Pierce, Benjamin (1757-1839)

Name:

Pierce, Benjamin (1757-1839)

Title:

Brigade Major, New Hampshire State Militia, 1786
Delegate, New Hampshire State Constitutional Convention, 1791
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, 27th Regiment, New Hampshire State Militia, 1796-
Brigadier General, 4th Brigade, New Hampshire State Militia, 1805-
Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives
Sheriff, Hillsborough County
Member, Executive Council, 1803-1809
Governor, State of New Hampshire, 1827-1828, 1829-1830
Vice President, Masschusetts Chapter, Society of the Cincinnati

Born:

12/25/1757

Birthplace:

Chelmsford, MA

Died:

04/01/1839

Death Location:

Hillsborough, NH

Residence:

Chelmsford, MA
Hillsborough, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Army officer
Politician
Tavernkeeper

Father:

Pierce, Benjamin

Mother:

Merrill, Elizabeth

Spouse:

(1) Elizabeth Andrews, May 24, 1787
(2) Anna Kendrick, February 1, 1790

Children:

With Elizabeth Andrews Pierce (1768-1788):
Pierce, Elizabeth A. (1788-1855; m. John McNeil 1811; 4 children -- John Winfield Scott McNeil 1817-1837, Elizabeth A. McNeil m. Henry Washington Benham, Frances McNeil m. Chandler E. Potter, Benjamin P. McNeil d.1835)
with Anna Kendrick:
Pierce, Benjamin Kendrick (1790-1850, m1.Josephine La Framboise, m2?,m3?; 6 children: Langdon Pierce, Harriet Josephine Pierce m. James Brewerton Ricketts, Benjamin Pierce, Elizabeth Pierce, Amanda Pierce, Charlotte Pierce)
Pierce, Nancy M. (1792-1837, m. Gen. Solomon McNeil 1815, 3 children: Anna McNeil m. Tappan Wentworth, Solomon McNeil, John McNeil m. C.M. Morse)
Pierce, John Sullivan (1796-1824, m. Marietta Puttoff 1818, 2 children: Mary O. Pierce m. A.B. Warbaugh, Anne K. Pierce m. Dr. C.E. Parker)
Pierce, Harriet B. (1820-?; m. Hugh Jameson 1822)
Pierce, Charles G. (1803-1828)
Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869, m. Jane Means Appleton 1834, 3 children: Franklin Pierce b.d. 1836, Frank Robert Pierce 1839-1843, Benjamin Pierce 1841-1853)
Pierce, Charlotte (d. inf.)
Pierce, Henry D. (1812-1880, m. Susan Tuttle 1841, 2 children: Kirk D. Pierce m. Mary A. Collins 1879, Frank H. Pierce b.1848)

Notes:

In Battle of Bunker Hill

George W. Browne, The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire. 1735-1921. Volume Two. (Manchester, New Hampshire: John B. Clarke Company, 1922),

Chandler E. Potter, The Military History of the State of New Hampshire, From Its Settleent, in 1623, to the Rebellion in 1861: Part One. (Concord, New Hampshire: McFarland & Jenks, 1866), 386.

Chandler E. Potter, The Military History of the State of New Hampshire, From Its Settleent, in 1623, to the Rebellion in 1861: Concluded. (Concord, New Hampshire: McFarland & Jenks, 1866), 380.

"Memoir of the Benjamin Pierce, Late Governor of New Hampshire," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 7(January, 1853)1, 9-12.

Autobiography of Benjamin Pierce, New Hampshire Historical Society Library