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Biddeford History & Heritage Project

Sharing the history of a proud city rising where the water falls

Samuel Peirson (1759-1852)

Covered bridge over the Saco River, Biddeford, ca. 1872

Covered bridge over the Saco River, Biddeford, ca. 1872

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McArthur Public Library

In 1820, he bought a house near the Saco River that had originally been built by his second wife’s father, Captain Jeremiah Hill, a veteran of the Revolutionary War and resided there until the time of his death. Pierson Lane in Biddeford, near where the house stood, is named after him.


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