Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joshua Peirce and Rachel Gilpin




Husband Joshua Peirce 1 2

            AKA: Joshua Pearce,3 Joshua Pierce 4
           Born: 5 Mar 1684 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Nov 1752 2 3
         Buried: 


         Father: George Pearce (      -Abt 1734) 3 5
         Mother: Ann Gainer (      -      ) 3 5 6


       Marriage: 15 Nov 1722 2 3

   Other Spouse: Ann Mercer (      -      ) 7 - 28 Oct 1713 3



Wife Rachel Gilpin 2 4 8

           Born: 12 Feb 1696 - Birmingham Twp, Chester Co, PA 2 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 May 1776 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Joseph Gilpin (1663-1739) 4 8 10
         Mother: Hannah Glover (      -1757) 4 9 10




Children
1 M Joshua Peirce 2 11

           Born: 22 Mar 1724 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Ann Baily (      -      ) 11


2 M Joseph Peirce 2 11

           Born: 16 Dec 1725 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 May 1811 11
         Buried: 



3 M Caleb Peirce 2 11

           Born: 2 Feb 1727 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Dec 1815 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )


4 M Isaac Peirce 2 11

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Hannah Sellers (      -      ) 11



General Notes: Husband - Joshua Peirce

Kennett, Chester Co, PA

He settled in the eastern part of East Marlborough township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he built a brick mansion in 1730, still standing [1911], and in possession of the family until 1906.

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Sources


1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 570, 655, 678.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 426.

3 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 678.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 338.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 875.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 431.

7 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 655, 678.

8 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 570, 678.

9 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 570.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 424, 606.

11 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 679.


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