John Pierce

Bef 1517 - 1586  (~ 69 years)

• Name	John Pierce
  Birth	Bef 1517	, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	21/21 FEB/FEB 1585/1586	Challock, Kent, England
  Person ID	I5134	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Agnes,   b. Abt 1520, , Kent, England bur. 10 Dec 1592, Challock, Kent, England (Age ~ 72 years)
  Children	1. Margaret Pierce,   b. Bef 1538, of Challock, Kent, England bur. 17/17 MAR/MAR 1602/1603, Challock, Kent, England (Age ~ 65 years)   2. Elizabeth Pierce,   b. Bef 1539, of Challock, Kent, England bur. 28 Apr 1566, Molash, Kent, England (Age ~ 27 years)   3. Richard Pierce,   b. Bef 1550, of Challock, Kent, England bur. 19 Aug 1621, Challock, Kent, England (Age ~ 71 years)   4. Mary Pierce,   b. Bef 1551, of Challock, Kent, England bur. 8 Jan 1624, Elham, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years)   5. Sampson Pierce,   b. Bef 1558, of Challock, Kent, England bur. 7/07 FEB/FEB 1615/1616, Stalisfield, Kent, England (Age ~ 58 years)   6. Rabige Pierce,   b. Bef 1558, of Challock, Kent, England bur. 30 Nov 1580, Challock, Kent, England (Age ~ 22 years)   7. Nicholas Pierce,   b. Bef 1558, of Challock, Kent, England   8. Christian Pierce,   b. Bef 1558, of Challock, Kent, England   9. Thomas Pierce,   b. Bef 1558, of Challock, Kent, England   10. James Pierce,   b. Bef 1558, of Challock, Kent, England
  Family ID	F2330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 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. 2. Jack Cade's Rebellion of 1450: A Database of Names of those Receiving Pardons, taken from Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry VI 5 (1909) pp. 338-374 accessed from https://familysearch.org. This spreadsheet of about 3449 persons was created by Merton Historical Society in September 2014, and is accessible at http://www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/index.php?cat=morden&sec=!rebels For more detail on this listing and the event see http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/007%20-%201868/007-03.pdf Pierce: Richard Piers, Caldyng (sic), Kent, draper 3. The following extraction was made from the "Index to the Kent Lay Subsidy Roll of 1334/5," by H.A. Hanley, B.A. and C.W. Chalklin, M.A., B. Litt <http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/KRV/18/7/313.htm> accessed 11 Feb 2016. From this index, the actual entries are found in "The Kent Lay Subsidy Roll of 1334/5," by the same authors <http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/KRV/18/3/058-172.htm> accessed 12 Feb 2016. The second document more fully explains the history of this Lay Subsidy. This was a tax assessed on householders; however, it probably only represents about 50% of the householders since the poorer families were not assessed: Pers, Jn., 162 (Bordenne in Middeltone [Borden in Milton]: Tenth). Pieres, Geoff., 71 (Hundred of Ryngeslo [Ringslow]); Hen., 114 (Hundred of Lauerkefeld [Larkfield]); Jn., 85 (Hundred of Whytstaple [Whitstable]), 114 (Hundred of Lauerkefeld [Larkfield]), 115 (Hundred of Lauerkefeld [Larkfield]), 117 (Hundred of Maydenestane [Maidenstone]); Rd., 115 (Hundred of Lauerkefeld [Larkfield]); Robt., 115 (Hundred of Lauerkefeld [Larkfield]); Sim., 85 (Hundred of Whytstaple [Whitstable]). Py(e)r(e)s, Adam, 136 (Vill of Lennes); wid. of Gerald, 151 (Hundred of Loniberghe [Loningborough]); Hamon, 86 (Hundred of Westgate); Jn., 73 (Hundred of Ryngeslo [Ringslow]), 135 (Hundred of Rokesle [Ruxley]); Nich., 151 (Hundred of Loniberghe [Loningborough]); Robt., 151 (Hundred of Loniberghe [Loningborough]); Thos., 151 (Hundred of Loniberghe [Loningborough]); wid. of Wm., 165 (Bailiwick of West in Middeltone [West in Milton]: Tenth). DEATH: 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 BURIAL: 1. Findmypast's "Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry burials 1538-1988": John Pierce, bur. 21 Feb 1585 [findmypast.com has the image attached, year is 1585/86] at Challock, SS Cosmas & Damian, Kent, England. Archive: Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Archive reference: U3/27/1/1.