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Descendants of Francis Peabody

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Generation No. 1 |
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FRANCIS1 PEABODY was born Abt. 1614 in St.
Albans, Hertfordshire, England, and died February 19, 1697/98 in Topsfield,
Massachusetts. He married (1) LYDIA. He married (2)
MARY FOSTER WOOD,
daughter of Renold (Reginald) Foster and
Judith Wignol of Ipswich. She was born 1618 in
England and died April 9, 1705 in Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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The following information came from the Peabody Genealogy,
by Selim Hobart Peabody, 1909: |
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Aprilis 1635
Theis under written names are to be transported to New England imbarqued in the
Planter Nico: Trarice Mr bound thither the pties have brought certificates from the
Minister of St Albons in Hertfordshier & Attestacon from the Justices of peace
according to the Lord's order.
Husb: man Franc's Peboddy . . . . 21
In such documents, the age set down after a name often was a mere approximation. The
papers of Essex County Court in Massachusetts contain a deposition, dated the 24th
of the 4th month 1662 (June 24, 1662) giving the testimoni of ffrancis Pabody
aged fifti years. Another deposition, given Nov. 19, 1690, gives his age as 78
years. While the ship list would place his birth at 1612 or 1614, the depositions
would set it at 1612.
The Planter sailed from London about Apr. 10, 1635, and arrived in Boston, Mass., June 7,
1635. Francis Peabody, a farmer and miller, settled first at Ipswich, Essex County,
Massachusetts, where he was living in 1636 near Labour in Vaine on a road that
led to the beach. The first reference to Francis in the Ipswich records appears in a
description of lands owned by Samuel Hall:
Eight acres of planting ground, by an act of the Towne as in the old book Anno 1636,
lying near the highway going to Labour in vaine meadowe, butting to ye East upon ye
planting ground of John Seaborn and on ye North planting ground of Francis Pebody.
In 1638 or 1639, the settler joined with the Rev. Stephen Bachilor and 12 others in the
original settlement of Hampton, New Hampshire. He became a freeman of Hampton May 18,
1642. In 1645, he held a share in the common lands of Hampton and was also acting as a
member of the committee that oversaw the finishing of the meeting house.
The Francis Peabody residence in Hampton was near those of Isaac Perkins and William Cole.
Cole's wife, Eunice, apparently had difficulty controlling her tongue and sometimes lashed
out at her neighbors. An entry in the records of the Ipswich Court, under date of Nov. 4,
1645, says Eunice Cole is to sit in the stocks at Hampton and to make
acknowledgement of her slanderous speeches concerning Susan Parkings & lidia pebodye
and to pay to the witnes Isaac Perkings 7d and the feas of the court. This Mrs. Cole
subsequently was tried for witchcraft.
After spending about 12 years in Hampton, Francis Peabody on March 25, 1650, sold his
Hampton property to Robert Drake and moved to Topsfield, Mass., which had two years
earlier been set off from his former home of Ipswich. Here he spent the rest of his life.
On moving to Topsfield, he bought 250 acres of land from Samuel Symonds. On Apr. 20, 1666,
he purchased from his near neighbor, William Evans, an acre located beside Pye Brook, on
which he established in 1672 the first grist mill in the town. His house, situated on the
bank of the brook, survived until 1846. He built a second, two story house a little
farther up the brook in 1692, and this stood until Oct. 4, 1914. A deposition made by
Francis Peabody in 1690, when he was 78, provides some interesting detail:
The testimony of francis Pabody aged 78 years is that I having bought on half of mr
Simmonds farm: ye said ffeild mr Simmonds sent up goodman gage & goodman Brag to shew
me the bounds of that farme, and they did shew me a stak in a medow which medow is now on
the back sid of the dweling house of Isaac Cumins senr & on the north sid of the brook
several rods: to be the bounds on the north east corner of the farm: & from thence to
a tree on the end of pains hill near to a medow where Ipswich commity setled the bounds;
afterward I got ensign howlet to help me run the line on the south est side of the farme
between goodman every & me & he with others brought the line to the same place on
the south est corner: to which place my fence did then & now doth point.
Swore november 19th 1690 before me Samll Appleton Asst.
Little is known of Francis Peabody's first wife. She is clearly identified as Lydia in
documents of the period, but her maiden name, ancestry and origin are unknown. She died
before 1649 and he married about 1650 Mary (Foster) Wood, daughter of Renold and Judith
(Wignol) Foster of Ipswich and the widow of Daniel Wood of Ipswich, who died in 1648.
Francis Peabody died Feb. 19, 1697/8, in Topsfield. Mary survived about seven years, dying
Apr. 9, 1705, in Topsfield. Francis' will, dated Jan. 20, 1695/6 . . ." |
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Children of FRANCIS PEABODY and LYDIA are: |
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LYDIA
PEABODY, b. August 30, 1640, Hampton, New Hampshire; d. April 30, 1715,
Boxford, Massachusetts; m. THOMAS HOWLETT
Bef. 1663. |
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JOHN
PEABODY, b. Abt. 1642. |
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JOSEPH
PEABODY, b. Abt. 1644, Hampton, New Hampshire; d. Abt. 1722; m. (1) BETHIAH BRIDGES
October 26, 1668, Boxford, Massachusetts; m. (2) MARY WHEELER, January 4, 1714/15,
Beverly, Massachusetts. |
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WILLIAM
PEABODY, b. March 3, 1645/46, Hampton, New Hampshire; d. March 6, 1699/1700, Boxford,
Massachusetts; m. (1) MARY BROWN, December 8, 1680; m. (2) HANNAH HALE, August 14, 1684,
Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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ISAAC
PEABODY, b. Abt. 1648, Hampton, New Hampshire; d. 1727, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m. (1)
ELIZABETH; m. (2) SARAH ESTES GILL Abt. 1693. |
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Children of FRANCIS PEABODY and MARY
FOSTER WOOD are: |
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SARAH
PEABODY, b. Abt. 1650, Ipswich, Massachusetts; d. September 29, 1732, Ipswich,
Massachusetts; m. ABRAHAM HOWE March 20, 1678,
Ipswich, Massachusetts. |
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HEPSIBAH
PEABODY, b. Abt. 1652, Ipswich, Massachusetts; m.
DANIEL RAE. |
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MARY
PEABODY, b. Abt. 1656; m. JOHN DEATH. |
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RUTH
PEABODY, b. May 22, 1658. |
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DAMARIS
PEABODY, b. January 21, 1660, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. December 19, 1660, Topsfield,
Massachusetts. |
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SAMUEL
PEABODY, b. June 4, 1662; d. September 13, 1677, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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JACOB
PEABODY, b. July 28, 1664, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. November 24, 1689, Topsfield,
Massachusetts; m. ABIGAIL TOWNE, January 12, 1685/86, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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HANNAH
PEABODY, b. May 8, 1668. |
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NATHANIEL
PEABODY, b. July 20, 1669; d. 1715; m. FRANCES. |

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JOHN2
PEABODY
(FRANCIS1) was born
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born Abt. 1642 and died Abt. November 29, 1674. He married
HANNAH
ANDREWS November 23, 1665 in Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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Children
of JOHN PEABODY and HANNAH ANDREWS are: |
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JOHN PEABODY, b. August 28, 1666. |
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THOMAS PEABODY, b. July 22,
1670. |
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LIDIA PEABODY, b. March 9,
1674; m. JACOB PERLEY, December 3, 1696, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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DAVID PEABODY, b. July 12,
1678. |
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ELIZABETH PEABODY, b. August
13, 1680. |
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NATHAN PEABODY, b. July 20,
1682, Topsfield, Massachusetts; bpt. February 8, 1683, Topsfield,
Massachusetts. |
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JOSEPH2 PEABODY (FRANCIS1) was born Abt. 1644 in
Hampton, New Hampshire and died Abt. 1722. He married (1)
BETHIAH
BRIDGES, daughter of EDMUND BRIDGES and ALICE; he married (2)
MARY WHEELER
January 4, 1715 in Beverly, Massachusetts. |
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Children
of JOSEPH PEABODY and BETHIAH BRIDGES are: |
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JOSEPH PEABODY, b. April 16, 1671,
Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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SARAH PEABODY, b. September 4, 1676. |
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SAMUEL PEABODY, b. August 8, 1678. |
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BETHIAH PEABODY, b. April 3, 1681. |
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LYDIA PEABODY, b. February 4, 1683. |
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ALICE PEABODY, b. January 5, 1685. |
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WILLIAM2 PEABODY (FRANCIS1) was born March 3, 1646 in
Hampton, New Hampshire. He died on March 6, 1699 in Boxford,
Massachusetts. He married (1) MARY BROWN, December 8, 1680, daughter
of RICHARD BROWN and
ELIZABETH GREENLEAF. He married (2)
HANNAH HALE,
August 14, 1684 in Newbury, Massachusetts, daughter of
THOMAS HALE and
MARY HUTCHINSON. |
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Children of WILLIAM PEABODY and HANNAH HALE are: |
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MARY PEABODY, b. April 14,
1687. |
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EPHRAIM3 PEABODY,
b. April 23, 1689. |
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RICHARD PEABODY, bpt. April 5,
1691, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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RICHARD PEABODY, b. February
17, 1692. |
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HANNAH PEABODY, bpt. August 6,
1693, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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JOHN PEABODY, bpt. December
22, 1695, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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OLIVER PEABODY, May 7, 1698. |
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STEPHEN PEABODY. |
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ISAAC2
PEABODY
(FRANCIS1) was born Abt. 1648 in Hampton, New Hampshire, and died 1727 in
Topsfield, Massachusetts. He married (1) ELIZABETH. He married (2)
SARAH ESTES
GILL Abt. 1693 in Massachusetts, daughter of ROBERT ESTES and
DOROTHY WILSON. She was born March 22, 1640
in Rengwould, Kent, England. |
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Children
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CORNET FRANCIS3
PEABODY, b. December 1, 1694, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. April 23, 1769,
Middleton, Massachusetts. |
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MARY PEABODY,
b. February 5, 1695/96, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m.
WILLIAM JARVIS, August 1, 1723. |
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ISAAC PEABODY,
b. March 15, 1697/98, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. January 13, 1739, Topsfield,
Massachusetts. |
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PHILADELPHIA
PEABODY, b. September 26, 1698, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. October 23, 1743;
m. DANIEL REDINGTON February 27, 1722, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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MATTHEW3
PEABODY, b. December 10, 1699, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. October 20,
1777, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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WILLIAM
PEABODY, b. January 26, 1700/01, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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ESTES PEABODY,
b. September 28, 1702, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m. MARY GOTT, May 19, 1746, Topsfield,
Massachusetts. |
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JOSEPH3
PEABODY, b. June 14, 1704, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. June 7, 1755, Topsfield,
Massachusetts. |
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Notes
for ELIZABETH BRADSTREET: |
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She
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SARAH
PEABODY, b. March 10, 1705/06, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. May 22, 1790,
Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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ANNE
PEABODY, b. May 31, 1707, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. May 5, 1760,
Topsfield, Massachusetts; m. John Batchelder, December 13, 1727, Ipswich,
Massachusetts. |
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HEPHZIBAH
PEABODY, b. May 25, 1709, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. December 23, 1783, Topsfield,
Massachusetts; m. Ephraim Wildes, Jr., January 31, 1731, Topsfield,
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SAMUEL
PEABODY, b. January 3, 1710/11, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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JACOB2 PEABODY (FRANCIS1) was born
July 28, 1664, in Topsfield,
Massachusetts, and died November 24, 1689, in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She married
ABIGAIL TOWNE January 12, 1686 in Topsfield, Massachusetts, daughter of
EDMUND TOWNE and MARY BROWNING. She was born August 6, 1664. |
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Children of
JACOB PEABODY and ABIGAIL TOWNE are: |
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MARY PEABODY, b. January 15, 1688,
Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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SARAH PEABODY, b. January 15, 1688,
Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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JACOB3
PEABODY, b. November 9, 1689, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. July 14, 1749,
Topsfield, Massachusetts. |

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EPHRAIM3 PEABODY (WILLIAM2, FRANCIS1) was
born April 23, 1689. He married HANNAH REDINGTON July 6, 1713 in
Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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Children of EPHRAIM PEABODY and HANNAH REDINGTON are: |
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THOMAS PEABODY, b. July 14,
1715, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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ABRAHAM PEABODY, b. October 6,
1717, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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EPHRAIM PEABODY, b. February
16, 1720, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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HANNAH PEABODY, b. May 18,
1725, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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NATHANELL PEABODY, b. December
18, 1727, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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RICHARD3 PEABODY (WILLIAM2, FRANCIS1) was
born February 17, 1692. He married RUTH KIMBALL March 7, 1716 in
Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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Children of RICHARD PEABODY and RUTH KIMBALL are: |
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ASA PEABODY, b. January 25,
1716, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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MARY PEABODY, b. January 13,
1719, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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ABIGAIL PEABODY, b. October
10, 1722, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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SARAH PEABODY, b. June 5,
1725, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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RICHARD PEABODY, b. January
15, 1728, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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PEGGE PEABODY, bpt. June 29,
1729, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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CORNET
FRANCIS3 PEABODY (ISAAC2, FRANCIS1) was born December 1, 1694 in Topsfield, Massachusetts,
and died April 23, 1769 in Middleton, Massachusetts. He married
DOROTHY PERKINS
January 27, 1714/15 in Middleton, Massachusetts, daughter of
ABRAHAM PERKINS and
HANNAH BEAMSLEY. She was born Abt.
1695 in Topsfield, Massachusetts, and died May 3, 1771, in Middleton,
Massachusetts. |
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FRANCIS4
PEABODY, b. September 21, 1715, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. December 7, 1797, Middleton,
Massachusetts. |
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SAMUEL
PEABODY, b. December 4, 1716, Middleton, Massachusetts, d. December 1716. |
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MARY PEABODY,
b. August 10, 1718, Middleton, Massachusetts; m. SAMUEL CONANT, August 9,
1744, Middleton, Massachusetts. |
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DOROTHY
PEABODY, b. March 27, 1720, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m.
DAVID WEBB,
November 16, 1749, Portland, Maine. |
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SAMUEL
PEABODY, b. January 30, 1721/22, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. 1804; m. (1)
RUTH TRASK,
April 13, 1749, Beverly, Massachusetts, dau. JOSIAH TRASK and MARY WOODBURY; m. (2)
MARY SYMONDS, October 18, 1750, Cumberland,
Maine; m. (3) MARY COLCHESTER, July 8, 1760. |
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NATHANIEL
PEABODY, b. April 7, 1723, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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WILLIAM
PEABODY, b. March 11, 1723/24, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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ISAAC PEABODY,
b. April 3, 1727, Middleton, Massachusetts; bpt. August 27, 1727, Topsfield,
Massachusetts. |
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DANIEL
PEABODY, b. October 18, 1728, Middleton, Massachusetts; bpt. June 8, 1729,
Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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BIMSLEY4
PEABODY, b. September 2, 1731, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. 1815, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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HANNAH
PEABODY, b. February 23, 1732/33, Middleton, Massachusetts; m.
SAMUEL COLE, July 8, 1758,
Cape Elizabeth, Maine. |
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STEPHEN
PEABODY, b. April 7, 1735. |
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ANDREW
PEABODY, b. January 14, 1736/37; d. January 14, 1736/37, stillborn. |
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MATTHEW3 PEABODY (ISAAC2, FRANCIS1) was born
December 10, 1699 in Topsfield, Massachusetts, and died October 20, 1777, in
Topsfield, Massachusetts. He married (1)
MEHITABLE AVERILL February
22, 1724, daughter of EBENEZER AVERILL and
MEHITABELL FOSTER. She was
baptized on May 2, 1703 in Topsfield, Massachusetts, and died June 16, 1740
in Topsfield, Massachusetts. He married (2) SARAH DORMAN April 13,
1743, in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She died October 20, 20, 1777, in
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Notes
for Matthew Peabody: Entry in Topsfield Vital Records for Matthew's
death reads as follows: Matthew, "and Sarah his wife and Ebenezer
Peabody son of John and Lucy Peabody all three in one day and under one roof
and w as all three buryd at one time, both Mr. Peabody and his wife was laid
in one grave," October 20, 1777. C.R. |
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Children of
MATTHEW PEABODY and MEHITABLE AVERILL are: |
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EBENEZER PEABODY, b. February 11, 1727, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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MEHITABLE PEABODY, b. December 24, 1728, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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JOHN PEABODY, b. September 10, 1730, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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SARAH PEABODY, b. March 30, 1733, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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ISAAC PEABODY, b. September 29, 1747. |
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DEBORAH PEABODY, b. October 21, 1750. |
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JOSEPH3 PEABODY (ISAAC2, FRANCIS1) was born
June 14, 1704,
in Topsfield, Massachusetts, and died June 7, 1755, in Topsfield, Massachusetts.
He
married ELIZABETH BRADSTREET, daughter of
SIMON BRADSTREET and
ELIZABETH
CAPON. She died December 31, 1751, in Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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Children of
JOSEPH PEABODY and ELIZABETH BRADSTREET are: |
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JOSEPH PEABODY,
b. September 5, 1730, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. August 7, 1736,
Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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JACOB PEABODY,
b. December 2, 1731, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. August 14, 1736,
Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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DUDLY PEABODY, b. June 15, 1735, Topsfield, Massachusetts;
d. August 6, 1736, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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ELIZABETH PEABODY,
b. September 23, 1737, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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JACOB PEABODY, b.
April 6, 1739, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. November 24, 1806, Topsfield,
Massachusetts. |
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JACOB3
PEABODY
(JACOB2, FRANCIS4) was born
November 9, 1689, in Topsfield, Massachusetts, and died July 14, 1749, in Topsfield, Massachusetts.
He married REBECKAH BAKER April 30, 1712,
in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She died March 12, 1780, in Topsfield,
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Children of
JACOB PEABODY and REBECKAH BAKER are: |
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JACOB PEABODY, b. February 18, 1713; m.
SUSANNA ROGERS, February 18, 1735, Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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REBECKAH PEABODY, b. February 3, 1715. |
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ABIGAIL PEABODY, b. February 25, 1717,
Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. June 25, 1736, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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NATHANIEL PEABODY, b. February 25, 1719,
Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. June 25, 1736, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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PRISSILA PEABODY, b . March 25, 1721. |
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THOMAS PEABODY, b. August 24, 1723,
Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. September 25, 1723, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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MARTHA PEABODY, b. August 19, 1724,
Topsfield, Massachusetts; d,. June 17, 1736, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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ELIZABETH PEABODY, b. October 25, 1728,
Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. June 18, 1736, Topsfield, Massachusetts. |

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DEACON FRANCIS4
PEABODY
(FRANCIS3, ISAAC2, FRANCIS1) was born
September 21, 1715, in Middleton,
Massachusetts and died December 7, 1797, in Middleton, Massachusetts.
He married MARGARET KNIGHT September 30, 1722, in Middleton,
Massachusetts, daughter of BENJAMIN KNIGHT and
RUETH FULLER. She was
born September 30, 1722, in Middleton, Massachusetts, and died August 27,
1806, in Middleton, Massachusetts. |
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Children of
FRANCIS PEABODY and MARGARET KNIGHT are: |
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BENJAMIN PEABODY, b. August 9, 1741. |
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ANDREW PEABODY, b. January 4, 1742 |
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RUTH PEABODY, b. April 11, 1744. |
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FRANCIS PEABODY, b. March 4,
1745. |
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LYDIA PEABODY, b. September
27, 1748. |
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ASA PEABODY, b. March 5, 1751. |
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MARGARET PEABODY, b. March 27, 1753. |
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ANDREW PEABODY, b. October 12, 1755. |
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JOSEPH PEABODY, b. December
12, 1757. |
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STEPHEN PEABODY, b. April 25,
1760. |
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LUSE PEABODY, b. January 5,
1767. |
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BIMSLEY4 PEABODY (FRANCIS3, ISAAC2, FRANCIS1) was born
September 2, 1731 in Middleton, Massachusetts, and died 1815 in Boxford, Massachusetts.
He married RUTH MARSTON November 12, 1754 in Middleton, Massachusetts, daughter of
SAMUEL MARSTON and HANNAH GOULD. She was born Abt. 1735 in Middleton,
Massachusetts, and died 1815 in Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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Notes for BIMSLEY PEABODY: |
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[He] was a private in Major Preble's command in the French
war in Nova Scotia, in 1755. [He] was a solder in the War of the
Revolution.--Peabody Genealogy 1909 |
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Children of BIMSLEY PEABODY and RUTH MARSTON are: |
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MEHITABLE
PEABODY, b. March 2, 1755, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. June 18, 1846; m.
WILLIAM FLINT, May 4, 1780, Danvers, Massachusetts. |
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BIMSLEY
PEABODY, b. April 2, 1757, Middleton, Massachusetts; bpt. October 2, 1757,
Middleton, Massachusetts; m. BETTY PEABODY, May 25, 1779,
Danvers, Massachusetts; she d. June 18, 1846. |
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SAMUEL
PEABODY, b. January 7, 1759. |
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FRANCIS
PEABODY, b. January 5, 1761. |
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JONATHAN
PEABODY, b. January 27, 1763. |
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AMOS5 PEABODY,
b. February 7, 1765, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. August 22, 1835, Middleton,
Massachusetts. |
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DUDLEY
PEABODY, b. October 7, 1768, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m.
REBECCA TOWNE, October 10, 1791,
Boxford, Massachusetts. |
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RUTH PEABODY,
b. December 14, 1769, Middleton, Massachusetts; m.
BENJAMIN FOLINBY, November 20, 1795,
Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
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BENJAMIN
PEABODY, b. Abt. 1771; m. (1) POLLY BANCROFT, June 8, 1794, Lynnfield, Massachusetts; m.
(2) LEAFEY WHITNEY CHUBB. |
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OLIVER
PEABODY, b. February 14, 1775; d. July 23, 1850, Boxford, Massachusetts; m. (1)
SARAH ESTEY, November 27, 1800, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m. (2)
LOIS CHAPMAN. |
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LYDIA PEABODY,
b. October 9, 1796. |

Generation No. 5 |
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AMOS5
PEABODY
(BIMSLEY4,
FRANCIS3,
ISAAC2,
FRANCIS1)
was born February 7, 1765 in Middleton, Massachusetts, and died August 22,
1835 in Middleton, Massachusetts. He married RACHEL BERRY January 1,
1789 in Middleton, Massachusetts, daughter of ISAAC BERRY and ANNA BIXBY.
was born October 1, 1770, in Middleton, Massachusetts, and died October 11,
1847, in Middleton, Massachusetts. |
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Notes for AMOS PEABODY: |
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He
served in the army of the Revolution in Col. Crafts' regiment of artillery. Was a
pensioner.--Peabody Genealogy 1909 |
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Children
of AMOS PEABODY and RACHEL BERRY are: |
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ABIJAH
PEABODY, b. March 29, 1790, Middleton, Massachusetts. |
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FANNY PEABODY,
b. September 15, 1792, Middleton, Massachusetts. |
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AMOS PEABODY,
b. June 30, 1793; d. June 28, 1857, Middleton, Massachusetts; m.
ABIGAIL NEEDHAM, October 11, 1828, Middleton, Massachusetts. |
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JAMES PEABODY,
b. May 24, 1795, Middleton, Massachusetts. |
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JOHN PEABODY,
b. June 17, 1797, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. October 30, 1844, Middleton, Massachusetts. |
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BETSEY
PEABODY, b. February 21, 1799. |
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ANNA PEABODY,
b. November 6, 1801. |
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EUNICE
PEABODY, b. February 3, 1803. |
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SALLY PEABODY,
b. February 4, 1805, Middleton, Massachusetts; m. COOMBS TARR, December 21, 1826,
Gloucester, Massachusetts. |
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RACHEL LOUISA
PEABODY, b. January 1, 1807, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. December 9, 1809, Middleton,
Massachusetts. |
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RACHEL LOUISA
PEABODY, b. November 15, 1809, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. Abt. 1891, Gloucester,
Massachusetts; m. FREDERICK TARR, November 27, 1828, Gloucester, Massachusetts. |
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Notes for RACHEL LOUISA PEABODY: |
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Both
Rachel and Frederick Tarr are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Gloucester, Massachusetts. |
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ABIJAH
PEABODY, b. April 9, 1814, Middleton, Massachusetts. |
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Sources: |
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Middleton
Vital Records |
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Ipswich Vital
Records |
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Topsfield
Vital Records |
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4. |
The Peabody
Family Home Page |
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5. |
Peabody
Genealogy by S. H. Peabody, 1909 |
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6. |
Genealogy of
the Peabody Family by C. M. Endicott |
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7. |
Boxford Vital
Records |
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Lynnfield
Vital Records |
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9. |
Danvers Vital
Records |
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10. |
Gloucester
Vital Records |
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