Henry Peirson

Henry Peirson, son of Guillmus Peirson , was born in 1615 in Olney, Yorkshire, England and baptised on 10 December 1615. Weaver. He married Mary Fuller, daughter of Edward Fuller, in 1638/39 in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. Mary was born in 1621/22 in Olney. She was baptised on 24 Mar 1621/22 in Olney. On 10 April 1639 they departed from London aboard the ship Mayflower, arriving in Boston, Massachusetts 10 May and settling in Lynn. In 1640 they, along with Henry's second cousin, Abraham Pierson, followed Henry's mother, Wyborro, and her second husband, John Cooper, to Southampton, Long Island. Henry was first recorded as an owner of land in Southampton in records dated May 1643. Read more about the founding and histories of Long Island, and Southampton.

Henry and Mary had the following children:

1. Lt. Joseph Pierson Sr. was born about 1640 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. He died on 13 Oct 1692 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. Joseph married (1) Amy Barnes on 17 Nov 1675 in Southampton. Amy was born about 1640. She died on 3 Oct 1692 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. Joseph married (2) Joana in Southampton. Joanna was born about 1654 and died before 1698.
   
   
2. Daughter Pierson was born about 1642 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY.
   
   
3. Daughter Pierson was born about 1645 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY.
   
   
4. John Pierson was born about 1647/48 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY.
   
   
5. Abigail Pierson was born in 1649 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY.
   
   
6. Col. Henry Pierson Jr. was born in 1651/52 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. He died on 15 Nov 1701 in Sagg/Bridgehampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. He was buried in Sagg Harbor, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. Henry married Susannah Howell about 1675 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. Susannah was born on 15 Jul 1658 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY.
   
   
7. Benjamin Pierson was born in 1654/55 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. He died in 1731 in Elizabethtown, Union Co., NJ. He was buried in 1731 in Old Presby. Ch., Elizabethtown, Union Co., NJ.
   
   
8. Daniel Pierson was born about 1657 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY.
   
   
9. Sarah Pierson was born on 20 Jan 1660/61 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY.
   
   
10. David Pierson was born in 1662 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY.
    
    
11. Deborah Pierson was born about 1665/66 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY.
    
    
12. Theodore Pierson was born in 1669 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. He died on 7 May 1726 in Sagaponack, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY.
    
    
13. Daughter Pierson was born about 1673 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY.

Henry appointed or elected to a variety of town offices between 1646 and his death in 1680 including Clerk, Register, Secretary, Townsman, Town Collector, and Assessor. Additionally, he accomplished many other short term public tasks on a continual basis ranging from writing letters on behalf of the town to surveying land for distribution grants.

Henry Pierson died after 1 July 1680 when he witnessed a Southampton town record and before 8 November 1680 when the inventory of his property was taken at Southampton. Henry was about 65 years old at death and the cause of death is unknown. Since no will existed, it is presumed that illness or an accident was sudden. Henry Pierson's inventory was taken by Capt. John Howell, John Jessupe, Mr. Edward Howell, and Thomas Cooper (Henry's half brother). This inventory included 11 pieces of land totalling about 100 acres worth about £700.

Mary married Rev. Seth Fletcher, the minister of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in May 1682, but he died soon after. Mary died in 1687 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York.

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