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- Mary Stacy, the eldest of three daughters of Joseph Pierce (alias Pearce) (1780-1849) and Anna Knapp (1770-1842) was born in 1793 at New Gloucester, Maine. Mary Stacy Pearce (as listed on the marriage record) married Thomas Richardson, the son of John and Bethiah Herrick Richardson on 24 March 1816 at New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine.
They had nine children born at Maine:
1. Elizabeth N. Richardson (b. 1816; d. 1891),
2. Bethiah Harriet Richardson (b. 1817; d. 15 Apr 1868, Groton Junction, MA), m. 31 May 1857 at Concord, MA, William Hunt Wheeler (1808-1873)
3. Sophronia Richardson (b. 1820; d. 1894), m. Reuben Lowell Smith (1820-1890)
4. Charles T. Richardson (b. 30 Dec 1822; d. 24 Nov 1905, Laconia, NH), m. Louisa D. Hubbard (1823-1910)
5. Joseph H. Richardson (b. 1824),
6. George W. Richardson (b. 1826), m. 29 Mar 1854 at Charlestown, MA, Louisa Holman (1832-)
7. Maryette Richardson (b. 1828),
8. Huldah Jane Richardson (b. 1831),
9. Oliver Bartlett Richardson (b. 1834; d. 1902), m. 6 Feb 1856 at Hebron, ME, Sarah Prince Whittemore (1835-1868)
In 1850, Mary, 57 years of age, husband Thomas, 60 years of age, occupation Laborer, and their youngest son, Oliver (16 years) were living at Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine. The 1860 census shows that Mary S. Richardson, 67 years of age, was residing with her daughter Bethiah H. Wheeler (42 years), her husband, William H. Wheeler (43 years), occupation Painter, and their son Willie H. (2 years) at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
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