Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Pierson was born in 1728, in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, her father, Josiah Peirson, was 33 and her mother, Martha Halsey, was 30. She married Stephen Jagger on 24 January 1751, in Southampton, Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 30 January 1764, in Southampton, Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 36, and was buried in Westhampton, Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Martha Jagger, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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