MRP: Piers family

Sir Thomas Piers

Sir Thomas Piers (b.ca. 1616, d. April 1680) married twice, firstly to Jane Oxenden around 1643, and then, following her early death, to Audrey Master of Ospringe in May 1649. He had four children, Thomas Piers (b. abt 1643, d. 1693), his son and heir by Jane, and three further boys by Audrey. According to Hasted Sir Thomas Piers’ father was Lawrence Piers (alt. Peirce) of Westfield, Sussex. Westfield is a parish a few miles to the north east of Hastings on the road to Ashford, and appears to have had a high proportion of yeoman and weaver/kersey makers in its early C17th PRC wills.

Sir Thomas Piers had his home at Stonepit(t)(s), near Seal in North Kent, which he inherited from his father. The house had come into the family through his father’s marriage to XXXX of Stonepitt.

Sources

Hasted, Edward, 'Parishes: Seale', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 (1797), pp. 51-59.