Individual Details
Thomas Pierce
(Abt 1590 - Abt 26 Mar 1622)
== Biography ==
[[Category: English Immigrants to America]]Thomas PierceSource: [[#S1]] Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Pierce was born before 1607 in Heacham, Norfolk, EnglandSource: [[#S1]] Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Pierce
He came to Virginia in 1618MCCARTNEY, MARTHA W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. Page: 545 on the "William and Thomas" apparently with his wife Alice and daughter Elizabeth.
He was the Sergeant at Arms of the first legislative assembly of Virginia which met on 30 Jul 1619.
When Powatan Indians attacked the English colonists at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin's_Hundred Martin's Hundred] on 22 March 1622 Tomas was killed and his wife and daughter were taken by the Indians.
“The sun had been up only a few hours on that fatal spring morning when hundreds of Powhatan warriors descended upon English colonists in Virginia, burning settlements and plantations along the James River in a sudden and fierce attack. So began the Powhatan Uprising of March 22, 1622, which claimed the lives of approximately 347 colonists...”.
On the plantation of Thomas Pierce, the Powhatan attack was tremendously successful, the inhabitance were caught off guard. The Indians burned most of the outlying plantations, destroying the livestock and crops, such was the fate of the Pierce Plantation. "Thomas Peerce" and "his wife and childe" two other men and a French boy were officially reported as killed at this plantation. This report was made presuming the persons taken captive would be dispatched in some gruesome manor shortly.
Alice and her daughter apparent witnesses to the death of Thomas and the prevailing carnage survived the attack. Alice and her daughter Elizabeth were two of the twenty women and children taken as captives "there were none but women in Captivitie . . . for the men they tooke they putt . . . to death" on that day. Thomas Pierce died 22 March 1622.
His wife and daughter were released by the indians early in 1624.
== Sources ==
* Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: [[#R1]] * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: [[#R1]] * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * WikiTree profile Pierce-1102 created through the import of Ancestor's that we lost, the Decendants they left behind_2011-08-28_01 (2).ged on Sep 12, 2011 by [[Bryant-1003 | Willette Bryant]].
* https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/11349058
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[[Category: Colony of Virginia, Immigrants from England]]
== Biography ==Thomas PierceSource: [[#S1]] Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Pierce was born before 1607 in Heacham, Norfolk, EnglandSource: [[#S1]] Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Pierce
He came to Virginia in 1618MCCARTNEY, MARTHA W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. Page: 545 on the "William and Thomas" apparently with his wife Alice and daughter Elizabeth.
He was the Sergeant at Arms of the first legislative assembly of Virginia which met on 30 Jul 1619.
When Powatan Indians attacked the English colonists at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin's_Hundred Martin's Hundred] on 22 March 1622 Tomas was killed and his wife and daughter were taken by the Indians.
“The sun had been up only a few hours on that fatal spring morning when hundreds of Powhatan warriors descended upon English colonists in Virginia, burning settlements and plantations along the James River in a sudden and fierce attack. So began the Powhatan Uprising of March 22, 1622, which claimed the lives of approximately 347 colonists...”.
On the plantation of Thomas Pierce, the Powhatan attack was tremendously successful, the inhabitance were caught off guard. The Indians burned most of the outlying plantations, destroying the livestock and crops, such was the fate of the Pierce Plantation. "Thomas Peerce" and "his wife and childe" two other men and a French boy were officially reported as killed at this plantation. This report was made presuming the persons taken captive would be dispatched in some gruesome manor shortly.
Alice and her daughter apparent witnesses to the death of Thomas and the prevailing carnage survived the attack. Alice and her daughter Elizabeth were two of the twenty women and children taken as captives "there were none but women in Captivitie . . . for the men they tooke they putt . . . to death" on that day. Thomas Pierce died 22 March 1622.
His wife and daughter were released by the indians early in 1624.
== Sources ==
* Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: [[#R1]] * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: [[#R1]] * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * WikiTree profile Pierce-1102 created through the import of Ancestor's that we lost, the Decendants they left behind_2011-08-28_01 (2).ged on Sep 12, 2011 by [[Bryant-1003 | Willette Bryant]].
* https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/11349058
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
[[Category: Colony of Virginia, Immigrants from England]]
== Biography ==Thomas PierceSource: [[#S1]] Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Pierce was born before 1607 in Heacham, Norfolk, EnglandSource: [[#S1]] Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Pierce
He came to Virginia in 1618MCCARTNEY, MARTHA W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. Page: 545 on the "William and Thomas" apparently with his wife Alice and daughter Elizabeth.
He was the Sergeant at Arms of the first legislative assembly of Virginia which met on 30 Jul 1619.
When Powatan Indians attacked the English colonists at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin's_Hundred Martin's Hundred] on 22 March 1622 Tomas was killed and his wife and daughter were taken by the Indians.
“The sun had been up only a few hours on that fatal spring morning when hundreds of Powhatan warriors descended upon English colonists in Virginia, burning settlements and plantations along the James River in a sudden and fierce attack. So began the Powhatan Uprising of March 22, 1622, which claimed the lives of approximately 347 colonists...”.
On the plantation of Thomas Pierce, the Powhatan attack was tremendously successful, the inhabitance were caught off guard. The Indians burned most of the outlying plantations, destroying the livestock and crops, such was the fate of the Pierce Plantation. "Thomas Peerce" and "his wife and childe" two other men and a French boy were officially reported as killed at this plantation. This report was made presuming the persons taken captive would be dispatched in some gruesome manor shortly.
Alice and her daughter apparent witnesses to the death of Thomas and the prevailing carnage survived the attack. Alice and her daughter Elizabeth were two of the twenty women and children taken as captives "there were none but women in Captivitie . . . for the men they tooke they putt . . . to death" on that day. Thomas Pierce died 22 March 1622.
His wife and daughter were released by the indians early in 1624.
== Sources ==
* Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: [[#R1]] * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: [[#R1]] * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * WikiTree profile Pierce-1102 created through the import of Ancestor's that we lost, the Decendants they left behind_2011-08-28_01 (2).ged on Sep 12, 2011 by [[Bryant-1003 | Willette Bryant]].
* https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/11349058
[[Category: English Immigrants to America]]Thomas PierceSource: [[#S1]] Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Pierce was born before 1607 in Heacham, Norfolk, EnglandSource: [[#S1]] Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Pierce
He came to Virginia in 1618MCCARTNEY, MARTHA W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. Page: 545 on the "William and Thomas" apparently with his wife Alice and daughter Elizabeth.
He was the Sergeant at Arms of the first legislative assembly of Virginia which met on 30 Jul 1619.
When Powatan Indians attacked the English colonists at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin's_Hundred Martin's Hundred] on 22 March 1622 Tomas was killed and his wife and daughter were taken by the Indians.
“The sun had been up only a few hours on that fatal spring morning when hundreds of Powhatan warriors descended upon English colonists in Virginia, burning settlements and plantations along the James River in a sudden and fierce attack. So began the Powhatan Uprising of March 22, 1622, which claimed the lives of approximately 347 colonists...”.
On the plantation of Thomas Pierce, the Powhatan attack was tremendously successful, the inhabitance were caught off guard. The Indians burned most of the outlying plantations, destroying the livestock and crops, such was the fate of the Pierce Plantation. "Thomas Peerce" and "his wife and childe" two other men and a French boy were officially reported as killed at this plantation. This report was made presuming the persons taken captive would be dispatched in some gruesome manor shortly.
Alice and her daughter apparent witnesses to the death of Thomas and the prevailing carnage survived the attack. Alice and her daughter Elizabeth were two of the twenty women and children taken as captives "there were none but women in Captivitie . . . for the men they tooke they putt . . . to death" on that day. Thomas Pierce died 22 March 1622.
His wife and daughter were released by the indians early in 1624.
== Sources ==
* Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: [[#R1]] * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: [[#R1]] * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * WikiTree profile Pierce-1102 created through the import of Ancestor's that we lost, the Decendants they left behind_2011-08-28_01 (2).ged on Sep 12, 2011 by [[Bryant-1003 | Willette Bryant]].
* https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/11349058
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
[[Category: Colony of Virginia, Immigrants from England]]
== Biography ==Thomas PierceSource: [[#S1]] Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Pierce was born before 1607 in Heacham, Norfolk, EnglandSource: [[#S1]] Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Pierce
He came to Virginia in 1618MCCARTNEY, MARTHA W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. Page: 545 on the "William and Thomas" apparently with his wife Alice and daughter Elizabeth.
He was the Sergeant at Arms of the first legislative assembly of Virginia which met on 30 Jul 1619.
When Powatan Indians attacked the English colonists at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin's_Hundred Martin's Hundred] on 22 March 1622 Tomas was killed and his wife and daughter were taken by the Indians.
“The sun had been up only a few hours on that fatal spring morning when hundreds of Powhatan warriors descended upon English colonists in Virginia, burning settlements and plantations along the James River in a sudden and fierce attack. So began the Powhatan Uprising of March 22, 1622, which claimed the lives of approximately 347 colonists...”.
On the plantation of Thomas Pierce, the Powhatan attack was tremendously successful, the inhabitance were caught off guard. The Indians burned most of the outlying plantations, destroying the livestock and crops, such was the fate of the Pierce Plantation. "Thomas Peerce" and "his wife and childe" two other men and a French boy were officially reported as killed at this plantation. This report was made presuming the persons taken captive would be dispatched in some gruesome manor shortly.
Alice and her daughter apparent witnesses to the death of Thomas and the prevailing carnage survived the attack. Alice and her daughter Elizabeth were two of the twenty women and children taken as captives "there were none but women in Captivitie . . . for the men they tooke they putt . . . to death" on that day. Thomas Pierce died 22 March 1622.
His wife and daughter were released by the indians early in 1624.
== Sources ==
* Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: [[#R1]] * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: [[#R1]] * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * WikiTree profile Pierce-1102 created through the import of Ancestor's that we lost, the Decendants they left behind_2011-08-28_01 (2).ged on Sep 12, 2011 by [[Bryant-1003 | Willette Bryant]].
* https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/11349058
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
[[Category: Colony of Virginia, Immigrants from England]]
== Biography ==Thomas PierceSource: [[#S1]] Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Pierce was born before 1607 in Heacham, Norfolk, EnglandSource: [[#S1]] Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Pierce
He came to Virginia in 1618MCCARTNEY, MARTHA W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. Page: 545 on the "William and Thomas" apparently with his wife Alice and daughter Elizabeth.
He was the Sergeant at Arms of the first legislative assembly of Virginia which met on 30 Jul 1619.
When Powatan Indians attacked the English colonists at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin's_Hundred Martin's Hundred] on 22 March 1622 Tomas was killed and his wife and daughter were taken by the Indians.
“The sun had been up only a few hours on that fatal spring morning when hundreds of Powhatan warriors descended upon English colonists in Virginia, burning settlements and plantations along the James River in a sudden and fierce attack. So began the Powhatan Uprising of March 22, 1622, which claimed the lives of approximately 347 colonists...”.
On the plantation of Thomas Pierce, the Powhatan attack was tremendously successful, the inhabitance were caught off guard. The Indians burned most of the outlying plantations, destroying the livestock and crops, such was the fate of the Pierce Plantation. "Thomas Peerce" and "his wife and childe" two other men and a French boy were officially reported as killed at this plantation. This report was made presuming the persons taken captive would be dispatched in some gruesome manor shortly.
Alice and her daughter apparent witnesses to the death of Thomas and the prevailing carnage survived the attack. Alice and her daughter Elizabeth were two of the twenty women and children taken as captives "there were none but women in Captivitie . . . for the men they tooke they putt . . . to death" on that day. Thomas Pierce died 22 March 1622.
His wife and daughter were released by the indians early in 1624.
== Sources ==
* Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: [[#R1]] * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: [[#R1]] * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * WikiTree profile Pierce-1102 created through the import of Ancestor's that we lost, the Decendants they left behind_2011-08-28_01 (2).ged on Sep 12, 2011 by [[Bryant-1003 | Willette Bryant]].
* https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/11349058
Events
| Birth | Abt 1590 | Heacham, Norfolk, , England | |||
| Birth | Abt 1590 | ||||
| Death | Abt 26 Mar 1622 | Martin's Hundred Plantation, Wolstenholme Towne, James River, Virginia | |||
| Death | Abt 26 Mar 1622 | ||||
| Marriage | Alice Snayle | ||||
| Reference No | 2795986 | ||||
| Reference No | 2832922 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Alice Snayle (1593 - 1647) |
| Child | Elizabeth Pierce (1612 - 1700) |
| Father | William Pierce II (1560 - 1622) |
| Mother | Jane Phippen (1580 - 1650) |
| Sibling | Jane Pierce (1600 - 1625) |
| Sibling | Col William Pierce II ( - 1647) |
| Sibling | Edith "Edy" Pierce (1607 - 1644) |