Sarah Pierce

Brief Life History of Sarah

Sarah Pierce was born on 27 May 1784, in Pentre, Flintshire, Wales as the daughter of William Pierce. She died on 19 August 1788, in her hometown, at the age of 4.

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William Pierce
1739–1800
Sarah Pierce
1784–1788
Robert Pierce
1788–1789
Margaret Pierce
1796–

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    Name Meaning

    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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