Col. John Peter, of Maryland

JOHN PETER (1754-1804)

is reported to be the son of John Peter, merchant in Virginia, and his wife, Elizabeth Cocke [John Bennett Boddie, Southside Virginia Families, Volume I (Redwood City, California, 1955. Reprinted by the Genealogical Printing Co., Inc., 2003), page148]

The George Town Hundred, 1776

[%E2%80%9CA List of the George Town Hundred”, Frederick County, Aug., 22, 1776, printed in Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources, by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, M.S., M.D. (editor), Volume I (William & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, MD. 1915), page 194] https://archive.org/stream/marylandrecordsc01brumuoft#page/194/mode...

Uncle Alexander's Bequest

In a disposition dated 6 September 1803, Alexander Peter, merchant burgess of Glasgow, instructed his trustees to pay one hundred and fifty pounds Sterling to John Peter in Maryland, my nephew. Alexander Peter identifies his nephew as: "a son of my brother John" [National Archives of Scotland, Register House, Edinburgh, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, 1804-1925, A Disposition and Settlement made by Alexander Peter, merchant burgess of Glasgow, reference SC36/48/1, pages 397-406].

Death

John Peter, who lived in Georgetown near his uncle Robert Peter, died on October 20, 1804, as reported in the "Washington Federalist" on October 24, 1804. He was fifty years of age and left a wife and seven children.

Marriage and Children

John Peter is reported to have married Elizabeth Orme and to have had a daughter named Ann Peter [Our Family] http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/John-Peter/f258338

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===MARYLAND RECORD EVIDENCE===

Peter Households in the George Town Hundred, Maryland, on 22 August 1776

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John Petor 20 years, Robert Petor 50 years, Robert Peter junior 19 years, Thomas Petor 8 years, Alexander Petor 7 years, and Robert Petor 3 years [%E2%80%9CA List of the George Town Hundred”, Frederick County, Aug., 22, 1776, printed in Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources, by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, M.S., M.D. (editor), Volume I (William & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, MD. 1915), page 194] https://archive.org/stream/marylandrecordsc01brumuoft#page/194/mode...

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Elizabeth Petor, aged 33 years, Elizabeth Petor 6 years, and Margaret Petor 1 year [%E2%80%9CA List of the George Town Hundred”, Frederick County, Aug., 22, 1776, printed in Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources, by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, M.S., M.D. (editor), Volume I (William & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, MD. 1915), page 196] https://archive.org/stream/marylandrecordsc01brumuoft#page/196/mode...