Marguerite Perse

• Marguerite Perse was the sister of John Coney
• Evidence needed to support as daughter of Sir Roger Coney & Margaret Empson.
• Not the same as Marguerite (or Margaret) Pearse
• Evidence needed to support as widow of Lawrence Hutchin

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brief biography and family

This woman married Richard de Percy / Pearce / Pierce / Perse.

Children of Richard Pierce and Marguerite Coney (no primary sources given; these "children" have been debunked and detached from profiles)

• 1. Richard Percy/Pearce Jr. b. circa 1590 (Richard Pearce, {Fictional})
• 2. John Pierce "The Patentee' b. circa 1590-1594, (more likely 1591-1593) - disconnected Sept 2021 - John Pierce of Watertown
• 3. Captain William Pierce b. 1591 Capt. William Pierce, 'the Mariner' but Anderson's Great Migration Project has no parents for him.
• Michael Pierce (killed in the Narraganset fight in 1676) - (no parents known) - Capt. Michael Pierce

Their child according to Blomfield:

• Thomas Perse, father of Peter Perse, son of Margaret Perse, sister of John Coney, father of Humphrey Coney

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Fabricated genealogy

See "Captain Michael Pierce and the Fake Genealogy of Frederick Clifton Pierce" for an excellent examination of the misinformation about the Pierce family. < link >

notes

Date of birth might specifically be 1550.

comments

Date and place of marriage to Richard Pierce have also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1561 at Norwich, Norfolk, England <unattested, conflicts with her date of birth>.

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1592 at Pamington, Gloucestershire, England <unattested>.

links

• FamilySearch AFN 8QPM-6L

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In Old Pedigrees

• Pierce genealogy : being the record of the posterity of Thomas Pierce, an early inhabitant of Charlestown, and afterwards Charlestown village (Woburn), in New England, with wills, inventories, biographical sketches, etc. (1882)
• http://www.archive.org/details/piercegenealogyb00pier
• http://www.archive.org/stream/piercegenealogyb00pier#page/n15/mode/2up
• "History of Norwich, Norfolk County, England" Under the head of St. Peter's Church, in that town, we find the following in relation to the family living there then:--"Sparks Chantry, in this church was granted, July 23rd, in the 4th of Edward VI., with all its lands and rents, &c., in the tenure of Robermore, to Nicholas Le Strange. And in the 23rd of Elizabeth, Peter Perse, cousin and heir of Humphrey Cony, late of this town, held part of these lands, being son of Thomas Perse, son of Margaret Perse, sister of John Cony, father of Humphrey."
• It will be seen by this that there was a family by the name there at that time, and that also there was a Thomas in the family. It is reasonable to suppose therefore that our Thomas was of this family, and that he was brother of the John alluded to, and also of Robert, of Dorchester, as the same coat of arms is found in that family.

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References

1. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/n/Laura-Hanford/WEBS...
2. Blomefield, Francis. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk ... pp 184, 185 < GoogleBooks > Spark's chantry in this church was granted July 23, in the 4th of Edward VI. with all its lands and rents, &c. in the tenure of Robert More, to Nicholas le Strange; and in the 23d of Eliz. Peter Perse, cousin and heir of Humphrey Cony, late of this town, held part of these lands, being son of Thomas Perse, son of Margaret Perse, sister of John Cony, father of Humphrey.
3. Marguerite's birth and death information is available at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9M4X-DFG
4. Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 23 2016, 19:52:53 UTC