I’ve previously written about all the wives on my Russell family line,
going back to the original Russell immigrant in 1730 (*1). For completeness, I’d
like to do the same on my mother’s Pierpont family line going back to my
great*7 grandfather, James Pierpont, who settled in New Haven and is the progenitor
of most of the New England Pierpont family. As before, I will look at the
maiden name of each of the wives and where they came from. On this line of my
family tree, every family mentioned below were immigrants from England during
the period 1620-1640.
Like in the Russell family, many of these individuals were married more
than once, so this contains information on the 14 women whom these Pierpont men
married. In fact, I am struck by the fact that it appears being unmarried was
not something that men desired, so that if their wife predeceased them, they shortly
remarried, even if they were well along in years.
James Pierpont (1659-1714)
I’ve written about James
previously (*2), but I’ll summarize his marriages here.
Abigail Davenport (1672-1691)
Abigail was the
granddaughter of John Davenport, the leader of the Puritan group who settled New
Haven in 1638.
Sarah Haynes (1679-1696)
Sarah was the
granddaughter of John Haynes, an immigrant who was one of the founders of the Connecticut
Colony in Hartford, which was named after his former town of Hertford, England.
Mary Hooker (1673-1740)
Mary was the
granddaughter of Rev. Thomas Hooker, the other co-founder of the Connecticut
Colony.
Joseph Pierpont (1704-1748)
Hannah Russell (1705-1791)
Hannah was the daughter
of Rev. Noadiah Russell, one of the other founders of Yale along with Joseph’s
father, James. Noadiah was the son of an immigrant from England to the New
Haven Colony.
Joseph Pierpont (1730-1824)
Lydia Bassett (1736-1783)
The Bassett family
were also immigrants from England to the New Haven Colony.
Annis Warner [Curtis] [Blakeslee] (1734-1800)
The Warner family
were among the early settlers of the Connecticut Colony in Hartford.
Ezra Pierpont (1757-1842)
Mary Blakeslee (1762-1827)
The Blakeslee family
were among the prominent families who had founded the New Haven Colony. Mary’s
mother was a descendant of the Alcox family who were the first settlers in my
hometown of Wolcott, CT, then called Farmingbury.
Deborah Curtis Parker (1771-1842)
The Curtis family immigrated
to the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Great Migration. At the time that
Ezra married Deborah, she was living in Wolcott, CT. Her mother was another
descendant of the Alcox family.
Austin Pierpont (1791-1848)
Sally Beecher (1794-1846)
The Beecher family
were among the original settlers of the New Haven Colony. For more information
on the Beecher family, see (*3).
Emily ?? [Sperry] (1791-) Only married to Austin for 1 year when he was
killed by lightning.
Apart from the fact
that Emily was a widow from the town of Bethany, nothing else is known about
her.
Charles Pierpont (1825-1884)
Mary Ann Warner (1828-1911)
The Warner family
were among the early settlers of the Connecticut Colony.
Wilson Pierpont (1855-1921)
Annie Merrill (1859-1898)
The Merrill family
came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony as part of the Great Migration.
Anna Root [Hall] (1842-1938)
I’ve recounted her
story in (*4). The Root family were among the early settlers of the Connecticut
Colony.
Harold Granger Pierpont (1898-1969)
Sara Blackman (1898-1979)
I’ve recounted her
story in (*5). The Blackman family were among the early settlers of Fairfield,
CT, which was part of the Connecticut Colony.
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