Peirce, Joshua W.

Name:

Peirce, Joshua W.

Title:

Esquire
Town clerk
Parish clerk
Proprietors of Portsmouth commons' clerk
Selectman
Representative
Member of his majesty's council
Recorder of deeds

Born:

01/14/1671

Birthplace:

Woodbridge, NJ

Died:

02/07/1742

Death Location:

Portsmouth, NH

Residence:

Woodbridge, NJ
Portsmouth, NH -- arrived c.1700

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Merchant (fishery)

Father:

Peirce, Joshua (1642-1670)

Mother:

Pike, Dorothy (1645-1714)

Relations:

Peirce, Elizabeth Gerrish (1674-1742 m.1719).
Grandparents: Sarah Sanders and Robert Pike; Sarah Spencer and Daniel Peirce

Spouse:

1) Hall, Elizabeth (1687-1718). Elizabeth was the daughter of Elizabeth L. Smith and Joseph Hall, of Greenland, NH.
2) Gerrish, Elizabeth (1674-1742; b. Dover, NH; d. Portsmouth, NH). Married 1719, Portsmouth.

Children:

Peirce, Sarah (1697-; b. Portsmouth NH; m1. _ Winslow; m2. _ Sargeant)
Peirce, Joseph (1698-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Peirce, Joshua (1700-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Peirce, Anna (1702-; b. Portsmouth, NH; m. __ Green)
Peirce, Mary (1707-1753; b. Portsmouth, NH; m. Samuel Moore, 1734)
Peirce, Daniel (1709-1773; b. Portsmouth, NH; Harvard grad, 1728; m. Ann Rindge 1743;chidren, including John; magistrate in Portsmouth; member King's council for NH)
Peirce, Nathaniel (1712-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Peirce, Margaret (1714-; b. Portsmouth, NH; m. _ Green)
Peirce, Elizabeth (m. __ Osborn)

Notes:

NOTES: "all which offices he held with credit to himself and gave general satisfaction. He was respected as an honest and useful man."-Brewster's Rambles About Portsmouth #80
NOTES: Name and death date engraved in Salver of Theodore Atkinson, 1939.2
SEE ALSO (in-law): Rindge, John
SEE ALSO (in-law): Packer, Ann Odiorne
SEE ALSO (daughter): Moore, Mary Peirce
SEE ALSO (daughter-in-law): Rindge, Ann / Peirce, Ann Rindge
SEE ALSO (grandson): Peirce, John
SEE ALSO (relationship undetermined): Atkinson, Theodore (IV)