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Henry PIERSON

Henry PIERSON

Male 1615 - 1680  (65 years)


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  • Name Henry PIERSON 
    Birth 1615  Olney, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baptism 10 Dec 1615 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1680 
    Person ID I447  Tree
    Last Modified 19 May 2024 

    Father Guillmus PEIRSON,   c. 19 Sep 1577, Howden, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1618, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Mother Wyborro GRIGGS 
    Marriage 25 Jul 1609  Olney Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary FULLER,   b. 1621/1622 
    Children 
     1. Lt. Joseph PIERSON, Sr,   b. Abt 1640, Southhampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1692, Southhampton, Long Island, Sulfolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     2. Henry PIERSON, Jr,   b. 1651/1652   d. 4 Nov 1701 (Age 49 years)
     3. Benjamin PIERSON,   b. 1654/1655, Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1731 (Age 76 years)
     4. Theodore PIERSON,   b. 1669   d. 7 May 1726 (Age 57 years)
     5. Sarah PIERSON,   b. 20 Jan 1660
    Family ID F143  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • Notes 
    • 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.