Pierce Family History & Genealogy

History

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Name Origin

(1) English, Welsh and Irish, from the personal name, Piers, the usual Norman vernacular form of Peter. In Whales this represents a patronymic ap of Piers. In Ireland it represents a reduced anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais "son of Piaras", a Gaelicized form of Piers.
(2) Americanized form of "some" similar-sounding Jewish surname.
From the "Dictionary of American family names", Oxford University press, Mar 2003

Spellings & Pronunciations

In early colonial times it was spelled, "Pers, Perse (purse) Piers, Peirce and then to the present, Pierce.
From the book, "Pierce Genealogy, being a record of the posterity of Thomas Pierce, an early inhabitant of Charlestown and later Charlestown villiage (Woburn), in New England" by Frederic B. Pierce and Frederic C Pierce, published 1882

Nationality & Ethnicity

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Famous People named Pierce

14 TH President, Franklin Pierce 1804-1869

Early Pierces

These are the earliest records we have of the Pierce family.

• Richard Percy Percy, Jr born 1540
• First Spouce Pierce born 1549
• John Pierce born 1571
• Maud Jenkins Pierce born 1575
• Abraham Pierce born 1600
• Robert (Pearse) Pierce born 1612
• Anna Pierce born 1672
• Thomas Pierce born 1679
• Isaac Pierce/peirce Pierce, Ii born 1680
• John Pierce born 1718