Hannah Phillips Head Pierce & Jonathan Pierce
Daughters l to r: Hannah Maria, Julia, Mary, Susan, Miranda
 

Jonathan D. and Hannah Phillips Head

Jonathan D. Pierce was born April 15, 1801 in Rhode Island and died August 3, 1866. He was buried at Seaconnet Cemetery, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island.

He married Hannah Phillips Head, Daughter of Daniel and Hannah Phillips Head, was born April 4, 1803 and died December 3, 1879.

They lived in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Home of Jonathan D. & Hannah Phillips Head Pierce in Little Compton, Rhode Island

Children:

1. Miranda Pierce (February 22, 1824 Rhode Island - November 17, 1905) - never married

2. George W. Pierce (February 12, 1826 Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island - October 27, 1851 Acapulco, Baja California, Mexico) - married Harriet A. ____

3. Hannah Maria Pierce (March 8, 1828 Newport County, Rhode Island - July 7, 1900 Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey)
Married Christopher Chester Gifford
Children:
a. Charles L. Gifford
b. George Chester Gifford

4. Frederic Horatio Pierce (November 29, 1830 Rhode Island - November 4, 1899)

5. Mary Durfee Pierce (October 1, 1833 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island - March 26, 1910 Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts)
married 1st Benjamin C. Borden (May 14, 1825 Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts - September 22, 1891)
Children:
a. Lizzie O. Borden (1859 Massachusetts)
b. Abel Pierce Borden (May 5, 1866 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island - October 18, 1934) Married Maria Withers Hough (1866 - 1963)
c. Frank Eleazer Borden (May 11, 1869 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island - September 1, 1928 Houston, Harris, Texas)

6. Abel Head "Shanghai" Pierce (June 29, 1834 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island - December 26, 1900)
Buried at Hawley Cemetery, near Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas
Married 1st Frances "Fannie" Lacy
Married 2nd Hattie James

7. Julia A. Pierce (August 2, 1837 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island - May 21, 1909)
Married 1st Aaron Bradford (died July 28, 1879) September 28, 1856
a. George P. Bradford
b. Frank Bradford
Married 2nd Joshua Cole in 1881

8. Jonathan Edwards Pierce (December 6, 1839 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island - March 29, 1915 Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas)
Buried at Hawley Cemetery, near Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas
Married 1st Nannie Deborah Lacy (August 11, 1845 - February 15, 1896)
a. John Phillips Pierce (November 5, 1868 - April 30, 1939) Buried at Hawley Cemetery, near Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas
b. Pearl Lacy Pierce
c. Abel Brown Pierce, Sr. (December 4, 1874 - May 23, 1944) m Adelaide Emily Hall Both buried at Hawley Cemetery, near Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas
d. Grace Harriet Pierce married William Walter "Pudge" Heffelfinger Both buried at Hawley Cemetery, near Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas
Married 2nd Grace Lawrence (September 8, 1864 - October 17, 1900)
James Lawrence Pierce (1899 - May 12, 1931) Buried Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Texas
Evelyn Pierce (October 9, 1900 - October 12, 1902) Buried at Hawley Cemetery, near Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas

9. Susan E. Pierce (November 20, 1841 Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island - September 26, 1920 Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas) Buried at Hawley Cemetery, near Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas
Married Wylie Martin Kuykendall (October 22, 1839 Fort Bend County, Texas - January 31, 1920 San Marcos, Hays County, Texas)
 

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