Piercy, William

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Epithet: of Limerick

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x000163

Epithet: of Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x000162

British clergyman and agent for the Countess of Huntingdon in Georgia and South Carolina, who sent him to America in 1773 to be the president and manager of the Bethesda Orphan House and College in Georgia. In 1776 Rev. Piercy married Catherine Elliott, daughter of Barnard Elliott (d. 1758), in Charleston, S.C.

From the description of William Piercy letter book, 1773-1783. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794161

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