Peirce, John (1746-1814)
- Name:
- Peirce, John (1746-1814)
- Title:
- Member, N.H. Legislature, starting 1791
Principal agent in erecting Piscataqua Bridge, 1794
Principal agent in construction of turnpike to Concord - Other Names:
- Pierce, John
- Born:
- 08/19/1746
- Birthplace:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Died:
- 06/14/1814
- Death Location:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Residence:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Occupation:
- Merchant
- Father:
- Peirce, Daniel (1709-1773)
- Mother:
- Rindge, Ann (1723-1748)
- Relations:
- Uncle (mother's sister's husband): Mark Hunking Wentworth (1709-1785); John Peirce was the executor of the will of this uncle.
- Spouse:
- Mary Pearse (-1848)
- Children:
- Mark Hunking, born 1787 (m. Margaret Sparhawk)
Samuel Fisher, born 1789; died 1791
Joshua Winslow, born 1791; died 1874 (m. Emily Sheafe)
Ann Rindge, born 1794; died 1868; m. Rev. Dr. Charles Burroughs 1823; no children)
Mary Odiorne, born 1798; died 1801
Daniel Hall. - Notes:
- Thomas F. Davies, Memoir of Joshua Winslow Peirce. (Boston, Massachusetts: Private Printing, 1874), 16.
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