His wife was Elizabeth (Emmons) Bierce and they had 13 children, Hezekiah Bierce, Joseph Bierce, Asa Bierce, Herman Bierce, Erastus Bierce, Augustine Bierce, Sarah Bierce, Eizabeth Bierce B:1781, Sylvester Bierce B: 1782, Archibald Bierce B:1787, Henry Bierce and Peter Bierce B: 1791 and lastly Euphrates Bierce B:1797, D:26 August 1856.
Joseph was a Revolutionary War Veteran, serving in Capt. Beardsley's Co. He died at the age of 74 years.∼American Legion's Tyler Seward Kubish Post 44 in Bantam honored veteran Joseph Bierce of Cornwall as the February 2012 "Veteran of the Month."
In 1783, Bierce served as a lieutenant in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later achieved the rank of captain in the Connecticut Militia. According to Bierce's grave marker In the Cornwall Cemetery, and French and Indian War History, he served in the Fourth Company that was commanded by Samuel Whiting of the Second Regiment Commanded by Colonel Nathan Whiting, and the grave marker inscription also notes "Revolutionary War Joseph Bierce, Captain in Beardsley's Co.
In footnotes in Cornwall History he was commonly referred to as "Captain Bierce" for his many deeds during the period 1768 to 1804 in the history of the French and Indian War. Varying dates about Bierce's record do state, however, that Bierce enlisted for the war Feb. 26, 1777 in Richards Company of Swifts 2nd Connecticut Line, probably during the period of May 8 to Dec. 9 in the 9th Company, which also references he further served in Waterbury's 5th Continentals from July 10 to Dec. 10, 1775 or in the 9th Company of Webbs 7th Continentals.
Joseph Pierce was born June 10, 1742 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts the son of James and Mary Bumpas Bierce. He was baptized June 20, 1742 in Pembrok, Massachusetts. The Bierce family originally migrated to Massachusetts, then to Connecticut with most of the family concentrating on farming. But were deeply troubled because the farming conditions were unsatisfactory due to the hilly and heavily stoned terrain. But when the State of Connecticut became involved in what was known as the Connecticut Western Reserve and claimed land in Ohio from 1662 to 1800. In 1755 most of the Bierce family packed up their belongings and bought property in the Western Reserve because its level terrain and sparse stones it was more suitable for farming. To Joseph, however, farming was the lesser of his priorities; he was more interested in being a shoemaker. But early in the century, James Bierce "Tanning" by the river was often combined with Joseph Bierce's "Shoemaking" with Austin Bierce also making shoes nearby.
The Connecticut Reserve was an area in the Northwest Territory held, sold and distributed by the State of Connecticut in the years following the American Revolution. The Connecticut Western Reserve was a 120 mile-wide strip between Lake Erie and a line just south of Youngstown, Akron, New London and Willard Ohio and the East boundary was the border of the western side of the State of Pennsylvania. Some of the land was reserved by the Federal Government for residents of several New England Towns that were destroyed by British-set fires during the Revolutionary War. The area was originally called "New Connecticut" which was later discarded in favor of "Western Reserve." Some communities in Connecticut continue to receive annual payments from landowners in what was the Western Reserve area under original sales agreements dating back into the 1700s.
In 1770 the war was not yet promising that an early close was at hand. However, it was then that the Town of Cornwall voted eight bushels of wheat per month and provisions for Cornwall families for each man -- up to the number of six -- who would enlist in the Connecticut Line for three years of the war. The selectmen were directed to raise a tax to meet the expense. A quota of clothing fixed by the state was to be collected and sent forward by Joseph Bierce who was a shoemaker in Cornwall Hollow. According to the 1768 Barbour Collection and Cornwall Vital Statistics, Bierce married Elizabeth Emmons on September 19, 1768 in Cornwall by Justice of the Peace, Rev. Thomas Russell. They had six children: Ezeekiah, Joseph, Asaph, Herman, Erastus and Euphrates. Captain Joseph Bierce died in Cornwall, at the age of 74 on Jan. 8, 1816 and is buried in the Calhoun Cemetery in Cornwall.
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Joseph was a Revolutionary War Veteran, serving in Capt. Beardsley's Co. He died at the age of 74 years.∼American Legion's Tyler Seward Kubish Post 44 in Bantam honored veteran Joseph Bierce of Cornwall as the February 2012 "Veteran of the Month."
In 1783, Bierce served as a lieutenant in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later achieved the rank of captain in the Connecticut Militia. According to Bierce's grave marker In the Cornwall Cemetery, and French and Indian War History, he served in the Fourth Company that was commanded by Samuel Whiting of the Second Regiment Commanded by Colonel Nathan Whiting, and the grave marker inscription also notes "Revolutionary War Joseph Bierce, Captain in Beardsley's Co.
In footnotes in Cornwall History he was commonly referred to as "Captain Bierce" for his many deeds during the period 1768 to 1804 in the history of the French and Indian War. Varying dates about Bierce's record do state, however, that Bierce enlisted for the war Feb. 26, 1777 in Richards Company of Swifts 2nd Connecticut Line, probably during the period of May 8 to Dec. 9 in the 9th Company, which also references he further served in Waterbury's 5th Continentals from July 10 to Dec. 10, 1775 or in the 9th Company of Webbs 7th Continentals.
Joseph Pierce was born June 10, 1742 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts the son of James and Mary Bumpas Bierce. He was baptized June 20, 1742 in Pembrok, Massachusetts. The Bierce family originally migrated to Massachusetts, then to Connecticut with most of the family concentrating on farming. But were deeply troubled because the farming conditions were unsatisfactory due to the hilly and heavily stoned terrain. But when the State of Connecticut became involved in what was known as the Connecticut Western Reserve and claimed land in Ohio from 1662 to 1800. In 1755 most of the Bierce family packed up their belongings and bought property in the Western Reserve because its level terrain and sparse stones it was more suitable for farming. To Joseph, however, farming was the lesser of his priorities; he was more interested in being a shoemaker. But early in the century, James Bierce "Tanning" by the river was often combined with Joseph Bierce's "Shoemaking" with Austin Bierce also making shoes nearby.
The Connecticut Reserve was an area in the Northwest Territory held, sold and distributed by the State of Connecticut in the years following the American Revolution. The Connecticut Western Reserve was a 120 mile-wide strip between Lake Erie and a line just south of Youngstown, Akron, New London and Willard Ohio and the East boundary was the border of the western side of the State of Pennsylvania. Some of the land was reserved by the Federal Government for residents of several New England Towns that were destroyed by British-set fires during the Revolutionary War. The area was originally called "New Connecticut" which was later discarded in favor of "Western Reserve." Some communities in Connecticut continue to receive annual payments from landowners in what was the Western Reserve area under original sales agreements dating back into the 1700s.
In 1770 the war was not yet promising that an early close was at hand. However, it was then that the Town of Cornwall voted eight bushels of wheat per month and provisions for Cornwall families for each man -- up to the number of six -- who would enlist in the Connecticut Line for three years of the war. The selectmen were directed to raise a tax to meet the expense. A quota of clothing fixed by the state was to be collected and sent forward by Joseph Bierce who was a shoemaker in Cornwall Hollow. According to the 1768 Barbour Collection and Cornwall Vital Statistics, Bierce married Elizabeth Emmons on September 19, 1768 in Cornwall by Justice of the Peace, Rev. Thomas Russell. They had six children: Ezeekiah, Joseph, Asaph, Herman, Erastus and Euphrates. Captain Joseph Bierce died in Cornwall, at the age of 74 on Jan. 8, 1816 and is buried in the Calhoun Cemetery in Cornwall.
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His wife was Elizabeth (Emmons) Bierce and they had 13 children, Hezekiah Bierce, Joseph Bierce, Asa Bierce, Herman Bierce, Erastus Bierce, Augustine Bierce, Sarah Bierce, Eizabeth Bierce B:1781, Sylvester Bierce B: 1782, Archibald Bierce B:1787, Henry Bierce and Peter Bierce B: 1791 and lastly Euphrates Bierce B:1797, D:26 August 1856.
Joseph was a Revolutionary War Veteran, serving in Capt. Beardsley's Co. He died at the age of 74 years.∼American Legion's Tyler Seward Kubish Post 44 in Bantam honored veteran Joseph Bierce of Cornwall as the February 2012 "Veteran of the Month."
In 1783, Bierce served as a lieutenant in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later achieved the rank of captain in the Connecticut Militia. According to Bierce's grave marker In the Cornwall Cemetery, and French and Indian War History, he served in the Fourth Company that was commanded by Samuel Whiting of the Second Regiment Commanded by Colonel Nathan Whiting, and the grave marker inscription also notes "Revolutionary War Joseph Bierce, Captain in Beardsley's Co.
In footnotes in Cornwall History he was commonly referred to as "Captain Bierce" for his many deeds during the period 1768 to 1804 in the history of the French and Indian War. Varying dates about Bierce's record do state, however, that Bierce enlisted for the war Feb. 26, 1777 in Richards Company of Swifts 2nd Connecticut Line, probably during the period of May 8 to Dec. 9 in the 9th Company, which also references he further served in Waterbury's 5th Continentals from July 10 to Dec. 10, 1775 or in the 9th Company of Webbs 7th Continentals.
Joseph Pierce was born June 10, 1742 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts the son of James and Mary Bumpas Bierce. He was baptized June 20, 1742 in Pembrok, Massachusetts. The Bierce family originally migrated to Massachusetts, then to Connecticut with most of the family concentrating on farming. But were deeply troubled because the farming conditions were unsatisfactory due to the hilly and heavily stoned terrain. But when the State of Connecticut became involved in what was known as the Connecticut Western Reserve and claimed land in Ohio from 1662 to 1800. In 1755 most of the Bierce family packed up their belongings and bought property in the Western Reserve because its level terrain and sparse stones it was more suitable for farming. To Joseph, however, farming was the lesser of his priorities; he was more interested in being a shoemaker. But early in the century, James Bierce "Tanning" by the river was often combined with Joseph Bierce's "Shoemaking" with Austin Bierce also making shoes nearby.
The Connecticut Reserve was an area in the Northwest Territory held, sold and distributed by the State of Connecticut in the years following the American Revolution. The Connecticut Western Reserve was a 120 mile-wide strip between Lake Erie and a line just south of Youngstown, Akron, New London and Willard Ohio and the East boundary was the border of the western side of the State of Pennsylvania. Some of the land was reserved by the Federal Government for residents of several New England Towns that were destroyed by British-set fires during the Revolutionary War. The area was originally called "New Connecticut" which was later discarded in favor of "Western Reserve." Some communities in Connecticut continue to receive annual payments from landowners in what was the Western Reserve area under original sales agreements dating back into the 1700s.
In 1770 the war was not yet promising that an early close was at hand. However, it was then that the Town of Cornwall voted eight bushels of wheat per month and provisions for Cornwall families for each man -- up to the number of six -- who would enlist in the Connecticut Line for three years of the war. The selectmen were directed to raise a tax to meet the expense. A quota of clothing fixed by the state was to be collected and sent forward by Joseph Bierce who was a shoemaker in Cornwall Hollow. According to the 1768 Barbour Collection and Cornwall Vital Statistics, Bierce married Elizabeth Emmons on September 19, 1768 in Cornwall by Justice of the Peace, Rev. Thomas Russell. They had six children: Ezeekiah, Joseph, Asaph, Herman, Erastus and Euphrates. Captain Joseph Bierce died in Cornwall, at the age of 74 on Jan. 8, 1816 and is buried in the Calhoun Cemetery in Cornwall.
Provided by contributor, Post44 Bantam (50707891)
Joseph was a Revolutionary War Veteran, serving in Capt. Beardsley's Co. He died at the age of 74 years.∼American Legion's Tyler Seward Kubish Post 44 in Bantam honored veteran Joseph Bierce of Cornwall as the February 2012 "Veteran of the Month."
In 1783, Bierce served as a lieutenant in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later achieved the rank of captain in the Connecticut Militia. According to Bierce's grave marker In the Cornwall Cemetery, and French and Indian War History, he served in the Fourth Company that was commanded by Samuel Whiting of the Second Regiment Commanded by Colonel Nathan Whiting, and the grave marker inscription also notes "Revolutionary War Joseph Bierce, Captain in Beardsley's Co.
In footnotes in Cornwall History he was commonly referred to as "Captain Bierce" for his many deeds during the period 1768 to 1804 in the history of the French and Indian War. Varying dates about Bierce's record do state, however, that Bierce enlisted for the war Feb. 26, 1777 in Richards Company of Swifts 2nd Connecticut Line, probably during the period of May 8 to Dec. 9 in the 9th Company, which also references he further served in Waterbury's 5th Continentals from July 10 to Dec. 10, 1775 or in the 9th Company of Webbs 7th Continentals.
Joseph Pierce was born June 10, 1742 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts the son of James and Mary Bumpas Bierce. He was baptized June 20, 1742 in Pembrok, Massachusetts. The Bierce family originally migrated to Massachusetts, then to Connecticut with most of the family concentrating on farming. But were deeply troubled because the farming conditions were unsatisfactory due to the hilly and heavily stoned terrain. But when the State of Connecticut became involved in what was known as the Connecticut Western Reserve and claimed land in Ohio from 1662 to 1800. In 1755 most of the Bierce family packed up their belongings and bought property in the Western Reserve because its level terrain and sparse stones it was more suitable for farming. To Joseph, however, farming was the lesser of his priorities; he was more interested in being a shoemaker. But early in the century, James Bierce "Tanning" by the river was often combined with Joseph Bierce's "Shoemaking" with Austin Bierce also making shoes nearby.
The Connecticut Reserve was an area in the Northwest Territory held, sold and distributed by the State of Connecticut in the years following the American Revolution. The Connecticut Western Reserve was a 120 mile-wide strip between Lake Erie and a line just south of Youngstown, Akron, New London and Willard Ohio and the East boundary was the border of the western side of the State of Pennsylvania. Some of the land was reserved by the Federal Government for residents of several New England Towns that were destroyed by British-set fires during the Revolutionary War. The area was originally called "New Connecticut" which was later discarded in favor of "Western Reserve." Some communities in Connecticut continue to receive annual payments from landowners in what was the Western Reserve area under original sales agreements dating back into the 1700s.
In 1770 the war was not yet promising that an early close was at hand. However, it was then that the Town of Cornwall voted eight bushels of wheat per month and provisions for Cornwall families for each man -- up to the number of six -- who would enlist in the Connecticut Line for three years of the war. The selectmen were directed to raise a tax to meet the expense. A quota of clothing fixed by the state was to be collected and sent forward by Joseph Bierce who was a shoemaker in Cornwall Hollow. According to the 1768 Barbour Collection and Cornwall Vital Statistics, Bierce married Elizabeth Emmons on September 19, 1768 in Cornwall by Justice of the Peace, Rev. Thomas Russell. They had six children: Ezeekiah, Joseph, Asaph, Herman, Erastus and Euphrates. Captain Joseph Bierce died in Cornwall, at the age of 74 on Jan. 8, 1816 and is buried in the Calhoun Cemetery in Cornwall.
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