James Pierce

     James was born on Tuesday, 22 October 1737 in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. James married Martha Leggett, daughter of Thomas Leggett and Mary Embree, in 1767 in Westchester County, New York. James and Martha had children: Elizabeth [5/07/1769-9/25/1846] [m. 10/17/1793 Jesse Cox], Thomas [1770-10/30/1844] [m. Martha Pierce & 2nd. Phebe Weeks], Martha [1773], Mary [1778-7/12/1835], Sarah [1778-11/12/1841] [m. Isaac Pierce], Isaac [ 12/14/1780-6/07/1860] [m. 1804 Sarah Weeks], Ann [3/07/1783] [m. 1/19/1826 Elijah Washburn], Joseph [5/12/1785-12/03/1858] [m. 10/14/1812 Hannah Sutton], Abigail [1788-4/10/1847] & Melissa [8/08/1791-7/31/1828] [m. 12/19/1816 Arron Sutton]. The 1790 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, the family of James Pierce [24:7].³ The 1800 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, the family of James Pearce [01101:12301].⁴ James departed this life on Tuesday, 15 March 1831 in Westchester County at age 93 years, 4 months and 21 days. He was buried in Chapaqua, Westchester County, New York, in Friends Burying Ground.