Thomas Pierce and Elizabeth Cole are also ancestors of Barbara Pierce Bush
DEATH: ALso noted to have died in Newton Suffolk Mass.
"Thomas Pierce, our immigrant ancestor, came from England, probably Norfolk, in 1633, with his wife, Elizabeth, and several children, and settled in Charlestown, Mass. He was born in 1583 or 1584 and Elizabeth in 1595 or 1596. Her surname is unknown. Elizabeth was admitted to the First Church of Charlestown, Jan. 10, 1634/5, and Thomas, with their son Thomas, on Feb. 21, 1634/5. Thomas was admitted as freeman on May 6, 1635. We have been unable to secure much information about him. On Sept. 27, 1642, his name appears as one of a commission of 21 men who were appointed by 'the Great and General Court to see that Salt Petre heapes were made by all the farmers of the colony'."
"He had a grant of four acres of planting land in 1635, but afterward was possessed of a large estate in and around Charlestown 'as far back as Medford and Worburn'. At the time of his death his property was inventoried at 414 pounds, which was an ample fortune in those days. The date of his death is reported by some writers as Nov. 7, 1665, but that is the date his will was made out. In the will he left a bequest of twenty shillings to Harvard College, but the bulk of his estate was given to his wife. However, her death date is given as Oct. 7, 1666, so she did not long survive her husband."
Thomas and Elizabeth were the parents of eight children: Thomas, John, Samuel, Robert, Mary 1628-1703, Elizabeth, Persis, and Abigail.
Source:
"HOPKINSON AND ALLIED FAMILIES, Ancestors and Descendants of Junius Greeley Hopkinson and Perry Hopkinson and their wives Jeanette Eveland and Lois Amanda Moffett", Co-authors Laura Huffman, Aura M. and Alsey E. Hopkinson, 1965, hardcover, publisher not noted
DEATH: THOMAS BACON "OF HELMINGHAM"
Born , 14 , Helmingham, Norfolk County, England. Son of JOHN BACON and AGNES COCKFIELD. Married JOAN , 14 , "His wife JOAN died in 1540 and in her will, which was dated July 30, 1540, and probated December 12, 1540, she mentions daughters Elizabeth Bacon and Anne Dow."
"Will of THOMAS BAKON OF HELMINGHAM Proved at Ipswich 28 Feb. 1535."
This Will is printed in full on pages 12-14 of "The Bacon Genealogy" by Thomas W. Baldwin (1915), from which these notes and data are quoted:
"In the name of god Amen I THOMAS BAKON OF HELMYNGHM in the dioc of
Norwich hole of minde & goode of remembraunce being the last daye off Julye in the yere of our lord god th MCCCCCXXX IIIIth do ordeyne & make this my present testament & Last will in the mant & fourme folowing(???)Itm I will that myn executors or JOHN my son shall dystrybute & geve to all people att my buriall ther beying prsent praying for my soule(???)Itm I will that JOHAN my wyff shall have
all thos my lands & tentts aswell Arabyll as pasture & medows wt all th apprtenances both free & copye sytting & lyeng in Helmnghm, Otley, Wynston & Pethawe. To have & to hold all the prmisses aforesaid to the said JOHAN my wyff & to her assynes all the terme of hyr lyff naturall & to Myclmas after hyr decease except all those my land & tentts that shall remayne to the said JOHN my son as here aftr shal be declared. And after the decease of the said JOHAN my wyff & the ffest of Mychallmasse aftr that Then I will that my tents callyed Julkyngs & Stoldyngs wt th apprtenances in Helmynghm shall remayn to THOMAS BAKON MY SON(???)And after the decease of the said JOHAN my wyff I will that all those my Lands & tentts aswell arabil as pasturys & medowys both free & copye with all thapprtenances in Helmynghm aforesaide called Ryste & all other thos my lands & Tentts aswell arabill as pasturys & meadows both free & copye wt all thapprtenances syttyng & lyeing in Wynston & Pethawe shall remayne to the said JOHN my son. To have & to hold all the abovesaid Tenement called Ryste in the said Helmynghm And all of the prmises in Wunston & Pethawe to the said JOHN my son hys heres & assynes in fee Symplee. And after the decease of the said JOHAN my wyff I will that all my pecys of lands inclosed called Goldsmyth otherwysse olys Conteyning by estymation iii acres lying in Otley shall Remayne to the said JOHN my son. To have & to hold the said pcs of land to the said JOHN my son his heyres & assyneis for and on this condycon followyng that ys to saye that he shall kepe or do to be kepte myr Obyte Mays in the yere the daye of my deptying out of this present worlde or any other day as he shall thynke most convenyent for ytt to be kepte wtin the said cherch of Helmynghm dyrge & Massee
the space of XII yeres after my decease ther dysposying for my soule(???)."