Editing Abraham Pierson (section)

==Notes==
For the period of 1646 to about 1664, it has been assumed that Abraham Pierson, as a child, lived with his parents and followed the movements of his father, Rev. Abraham Pierson (Sr.). The Rev. Abraham Pierson Sr., was one of the most prominent figures in the New Haven Colony, and his activities are well-documented in many places, including the following.

a. ''Winthrop's Journal 'The History of New England' 1630-1649'', edited by James Savage, 1853.

b. ''The Founding of Harvard College'', Samuel Eliot Morison, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1935, pages 91 and 396.

c. ''The History of Long Island'', Peter Ross, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, NY, 1902.

d. ''A History of the City of Newark, New Jersey'', Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, NY, 1913

e. ''Pierson Millennium'', by Richard E. Pierson and Jennifer Pierson, Heritage Books, October 1997. {{ISBN|0-7884-0742-2}}.
#  ''Notes of lectures attended at Harvard College'', Abraham Pierson, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1667, Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
#  Rev. Abraham Pierson, Jr.'s tenure as pastor of the First Congregational Church of Greenwich is remembered in one of the stained-glass windows of the current edifice of that congregation.
#  Rev. Abraham Pierson, Jr.'s residency in Killingworth, Connecticut (present day Clinton) is documented in every history of Yale College, as well as a bronze statue and an elementary school.
#  ''Dictionary of American Biography'', by Johnson, Allen and Malone, Dumas (editors), Volume 14, Pages 588–589. "It is commonly stated that Abraham the younger was born at Lynn, Mass. in 1641, but according to his tombstone in the graveyard at Clinton, Conn., he "deceased March ye 5th 1706/7 aged 61 years."
#  ''Early Connecticut Marriages as found on Ancient CHURCH Records Prior to 1800'', by Frederick W. BAILEY, New Haven, Vol 2, 1896. These records show that the Rev. Abraham Pierson (Sr.) continued to perform weddings in Branford long after he moved to Newark. See [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ct/branford_newhav_marr.htm]
#  This collection of books clearly pre-dates a comparable collection bequeathed to this school by Elihu Yale. Was this collection donated to the Collegiate School, thus forming the first component of the present-day Yale University Library?
#  ''The Founding of Yale College'', by Bruce P. Stark, Connecticut Heritage Gateway.<ref>{{cite web|author=Bruce P. Stark|title=The Founding of Yale College|url=http://www.ctheritage.org/encyclopedia/ctto1763/yalecollege.htm|publisher=Connecticut Heritage Gateway|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006082730/http://www.ctheritage.org/encyclopedia/ctto1763/yalecollege.htm|archive-date=2007-10-06}}</ref>