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- The Portsmouth birth records for John and his siblings state that the family was of Prudence Island.
There were several other individuals of this same name born around the same time.
Some family trees, including DAR and SAR records, have this particular John as marrying Eunice Briggs. But I believe that is incorrect, based on available evidence in NK records.
From the DAR website:
PIERCE, JOHN Ancestor #: A091393 Service: RHODE ISLAND Rank: LIEUTENANT Birth: 15 Feb 1749 NORTH KINGSTON RHODE ISLAND Death: 22 Jun 1829 NORTH KINGSTON RHODE ISLAND Service Description: 1) ALSO ENS, CAPT HAWKINS, COL STANTON
The DAR and SAR records have this particular John Pearce of the above birthdate as the one who married Eunice Briggs. He was a son of Nathaniel and Merebah, of Prudence Island.
However, there is the following birth record in North Kingstown:
PIERCE John, of Benjamin, Feb. 20, 1750. North Kingstown Births (Vol. Unknown Original Volume & Page : Pg. 17416)
The NK will of John Pearce of NK mentions his father as Benjamin (not Nathaniel). Consequently, some genealogies have John b 1750 s/o Benjamin as the one who married Eunice Briggs. This seems to make more sense, based on John's will (and his granddaughter's being named Eunice Briggs Pearce, as mentioned in that will). It is interesting to note that the two births (Portsmouth and North Kingstown) are just about a year apart. One might wonder if they could be duplicate records in different towns, with one written years afterwards, except that the father's name is different.
There was a third John Pearce who also was a Revolutionary War soldier and a pensioner. He lived at Newport, and died in 1819 at age 67 (according to newspaper reports), which puts the estimate of his birth year at c1752. Elizabeth, widow of John Pearce of Newport, died in 1826.
In addition, there were at least 4 other John Pearces born between 1745 and 1758 in Portsmouth and Little Compton.
One of the John Pearces of RI, also a Rev War soldier, died in SC in 1828, as reported in local newspapers.
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