Pierce Genealogy, No. IV (1889)

A compiled genealogy of the descendants of Capt. Michael Pierce of Scituate and others. It prints Michael Pierce’s will of 15 Jan 1675/6 (pp. 34-35): “being now by the appointment of God going out to war, against the Indians, doe make this my last will”; “my daughter, Abigail Holbrook five pounds”; “my daughter Mary Holbrook, twenty pounds”; £5 each to his grandchildren Elizabeth and Abigail Holbrook; “my beloved wife Annah Pierce.” It also has his apprentice of 15 July 1653, taken as “Michael Pierce of Hingham” (p. 21), his captain’s commission of 1669 (p. 17n), his two marriages (pp. 33-34), and Abigail’s marriage to John Holbrook, with sons Thomas (b. 15 Jan 1672) and John (b. 19 Nov 1686) (p. 36).