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Abisha Penfield^1,2

• Father: Simeon Penfield¹ b. 2 Aug 1715, d. 25 Aug 1794
• Mother: Mary Bowers¹ b. c 1729, d. 2 Mar 1819

• Abisha Penfield was born on 15 May 1761 Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• He probably married Elizabeth Andrews on 8 September 1785.¹
• Abisha Penfield died in 1846 Westmoreland, Oneida Co., New York.²
• After his death most of his family moved to Sodus, Wayne Co., New York.²

Alice Penfield¹

• Father: Simeon Penfield¹ b. 2 Aug 1715, d. 25 Aug 1794
• Mother: Mary Bowers¹ b. c 1729, d. 2 Mar 1819

• Alice Penfield was baptized on 2 December 1770 Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• She married Joel Chapin on 14 June 1797.¹
• Alice Penfield died on 17 April 1835 Greenfield, Massachusetts.¹

Amos Penfield¹

• Father: Simeon Penfield¹ b. 2 Aug 1715, d. 25 Aug 1794
• Mother: Mary Bowers¹ b. c 1729, d. 2 Mar 1819

• Amos Penfield was born on 22 September 1756 Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• He was baptized on 26 September 1756 Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²
• He married Esther Butler on 4 October 1775.¹
• Amos Penfield died on 6 January 1826; age 69 yrs.²

Benjamin Penfield¹

• Father: Stephen Penfield¹ b. 28 Jan 1713/14, d. 12 Sep 1749
• Mother: Jerusha Brewer¹ d. 7 Jul 1769

• Benjamin Penfield was born on 2 September 1744 Chatham (Middletown), Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• He was baptized on 14 October 1744 Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²
• He married Joanna Cook on 24 September 1767.²
• He was a seaman, and lived with his wife, first at Cape Cod and then at Gorham, Maine.²
• Benjamin Penfield died before January 1786.

Esther Penfield¹

• Father: Simeon Penfield¹ b. 2 Aug 1715, d. 25 Aug 1794
• Mother: Mary Bowers¹ b. c 1729, d. 2 Mar 1819

• Esther Penfield was born on 29 November 1758 Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• No other records found. Probably died young.²

Hephzibah Penfield¹

• Father: Simeon Penfield¹ b. 2 Aug 1715, d. 25 Aug 1794
• Mother: Mary Bowers¹ b. c 1729, d. 2 Mar 1819

• Hephzibah Penfield was born on 20 March 1764 Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• She married Hosea Goodrich on 10 November 1785.¹
• Hephzibah Penfield died on 23 November 1796.²

Jeremiah Penfield¹

• Father: Stephen Penfield¹ b. 28 Jan 1713/14, d. 12 Sep 1749
• Mother: Jerusha Brewer¹ d. 7 Jul 1769

• Jeremiah Penfield was born on 12 June 1742 Chatham (Middletown), Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• He was baptized on 18 July 1742 Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²
• He probably married Lucy.²
• Jeremiah Penfield died on 26 September 1764; age 22.²
• He was buried Marlborough, Connecticut.²

Jerusha Penfield¹

• Father: Stephen Penfield¹ b. 28 Jan 1713/14, d. 12 Sep 1749
• Mother: Jerusha Brewer¹ d. 7 Jul 1769

• Jerusha Penfield was born on 14 October 1746 Chatham (Middletown), Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• She was baptized on 7 December 1746 Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²
• She married Sylvanus Parker on 28 February 1771.¹
• Jerusha Penfield died on 18 March 1772.¹

John Penfield^1,2

• John Penfield was born on 30 May 1683 Rehoboth, Massachusetts.¹
• He married Ann Cornwall before January 1713/14 (possibly 9 Apr 1713. The date of 9 Apr 1724 recorded in the Middletown records is incorrect).³
• He was at Groton, Connecticut in 1720, where three children were born. He removed to Lebanon, Connecticut where two more children were born. In 1724 he settled at Chatham, Connecticut, on the east side of the Connecticut River, which was then a part of Middletown. Two children were born at Chatham.³
• John Penfield died on 3 May 1750 Chatham (Middletown), Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹

John Penfield¹

• Father: Stephen Penfield¹ b. 28 Jan 1713/14, d. 12 Sep 1749
• Mother: Jerusha Brewer¹ d. 7 Jul 1769

• John Penfield was born on 4 April 1749 Chatham (Middletown), Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• He was baptized on 30 April 1749 Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²
• He married Sally circa 1776.²
• John Penfield died on 25 August 1808.²

Lydia Penfield¹

• Father: Simeon Penfield² b. 2 Aug 1715, d. 25 Aug 1794
• Mother: Mary Bowers³ b. c 1729, d. 2 Mar 1819

• Charts: Thomas Brewer of Glastonbury, CT

• Lydia Penfield was born in 1767 Connecticut.²
• She was baptized on 28 June 1767 Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.³
• She married Daniel Brewer, son of Daniel Brewer and Ruth Strickland, Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, on 2 October 1791.⁴
• Lydia Penfield appeared on the census on 29 August 1850 Elmira, Chemung Co., New York, as Lydia Brewer, age 81, born in Connecticut.⁵
• She died in 1857 Ulster Co., New York.⁴

Mary Penfield¹

• Father: Simeon Penfield¹ b. 2 Aug 1715, d. 25 Aug 1794
• Mother: Mary Bowers¹ b. c 1729, d. 2 Mar 1819

• Mary Penfield was born on 5 March 1751/52 Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• She perhaps married Ezra Purple on 16 January 1772.¹
• Mary Penfield was baptized on 8 March 1852 Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²

Samuel Penfield¹

• Father: Stephen Penfield¹ b. 28 Jan 1713/14, d. 12 Sep 1749
• Mother: Jerusha Brewer¹ d. 7 Jul 1769

• Samuel Penfield was born on 4 April 1739 Chatham (Middletown), Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• He was baptized on 20 May 1739 Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²
• He died in 1760; age 21.²

Simeon Penfield¹

• Father: John Penfield¹ b. 30 May 1683, d. 3 May 1750
• Mother: Ann Cornwall¹ b. c 1688, d. 21 Jan 1779

• Simeon Penfield was born on 2 August 1715 Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.¹
• He married Mary Bowers on 6 December 1749.²
• Simeon Penfield died on 25 August 1794 Chatham (Middletown), Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²

Simeon Penfield¹

• Father: Simeon Penfield¹ b. 2 Aug 1715, d. 25 Aug 1794
• Mother: Mary Bowers¹ b. c 1729, d. 2 Mar 1819

• Simeon Penfield was born on 16 April 1754 Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• He was baptized on 21 April 1754 Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²
• He married Penelope Eddy on 10 August 1775.¹
• Simeon Penfield married second Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, on 24 April 1814 Azubah Arnold.²
• Simeon Penfield died on 7 October 1844 Chatham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.^1,2

Stephen Penfield¹

• Father: John Penfield¹ b. 30 May 1683, d. 3 May 1750
• Mother: Ann Cornwall¹ b. c 1688, d. 21 Jan 1779

• Stephen Penfield was born on 28 January 1713/14 Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.¹
• He married Jerusha Brewer Bristol, Rhode Island, on 13 June 1738.²
• His will was dated in 1749 Names his wife Jerusha, and children Samuel, Jeremiah, Benjamin, Jerusha and John. Executors: his wife Jerusha and brother Simeon. Brother, Jonathan, appointed guardian for Jeremiah and Benjamin. On 6 Apr 1761, step-father, Nathaniel Root furnished a guardianship bond for youngest son, John (Colchester, Hartford file #2368). A later bond was furnished by Lt. Col. John Penfield, dated 20 Aug 1765 (Middletown, Hartford file #2564) as guardian for John. Will of Stephen Penfield in Hartford Dist. 1729-1750, vol. 3, Dist. File #4151.³
• Stephen Penfield died on 12 September 1749 Chatham (Middletown), Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²

Stephen Penfield¹

• Father: Simeon Penfield¹ b. 2 Aug 1715, d. 25 Aug 1794
• Mother: Mary Bowers¹ b. c 1729, d. 2 Mar 1819

• Stephen Penfield was born on 14 May 1750 Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• He was baptized on 20 May 1750 Chatham Church, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²
• He married Lydia Knowles on 3 January 1783.¹
• Stephen Penfield died in July 1832.²

Joseph Pepper¹

• Charts: Daniel Brewer

• Joseph Pepper married Mary May, daughter of John May and Sarah Brewer, Roxbury, Massachusetts, on 4 November 1675.¹

Martha Perkins^1,2

• Martha Perkins was born circa 1669 Ipswich, Massachusetts.³
• She married John Brewer, son of John Brewer and Mary Whitmore, Ipswich, Massachusetts, on 3 June 1689.²
• Martha Perkins married second after 1697 Ingols.³

Mary P. Perley^1,2,3,4

• Mary P. Perley was born on 1 December 1815 Vermont.
• She married Caleb Royce Brewer, son of David Brewer and Esther Sykes, St. Albans, Franklin Co., Vermont, on 14 February 1850.⁵
• Mary P. Perley died on 25 February 1907 Enosburg, Franklin Co., Vermont.^6,7
• She was buried Enosburg Center Cemetery (Boston Post Rd.), Enosburg Center, Vermont.

Margaret Perry¹

• Mother: Hannah Brewer¹ b. 25 Aug 1684

• Margaret Perry was born on 25 December 1714 Haverhill, Massachusetts, "illegitimate, wid. Hannah Draper."¹

Hannah Peters

• Hannah Peters was born before 1815.
• She married James Henry Brewer Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, on 2 April 1835.¹

Mary Peters¹

• Mary Peters married Thomas Chandler, son of Thomas Chandler and Hannah Brewer, Andover, Massachusetts, on 22 May 1686.¹

Eleanor Phelps¹

• Eleanor Phelps married William Chandler, son of Thomas Chandler and Hannah Brewer, on 21 April 1687.¹

Samuel Phelps¹

• Samuel Phelps married Sara Chandler, daughter of Thomas Chandler and Hannah Brewer, on 29 May 1682.¹

Benjamin Pierce

• Father: Franklin Pierce 14th President of the United States (1853-1857) b. 23 Nov 1804, d. 8 Oct 1869
• Mother: Jane Means Appleton b. 12 Mar 1806, d. 2 Dec 1863

• Charts: Daniel Brewer

• Also known as Benny.
• Benjamin Pierce was born on 13 April 1841 Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire.¹
• He died on 6 January 1853; crushed to death in a railroad train accident during a family trip to Boston. He was aged 11 years, 8 months.¹

Gen. Benjamin Pierce^1,2

• Charts: Daniel Brewer

• Gen. Benjamin Pierce was born on 25 December 1757 Chelmsford, Massachusetts.²
• He married Anna Kendrick, daughter of Benjamin Kendrick and Sarah Harris, on 1 February 1790.²
• Gen. Benjamin Pierce died on 1 April 1839 Hillsboro, New Hampshire.²

Frank Robert Pierce

• Father: Franklin Pierce 14th President of the United States (1853-1857) b. 23 Nov 1804, d. 8 Oct 1869
• Mother: Jane Means Appleton b. 12 Mar 1806, d. 2 Dec 1863

• Charts: Daniel Brewer

• Frank Robert Pierce was born on 27 August 1839 Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire.¹
• He died on 14 November 1843; age 4 years, 3 months.¹

Franklin Pierce 14th President of the United States (1853-1857)^1,2

• Father: Gen. Benjamin Pierce¹ b. 25 Dec 1757, d. 1 Apr 1839
• Mother: Anna Kendrick¹ b. 30 Oct 1768, d. 7 Dec 1838

• Charts: Daniel Brewer

• Franklin Pierce 14th President of the United States (1853-1857) was born on 23 November 1804 Hillsborough, New Hampshire, the site of his birth is now under Lake Franklin Pierce.¹
• He graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1824.
• In 1828 he was elected to the New Hampshire House of Represenatives, serving from 1829 to 1833, and as Speaker from 1832 to 1833. He was elected as a Democrat to the 23rd and 24th U.S. Congresses (1833-1837), at the time only 27 years old, the youngest Represenative at the time. He was elected to the U.S. Senate, and served from 4 Mar 1837 until 28 Feb 1842, when he resigned.
• He married Jane Means Appleton Amherst, New Hampshire, on 19 November 1834.²
• During the Democratic National Convention of 1852, held in Baltimore, Franklin Pierce was nominated as a dark-horse candidate, competing with Stephen Douglas, James Buchanon, William Marcy, and Lewis Cass for the nomination. On the 35th ballot, Pierce was put forth as a compromise candidate, and was eventually nominated unanimously on the 49th ballot. He was appealing to the Democrats on the basis that he had never fully articulated his views on slavery, and could be portrayed as a war hero, as he had served during the Mexican-American War. His opposition in the general election was the Whig Party candidate, Gen. Winfield Scott of Virginia, whom Pierce had served under during the Mexican-American War. Scott's anti-slavery views hurt him in the south, and Pierce easily won the election. It was the last Presidential election in which the Whigs would enter a candidate, and Pierce became the first President of the United States to have been born in the 19th century. Two months before he took office, Pierce, his wife, and son Benjamin were in a train accident in which the car they were riding derailed and rolled down an embankment. Pierce and his wife survived, but their son, Benjamin was crushed to death. The couple had earlier in their lives lost two sons as infants and were now childless. Still shaken, he took office on 4 Mar 1853, and for religious reasons, choose to affirm, rather than swear, the presidential oath of office, becoming the first and only president to do so. All though not all of similiar beliefs, his Cabinet was a broad cross section of men whom he new well, and became the only Cabinet to remain unchanged during a four year term. The most controversal aspect of his presidency was the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820. The Act was the work of Stephen A. Douglas and grew out of a desire to promote a railroad from Chicago to California through Nebraska. Pierce had acquired a reputation as untrustworthy and easily manipulable, and was persuaded to support the plan in a closed meeting with Douglas and several southern Senators. The passage of the Act caused widespread outrage in the north and spurred the creation of the Republican Party, which was organized in direct response to the bill. Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 as a Republican to the presidency would, in 1861, provoke secession and ignite the Civil War. Meanwhile, Pierce lost all credibility he had in the north and was not renominated in 1857. After losing the Democratic nomination, Pierce reportedly quipped "there's nothing left to do but get drunk" (quoted also as "after the White House what is there to do but drink?") which he apparently did frequently, once running down an elderly woman while driving a carriage drunk. During the Civil War, Pierce further damaged his reputation by declaring support for the Confederacy, headed by his old cabinet member Jefferson Davis. One the few friends to stick by Pierce was his college friend and biographer, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
• Franklin Pierce 14th President of the United States (1853-1857) died on 8 October 1869 Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire; from cirrosis of the liver.¹
• He was buried Old North Cemetery, Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire.³

Franklin Pierce Jr.

• Father: Franklin Pierce 14th President of the United States (1853-1857) b. 23 Nov 1804, d. 8 Oct 1869
• Mother: Jane Means Appleton b. 12 Mar 1806, d. 2 Dec 1863

• Charts: Daniel Brewer

• Franklin Pierce Jr. was born on 2 February 1836 Hillsborough, New Hampshire.¹
• He died on 5 February 1836; age 3 days.¹