John Peet

Died in the Queen Ann War.

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John Peat son of John and Sarah Peat, was born in Fairfield County, Connecticut in 1672; died there Feb.1, 1709-10. He was a sergeant in the local train band, and is mentioned on the records as Sergeant John Peat. He married May 12,1695, Mary, daughter of Thomas Morehouse.

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From John Peet 1597-1684, of Stratford, Connecticut, and his descendants, by Terry Charles Peet, assisted by Wesley D. Peet - (Memorial [Third] edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged), published 2013 (page 51/1210):

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John Peet [John(2), John(1)]

• b. Nov. 20, 1672, Stratford, Connecticut (BC v LR1, p. 52)
• d. Feb. 1, 1709/10, Stratford (BC v LR2, p. 485)
• m. May 12, 1696, Stratford, Connecticut, Mary Morehouse (BC v LR2, p. 479)
  • (she b. 1674, m. second Dec. 4, 1712, John Corbitt, m. third Sept. 5, 1723, Benjamin Peet)
  • dau. of Thomas Morehouse and Isabelle Keeler, inventory Mar. 13, 1709/10.

John Peat was among the 19 signatories of an address dated Apr. 1, 1707, to the Bishop of London requesting a minister and the founding of a parish of the Church of England in Stratford; the 19 signers may be considered as founders of the Christ Episcopal Church which was granted in 1708 (Wilcoxson, p. 447); it is reported that Sgt. John Peet was killed by Indians in a massacre and that his oldest son, Joseph, a lad of about 13 years, was carried off a captive by the Indians and lived with them until manhood; Joseph then ran off and returned to Stratford and his own people. The inventory of John's estate was dated Mar. 13, 1709/10 (#4859) and names Mary Peat, widow and relict of John Peet late of Stratford and the names and ages of the following children:

• Joseph, 13 years old last day of January last
• David, 11 years old last day of last June
• Sarah, 9 years old 4th day of last August
• Mary, 7 years old 2nd day of last December
• Hannah, 5 years old 22nd day of last December
• John, 3 years old 23rd day of next April
• Dina, 1 year old 30th day of this March

The inventory does not mention the first two Johns or Daniel

Issue recorded at Stratford, Connecticut

• 1. 44. i. John, b. Jan. 4, 1696/97 (BC v LR2, p. 484)
• 2. 45. ii. Joseph, b. Jan. 4, 1696/97
• 3. 46. iii. John, b. June 30, 1698 ?
• 4. 47. iv. David, b. June 30, 1698
• 5. 48. v. Sarah, b. Aug. 4, 1700 (BC v LR2, p. 484a; BC v LR2, p. 484, gives her again with Aug. 4, 1701 birth date)
• 6. 49. vi. Mary, b. Dec. 3, 1702
• 7. 50. vii. Hannah, b. Dec. 22, 1704
• 8. 51. viii. John, b. Apr. 23, 1707 (BC v LR2, p. 484a); bapt. Aug. 3, 1707
• 9. 52. ix. Dinah, b. Mar. 30, 1708
• 10. 53. x. Daniel, b. (no record) Mar 30, 1708/9 (Orcutt)

Footnotes:

• BC v LR1: Materials Assembled by Terry Charles Peet during the period 1979-2005 (boxes 4 and 5, files 224-532) and during the period Oct. 2005-2013 (box 6, files 533-581): files specific to individual Peets and their immediate families and line of Peets; filed alphabetically by given name for any male or female born Peet. In order to distringuish between Peets with same given names, birth, and or death years are given or principal location of residence is given with names on the tab of each folder.
• BC v LR2: Materials Assembled by Terry Charles Peet during the period 1979-2005 (boxes 4 and 5, files 224-532) and during the period Oct. 2005-2013 (box 6, files 533-581): files specific to individual correspondents, not born Peet, filed alphabetically according to surname.
• Orcutt: Samuel Orcutt, 1824-1893. A History of the old town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut. New Haven, Conn.: Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1886. 2 v [F104.S87 O6]