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Newark City Directory 1863-4, 1863
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1OBITUARY.
3BENJAMIN THOMPSON PIERSON, a son of David Pierson and Abigail Thompson, was born in the township of Morris, Morris County, N. J., Sept. 21, 1793. He was a descendant of the Rev. Abraham Pierson, sometimes called the founder of Newark, who, with many of the church and people of Branford, in 1667 left Connecticut and united with friends from Milford and New Haven "to be of one heart and hand in endeavoring to carry on their spiritual concernments as well as town affairs, according to God and godly government," in the new settlement on Passaic river, commenced in 1666, purchased by them from the Indians by advice of the English Proprietors' Governor.
5Benjamin Pierson, a grandson of Thomas, one of the four sons of Rev. Abraham, with several of his townsmen, sought a home in the West, beyond the mountains, and was one of the early settlers of Morris County. There, the Piersons, Cranes, Kitchells, Baldwins, Bruens, Tomkins, and others, subdued the earth, increased and multiplied. Many of their sons and daughters, having turned their faces toward their ancestral home-lots, are now found among the thousands of our beautiful city—some of whom forget the men of the olden time, to whose taste and judgment all will ever be indebted for the broad avenues and spacious parks of Newark.
7During his minority, Mr. Pierson was engaged chiefly on the farm of his father in agricultural pursuits. In the winter season his time was occupied in obtaining as much of useful knowledge as with diligence, and an aptness to learn, he could secure in a country school. He grew in stature until, at the age of eighteen, ambitious to take the lead in the fields with the scythe or cradle, and striving to excel, hemorrhage ensued, health and strength failed, and enfeebled and with a pulmonary affection, he was compelled to seek other and less laborious employment.
9In 1828 he was married to Mrs. Paulina Gale. For a season he was the host of those who for health or pleasure
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