George Pierce


and son Gainer Pierce

George Pierce was born 1633 in England, and died 1692. He married Margaret Synam. She was born 1635 in England.

One known child of George Pierce and Margaret Synam is:

George Pierce Jr. who was born 1659 in Winscombe Parish, Sommersetshire , England, and died January 19, 1732/33 in Pennsylvania. He married Ann Gainer January 24, 1678/79 in Gloucestershire England, daughter of William Gainer and Ann Jones. She was born 1659 in England, and died 1725 in Pennsylvania.

Children of George Pierce and Ann Gainer are:

1. Child Pierce, born November 18, 1680 in Somerset England.

2. George Pierce, born February 23, 1681/82 in Somerset England.

3. Joshua Pierce, born July 04, 1684 in Somerset England.

4. Ann Pierce, born March 08, 1685/86 in Thornbury, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

5. Margaret Pierce, born April 11, 1689 in Thornbury, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

6. Mary Pierce, born May 25, 1690 in Thornbury, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

7. Caleb Pierce, born December 21, 1692 in Thornbury, Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died January 22, 1779 in Thornbury, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. He married Mary Walter April 15, 1724 in Delaware Co., Pennsylvania; born October 05, 1698 in Concord, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania; died October 1753 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

8. Gainer Pierce, born February 01, 1694/95 in Thornbury, Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died 1747. See below

9. Hannah Pierce, born February 21, 1695/96 in Thornbury, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

10. John Pierce, born February 15, 1703/04 in Thornbury, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

Gainer Pierce was born February 01, 1694/95 in Thornbury, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, and died 1747. He married Sarah Walter September 26, 1719 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania, daughter of Goodwin Walter and Elizabeth Songhurst. She was born January 25, 1700/01 in Concord, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, and died March 25, 1753.

Children of Gainer Pierce and Sarah Walter are:

1. George Pierce, born August 10, 1720 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died September 13, 1756. He married Mary Moore September 03, 1748; born 1727 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

2. Elizabeth Pierce, born March 24, 1721/22 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died 1747 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. She married Evan Jeffreys 1743; born 1722 in Pennsylvania.

3. Ann Pierce, born Abt. 1725 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died Bef. 1789. She married James Ottey May 01, 1748; born 1721 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

4. Sarah Pierce, born November 27, 1727 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

5. Susannah Pierce, born January 24, 1729/30 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. She married Elias Hollingsworth October 25, 1753 in New Castle Delaware; born 1732 in Hunterdon Co., New Jersey.

6. Mary Pierce, born March 10, 1732/33 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died January 04, 1740/41 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

7. James Pierce, born August 31, 1737 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

8. Gainer Pierce, born July 01, 1740 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died Aft. 1810. He married Jane Underwood December 16, 1762 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania; born 1740 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died February 10, 1833 in Providence Rhode Island.

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