When Betsey Pierce was born on 22 July 1797, in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Joshua Pierce, was 31 and her mother, Betsey Whitney, was 29. She married Daniel Cole on 10 October 1819, in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 4 August 1858, in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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English, Welsh, and Irish: from the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Piers, Peres, Peris, an Old French nominative of Pierre or Per, the French form of Peter . Pierce is especially frequent in northwestern Wales and Lancashire, while Pearce is the more common spelling in the rest of England. In Ireland Pierce and Pearse represent a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.
Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.
History: Franklin Pierce (1804–69), 14th president of the US, was born in Hillsborough, NH, on the New England frontier. His English ancestor Thomas Pierce emigrated to Charlestown, MA, in 1633/34.
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