NameJacob PEIRCE 2273,2486
Birth Date4 Jun 17612485
Birth MemoQuaker Date: “4thg day of the 4th mo”
Death Date1 Oct 1801 Age: 40
Death PlaceChester County, PA, USA
Burial PlaceKennett Friends Burial Ground, Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA, USA
FatherCaleb PEIRCE Sr. (1727-1815)
MotherHannah GREAVE (1732-1790)
Misc. Notes

Son of Caleb Pierce
age 40 years 5 mos 27 das

They had at least 6 children:
Jonathan B: 3-30-1785
David B: 1-9-1787
Jacob B: 1-8-1790
Caleb B: 5-15-1793
Hannah B: 11-12-1797
Rachel B: 9-19-1800

Jacob's Great Grandfather was George Peirce who got the farmland land grant in 1700 from William Penn for what is today Longwood Gardens.
Jacob's Grandfather Joshua (1683/84-1782) built the original farmhouse which Pierre DuPont added onto.
Jacob's twin brothers Joshua and Samuel born 1766, planted some trees 1798 which developed into Peirce's Park and later Longwood Gardens.
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Jacob Pierce was the brother of Samuel and Joshua Pierce who planted the original grove of trees which was known as Pierces’ Park and is currently [2004] part of Longwood Gardens…. After the death of Jacob Pierce, in 1815 [?], the property [the Cox home and a stop along the Underground Railroad] was transferred to his two sons Caleb and Jonathan. It is unclear whether the two sons lived in the house during this period, however the estate file states that their mother was to be granted “the use of the two rooms on the first story and the three rooms on the second story....in the west end thereof, and...the privilege of the kitchen pump and oven...also apples of the orchard in the summer season….” In 1829 the property was transferred to John Cox and Hannah Pierce Cox.2487
Spouses
Birth Date1761
Death Date21 Dec 1843
Death PlacePennsylvania, USA
Burial PlaceKennett Friends Burial Ground, Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA, USA
Family ID1931
ChildrenJonathan (1785-1852)
 David (1787-)
 Jacob (1790-)
 Caleb (1793-)
 Hannah (1797-1876)
 Rachel (1800-1860)
Last Modified 25 Jun 2016Created 17 May 2017 Rick Gleason - ricksgenealogy@gmail.com