Capt. Michael Pierce

- 1676

• Name	Michael Pierce
  Prefix	Capt.
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	Between 15 Jan 1676 and 5 Jun 1676	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Death	28 Mar 1676	near Central Falls, Providence, Rhode Island   [3]
  Person ID	I41513	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Persis Eames,   b. Bef 28 Oct 1621   d. 31 Dec 1662, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age > 41 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1645  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Abiah Pierce
  Family ID	F24284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He fought in King Philip's War, and he and most of his (over fifty) men were killed in a skirmish on 28 Mar 1676 at a location which has been much disputed, but which is generally held to have been near the Blackstone River close to today's Central Falls.

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011., first date only. [S7852] The Plymouth Scrap Book: The Oldest Original Documents Extant in Plymouth Archives ed. Charles Henry Pope. Boston: C. E. Goodspeed, 1918. [S7853] Find a Grave page for Cpt Michael Pierce. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.