Ezra Pierce b. 6 Dec 1788 Windham, Windham County, Vermont d. 23 Jun 1869 Windham, Windham, Vermont

1788 - 1869 (80 years)

Name	Ezra Pierce
Birth	6 Dec 1788	Windham, Windham County, Vermont [2]
Gender	Male
Census	1820	Windham County, Windham Township, Vermont [3]
Census	1830	Windham County, Windham Township, Vermont [4]
Census	1840	Windham County, Windham Township, Vermont [5]
Census	1850	Windham County, Windham Township, Vermont [6]
Census		Ezra Pierce, 1850 U. S. Federal Census, Windham, Windham County, Vermont [EP 05.] Ezra Pierce; his wife, Mary (Polly) Farr; their children: Henry (William Henry), Angeline, Merrill, Florinda
Census	1860	Windham County, Windham Township, Vermont [7]
Business	Owner of a grist mill, chair stock factory, and farmer, Windham, Windham County, Vermont [8]
Burial	1869	South Windham Cemetery, Windham, Vermont [9]
Death	23 Jun 1869	Windham, Windham, Vermont [10]
Person ID	I730	Lange Pierce
Last Modified	30 May 2006

Father	Nehemiah Pierce, b. 2 Dec 1759, Medford, Massachusetts d. 24 Aug 1818, Windham, Windham County, Vermont (Age 58 years)
Mother	Phebe Lawrence, b. 19 Oct 1755, Groton, Massachusetts d. 30 Jan 1823, Windham, Windham County, Vermont (Age 67 years)
Family ID	F321	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Mary (Polly) Farr, b. 7 Jul 1790, Shutesbury, Massachusetts d. 13 Oct 1856, Windham, Vermont (Age 66 years)

Marriage 10 Dec 1810 Probably Windham, Windham County, Vermont [11]

Children

	1. Mary Pierce, b. 30 Jun 1814 d. 29 Nov 1842 (Age 28 years)
	2. Ezra Pierce, b. 14 Dec 1815
+	3. Phebe Pierce, b. 22 Jan 1818
	4. Nelson Pierce, b. 19 Mar 1821 d. 28 Aug 1822 (Age 1 year)
+	5. William Henry Pierce, b. 8 Apr 1824, Windham, Windham County, Vermont d. 28 Dec 1906, Breckenridge, Connelly Township, Wilkin County, Minnesota (Age 82 years) [Father: Birth]
	6. Charles N. Pierce, b. 26 Mar 1826
	7. Angeline C. Pierce, b. 26 May 1826, Prob. Windham, Windham County, Vermont d. 19 Apr 1853, Windham, Windham County, Vermont (Age 26 years) [Father: Birth]
	8. Merrill Pierce, b. 18 Feb 1830 [Father: Birth]
	9. Florinda Pierce, b. 18 Sep 1830 d. 16 Oct 1867 (Age 37 years) [Father: Birth]

Family ID F128 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 13 Feb 2018

Family 2	Esther Hastings, b. 20 Aug 1788, Vermont d. 12 May 1863, Windham, Windham County, Vermont (Age 74 years)
Marriage	25 Oct 1858	Londonderry, Windham County, Vermont, married by Sem Pierce, Minister of the Gospel (Sem is a brother of Ezra) [12]
Notes	The maiden name of Ester Hastings is unknown. [DLL.]
Family ID	F320	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Headstones		Hastings, Esther (1788-1863) 2nd wife of Ezra Pierce; first wife of Nathan Hastings; Died May 12, 1868
Headstones		Farr, Mary (Polly)(1790-1856) 1st wife of Ezra Pierce Mary, wife of Ezra Pierce, esq., Died Oct. 13, 1856 AE 66 yrs.

Notes

       In the 1820 Federal Census for Vermont, Ezra Pierce is listed as a resident and head of the household in Windham County, Windham Township. In this household, there is one free, white male under 10 years of age, one free, white male between 18 and 26, and one free, white male between 26 and 45. There are two free, white females under 10 years of age and one free, white female between 26 and 45. Three persons are engaged in agriculture in this family. [EP 02.]
       The 1830 Federal Census for Vermont shows Ezra Pierce listed as a resident and head of household in Windham County, Windham Township. In the household at this time, there is a total of nine individuals. Two males are listed as under five years of age, with three other males - one between five and ten years of age, one between ten and fifteen, and between forty and fifty years of age, the latter probably being Ezra, himself. There are four females in the household. One is under five years of age, a second between ten and fifteen years of age, a third between fifteen and twenty, and the fourth between thirty and forty, probably Ezra's wife, Mary (Polly). [EP 03.]
       With the 1840 Federal Census for Vermont, we find Ezra Pierce as a resident and head of household in Windham County, Windham Township. There are four, free white males: two are between the ages of 10 and 15; one is between 15 and 20; the oldest, between fifty and sixty, is probably Ezra. There are four free, white females: one between the ages of five and ten; one between 10 and 15; one between 20 and 30; and, one between 40 and 50. The latter is most likely Ezra's wife, Mary (Polly). Four members of this family is involved in agriculture. [EP 04.]
       The 1850 Federal Census for Vermont provides more information that previous censuses. Ezra, born in Vermont, now at 62 years of age, is a farmer with approximately $3,000 worth of real estate. His wife, listed as Mary, 60, was born in Massachusetts. There are four children in the household: Henry (assume William Henry), the eldest child, 26, is a (farm) laborer and was born in Vermont; Angeline, the oldest daughter, is 22 and was born in Vermont; Merrill, the second son, 20, is a (farm) laborer, was born in Vermont, and attended school as recently as in the prior year; Florinda, the youngest daughter is 18 and was born in Vermont. Because there are no check marks in box 12, Persons over 20 years of age who cannot read or write, it is assumed that everyone listed is literate.
[EP 05.]
       In the 1860 Federal Census for Vermont, Ezra Pierce is 73 years old, a farmer, and born in Vermont. The value of his real estate is estimated at $3,000 with personal property valued at $2,600. In the same household is a 74 year old female by the name of Esther. The relationship is unknown at this point (2004).[EP 06.] In 2005, after a trip to Vermont and New Hampshire, it was discovered that Ezra married a second time to Esther Hastings (wife of Nathan Hastings - he died in 1852). This second marriage took place in Londonderry, Vermont, on October 25, 1858. There could not have been any children from this marriage because both were too old. [DLL]
       EZRA PIERCE'S GRIST-MILL
       The first grist-mill erected in the town was built by a Mr. Hamilton, on road 29, upon the site now occupied by Pierce's mill. Mr. Hamilton run the mill a number of years, during which time it burned to the ground, and was rebuilt. He was finally killed by a fall from the bridge. Captain Danile Cobb, son of Colonel Daniel Cobb, and father of Mrs. William Harris, subsequently purchase the property, running the business about ten years, when he, too, was killed, or died of wounds received by being caught in some of the machinery. Mr. Pierce, the present proprietor, has enlarged the mill so that it now has three runs of stones, with the capacity for grinding 15,000 bushels of grain per annum, and has also lately put in machinery for manufacturing chair stock. [EP 10.]

Sources

[S2420] Ezra Pierce, death certificate, Windham,Vermont, Town Records, p. 1301, issued by the Public Record Division, State of Vermont, Montpelier, 28 April 2001. [EP 01.].
[S2421] Calculated from Ezra Pierce, death certificate, Windham,Vermont, Town Records, p. 1301, issued by the Public Record Division, State of Vermont, Montpelier, 28 April 2001. [EP 01.] Birth Certificate not found. See EP 09. See F. C. Pierce, Pierce Genealogy IV, p. 107; see also H. C. Pierce, A Record of Births Deaths and Marriages of the First Seven Generations of Pierces in America, p. 180 [EP 07.] Since Nehemiah Pierce removed from Westmoreland, New Hampshire to Windham, Windham County, Vermont in 1787, it is entirely possible that Ezra Pierce was born in Windham IF he was born in 1788. [ DLL.].
[S2424] Ezra Pierce household, 1820 U.S. census, Windham County, Windham Township, page 133; National Archives micropublication M33, rol 128. [EP 02.].
[S2425] Ezra Pierce household, 1839 U.S. census, Windham County, Vermont, page 71; National archives micropublication M 19, roll 186. [EP 03.].
[S2426] Ezra Pierce household, 1840 U.S. census, Windham County, Vermont, page 80, line 9, image 162; National Archives micropublication M 704, roll 547. [EP 04.].
[S2427] Ezra Pierce household, 1850 U.S. census, Windham County, Vermont, Windham township, page 359, dwelling 72, family72; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 929, image 705. [EP 05.].
[S2428] Ezra Pierce household, U.S. census, Windham County, Vermont, Windham township, page 507. dwelling 989, family 973; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 1325. [EP 06.].
[S2429] Child, Hamilton. (1884). Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, VT., 1724-1884. Syracuse, NY: The Journal Office, p. 98. [EP 10.]. See also p. 543 [EP 11.].
[S2423] See Paul West, Inventory of Markers in the Windham Center and South Windham Cemeteries, August 5, 6, and 7, 2000. [PKW 01.].
[S2422] Ezra Pierce, death certificate, Windham,Vermont, Town Records, p. 1301, issued by the Public Record Division, State of Vermont, Montpelier, 28 April 2001. [EP 01.].
[S7287] Marriage Record not found. See EP 08. Although marriage record was not found, the probability of the marriage taking place in Windham, Vermont is large since the Farr family also lived and died there as did the Pierces. [DLL] See F. C. Pierce, Pierce Genealogy IV, p. 107; see also H. C. Pierce, A Record of Births Deaths and Marriages of the First Seven Generations of Pierces in America, p. 180 [EP 07.].
[S7390] Ezra Pierce, marriage record, marriage to Esther Hastings, Londonderry, Vermont, Oct 25, 1858; microfilm F30339, State of Vermont Central Services, Middlesex, Vermont. [EP 12.].

Ezra Pierce[1]

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