Individual Details
Jane Pierce
(Abt 1600 - Aft 1625)
[[Category: Blessing, sailed June 18, 1609]]
[[Category: Colony of Virginia, Immigrants from England]]
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== Biography ==
} '''Joan Peirce'''[http://www.jamestowne.org/parry---peirce.html Jamestowne Society]: Peirce, Joan - A9683; (Muster of 1624/5), wife of John Rolfe and Roger Smith. ''accessed 28 July 2019'' : aka Jane PierceNugent, Nell Marion, (1934) ''Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800, 1st ed.'' Richmond: Dietz Print Co., [https://archive.org/stream/cavalierspioneer00nuge#page/n45/mode/2up Archive.org] (Page xxx).
: Jane was the daughter of [[Pierce-336|William Pierce]], Ancient Planter, Lt. Gov. of James Cittie, and member of Council.Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915) ''Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I-II.'' New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, [https://archive.org/stream/encyclopediavir03unkngoog#page/n128/mode/2up Archive.org] (Vol 1, Pages 101-102). Capt. William Pierce is listed in the ''Muster of 23 January 1624[/5]'' at James Citty with his wife, Jone, and other members of the household.Hotten, John Camden, (1874) ''The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles ...'' London: Hotten, [https://archive.org/stream/cavalierspioneer00nuge#page/n45/mode/2up Page 224].William Pierce's wife Jone is profiled in WikiTree as [[Phippen-17|Jone Phippen]]. No children are shown in the ''Muster'' as being in the Pierce household.
: Jane Pierce, daughter of William Pierce of Virginia, married [[Rolfe-2|John Rolfe]] (as his 3rd wife). They had a daughter, [[Rolfe-403|Elizabeth]],Lyon Gardiner Tyler. ''Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography'', entry for [http://vagenweb.org/tylers_bios/vol1-08.htm#johnrolfe John Rolfe] (accessed 24 May 2020). born about 1620.Tyler has Jane's marriage to John Rolfe in 1620. [http://libertyletters.com/resources/jamestown/jane-pierce.php This article] on Jane by Nancy LeSourd (accessed 24 May 2020) has their marriage in 1619 and Elizabeth's birth in 1620. The article also says she married Roger Smith the same year that John died (1622), which is probable - a widow with a young child would have remarried quickly in colonial Virginia. The entry for John Rolfe in McCartney's ''Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers'' says (on page [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA607 608]): "The Rolfes produced a daugther, Elizabeth, around 1621."
: John died in 1622, and she was married to [[Smith-21192|Roger Smith]] by the time of the 1624/5 Jamestown Muster.[http://www.virtualjamestown.org/Muster/search.muster.cgi?start_page=0&search_type=basic&database=muster_1624&last=pierce&first=&muster=&age-op=&age1=&age2=&month=&year=&date= Pierce search] (28 July 2019), [http://www.virtualjamestown.org/Muster/search.muster.cgi?start_page=0&search_type=basic&database=muster_1624&last=smith&first=&muster=smith+roger+capt&age-op=&age1=&age2=&month=&year=&date= Smith search].
== Research Notes =='''Estimated Birth''': c1600 based on other known (or estimated) dates.
'''Son John''': Roger and Jane (Pierce) Smith may have had a son, [[Smith-21191|John]],Harrison Thomas LaTour. Website: LaTour Genealogical Collection URL: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=kingharry&id=I11889 Date: 2009-03-18. ''Note -'' This link leads to a search page as of 24 May 2020. but there is no mention of him in McCartney's ''Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers'' (see Roger Smith's entry on [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA41 page 41], accessed 24 May 2020).
=== Immigration ===: It is unclear whether William Pierce's wife (at the time of sailing) was the mother of his daughter.
Capt. Pierce was a passenger on the ill-fated ''Sea Venture'' in 1609. His wife and daughter were both reported to have arrived on the ''Blessing'', but the year isn't given. The Muster reports only one other surviving ''Blessing'' passenger.
The ''Blessing'' was one of the 9 vessels which formed the Somers/Gates fleet of 1609 (the so-called Third Supply fleet). It survived the storm and arrived in August. It returned to England in October, and crossed again with Lord Delaware's rescue mission of 1610.
At the time of Delaware's departure from England, the ''Sea Venture'' passengers were in Bermuda, but nobody knew that. The news in England was that Pierce and the rest of the ''Sea Venture'' passengers, and most of the fleet's supplies, were missing, and probably lost, and if so, the colony would seem unlikely to have fared well.
It seems unlikely that Pierce's wife and daughter would have sailed in these circumstances. More probably they sailed with Pierce in 1609, though on a different ship for some reason.
=== Jamestowne Muster ===A search of records for the 1624 Jamestown Muster available online through virtualjamestown.org return the following:
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== Sources ==
* Jamestowne Society - http://www.jamestowne.org/parry---peirce.html* ''Liberty Letters'' [http://libertyletters.com/resources/jamestown/jane-pierce.php blog]: "Jane Pierce," by Nancy LeSourd.* McCartney, Martha W (2007). ''Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers'', pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA607 607], [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA607 608], [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA649 649].
[[Category: Colony of Virginia, Immigrants from England]]
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== Biography ==
} '''Joan Peirce'''[http://www.jamestowne.org/parry---peirce.html Jamestowne Society]: Peirce, Joan - A9683; (Muster of 1624/5), wife of John Rolfe and Roger Smith. ''accessed 28 July 2019'' : aka Jane PierceNugent, Nell Marion, (1934) ''Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800, 1st ed.'' Richmond: Dietz Print Co., [https://archive.org/stream/cavalierspioneer00nuge#page/n45/mode/2up Archive.org] (Page xxx).
: Jane was the daughter of [[Pierce-336|William Pierce]], Ancient Planter, Lt. Gov. of James Cittie, and member of Council.Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915) ''Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I-II.'' New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, [https://archive.org/stream/encyclopediavir03unkngoog#page/n128/mode/2up Archive.org] (Vol 1, Pages 101-102). Capt. William Pierce is listed in the ''Muster of 23 January 1624[/5]'' at James Citty with his wife, Jone, and other members of the household.Hotten, John Camden, (1874) ''The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles ...'' London: Hotten, [https://archive.org/stream/cavalierspioneer00nuge#page/n45/mode/2up Page 224].William Pierce's wife Jone is profiled in WikiTree as [[Phippen-17|Jone Phippen]]. No children are shown in the ''Muster'' as being in the Pierce household.
: Jane Pierce, daughter of William Pierce of Virginia, married [[Rolfe-2|John Rolfe]] (as his 3rd wife). They had a daughter, [[Rolfe-403|Elizabeth]],Lyon Gardiner Tyler. ''Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography'', entry for [http://vagenweb.org/tylers_bios/vol1-08.htm#johnrolfe John Rolfe] (accessed 24 May 2020). born about 1620.Tyler has Jane's marriage to John Rolfe in 1620. [http://libertyletters.com/resources/jamestown/jane-pierce.php This article] on Jane by Nancy LeSourd (accessed 24 May 2020) has their marriage in 1619 and Elizabeth's birth in 1620. The article also says she married Roger Smith the same year that John died (1622), which is probable - a widow with a young child would have remarried quickly in colonial Virginia. The entry for John Rolfe in McCartney's ''Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers'' says (on page [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA607 608]): "The Rolfes produced a daugther, Elizabeth, around 1621."
: John died in 1622, and she was married to [[Smith-21192|Roger Smith]] by the time of the 1624/5 Jamestown Muster.[http://www.virtualjamestown.org/Muster/search.muster.cgi?start_page=0&search_type=basic&database=muster_1624&last=pierce&first=&muster=&age-op=&age1=&age2=&month=&year=&date= Pierce search] (28 July 2019), [http://www.virtualjamestown.org/Muster/search.muster.cgi?start_page=0&search_type=basic&database=muster_1624&last=smith&first=&muster=smith+roger+capt&age-op=&age1=&age2=&month=&year=&date= Smith search].
== Research Notes =='''Estimated Birth''': c1600 based on other known (or estimated) dates.
'''Son John''': Roger and Jane (Pierce) Smith may have had a son, [[Smith-21191|John]],Harrison Thomas LaTour. Website: LaTour Genealogical Collection URL: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=kingharry&id=I11889 Date: 2009-03-18. ''Note -'' This link leads to a search page as of 24 May 2020. but there is no mention of him in McCartney's ''Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers'' (see Roger Smith's entry on [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA41 page 41], accessed 24 May 2020).
=== Immigration ===: It is unclear whether William Pierce's wife (at the time of sailing) was the mother of his daughter.
Capt. Pierce was a passenger on the ill-fated ''Sea Venture'' in 1609. His wife and daughter were both reported to have arrived on the ''Blessing'', but the year isn't given. The Muster reports only one other surviving ''Blessing'' passenger.
The ''Blessing'' was one of the 9 vessels which formed the Somers/Gates fleet of 1609 (the so-called Third Supply fleet). It survived the storm and arrived in August. It returned to England in October, and crossed again with Lord Delaware's rescue mission of 1610.
At the time of Delaware's departure from England, the ''Sea Venture'' passengers were in Bermuda, but nobody knew that. The news in England was that Pierce and the rest of the ''Sea Venture'' passengers, and most of the fleet's supplies, were missing, and probably lost, and if so, the colony would seem unlikely to have fared well.
It seems unlikely that Pierce's wife and daughter would have sailed in these circumstances. More probably they sailed with Pierce in 1609, though on a different ship for some reason.
=== Jamestowne Muster ===A search of records for the 1624 Jamestown Muster available online through virtualjamestown.org return the following:
:
== Sources ==
* Jamestowne Society - http://www.jamestowne.org/parry---peirce.html* ''Liberty Letters'' [http://libertyletters.com/resources/jamestown/jane-pierce.php blog]: "Jane Pierce," by Nancy LeSourd.* McCartney, Martha W (2007). ''Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers'', pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA607 607], [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA607 608], [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA649 649].
Events
| Birth | Abt 1600 | Heacham, Norfolk, England | |||
| Marriage | 1619 | Colony of Virginia - Captain John Rolfe | |||
| Marriage | 1624 | Colony of Virginia - Captain Roger Smith | |||
| Death | Aft 1625 | Jamestown, James City County, Colony of Virginia, America | |||
| Alt name | Rolfe | ||||
| Reference No | 1012084 | ||||
| Reference No | 1033405 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Captain Roger Smith (1587 - 1629) |
| Child | Lt Col John Smith (1624 - 1691) |
| Spouse | Captain John Rolfe (1585 - 1622) |
| Child | Elizabeth Rolfe (1620 - 1641) |
| Father | William Pierce II (1560 - 1622) |
| Mother | Jane Phippen (1580 - 1650) |
| Sibling | Thomas Pierce (1590 - 1622) |
| Sibling | Col William Pierce II ( - 1647) |
| Sibling | Edith "Edy" Pierce (1607 - 1644) |