When David Ludlam Pierson Sr. was born on 5 September 1741, in Fairfield Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States, his father, Henry Pierson, was 37 and his mother, Hannah Bower, was 35. He married Hannah Lawrence on 10 May 1759, in Cumberland, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 16 March 1813, at the age of 71.
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Historical Boundaries 1748: Cumberland, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
"During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
English: variant of Pearson .
North German: patronymic from the personal name Pier, a variant of Peer, vernacular shortened form of Peter . Compare Peerson .
History: Born in Yorkshire, England, Abraham Pierson (1609–78) was the first pastor of the settlements at Southampton, Long Island, NY; Branford, CT, and Newark, NJ. He left his library of more than 400 books, one of the most extensive in the colonies, to his son Abraham, who was one of the first trustees of Yale College.
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