Joseph Pierson

Joseph Pierson, son of Samuel Pierson, was born 1693 in Essex. He married Hepzibah Camp, daughter of Samuel and Mary Camp, about 1715 in Orange, Essex County, New Jersery. He owned 2 mills: a grist mill and a saw mill. Both were sold to Thomas and Aaron Ball in 1739/40.

They had the following children:

  1. Sarah Pierson was born in 1718/19 in Orange. She married Tim Meeker. Sarah died 21 January 1738.

  2. Bethuel Pierson was born 1721 in Orange. He married Elizabeth Riggs. He died 9 December 1813 in Orange and was buried in the old graveyard at the First Presbyterian Church..

  3. Patience Pierson was born 1724 in Orange. She married Joseph Pierson III about 1741. They had 9 children. She died about 1791 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.

  4. Joseph Pierson was born about 1726 in Orange.

  5. Elizabeth Pierson was born about 1728 in Orange.

  6. Mary Pierson was born about 1730 in Orange.

  7. Jemima Pierson was born 28 August 1734 in Orange. She married Benjamin Munn on 17 January 1754. Jemima died 17 September 1819.

  8. Elizabeth Pierson was born about 1735 in Orange. She died in 1763.

Joseph died 25 August 1759 in Orange and was buried in the First Presbyterian Cemetery, Orange.

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