Coin silver spoon handle help.

[Garabaldi]

I think its coin silver and it has a name on the back: "J.L.PEIRCE"? I think that's the name. Do you think its the name of the person who owned the spoon and if so how old and would he have been wealthy?

 

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[ipsilateral]

Yes. That would be the owner's name. First two letters look like they may be T.C. to me.

 

[Bramblefind]

That's a cool thing You might be able to figure out a connection if you research the site. I did find this TC Peirce reference -

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...d=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

Rev Thomas C Peirce

Sex: M

AKA: Rev Thomas C Pierce Individual Information

Birth: 5 Dec 1790 - Quincy, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 25 May 1851
Burial:
Cause of Death:


Notes General:

(A brief history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wellfleet, Massachusetts)

"1815.
In the summer of 1815 Rev. Thomas C. Peirce was the preacher in charge, and he was called by this people " an interesting and convincing preacher." Under his words deep conviction was wrought in many hearts, and some were converted, while others carried their convictions for months, or even years, before yielding to the Spirit. One man who was soon after converted in Boston, and from that time up to his death was a very earnest Christian and a useful member of this church, dated his deep conviction from a service in which he heard Brother Peirce preach. " I never could forget that sermon," he was often heard to say. Much .of the good seed sown this year was harvested in the following years.

T. C. Peirce joined the Conference in 1814; and, with the exception of four years in a local capacity, he sustained an effective relation till May, 1850. " He was one of the best men and the best preachers of his time," says one who knew him well. By his peculiar sympathy he particularly endeared himself to the afflicted wherever he went. He was a close student till very near the end of his earth-life, and was always a faithful pastor and an example of earnest piety. He loved the Church of Christ and the work of the ministry, desiring to " cease at once to work and live." Yet, when sickness came, he was perfectly resigned to the will of God, and the Saviour's presence and love comforted him. In great peace, and with a glorious hope, he passed to the spirit-land May 25, 1851, aged sixty years.

Rev. B. K. Peirce, D.D., editor of " Zion's Herald," is his son.
1816."
presumed parents
Father: Richard Pierce
Mother: Sally Carmen
via Dyer, from Genealogies of the Families Of Braintree, Norfolk, Mass., 1640-1850
Author: Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, AB
Publication: Including the modern town of Randolph & Holbrook and the city of Quincy, after the separation from Braintree in 1792-3.
Page: 3822

 

[Garabaldi]

That's a cool thing You might be able to figure out a connection if you research the site. I did find this TC Peirce reference -

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...d=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

Rev Thomas C Peirce

Sex: M

AKA: Rev Thomas C Pierce Individual Information

Birth: 5 Dec 1790 - Quincy, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 25 May 1851
Burial:
Cause of Death:


Notes General:

(A brief history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wellfleet, Massachusetts)

"1815.
In the summer of 1815 Rev. Thomas C. Peirce was the preacher in charge, and he was called by this people " an interesting and convincing preacher." Under his words deep conviction was wrought in many hearts, and some were converted, while others carried their convictions for months, or even years, before yielding to the Spirit. One man who was soon after converted in Boston, and from that time up to his death was a very earnest Christian and a useful member of this church, dated his deep conviction from a service in which he heard Brother Peirce preach. " I never could forget that sermon," he was often heard to say. Much .of the good seed sown this year was harvested in the following years.

T. C. Peirce joined the Conference in 1814; and, with the exception of four years in a local capacity, he sustained an effective relation till May, 1850. " He was one of the best men and the best preachers of his time," says one who knew him well. By his peculiar sympathy he particularly endeared himself to the afflicted wherever he went. He was a close student till very near the end of his earth-life, and was always a faithful pastor and an example of earnest piety. He loved the Church of Christ and the work of the ministry, desiring to " cease at once to work and live." Yet, when sickness came, he was perfectly resigned to the will of God, and the Saviour's presence and love comforted him. In great peace, and with a glorious hope, he passed to the spirit-land May 25, 1851, aged sixty years.

Rev. B. K. Peirce, D.D., editor of " Zion's Herald," is his son.
1816."
presumed parents
Father: Richard Pierce
Mother: Sally Carmen
via Dyer, from Genealogies of the Families Of Braintree, Norfolk, Mass., 1640-1850
Author: Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, AB
Publication: Including the modern town of Randolph & Holbrook and the city of Quincy, after the separation from Braintree in 1792-3.
Page: 3822

This could be the person as I found it in mass and the site is most definitely church related. Nice work Bramblefind.
Would it be typical for a Pasteur to have his name on a spoon? Doesn't seem very humble.

 

[CRUSADER]

That's a cool thing You might be able to figure out a connection if you research the site. I did find this TC Peirce reference -

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...d=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

Rev Thomas C Peirce

Sex: M

AKA: Rev Thomas C Pierce Individual Information

Birth: 5 Dec 1790 - Quincy, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 25 May 1851
Burial:
Cause of Death:


Notes General:

(A brief history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wellfleet, Massachusetts)

"1815.
In the summer of 1815 Rev. Thomas C. Peirce was the preacher in charge, and he was called by this people " an interesting and convincing preacher." Under his words deep conviction was wrought in many hearts, and some were converted, while others carried their convictions for months, or even years, before yielding to the Spirit. One man who was soon after converted in Boston, and from that time up to his death was a very earnest Christian and a useful member of this church, dated his deep conviction from a service in which he heard Brother Peirce preach. " I never could forget that sermon," he was often heard to say. Much .of the good seed sown this year was harvested in the following years.

T. C. Peirce joined the Conference in 1814; and, with the exception of four years in a local capacity, he sustained an effective relation till May, 1850. " He was one of the best men and the best preachers of his time," says one who knew him well. By his peculiar sympathy he particularly endeared himself to the afflicted wherever he went. He was a close student till very near the end of his earth-life, and was always a faithful pastor and an example of earnest piety. He loved the Church of Christ and the work of the ministry, desiring to " cease at once to work and live." Yet, when sickness came, he was perfectly resigned to the will of God, and the Saviour's presence and love comforted him. In great peace, and with a glorious hope, he passed to the spirit-land May 25, 1851, aged sixty years.

Rev. B. K. Peirce, D.D., editor of " Zion's Herald," is his son.
1816."
presumed parents
Father: Richard Pierce
Mother: Sally Carmen
via Dyer, from Genealogies of the Families Of Braintree, Norfolk, Mass., 1640-1850
Author: Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, AB
Publication: Including the modern town of Randolph & Holbrook and the city of Quincy, after the separation from Braintree in 1792-3.
Page: 3822

This could be the person as I found it in mass and the site is most definitely church related. Nice work Bramblefind.
Would it be typical for a Pasteur to have his name on a spoon? Doesn't seem very humble.

are you kidding Only a few on the edges of Religion practice exactly the 'true' principles of the Bible.

 

[lastleg]

Maybe the wife ordered the engraving on her silverware.

 

[Garabaldi]

Maybe the wife ordered the engraving on her silverware.

Don't think he was allowed to have a wife.