Pierce, John, 1773-1849

John Pierce (1773-1849) was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard College in 1793. He accepted an invitation to become the pastor of the First Church in Brookline, Massachusetts, and was ordained on March 15, 1797. In 1798, he married Abigail Lovel, who died in 1800. In 1802, he married Lucy Tappan, and he and Lucy were married for 47 years and had 10 children. Pierce was the sole pastor of the First Church in Brookline for 50 years. He was also a member of the Massachusetts Convention of Congregational Ministers, the Massachusetts Congregational Charitable Society, the Boston Association, and was secretary to the Board of Overseers of Harvard College.

Reverend John Pierce (Harvard AB 1793) was born in Dorchester, Mass. on July 14, 1773. He graduated from Harvard in 1793. Pierce was ordained as the pastor of the First Church in Brookline, Mass. on March 15, 1797, and held the position for the next fifty years. He served as secretary to the Harvard Board of Overseers, and was also a member of the Massachusetts Convention of Congregational Ministers and the Massachusetts Congregational Charitable Society. In 1798, he married Abigail Lovel, who died in 1800. In 1802, he married Lucy Tappan; he and Lucy were married for 47 years and had 10 children. Pierce's biographical research and annotations to the Harvard Triennial Catalogues began when he was an undergraduate at Harvard and continued until 1848. He died in 1849.

John Pierce was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts and received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1793. He was ordained as pastor of the First Church in Brookline, Massachusetts on March 15, 1797. In 1798, he married Abigail Lovel, who died in 1800. In 1802, he married Lucy Tappan, and he and Lucy were married for 47 years and had 10 children. Pierce was the sole pastor of the First Church in Brookline for 50 years. He was also a member of the Massachusetts Convention of Congregational Ministers, the Massachusetts Congregational Charitable Society, the Boston Association, and was secretary to the Board of Overseers of Harvard College.