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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Stephen Peirce was born 20 Jul 1749, East Greenwich, RI (son of Thomas Peirce and Rebecca Scranton).

    Stephen married Lydia Rice 25 Apr 1773, East Greenwich, RI. Lydia (daughter of Peleg Rice and Anne Remington) was born Abt 1755. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Daniel Remington Peirce was born 15 Jun 1774, East Greenwich, RI.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Peirce was born Abt 1718 (son of John Peirce and Susannah Nichols).

    Thomas married Rebecca Scranton 14 Oct 1743. Rebecca (daughter of Stephen Scranton) was born Abt 1720. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Rebecca Scranton was born Abt 1720 (daughter of Stephen Scranton).

    Notes:

    The name Rebecca Scranton as the name of Thomas's wife was found on a Pierce family website: http://members.aol.com/Pierce476/Richard4.html#046

    Children:
    1. 1. Stephen Peirce was born 20 Jul 1749, East Greenwich, RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Peirce was born 11 Jan 1686/87, East Greenwich, RI (son of Giles PEIRCE and Elizabeth HALL); died 1739, East Greenwich, RI.

    John married Susannah Nichols 9 Jun 1709. Susannah (daughter of Thomas Nichols and Mercy Reynolds) was born 9 May 1690, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Susannah Nichols was born 9 May 1690, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI (daughter of Thomas Nichols and Mercy Reynolds).
    Children:
    1. 2. Thomas Peirce was born Abt 1718.
    2. Elizabeth Peirce was born Abt 1726.

  3. 6.  Stephen Scranton
    Children:
    1. 3. Rebecca Scranton was born Abt 1720.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Giles PEIRCE was born 22 Jul 1651, Portsmouth, RI (son of Richard PEARCE and Susannah WRIGHT); died 19 Nov 1698, East Greenwich, RI.

    Notes:

    According to "The History of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1677-1960, With Related Genealogy" by Martha R. McPartland, Giles Pierce was born in 1651, probably in Portsmouth . . . he was made a freeman of Portsmouth in 1673 and in 1677 was granted land in East Greenwich . . . He served as Deputy, Moderator, and member of the Town Council. The first town meeting was held in his home in 1677.

    The surname was spelled variously as Peirce, Pierce, or Pearce.

    The Peirce Project web site has his year of birth as 1649.

    Giles married Elizabeth HALL 13 Apr 1676, East Greenwich, RI. Elizabeth (daughter of William HALL, Jr. and Mary THOMAS) was born 1653, Portsmouth, RI; died 19 Nov 1698, East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth HALL was born 1653, Portsmouth, RI (daughter of William HALL, Jr. and Mary THOMAS); died 19 Nov 1698, East Greenwich, RI.
    Children:
    1. Jeremiah PEIRCE was born 22 Feb 1677/78; died 21 Apr 1754, East Greenwich, RI.
    2. Elizabeth Peirce was born 27 May 1682, East Greenwich, RI; died 30 Sep 1742.
    3. 4. John Peirce was born 11 Jan 1686/87, East Greenwich, RI; died 1739, East Greenwich, RI.
    4. Mary Peirce was born 7 Feb 1689/90.

  3. 10.  Thomas Nichols was born 6 Aug 1660, North Kingstown, RI (son of Thomas Nichols and Hannah Unknown); died Abt Nov 1745.

    Notes:

    The will of Thomas Nichols of East Greenwich is dated 7 Dec 1738 and proved 30 Nov 1745. It mentions sons James, and Thomas dec'd; dtr Frances Peirce, widow; other daughters not named; son-in-law Giles Peirce; son-in-law Joseph Edmunds of Warwick; grandson Thomas Edmunds; other family members.

    I have made an assumption that he is the Thomas Nichols born to Thomas & Hannah Nichols, 6 Aug 1660 recorded at North Kingstown. The time period is right; this seems to be confirmed by John Osborne Austin's "Genealogical Dictionary of RI" p 138.

    Thomas married Mercy Reynolds Abt 1684. Mercy (daughter of James Reynolds and Deborah Unknown) was born 22 Dec 1664. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mercy Reynolds was born 22 Dec 1664 (daughter of James Reynolds and Deborah Unknown).

    Notes:

    Maiden name to be confirmed; check "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" compiled by Clarence Almon Torrey; p. 536; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1985.

    Her maiden name as Reynolds seems to be confirmed by John Osborne Austin's "Genealogical Dictionary of RI" p 138, which says she is d/o James & Devorah Reynolds; also she is identified as Mercy Reynolds in "Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island" p 1814.

    The children's birth are registered at East Greenwich to Thomas & Mercy Nichols.

    Children:
    1. Hannah Nichols was born 9 Mar 1684/85, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died Bef Jun 1759.
    2. Deborah Nichols was born 17 Feb 1687/88, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.
    3. 5. Susannah Nichols was born 9 May 1690, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.
    4. Mary Nichols was born 29 Mar 1693, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.
    5. James Nichols was born 29 Mar 1693, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.
    6. Elizabeth Nichols was born 16 Mar 1694/95, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.
    7. Frances Nichols was born 29 Nov 1697, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.
    8. Comfort Nichols was born 2 Mar 1700/01, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.
    9. Thomas Nichols was born 27 Apr 1702, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.
    10. Benjamin Nichols was born 28 Jun 1703, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.