When Josiah G Pierce was born on 18 June 1787, in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Josiah Pierce, was 36 and his mother, Miriam Pierce, was 30. He married Jemima Thornton on 13 October 1814, in Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died in May 1868, in Barrington, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Geneva, Kane, Illinois, United States.
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The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
George Washington elected first president of United States.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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