Michael J. (Captain) Pierce

1615 - 1676  (61 years)

• Name	Michael J. (Captain) Pierce
  Birth	1615	Bristol, Glouchester, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Mar 1676	Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I20816	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Father	20 Richard Pierce, III,   b. 1540, Pearce Hall, Yorkshire, England d. 13 Jul 1641, Norwich, Norfolk, England (Age 101 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marquerite Coney,   b. 1550, Panington, Gloucestershire, England d. 1615, Panington, Gloucestershire, England (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1582	Norwich, Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F4328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Persis Eames,   b. 28 Oct 1621, St. George, Fordington, Dorsetshire, England d. 31 Dec 1667, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	1644	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Pierce,   b. Abt 1654, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Ruth Pierce,   b. 1665, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA d. 1748 (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Persis Pierce,   b. 7 Jan 1645, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1646, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Benjamin Pierce,   b. 1646, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 May 1730, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Ephraim Pierce,   b. 1650, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Sep 1719, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Deborah Pierce,   b. Abt 1656, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Sarah Pierce,   b. Abt 1656, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Bef 9 May 1665, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age < 9 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Anna Pierce,   b. Abt 1657, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Elder John Pierce,   b. 8 Sep 1659, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 8 Sep 1750, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Abigail Pierce,   b. 26 Dec 1662, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Sep 1723, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Abiah Pierce,   b. 1654, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Mar 1721, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Anna James,   b. Abt 1639, Bristol, Gloucester, England
  Marriage	Bef 1 Jun 1663
  Family ID	F5837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Captain Michael Pierce was born in 1615. He married Persis Eames in 1643. Captain Michael Pierce died on 26 March 1676. The battle in King Phillip's War where Captain Pierce lost his life is detailed as follows: "Sunday the 26th of March, 1676, was sadly remarkable to us for the tidings of a very deplorable disaster brought into Boston about five o'clock that afternoon, by a post from Dedham, viz., that Captain Pierce [of] Scituate in Plimouth colony, having intelligence in his garrison at Seaconicke, that a party of the enemy lay near Mr. Blackstone's, went forth with 63 English and 20 of the Cape Indians (who had all along continued faithful, and joyned with them), and upon their march discovered rambling in an obscure woody place, 4 or 5 Indians, who, in getting away from us halted as if they had been lame or wounded; But our men had pursued them but a little way into the woods before they found them to be only Decoys to draw them into their Ambuscade; for on a sudden, they discovered about 500 Indians, who in very good order, furiously attaqued them, being as readily received by ours. So that the fight began to be very fierce and dubious, and our men had made the Enemy begin to retreat, but so slowly that it scarce deserved the name, when a fresh company of about 400 Indians came in; so that the English and their few Indian friends were quite surrounded and beset on every side; Yet they made a brave resistance for about two hours; During all which time they did great execution upon the Enemy, whom they kept at a distance, and themselves in order: For Captain Pierce cast his 63 English and 20 Indians into a ring, and [6] fought back to back, and were double-double distance all in one ring, whilst the Indians were as thick as they could stand, Thirty deep. Overpowered with whose numbers, the said Captain and 55 of his English and 10 of their Indian friends were slain upon the place, which in such a cause and upon such disadvantages may certainly be titled "The Bed of Honour." However, they sold their worthy lives at a gallant rate, it being affirmed by those few that (not without wonderful difficulty and many wounds) made their escape, that the Indians lost as many Fighting men in this engagement as were killed in the battle in the swamp near Narragansett, mentioned in our last letter, which were generally computed to be above Three hundred." The site of this battle field is a Pierce Park in Central Falls, Rhode Island

  
  

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