, 25 pnds 3 sh; household furniture and equipment, 189 pnds 15 sh. His homestead and buildings were valued at 460 pounds, land and meadow bought of Benjamin Ransom, 240, 4 acres of meadow on Winnetuckett River, 160, 1 acre meadow at Doten's Meadow, 20, salt meadow at Marshfield, 88, and half of grist mill and privileges, 120. In all, his estate was worth 1532 pounds 5 shillings.
DEATH: Probate records of Plymouth vol. 2 pg 201, letter of administration to his widow, Joanna, dated 3 Aug 1778. The initial source for information about this family was a family group sheet in the FGRA collection of the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, submitted by H. Harold Jackson, (now deceased). His sources: "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, Mass"; Probate rec. Plymouth & Bristol Co. courthouses; VR of Plymouth, Pembroke, and Carver, Mass. The sheet said "will pr. 3 Aug 1779" but closer examination of the record in Plymouth Co. Probates, Vol. 23 pg 201, showed the year was 1778. The next action found in the record was Vol. 25 pg 115 when the inventory of his estate was presented 2 Dec 1778. The appointment of Samuel Lucas to divide the estate was in Vol 29 pg 185. The date was 2 June but the year is not clear, either 1783 or 1784. The account of the division follows it and is dated 25 June 1784. It the said the widow to receive her third of the estate and then listed all the sons then all the daughters, only Meletiah with a husband. There was no mention of a son, Isaac.
The FGRA sheet lists the children in the order given in the record of distribution of the father's estate except that Caleb was listed after some of the daughters as number 11. All the daughters were listed after the first six sons, also in the same order as that given in the record except Hannah was placed after Caleb as number 12 and another son, Isaac, not named in the distribution record, was listed last. The birthdates were all estimated and the birthdate of Isaac was 1780, two years after the date of the administration record and four years before the distribution. Meletiah was shown born 1769 and married 1781, which would make her only 12 years old, and Hannah was shown born abt 1778 and married 1781, only 3 years old. "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth" doesn't list a son, Isaac, and says Hannah, the wife of Bela Lucas was daughter of John Lucas. I have concluded that if there was a son Isaac he must have died before 1784. I have re-arranged the birthdates to fit more logically with the marriage dates and left off the marriage for Hannah.
Barnabas did not appear in the records of Plympton and Carver as often as his father but he was Precinct Collector in 1768. He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Carver. His three oldest sons fought in the Revolutionary War at Marshfield and two of them at other places. His son Barnabas was known to have been in camp at Valley Forge. After his death his estate was divided amongst all his children (except Isaac) and his wife, she being administrator. He had a horse valued at 15 pounds; two yoke of oxen, one 75 pnds, the other 57 pnds; three cows, 26, 21 and 18; 5 swine, 20 pnds; 10 sheep, 22 pnds10 shillings; cart, wheels and farming utensils, 25 pnds 3 sh; household furniture and equipment, 189 pnds 15 sh. His homestead and buildings were valued at 460 pounds, land and meadow bought of Benjamin Ransom, 240, 4 acres of meadow on Winnetuckett River, 160, 1 acre meadow at Doten's Meadow, 20, salt meadow at Marshfield, 88, and half of grist mill and privileges, 120. In all, his estate was worth 1532 pounds 5 shillings.
Marr Date28 Jun 1753
Marr PlacePembroke, Plymouth Co., MA