Brief Life History of Thomas
Thomas Pearce Sr was born in 1723, in Wootton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. He married Sarah Wigg on 19 November 1761, in Wooton Saint Lawrence, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
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- Thomas Peirce, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Thos, "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986"
- Thomas Peirce in entry for Judith Peirce, "England, Buckinghamshire, Church Records, 1217-1994"
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World Events (4)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
Welsh, English, and Irish: variant of Pierce .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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