Peirce Notable Kin

Peirce Notable Kin

Elias Howe - Inventor of the sewing machine

President Calvin Coolidge

President Richard Nixon

Elias Howe - Inventor of the Sewing Machine

We descendants of the Kansas Pioneers share three immigrant ancestors with Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine (also Richardson and Bemis). His Peirce descent is:

1 John Peirce 1588 - 1661

.. +Elizabeth 1589 - 1668

.... 2 Anthony Peirce 1609 - 1678

.... *2nd Wife of Anthony Peirce:

........ +Ann 1609 - 1683

........... 3 Joseph Peirce 1647 - 1713

............... +Martha 1647 - 1697

.................. 4 Elizabeth Peirce 1687 -

...................... +Joseph Bemis 1684 - 1738

........................ 5 Joseph Bemis 1723 -

............................ +Ruth Simons 1723 -

............................... 6 Sylvester Bemis 1750 -

................................... +Molly Bemis 1750 -

...................................... 7 Polly Bemis 1780 -

.......................................... +Elias Howe 1780 -

............................................ 8 Elias Howe 1819 - 1867

See Fascinating biography of Elias Howe

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Calvin Coolidge - US President

Line of Descent from Puritan immigrants John and Elizabeth (___) Peirce to Calvin Coolidge

1   John Peirce 1588 - 1661
.... +Elizabeth (___) 1589 - 1668
... 2   Esther Peirce 1610 -
......... +Joseph Morse 1610 - 1691
........ 3   Sarah Morse 1651 -
.............. +Timothy Cooper 1651 -
............. 4   John Cooper 1675 -
................... +Elizabeth Winter 1678 -
.................. 5   Timothy Cooper 1706 -
........................ +Sarah Guile 1695 -
........................ 6   Judith Cooper 1737 - 1815
.............................. +Comfort Starr 1731 - 1812
............................. 7   Sarah Starr 1760 - 1805
................................... +Jabez Franklin 1759 - 1829
.................................. 8   Luther Franklin 1780 - 1861
........................................ +Priscilla Pinney 1788 - 1811
....................................... 9   Abigail Franklin 1811 - 1892
............................................. +Hiram D. Moor 1812 - 1888
............................................ 10   Victoria Josephine Moor 1846 - 1885
.................................................. +John Calvin Coolidge 1845 - 1926
.................................................. 11   Calvin Coolidge, President 1872 - 1933

See also the Coolidge Page at this site - showing our other ancestors in common with Calvin Coolidge.

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Richard Nixon - US President

Line of Descent from Puritan immigrants John and Elizabeth (___) Peirce to Richard Nixon

1   John Peirce 1588 - 1661
.... +Elizabeth (___) 1589 - 1668
... 2   Esther Peirce 1610 -
......... +Joseph Morse 1610 - 1691
........ 3   John Morse 1648 - 1702
.............. +Abigail Stearns 1646 - 1690
............. 4   Joseph Morse 1671 - 1709
................... +Elizabeth Sawtelle 1671 - 1713
.................. 5   Abigail Morse 1696 - 1739
........................ +Joshua Hemingway 1697 - 1754
........................ 6   Isaac Hemingway 1730 - 1778
.............................. +Elizabeth Haven 1736 -
............................. 7   James Hemingway 1760 - 1822
................................... +Elizabeth Armstrong 1757 - 1837
.................................. 8   James Hemingway, Jr. 1801 - 1893
........................................ +Hope Malmsbury 1804 - 1865
....................................... 9   Jane Hemingway 1824 - 1890
............................................. +Oliver Burdg 1821 - 1908
............................................ 10   Almira Park Burdg 1849 - 1943
.................................................. +Franklin Milhous 1848 - 1919
.................................................. 11   Hannah Milhous 1885 - 1967
........................................................ +Francis Anthony Nixon 1878 - 1956
....................................................... 12   Richard Milhous Nixon 1913 - 1994

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