Excerpt from Pierce Genealogy: Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, an Early Inhabitant of Charlestown, and Afterwards Charlestown Village (Woburn), In New England Two years ago I Obtained of Frederick C. Pierce, Esq., of Barre, Mass., all the papers which he had compiled in relation to the family of Thomas Pierce of Charlestown, who was admitted to the church there 21 (12) 1634 - 5, and who was probably born in England in 1596. He had collected a mass of matter to which has been added as much more, at great expense, time and trouble. In the task of compiling the new matter and properly arranging the whole for the printer, Mr. F. C. Pierce has ren dered valuable assistance. He has also corrected the proof sheets and attended to other minute details of the work, for which he has my sincere thanks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.