Pierce, Ammi

b. 1842.  The Dunwich resident who tried to save his friend and neighbor, Nahum Gardner, from the effects of a meteor that fell on Gardner's farm.  In his later years he was described as getting a little queer in the head because he continued to tell
the story believing he lived far enough away from the Gardner place.  The name Ammi may come from Be-Ammi, a child born from the incestuous union of Lot and his daughters (Genesis 19:38) since incest produces rustic, metally deficient creatures.

[The Colour Out of Space - H.P.L.]