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Richard Pierce

Male Bef 1550 - 1621  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Richard Pierce 
    Born Bef 1550  of Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 19 Aug 1621  Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5129  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father John Pierce,   b. Bef 1517, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 21/21 Feb 1585/6, Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Agnes,   b. Abt 1520, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 10 Dec 1592, Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Family ID F2272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Wattes,   c. 31 Dec 1562, Kingsnorth, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 30 Mar 1624, Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Married 17 Jul 1588  Kingsnorth, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F2285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Family Search's "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23170-37641-73?cc=1949814 : 20 May 2014), Kent, Diocese of Canterbury > Wills > 1585, A-Z > image 151 of 202; County Record Office, Maidstone. <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RGZ-985L?i=150&wc=M68V-5M9%3A250713801%2C250719201%2C251233301%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814>
      Will: John Peers, Challock,1583-1585, PRC/32/35/218, PRC/31/29 P/6, 1585
      England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881
      Will written 29 December 1583, John Peers of Challock, Kent, yeoman
      -to be buried in the church yard of Challock
      -poor of Challock
      -the children of Margarett Farbrace my daughter
      -2 daughters of Elizabeth Widyard? my daughter
      -godson John Vidian
      -children of Mary Bratt my daughter
      -Edward Bratt the son of Mary Bratt my daughter
      -servant Nicolas Worsiter
      -servant Thomas Wodland
      -daughter Christian Peers
      -residue to wife Annes and my son Richard, who are executors
      -wife have profit of all my lands in Kent for her natural life
      -my principal tenement where I now dwell to my son Richard
      -son Sampson Peers
      -if son Richard Peers dies without male heires, in default to son Sampson
      -in default to son Thomas Peers
      -son James Peers
      -Witnesses Serlys Hawker, Richardg Gyles, Rychard Honyfold
      Proved 1585

      2. Extraction of Pierce (and variants thereof) from Challock, Kent, England Parish records (FHL film 1850342) from parish beginning of 1558 until 1635 (this Parish is also called "Challock SS [Saints?] Comos and Damian"):
      -21 Sep 1579, Sampson Pyerce and Ann Crafte mar.
      -29 Jul 1580, Margret Pyerce bap.
      -30 Nov 1580, Rabyge Pyerce bur. (From other Rabyges in the marriage records, this is determined to be a female; perhaps a variant of Rebecca.)
      -20 Jan 1582/3, Elizabeth Pyerce bap.; 2 Feb 1582, Elizabeth Pyerce bur.
      -27 Dec 1583, John Pyerce bap., 21 Feb 1585/6, John Pierce bur.
      -14 Aug 1586, Richard Pierce bap.; 4 Dec 1586, Richard Pierce bur.
      -3 Dec 1587, Elizabeth Pierce bap.
      -17 Feb 1588/9, Sampson Pierce bap.
      -29 Dec 1591, Jone Pierce dau. of Sampson bap.
      -2 Jan 1591/2, Jone Pyerce dau. of Ri. Py. bap.
      -10 Dec 1592, Agnes Pyerce widd. bur.
      -14 May 1593, Nicholas Pyerce and Susan Snoth mar.
      -29 Aug 1594, Thomas Pyerce bap.
      -20 Oct 1594, Ursula Pyerce bap.
      -19 Mar 1596/7, Henry Pyerce bap.
      -20 Jun 1597, Jone Pyerce bur.
      -27 Aug 1598, Susan Pyerce bap.; 30 Aug 1598, Susan Pyerce, dau. of Sampson bur. (Died with her mother Ann.)
      -30 Aug 1598, Ann Pyerce, wife of Sampson bur. (Died with her infant newborn dau. Susan.)
      -12 Jul 1601, Gabriell Pyerce, son of Samson bap.
      -29 Nov 1601, John Pyerce, son of Richard bap.
      -4 Mar 1602/3, John Pyerce, son of Samson bur.
      -14 Oct 1603, Elizabeth Peirce, dau. of Sampson Peirce bap.
      -20 Feb 1612/13, Thomas Peerce bur.
      -16 Sep 1616, Tamsine/Tomsen Peerce/Pearce and Abiah Park mar. [Variant in Canterbury Marriage records]
      -29 Mar 1618, Richard Peerce, son of Sampson bap.
      -8 Aug 1619, Tamasine Peerce, dau. of Sampson bap.
      -20 Jan 1620/1, Andrewe Pierse, son of Sampson bap.
      -19 Aug 1621, Richard Pierce bur.
      -30 Mar 1624, Margaret Pierce widdowe bur.
      -4 Apr 1624, John Pierce, son of Sampson bap.
      -6 Nov 1625, Elizabeth Piers, dau. of Sampson bap.
      -13 Sep 1629, Thomas Piers, son of Sampson bap.
      -27 Dec 1635, Margaret Peirce, dau. of Sampson and Dennie his wife bap.
      Arrangement of extracted entries into probable family groups; note that many of the parish entries lack relationship details (such as who the father is in a baptism); consequently, some of the following is subjective due to limited information:
      Family 1 -- Unknown father and Agnes ___; 10 Dec 1592, Agnes Pyerce widd. bur.:
      -bef 1558 Sampson Pierce, father of Family 2 born. (Parish records begin 1558 and his baptism is not mentioned.)
      -bef 1558 Richard Pierce, father of Family 3 born. (Parish records begin 1558 and his baptism is not mentioned.)
      -30 Nov 1580, Rabyge Pyerce bur. (From other Rabyges in the marriage records, this is determined to be a female; perhaps a variant of Rebecca.)
      -14 May 1593, Nicholas Pyerce and Susan Snoth mar.
      Family 2 -- Parents Sampson Pierce with two wives; Sampson is a son in Family 1:
      Wife #1 -- Ann Craft; 21 Sep 1579, Sampson Pyerce and Ann Crafte mar.; 30 Aug 1598, Ann Pyerce, wife of Sampson bur. (Died with her infant newborn dau. Susan.):
      -29 Jul 1580, Margret Pyerce bap.
      -20 Jan 1582/3, Elizabeth Pyerce bap.; 2 Feb 1582, Elizabeth Pyerce bur.
      -27 Dec 1583, John Pyerce bap., 21 Feb 1585/6, John Pierce bur.
      -14 Aug 1586, Richard Pierce bap.; 4 Dec 1586, Richard Pierce bur.
      -3 Dec 1587, Elizabeth Pierce bap.
      -29 Dec 1591, Jone Pierce dau. of Sampson bap.
      -20 Oct 1594, Ursula Pyerce bap.
      -19 Mar 1596/7, Henry Pyerce bap. (Possibly named for mother's father Henry Craft?)
      -27 Aug 1598, Susan Pyerce bap.; 30 Aug 1598, Susan Pyerce, dau. of Sampson bur. (Died with her mother Ann.)
      Wife #2 -- Not mentioned in Challock but found in Stalisfield: Ann Gyles:
      -12 Jul 1601, Gabriell Pyerce, son of Samson bap.
      -4 Mar 1602/3, John Pyerce, son of Samson bur.
      -14 Oct 1603, Elizabeth Peirce, dau. of Sampson Peirce bap.
      Family 3 -- Father Richard Pierce and Margaret Wattes (marriage found 17 Jul 1588 in nearby Kingsnorth); 19 Aug 1621, Richard Pierce bur.; 30 Mar 1624, Margaret Pierce widdowe bur.; Richard is probably a son in Family 1:
      -17 Feb 1588/9, Sampson Pierce bap. (Sampson becomes the father of Family 4)
      -2 Jan 1591/2, Jone Pyerce dau. of Ri. Py. bap.; 20 Jun 1597, Jone Pyerce bur.
      -29 Aug 1594, Thomas Pyerce bap.; 20 Feb 1612/13, Thomas Peerce bur.
      -16 Sep 1616, Tamsine/Tomsen Peerce/Pearce and Abiah Park mar.
      -29 Nov 1601, John Pyerce, son of Richard bap.
      Family 4 -- Parents Sampson Pierce and Dennie ___ (Sampson is the son in Family 2):
      -29 Mar 1618, Richard Peerce, son of Sampson bap.
      -8 Aug 1619, Tamasine Peerce, dau. of Sampson bap.
      -20 Jan 1620/1, Andrewe Pierse, son of Sampson bap.
      -4 Apr 1624, John Pierce, son of Sampson bap.
      -6 Nov 1625, Elizabeth Piers, dau. of Sampson bap.
      -13 Sep 1629, Thomas Piers, son of Sampson bap.
      -27 Dec 1635, Margaret Peirce, dau. of Sampson and Dennie his wife bap.