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- Name change from PERCY to PIERCE/PEARCE
• About Peter De Percy/Richard Pierce This information was taken from Pearce Genealogy Being the Record of the Posterity of Richard Pearce an Early Inhabitant of Portsmouth, in Rhode Island, Who came from England, and whose Genealogy is traced back to 974 with an Introduction of the Male Descendants of Josceline De Louvaine, the Second House of Percy, Earls of Northumberland, Barons Percy and Territorial Lords of Alnwick, Warkworth and Prudhoe Castles in the County of Northumberland, England, by Col. Frederick C. Pierce, Author of Peirce History, Pierce Genealogy, etc. Member of the British Harlequin and other historical societies. 1888 Rockford, Illinois. Page 36 THE AMERICAN BRANCH. From the foregoing historical sketch of the English branch of the Percies it will be seen that Peter17 Percy* was son of Ralph16 Percy; he (Peter17) was born in 1447 and his descent is as follows from the first ancestor: Galfred1, William2, Alan3, William4, William5, Agnes6, Henry7, William8, Henry9, Henry10, Henry11, Henry12, Henry13, Henry14, Henry15, Ralph16. Peter17 Percy had a son Richard18.
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• The father was standard bearer to Richard the Third at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Richard18 founded Pearce Hall in York, England, where he lived and died leaving an eldest son Richard19, Jr. Richard19, Jr. resided on the homestead of his father and had two sons Richard20,Jr., b. 1590, and William20. It was at this time that the spelling of the name in this branch was changed from Percy to Pearce. RICHARD20 PEARCE, JR., (Richard19) b. 1590; m. in England Martha _____. He resided in Bristol, England, and came to America in the ship "Lyons" from that place. His brother, Capt. William Pearce, was master of the ship. Children: 1. i. RICHARD21, b. 1615; m. Susannah Wright. 2. ii. JOHN21, b. _____; m. Mary ____, and Mrs. Rebecca Wheeler. iii. SAMUEL, b. iv. HANNAH, b. v. MARTHA, b. vi. SARAH, b. vii. WILLIAM, b. viii. MARY, b. CAPT. WILLIAM20 PEARCE (Richard19), b. in Bristol, England about 1595; m. _____. He d. July 13, 1641 (Boston Town Records). Res. Bristol, England, Boston, Mass., and Providence, Bahama Island.
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1540 - 1641 (101 years)
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