Richard Pearce (1590-1666)/List of Famous Descendants

Royal European Ancestry of Richard Pearce (1590-1666) whose four sons all started major families in early colonial New England.

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Richard Pearce (1590-1666)/List of Famous Descendants
Richard Pearce (1590-1666)/Ancestry
New England Families, Genealogical and Meorial Record - Vol 4 - Publ 1914, William Richard Cutter, pg 1809-1812 (Pierce Family) (Free on Google Books)

Richard III had four immigrant sons that started families in early colonial New England.

Richard IV
Michael Pierce (c1617-1676) - settled in Scituate, Massachusetts and killed commanding militia in battle against Indians in King Philip's War.
William Pierce
John Pierce

Bush, George H.W. - ( PS Bush, SPBush, FSheldon, MEButler, ESPierce, LPierce, IPierce, NPierce, MPierce, EPierce2, EPierce1, MPierce, RPierce3)- 41st Presidents of the U.S. - Vice President, Representative, U.N. Ambassador, C.I.A. Director, and oil company executive, married Barbara PIERCE (b. 1925), 38th First Lady.
Bush, George W. (1946) - (Son of George HW) - 43rd U.S. President and Governor of Texas.
Bush, Prescott, Sen. (1895-1972) - American banker and politician. He was a Wall Street executive banker and a United States Senator, representing Connecticut from 1952 until January 1963.

Pierce, Isaac (1763-1849) - ( NPierce, MPierce, EPierce2, EPierce1, MPierce, RPierce3) - at age 16 served in the Revolutionary War at the Siege of Newport.

Miles, Samuel (1826-1910) - ( PMarks, MUpham, LPierce, NPierce, MPierce, EPierce2, EPierce1, MPierce, RPierce3) - Veteran of Mormon Battalion

Pierce, Nathan, Rev (1716-1793) ( MPierce, EPierce2, EPierce1, , MPierce, RPierce3) - - pastor of 1st Baptist Church of Rehoboth MA for 40 years.
Pierce, Preserved, Rev (1758-1828) - succeeded his father (Nathan), to serve another 40 years as pastor of 1st Baptist Church of Rehoboth MA.