Lieut. Francis Peabody

FRANCIS Pabodie or sometimes called PEABODY born about 1612 St. Albans Hertfordshire EN; died 19 Feb 1697/8 Topsfield MA. He came on the ship PLANTER to New England in 1635. By 1639 he was one of the original settlers at Hampton NH; by 1650 he was residing in Topsfield MA. Francis left will dated 20 Jan 1695/6; proved 7 Aug 1698.

Married:

1. (1) LYDIA (unknown) who died before 1649; Perhaps Lydia Perkins, a daughter of Isaac Perkins of St. Albans, Hertfordshire
2. (2) Mary Foster who died 9 Apr 1705 Topsfield MA; daughter of Regenald Foster and Judith Wignol.

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Descendants of Francis Peabody

Generation No. 1

1. 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.

The following information came from the Peabody Genealogy, by Selim Hobart Peabody, 1909:

 “2 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 . . ."

Children of FRANCIS PEABODY and LYDIA are:

2. i. LYDIA2 PEABODY, b. August 30, 1640, Hampton, New Hampshire; d. April 30, 1715, Boxford, Massachusetts.

ii. JOHN PEABODY, b. Abt. 1642. 

iii. 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.
iv. 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.
3. v. ISAAC PEABODY, b. Abt. 1648, Hampton, New Hampshire; d. 1727, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m. (1) ELIZABETH; m. (2) SARAH ESTES GILL Abt. 1693.

Children of FRANCIS PEABODY and MARY WOOD are:

4. viii. SARAH2 PEABODY, b. Abt. 1650, Ipswich, Massachusetts; d. September 29, 1732, Ipswich, Massachusetts.

ix. HEPSIBAH PEABODY, b. Abt. 1652, Ipswich, Massachusetts; m. DANIEL RAE. 

x. MARY PEABODY, b. Abt. 1656; m. JOHN DEATH.
xi. RUTH PEABODY, b. May 22, 1658.
xii. DAMARIS PEABODY, b. January 21, 1660, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. December 19, 1660, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
xiii. SAMUEL PEABODY, b. June 4, 1662; d. September 13, 1677, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
xiv. JACOB PEABODY, b. July 28, 1664, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. November 24, 1689, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m. ABIGAIL TOWNE, January 12, 1685/86, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
xv. HANNAH PEABODY, b. May 8, 1668.
xvi. NATHANIEL PEABODY, b. July 20, 1669; d. 1715; m. FRANCES.
Generation No. 2

2. LYDIA2 PEABODY (FRANCIS1) was born August 30, 1640 in Hampton, New Hampshire, and died April 30, 1715 in Boxford, Massachusetts. She married (1) THOMAS HOWLETT Bef. 1663, son of THOMAS HOWLETT and ALICE FRENCH. She married (2) THOMAS PERLEY July 8, 1667 in Rowley, Massachusetts, son of ALLAN PERLEY and SUSANNAH BOKESON.

Child of LYDIA PEABODY and THOMAS HOWLETT is:

i. MARY HOWLETT. 

Children of LYDIA PEABODY and THOMAS PERLEY are:

ii. THOMAS PERLEY, b. September 27, 1669. 

iii. JACOB PERLEY, b. February 27, 1675
iv. LYDIA PERLEY, b. July 25, 1672.
v. MARY PERLEY.
vi. HEPSIBAH PERLEY, b. April 14, 1678.
vii. SARAH PERLEY.
3. 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.

Children of ISAAC PEABODY and SARAH GILL are:

5. i. FRANCIS3 PEABODY, b. December 1, 1694, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. April 23, 1769, Middleton, Massachusetts.

ii. MARY PEABODY, b. February 5, 1695/96, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m. WILLIAM JARVIS, August 1, 1723.  

iii. ISAAC PEABODY, b. March 15, 1697/98, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. January 13, 1739, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
6. iv. PHILADELPHIA PEABODY, b. September 26, 1698, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. October 23, 1743.

v. MATTHEW PEABODY, b. December 10, 1699, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. October 20, 1777, Topsfield, Massachusetts; (1) MEHITABLE AVERILL, February 22, 1723/24; m. (2) SARAH DORMAN, April 13, 1743, Topsfield, Massachusetts. 

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 was all three buryd at one time, both Mr. Peabody and his wife was laid in one grave," October 20, 1777. C.R. 

vi. WILLIAM PEABODY, b. January 26, 1700/01.
vii. ESTES PEABODY, b. September 28, 1702, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m. MARY GOTT, May 19, 1646, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
viii. JOSEPH PEABODY, b. June 14, 1704, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. June 7, 1755, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH BRADSTREET, November 2, 1729, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
Notes for ELIZABETH BRADSTREET:

 She was the great-granddaughter of Governor Bradstreet--Peabody Genealogy 1909 

7. ix. SARAH3 PEABODY, b. March 10, 1705/06, Topsfield, Massachusetts.

8. x. ANNE3 PEABODY, b. May 31, 1707, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. May 5, 1760, Topsfield, Massachusetts.

9. xi. HEPHZIBAH PEABODY, b. May 25, 1709, Topsfield, Massachusetts; d. December 23, 1783, Topsfield, Massachusetts.

xii. SAMUEL PEABODY, b. January 3, 1710/11. 

4. SARAH2 PEABODY (FRANCIS1) was born Abt. 1650 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died September 29, 1732 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. She married ABRAHAM HOWE March 20, 1677/78 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Children of SARAH PEABODY and ABRAHAM HOWE are:

i. LOVE HOWE, b. January 15, 1678, b. January 15, 1678, Ipswich, Massachusetts. 

ii. INCREASE HOWE, b. April 12, 1680, b. April 12, 1680, Ipswich, Massachusetts.
iii. SAMSON HOWE.
iv. ABRAHAM HOWE, b. June 26, 1686, b. June 27, 1686, Ipswich, Massachusetts.
v. ABIJAH HOWE.
vi. ISRAEL HOWE, b. January 24, 1692/3, b. January 24, 1692/93, Ipswich, Massachusetts.
viii. MARK HOWE, b. March 28, 1695, b. March 28, 1695, Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Generation No. 3

5. 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.

Child of FRANCIS PEABODY and DOROTHY PERKINS are:

i. FRANCIS PEABODY, b. September 21, 1715, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. December 7, 1797, Middleton, Massachusetts; m. MARGARET KNIGHT, March 26, 1739, Middleton, Massachusetts. 

ii. SAMUEL PEABODY, b. December 4, 1716, Middleton, Massachusetts, d. December 1716.
10. iii. MARY4 PEABODY, b. August 10, 1718, Middleton, Massachusetts.

11. iv. DOROTHY PEABODY, B. March 27, 1720, Middleton, Massachusetts.

v. SAMUEL PEABODY, b. January 30, 1721/22, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. 1804; m. (1) RUTH TRASK, April 13, 1749, Beverly, Massachusetts; m. (2) MARY SYMONDS, October 18, 1750, Cumberland, Maine; m. (3) MARY COLCHESTER, July 8, 1760. 

vi. NATHANIEL PEABODY, b. April 7, 1723.
vii. WILLIAM PEABODY, b. March 11, 1723/24.
viii. ISAAC PEABODY, b. April 3, 1727.
ix. DANIEL PEABODY, b. October 18, 1728.
12. x. BIMSLEY4 PEABODY, b. September 2, 1731, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. 1815, Boxford, Massachusetts.

xi. HANNAH PEABODY, b. February 23, 1732/33, Middleton, Massachusetts; m. SAMUEL COLE, July 8, 1758, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. 

xii. STEPHEN PEABODY, b. April 7, 1735.
xiii. ANDREW PEABODY, b. January 14, 1735/36; d. January 14, 1735/36, stillborn.
6. PHILADELPHIA3 PEABODY (ISAAC2, FRANCIS1) was born September 26, 1698 in Topsfield, Massachusetts, and died October 23, 1743. She married DANIEL REDINGTON February 27, 1721/22, son of DANIEL REDINGTON and ELIZABETH DAVISON.

Children of PHILADELPHIA PEABODY and DANIEL REDINGTON are:

i. DANIEL REDINGTON, b. December 7, 1722, Topsfield, Massachusetts. 

iv. THOMAS REDINGTON, b. November 25, 1724, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
ii. SARAH REDINGTON, b. May 16, 1728, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
iii. DORCAS REDINGTON, b. March 2, 1730/31, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
v. MARGARET REDINGTON, b. September 29, 1734, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
vi. ANNA REDINGTON, b. October 18, 1737, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
vii. DANIEL REDINGTON, b. March 24, 1738/39, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
7. SARAH3 PEABODY (ISAAC2, FRANCIS1) was born March 10, 1705/06 in Topsfield, Massachusetts, and died May 22, 1790 in Topsfield, Massachusetts.. She married LUKE AVERILL, son of EBENEZER AVERILL and SUSANNA HOVEY.

Children of SARAH PEABODY and LUKE AVERILL are:

i. RUTH AVERILL, b. February 18, 1727/28, Topsfield, Massachusetts. 

ii. MARY AVERILL, b. July 14, 1730, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
iii. MOSES AVERILL, b. January 25, 1732/33, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
iv. EBENEZER AVERILL, b. January 18, 1735/36, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
v. MOSES AVERILL, b. August 12, 1738, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
vi. ISAAC AVERILL, b. June 2, 1740, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
vii. ELIJAH AVERILL, b. March 14, 1742/43, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
viii. SUSANNAH AVERILL, b. August 14, 1746, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
8. ANNE3 PEABODY (ISAAC2, FRANCIS4) was born May 31, 1707 in Topsfield, Massachusetts, and died May 5, 1760 in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She married JOHN BATCHELDER December 13, 1727 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, son of JOSEPH BATCHELDER and SARAH.

Children of ANNE PEABODY and JOHN BATCHELDER are:

i. JOSEPH BATCHELDER. 

ii. JOHN BATCHELDER, b. October 29, 1743, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
iii. ISAAC BATCHELDER.
iv. WILLIAM BATCHELDER.
v. ANNA BATCHELDER, b. June 10, 1741, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
vi. ELIZABETH BATCHELDER.
vii. ANNE BATCHELDER.
viii. JOHN BATCHELDER.
9. HEPHZIBAH3 PEABODY (ISAAC2, FRANCIS1) was born May 25, 1709 in Topsfield, Massachusetts, and died December 23, 1783 in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She married EPHRAIM WILDES JR. January 31, 1730/31 in Topsfield, Massachusetts, son of EPHRAIM WILDES and MARY HOWLETT.

Children of HEPHZIBAH PEABODY and EPHRAIM WILDES JR. are:

iv. THOMAS WILDES, b. May 20, 1732, Topsfield, Massachusetts. 

ii. JACOB WILDES, b. November 6, 1733, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
iii. DOROTHY WILDES, b. April 28, 1736, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
v. MOSES WILDES, b. July 30, 1740, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
vi. EPHRAIM WILDES, b. June 23, 1743, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
vii. ELIJAH WILDES, b. June 23, 1743, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
viii. MARY WILDES, b. June 23, 1744, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
ix. HEPSIBAH WILDES, b. November 28, 1746, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
x. HANNAH WILDES, b. May 10, 1749, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
Generation No. 4

10. MARY4 PEABODY (FRANCIS3, ISAAC2, FRANCIS1) was born August 10, 1718 in Middleton, Massachusetts. She married SAMUEL CONANT August 9, 1744, in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Children of MARY PEABODY and SAMUEL CONANT are:

i. ANNE CONANT. 

ii. MARY CONANT.
iii. ELIZABETH CONANT, b. April 19, 1745, Middleton, Massachusetts.
11. DOROTHY4 PEABODY (FRANCIS3, ISAAC2, FRANCIS1) was born March 27, 1720 in Middleton, Massachusetts. She married DAVID WEBB November 16, 1749 in Portland, Maine, son of SAMUEL WEBB and BETHIAH FARROW.

Children of DOROTHY PEABODY and DAVID WEBB are:

i. DOROTHY WEBB. 

ii. DAVID WEBB.
iii. JONATHAN WEBB.
12. 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.

Notes for BIMSLEY PEABODY:

 [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 

Children of BIMSLEY PEABODY and RUTH MARSTON are:

13. i. MEHITABLE5 PEABODY, b. March 2, 1755, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. June 18, 1846.

ii. BIMSLEY PEABODY, b. April 2, 1757, Middleton, Massachusetts; m. BETTY PEABODY, May 25, 1779, Danvers, Massachusetts. 

iii. SAMUEL PEABODY, b. January 7, 1759.
iv. FRANCIS PEABODY, b. January 5, 1761.
v. JONATHAN PEABODY, b. January 27, 1763.
14. vi. AMOS5 PEABODY, b. February 7, 1765, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. August 22, 1835, Middleton, Massachusetts.

vii. DUDLEY PEABODY, b. October 7, 1768, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m. REBECCA TOWNE, October 10, 1791, Boxford, Massachusetts. 

viii. RUTH PEABODY, b. December 14, 1769, Middleton, Massachusetts; m. BENJAMIN FOLINBY, November 20, 1795, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
ix. BENJAMIN PEABODY, b. Abt. 1771; m. (1) POLLY BANCROFT, June 8, 1794, Lynnfield, Massachusetts; m. (2) LEAFEY WHITNEY CHUBB.
x. OLIVER PEABODY, b. February 14, 1775; d. July 23, 1850, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m. (1) SARAH ESTEY, November 27, 1800, Topsfield, Massachusetts; m. (2) LOIS CHAPMAN.
xi. LYDIA PEABODY, b. October 9, 1796.
Generation No. 5

10. MEHITABLE5 PEABODY (BIMSLEY4, FRANCIS3, ISAAC2, FRANCIS1) was born March 2, 1755 in Middleton, Massachusetts, and died June 18, 1846. She married WILLIAM FLINT May 4, 1780, in Danvers, Massachusetts, son of WILLIAM FLINT and RUTH.

Children of MEHITABLE PEABODY and WILLIAM FLINT are:

i. SALLY FLINT, December 17, 1780, Danvers, Massachusetts. 

ii. WILLIAM FLINT, b. October 10, 1782, Danvers, Massachusetts.
iii. JAMES FLINT, b. June 10, 1785, Danvers, Massachusetts.
iv. SAMUEL FLINT, b. April 10, 1787, Danvers, Massachusetts.
v. JOHN FLINT, b. March 12, 1789, Danvers, Massachusetts.
vi. CHARLES FLINT, b. December 11, 1793, Danvers, Massachusetts.
vii. LYDIA FLINT, b. July 13, 1796, Danvers, Massachusetts.
viii. HEZEKIAH FLINT, b. February 28, 1799, Danvers, Massachusetts.
ix. NATHANIEL FLINT, b. February 28, 1799, Danvers, Massachusetts.
x. ANDREW PEABODY FLINT, b. March 13, 1801, Danvers, Massachusetts.
14. 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.

Notes for AMOS PEABODY:

 He served in the army of the Revolution in Col. Crafts' regiment of artillery.  Was a pensioner.--Peabody Genealogy 1909 

Children of AMOS PEABODY and RACHEL BERRY are:

i. ABIJAH PEABODY, b. March 29, 1790, Middleton, Massachusetts. 

ii. FANNY PEABODY, b. September 15, 1792, Middleton, Massachusetts.
iii. AMOS PEABODY, b. June 30, 1793; m. ABIGAIL NEEDHAM, October 11, 1828, Middleton, Massachusetts.
iv. JAMES PEABODY, b. May 24, 1795, Middleton, Massachusetts.
v. JOHN PEABODY, b. June 17, 1797, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. October 30, 1844, Middleton, Massachusetts.
vi. BETSEY PEABODY, b. February 21, 1799.
vii. ANNA PEABODY, b. November 6, 1801.
viii. EUNICE PEABODY, b. February 3, 1803.
ix. SALLY PEABODY, b. February 4, 1805, Middleton, Massachusetts; m. COOMBS TARR, December 21, 1825, Gloucester, Massachusetts.
x. RACHEL LOUISA PEABODY, b. January 1, 1807, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. December 9, 1809, Middleton, Massachusetts.
xi. RACHEL LOUISA PEABODY, b. November 15, 1809, Middleton, Massachusetts; d. Abt. 1891, Gloucester, Massachusetts; m. FREDERICK TARR, November 27, 1828, Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Notes for RACHEL LOUISA PEABODY:

Both Rachel and Frederick Tarr are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 

xii. ABIJAH PEABODY, b. April 9, 1814, Middleton, Massachusetts.
Sources:

1. Middleton Vital Records 

2. Ipswich Vital Records
3. Topsfield Vital Records
4. The Peabody Family Home Page
5. Peabody Genealogy by S. H. Peabody, 1909
6. Genealogy of the Peabody Family by C. M. Endicott
7. Boxford Vital Records
8. Lynnfield Vital Records
9. Danvers Vital Records
10. Gloucester Vital Records
www.paulasgenealogy.com/peabody.htm

Came on the ship 'Planter'.

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ID: I431974

Name: Francis Peabody

Sex: M

ALIA: Francis /Pabodie/

Birth: BET 1613 AND 1614 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Death: 19 FEB 1696/97 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Note:

Ref; AFN; 209V-8X

Ref.2; Charles Edward Banks, Planters of the Commonwealth 1620-1640 A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times: to which are added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the Ships which brought them; their English Homes, and the Places of their Settlement in Massachusetts (Boston: 1930] [Republished Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997],Page: 143.

Ref.3; Selim Hobart Peabody; Charles Henry Pope, compiler and editor, Peabody (Paybody, Pabody, Pabodie) Genealogy

(Boston, MA: Charles Henry Pope, Publisher, 1909),Page: 7.

Ref.4; Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660

An integral part of Massachusetts until 1820, Maine was granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges by the English crown in 1622. This database is a compilation of names and biographical sketches of pioneers to the province between 1623 and 1660. Collected from a variety of contemporary sources, it was originally published in 1908 and contains over 1000 records. Each record provides the pioneer's name and biographical sketch. It includes spelling variations of the pioneer's surname and cross-referencing aids to help the researcher. In a few entries, information regarding New Hampshire pioneers from the same period is also included.

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1973 (reprint) Original edition 1908, Page: 156.

Ref.5: Ruth Merritt Edwards, Robert Abell, Immigrant (Chicago, IL: Newberry Library, 1971)

Ref.6: Ruth Ellsworth Richardson, Samuel Richardson and Josiah Ellsworth(Privately published, 1974] [GenealogyLibrary.com].

Ref.7: Vol. 25, p. 54 "The Parentage of Samuel Morse of Dedham, Massachusetts" by G. Andrews Moriarty

Ref.8; New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Boston, MA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society)

Vol. 2, pp. 153-161 (1848) "The Peabody Family" by C. M. Endicott.

Ref.9: C. M. Endicott and William S. Peabody, Genealogy of the Peabody Family, as Compiled by the late C. M. Endicott, Revised and Corrected by William S. Peabody of Boston with a Partial Record of the Rhode Island Branch by B. Frank Pabodie of Providence (Boston, MA: David Clapp & Son, 1867)s Compiled by the late C. M. Endicott, Revised and Corrected by William S. Peabody of Boston with a Partial Record of the Rhode Island Branch by B. Frank Pabodie of Providences Compiled by the late C. M. Endicott, Revised and Corrected by William S. Peabody of Boston with a Partial Record of the Rhode Island Branch by B. Frank Pabodie of Providence. Boston, MA: David Clapp & Son, 1867., Page: 3.

Father: John Peabody b: BET 1589 AND 1590 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Mother: Isabell Harper b: 1592 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Marriage 1 Lydia Perkins b: 1616 in Of, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Married: MAR 1636/37 in Hampton, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Children

Lydia Horsley Peabody b: ABT 30 AUG 1640 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire

John Peabody b: 1642 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Joseph Peabody b: 1644 in Of, Hampton, Essex Co., Massachusetts
William Peabody b: 3 MAR 1644/45 in Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Isaac Peabody b: 1648 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire
Marriage 2 Mary Forster b: ABT 1618 in Exeter, Devonshire, England

Married: 18 MAY 1654 in Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

Children

Sarah Peabody b: 1650 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Hepzibah Peabody b: 1652 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire
Mary Peabody b: 22 MAY 1656 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire
Ruth Peabody b: 22 MAY 1658 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Demaris Peabody b: 21 JUN 1660 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Samuel Peabody b: 4 JUN 1662 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Jacob Peabody b: 28 JUL 1664 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Mas

Name: Francis Peabody

Year: 1635

Age: 21

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1614

Place: Boston, Massachusetts

Primary Immigrant: Peabody, Francis

Source Bibliography: "NEW ENGLAND SHIP AND PASSENGER LISTS." In Boulder Genealogical Society Quarterly (Boulder, CO). Vol. 5:2 (May 1973), pp. 23-27 (1634).

Page: 28

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Francis Peabody

Birth: 1614

St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Death: 1698-02-19

Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

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Mary Foster (1618-1705)

Married 1654

Children

John (1642-1720)

Joseph (1644-1721)

William (1646-1700)

Isaac (1648-1726)

Sarah (1650-1732)

Hepsibah (1652-)

Lydia (1654-)

Mary (1656-1689)

Ruth (1658-1697)

Damaris (1660-1660)

Samuel (1662-1677)

Jacob (1664-1689)

Hannah (1668-1697)

Nathaniel (1669-1715)

Francis,2 John1)

First Generation in America.

LIEUT. FRANCIS PEABODY, of St. Albans, Hertford- shire, England, came to New England in the ship Planter in 1635. He married Mary, daughter of Reginald Foster, of Ipswich. Children : JOHN, born in 1642. Joseph, born in 1644. William, born in 1646. Isaac, born in 1648. Sarah, born in 1650. Hepsibah, born in 1652. Lydia, born in 1654. Mary, born in 1656. Ruth, born May 22, 1658. Damaris, born Jan. 21, 1660. Samuel, born Jan. 4, 1662. Jacob, born July 28, 1664. Hannah, born May 28, 1668. Nathaniel, born July 29, 1669. Lieut. Francis Pea- body died Feb. 19, 1697-8. Mary (Foster) Peabody died April 9, 1705.

•Massachusetts is to be understood when no other State is mentioned.

Second Generation.

JOHN, eldest child of Lieut. Francis and Mary (Foster) Peabody, married (first) Hannah Andrews, Nov. 23, 1665. She died Dec. 24, 1702,* aged about sixty years. He mar- ried (second) Sarah Mosely, of Dorchester, Nov. 26, 1703. Lived in Boxford. Died in 1720. Children, all by his first wife: .John, born Aujj. 28, 1666. Mercy, born in 1668. Thomas, born July 22, 1670. Mary, born April 6, 1672. Lydia, born March 9, 1673. DAVID, born July 12, 1678. Elizabeth, born Aug. 13, 1680. Nathan, born July 20, 1682. Hannah, born in 168-. Rath, born Nov. 13, 1684. Moses, born Feb. 27, 1687.

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Third Generation.

DAVID, sixth child of Capt. John and Hannah (Andrews) Peabody, married Sarah (Gould) Pope, of Dartmouth. Children: Thomas, born Sept. 22, 1705. Hannah, born Oct. 14, 1707. Sarah, born Sept. 26, 1709. Mercy, born Jan. 23, 1712. JOHN, born April 11, 1714. Deborah, born Sept. — , 1716. Rebecca, born Dec. 3, 1718. Susanna, born May — , 1721. Mary, born Sept. — , 1723 ; died in infancy. David, born Oct. 4. 1724. Mary, born Nov. 1, 1726. En- sign David Peabody died April 1, 1726. Sarah (Gould- Pope) Peabody died Sept. 29, 1756, aged 72.

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Fourth JOHN, fifth child of Ensign David and Sarah (Gould- Pope) Peabody, married Mary Chadwick, Feb. 26, 1736. Lived in Boxford. Children : David, born June 27, 1736. Mary, born Dec. 22, 1737. Mehitable, born Sept. 13, 1739. Asa, born July 1, 1741. Jedediah, born April 11, 1743. MOSES, born Nov. 1, 1744. Ruth, born April 7, 1746. Andrew, born Jan. 20, 1748. Elizabeth, born Feb. 17, 1751. Lucy, born March 23, 1753. John Peabody died April 27, 1765. Mary (Chadwick) Peabody married Ebenezer Killam, July 9, 1767.

•Burled in Bell Rock Cemetery, Maiden, where her grave-stone is yet (Oct. 4, 1903) preserved.

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Fifth MOSES, sixth child of John and Mary (ChadwiclO Pp* body, married Hannah Foster, May 26 1767 Sh*, daughter of Lieut. Jeremiah and Ib^ail C Wool) Foster"

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Sixth JEREMIAH, fifth child of Dea. Moses and Hannah (Fos- ter) Peabody, married Catharine Kimball, of Bradford, Dec. 23, 1804. She was a daughter of William and Ruth (Kimball) Kimball, and was born Aug. 16, 1782. Four children : Aro-

line, born ; died in infancy or early childhood. Aro-

line Emily, born Feb. 15, 1807. Sarah Ann, born in Salem,

March 24, 1810. George Frederick, born . Jeremiah

Peabody died in Boston, Aug. 5, 1839. Catharine (Kimball) Peabody died .

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Seventh SARAH ANN, third child of Jeremiah and Catharine (Kimball) Peabody, married James Cogswell Converse, Jan. 8, 1834. He was born in Weathersfield, Vermont, Sept. 23, 1807. Five children ; Ellen Elizabeth, born in Boston, May 11, 1836; died in Boston, May 13, 1859. Katherine Pea- body, born in Boston, Jan. 20, 1839. Anna Harper, born June 22, 1841. James Blanchard, born in Boston, Feb. 17, 1846. Edmund Cogswell, born Nov. 7, 1849. James Cogs- well Converse died in Greenfield, May 25, 1891. Sarah Ann (Peabody) Converse died in West Cambridge, May 20, 1866.
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Bio notes: b. ABT 1614 m. Mary Forster

The Last Will And Testament Of John Paybody Written 16 Jul 1649 - No document of any sort is appended to the copy of the will and the accompanying deposition of Mr. [John] Fernyside. Doubtless an inventory was taken duly, but has become lost. The copy does not give absolute evidence that the name was spelled exactly in this way in the original, though this would be usual with recorders; but it affords satisfactory evidence that the signature was an autograph and not a "mark."

Although there has not been discovered any family record of this Duxbury pioneer or other documentary evidence that Francis of Ipswich was his child, yet that theory is acted on in this work. John Paybody died at a time and place of which no record has been found. The Peabody Genealogy by Dr. Selim Hobart Peabody 1909
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The Newport Family - John Pabody [Sr.] had land at Little Compton, Newport Co., RI after William Pabodie had removed thither "may indicate" he was kinsman to brothers Lieut Francis Pabody & William Pabodie.
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Lieutenant Francis Pabody

Came to New England in the ship "The Planter"* - After 11 Apr 1635 departed London and arrived at Boston, MA Sunday 7 Jun 1635 Nicholas Trarice, Master Dates of Embarcation 2 Apr 1635 From St. Albons in Hertfordshier Francis Peboddy 21 years Husbandman*

1636: First town record of Francis, in describing the lands of 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

1638: One of the original settlers of Hampton, NH, later moving to Topsfield, Essex Co., MA. Settled at Ipswich; proprietor there in 1636. Removed to Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH where he was a proprietor June 1640.

18 May 1642: Made Freeman, at Hampton; Admission to Hampton Church implied by Freemanship. Sold house and land there 1649-1650 and removed to Topsfield, MA.

4 Mar 1649/50: Seating in the Meeting House, assigned First Seat on the south side against the desk at Topsfield, MA.

Lieut. Francis PABODY died Feb. 19, 1697-8 Topsfield, Essex Co., MA - Will dated Jan 20 1695/6, proved Aug 7 1698 - Wife Mary to be executrix together with son John Pebody & Isaac Pebody executors of this my last will & testament. The above said premises were signed & sealed & declared to be ye last will & Testament of ye said Francis Pebody yr twentieth day of January in yr year of our Lord one thousand six hundred Ninety & five or six, in presence of us Joseph Capen Thomas Baker Ephraim Dorman Sen/r Signs his Will ffrancis Pabody *Note - His will is written by his pastor, Rev. Joseph Capen and signs his own will "Francis Pabody"

m [1] ca1640 Hampton, Essex Co., MA Lydia Perkins - [d/o Isaac "Issache" & Alice Perkins -his 2nd wife] born 1 Jan 1617/18 died bef 1649 Hampton, Essex Co., MA currently known as Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH

They had 5 children - Lydia, John, Joseph, William, Isaac

m [2] aft 27 Mar 1649 Widow Mary Wood - nee Foster

They had children - Sarah, Hepzibah, Lydia*, Mary, Ruth, Damaris, Samuel, Jacob, Hannah, Nathaniel

ref: The Pine Grove Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Topsfield, MA; Hotten's Lists*; +/++ -The Peabody Genealogy by Dr. Selim Hobart Peabody 1909; Lydia b 1654 is omitted, with a notation "she is not mentioned in her father's will", Francis Peabodie. A Lydia Peabodie b 1654, d/o Francis/Mary Foster is listed in the Ipswich County VR (have copy).
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“The Last Will & Testament of Lieut: Francis Pebody of Topsfield in ye county of Es[sex] [in] Newe England: I Francis
Pebody taking into consideration the uncertainty of my life and ye certainty of my death being of perfect understanding &
memory have seen good to m[ake] a disposall of the temporall estate which God of his grace hath given me in this w[orld] as
followeth,
“Impr. I committ my immortall soul into the hands of God & my body to a decent buriall [when] God shall take me out of this
world
“Secundo I give to my son John Pebody & Joseph Pebody all that tract of Land which I bought of marchant Joseph Juett of
Rowly which Land lyeth in Boxford, I give to my son John two thirds of ye aforesaid tract of Land & to my son Joseph ye
other third which I give to them & to their Heirs for ever & moreover I do give to them both in c[ountry] pay (not mony) five
pounds to each of them, yt is five pounds apiece, besides what I have already given them
“Item, I do give to my son William Pebody all that Land which I bought of John Tod Senr [of] Rowly & of John Perley
(excepting one hundred acres) which land I do give to him & his Heirs for ever, moreover I do give to him five pounds
besides what he hath [...] me already, which I do the rather on consideration of his heing (by ye providence of God) deprived
of ye use of one of his arms, wch five pounds is to be paid as is above specified
“Item I do give to my son in Law Daniell Wood That hundred acres of Land which is above excepted to my son William & is
already in part possessed by my son in [law] Daniel Wood which said Land I do give to him & his Heirs for ever it be[ing] in
consideration of what I was oblidged to do for him when come of age & pro[vided] yt he shall be satisfyed therewith on yt
account & give a discharge thereof to such [...] shall concern Which Land I have already promised & do purpose forthwith to
[give] him a deed of in a way of firm conveyance in which deed I shall bound....Limit ye aforesaid hundred acres accordingly
“Item I go give to my son Isaac Pebody all the land yt I do now live upon which I bou[ght] of Mr. Simons & my will is yt my
son Isaac shall have all ye said Land which lyeth on [ye] south side of ye brook running through the said farm, both upland
and meadow so bounded. I give to my son Isaac Pebody, together wth my dwelling house and housing, orchard, mill, and mill
yard, wth all yt I bought of William Evens; and moreover I give to my son Isaac from the bridge all ye meadow downward on
ye northeast side of ye brook wch runneth through Tho. Dorman's meadow; as also I do give to my son Isaac a rod and half
of upland adjoining to ye aforesaid meadow all along for ye bringing of his hay from time to time, wch aforesaid land I do give
to my son Isaac and his heirs forever, together wth Twenty acres of land on ye south side of ye river, neer to ye dwelling of
Joseph Toun junr. Also I give to my son Isaac that bed with the furniture thereunto belonging which he now hath ye
improvement of, and this I would have noted, that I have given the more to my son Isaac on consideration of ye providenceof
God disinabling him by ye loss of one of his leggs.
“Item. I do give to mygrandchild Jacob Pebody (ye son of myson Jacob deceased) ye house which his father dwelt in,
together with all ye upland on yt south side of ye brook yt is on ye north side of ye abovesaid brook, as also all the meadow
on ye same side of ye brook from ye bridge and so upward; my will is yt in case my said grandchild Jacob Pebody do live to
ye age of twenty one years, yt then he shall have as is abovesaid to injoy himself and his heirs forever. But in case ye said
Jacob live not to yt age, yt then any of my other sons shall have liberty to have the land and house abovesaid, provided yt he
or they shall pay unto my grandchildren Kesia and Mercy Pebody, ye children of my son Jacob deceased, an hundred and
twenty pounds in common current money (not silver) notwithstanding what is above said in case ye said Jacob should have
issue before he should arrive at ye aforesaid age, yt ye said land shall be at ye dispose of ye said Jacob Pebody, together wth
ye house aforesaid. Also I do give to my grandchildren Kesia and Mary Pebody, ye children of my son Jacob deceased, I do
give to each of them thirty acres of land apiece, provided they shall shall live to ye age of eighteen years; which three score
acres of land lyeth on ye south side of ye river, in ye southwest division beyond Mr. Endicott's farm, in ye place called the
stickey meadow, which land abovesaid I bought part of deacon Tho. Perkins about thirty acres, and about thirty more which I
bought of Daniell Dorman; but in case yt neither of ye children Kesia or Mercy shall live to the age of eighteen, yt the ye
abovesaid thirty acres apiece shall return to my next and immediate children to be equally divided amongst themp; and in case
one of the said grandchildren live to yt age and not ye other, that then ye whole threescore acres shall fall to ye survivor of
them.
“Item. I give to my son Nathaniell Pebody together with my Grandchild Samson How a[ll] that four hundred acres which I
bought of mr Stephen Sewall Lying in Rowly village called Boxford which land lyeth near Bradford & was formerly mr
Nelsons of Rowly. My will is yt my son Nathaniell shall have three hundred acres & Samson How ye other hundred acres
which for quantity and quality ye aforesaid Samson How shall have ye said Hundred acres provided yt yt said Samson How
shall be at my despose till ye age of twenty[one] years But in Case my son Nathaniell shall dye without Lawfull Issue that then
ye above said three hundred acres shall fall to my other children by equal devision, his widdow notwithstanding injoying ye
benefit thereof during life & as to his moveable estate which he is already in possession of I leave it all to be at his yt is my son
Nathaniells despose here is to be understood yt what shall be left undesposed of by my son Nathaniell at his death of his three
hundred acres shall be for ye use of his widdow during her life as abovesaid yt is ye life of her widdowhood.
“I do reserve for Mary my wife ye South End of my house for her Use to live in as also ye New Cellar as also ye Use of two
milch Cows which she shall choose out of my milch kine, Also my will is yt my son Isaac shall pay to my wife Mary yearly
twenty bushells of Indian Corne, four bushells of wheat, four of rye & six of malt, also yt my wife have liberty to keep two or
three swine, as also yearly half a dozen pounds of wool, also my will is yt my wife shal have pasture for her cowes with my
son Isaacs as also my son Isaac shall provide fodder for them in ye winter. As also my wife shall have Liberty for an horse to
ride on as she shall have occasion. Also my will is yt in Case my wife shall marry again yt then all ye privilidges abovesaid shall
cease, but during her widowhood she shal also have (as benefit by my orchard) yearly a barrell of Cidar as also som apples
as her occasions either in the summer or winter shall require, Moreover my wife shall have ye use & despose of two beds
together with needful firewood provided for her for which end she shall have ye use of such of my oxen as shall be needful.
Also I do order yt Samson How shall live with my wife till he shall come to ye age of twenty one years & be at her Command
to be helpfull to her on all accounts as she shall have occasion & in case Samson How shall be taken away by his father
before he shall have served as abovesaid yt then my wife shall have that hundred acres of land abovesaid (given Conditionally
to ye said Samson) to provide for herself such help as shall be necessary. & in Case my wife shall dy before ye said Samson
How shall arrive at yt aforesaid term of years yt then he shall be at my wives despose to whom she shall see good & in case
yt said Samson will comply with such despose yt then ye said hundred acres of land intended for him shall be at my wives
despose
“Item I give to my daughter Lydia Perley five pounds besides what she hath already had of me
“I do give to my daughter Mary Death five pounds besides what she hath had already
“I do give to my daughter Sarah How five pounds besides what she hath had already
“I do give to my daughter Hephzibah Ray five pounds besides what she hath had already all which Legacies ordered to my
Children I do appoint to be paid in common currant pay as is before specified to others of my children
“Note yt what Legacies I do here give in my will shall be paid by my executors out of my estate which I do leave in my son
Isaac hands & to my wives, as corn or Cattell &c my debts & funerall expences being discharged.
“And finaly. I do appoint, Constitute & ordain my wife Mary to be an executrix together with my son John Pebody & Isaac
Pebody as executors of this my last will & testament & in Case after Legacies paid there be any estate left to be devided yt it
shall be desposed of in a way of devision as my executrix together with executors shall see good.
“That what is here above written is ye last will & Testament of ye abovesaid Francis Pebody appears by his own hand & seal
ye day & Date here mentioned as also by ye testimony of ye witnesses hereunto subscribed
“It is to be noted yt notwithstanding what is abovesaid concerning my son Nathaniells three hundred acres returning to his
brethren in Case of his dying wtout lawfull Issue, It is to be understood by ye three hundred acres what he shall not see Cause
to despose of before his death I hereby notwithstanding what hath been said giving him full power in Case he see good to
despose of it either in part or whole not knowing but divine providence may necessitate him thereunto, otherwise what is
above written to be of full force as is expressed.
ffrancis Pabody
“The above said premises were signed & sealed & declared to be ye last will & Testament of ye said Francis Pebody ye
twentieth day of January in ye year of our Lord one thousand six hundred Ninety & five or six, in presence of us
Joseph Capen
Thomas Baker
Ephraim Dorman Senr”

The will was proved Aug. 7, 1698. An inventory of his estate made May 20, 1698, found the following:

Two oxen, three cows and three young cattle, valued at 23 pounds;
Sheep, one mare and colt, 5 pounds, 10 shillings;
Chains, axes, wedges, chisels and other iron tools, 2 pounds, 4 shillings;
Wearing clothes, 2 pounds, 4 shillings;
Beds and bedding, napkins, table cloths, other linens, 17 pounds, 9 shillings;
Chests, tables, chairs, other lumber, 5 pounds, 15 shillings, 6 pence;
Pewter and brass ware, 5 pounds, 12 shillings;
Iron ware, as pots, kettles, “tramells”, etc., 2 pounds, 5 shillings;
New cloth home made, 2 pounds, 11 shillings;
Ten bushells of malt, 8 bushells of Indian corn, 6 bushells of barley, 4 pounds;
Four swine, 2 pounds;
Land given to his son John, 200 pounds;
Land to Joseph Peabody, 100 pounds;
Land to William Peabody, 100 pounds;
Land to Nathaniel Peabody, 150 pounds;
Land to Samson Howe, 50 pounds;
Land to Keziah and Marcie Peabody, 50 pounds;
Land and house to Jacob Peabody, 160 pounds;
Homestead, upland, meadow, dwelling house, barn and mill to Isaac Peabody, 400 pounds;
Silver money, 44 pounds, 15 shillings;
Total: 1327 pounds, 5 shillings, 6 pence.

Additional items inventoried Sept. 30, 1698:

Two oxen, 9 pounds;
Nine books, 13 shillings;
Two cows, 5 pounds;
Two oxen, 8 pounds;
Two linen spinning wheels, 6 shillings;
Two woolen spinning wheels, 6 shillings;
Two beds with furniture given to widow, 19 pounds;
Eight yards of wool cloth, 1 pound, 12 shillings;
Six cushions, 6 shillings;
Bed and bedding given to Isaac, 3 pounds, 10 shillings.

Children by Lydia:

i. Lydia,3 bapt. Aug. 30, 1640, in Hampton; m. (1) by 1663, Thomas Howlett, b. about 1638, son of Thomas and Alice
(French) Howlett. He d. Dec. 22, 1667 (probably an error for 1666) in Ipswich and she m. (2) July 8, 1667, in Rowley,
Mass., Thomas Perley, b. 1641 in Ipswich, son of Allan and Susanna (Bokeson) Perley; ; he d. Sept. 24, 1709, in Boxford,
Mass.; she d. Apr. 30, 1715, in Boxford; children by Lydia: Mary Howlett, Thomas Perley, Jacob Perley, Lydia Perley,
Mary Perley, Hephzibah Perley, Sarah Perley.

1. 4 ii. John, b. about 1642.
2. 5 iii. Joseph, b. about 1644.
3. 6 iv. William, b. March 3, 1646.
4. 7 v. Isaac, b. about 1648.

Children by Mary:

vi. Sarah, b. about 1650; m. March 20 or 26, 1678, at Ipswich, Mass., Abraham Howe, b. about 1649, in Ipswich, son of
James and Elizabeth (Dane) Howe of Ipswich; settled in Ipswich; he d. Jan. 21, 1717/8; she, Sept. 29, 1732; children: Love
Howe, Increase Howe, Samson Howe, Abraham Howe, Abijah Howe, Israel Howe, Mark Howe.

vii. Hepsibah, b. about 1652; m. Apr. 10, 1678, Daniel Rea of Salem Village, son of Joshua and Sarah (Waters) Rea; he m.
(2) Mary (Read) Tompkins, widow of John Tompkins.

viii. Mary, b. about 1656; m. (1) about 1669, John Death of Framingham, Mass., son of John and Abigail Death; it is not
clear whether Mary m. (2) Samuel Eames or whether it was John's sister, Mary, who married him; children: Oliver Death,
Thomas Death, John Death, Hepzibah Death, Lydia Death, Samuel Death, Ruth Death. Porter Pedigree says this family
changed name from Death to How.

ix. Ruth, b. May 22, 1658; not mentioned in father's will.

x. Damaris, b. Jan. 21 or June 21, 1660; d. Dec. 19, 1660, in Topsfield.

xi. Samuel, b. June 4, 1662; d. Sept. 13, 1667.

1. 8 xii. Jacob, b. July 28, 1664.

xiii. Hannah, b. May 8, 1668; m. Daniel Andrew, b. Sept. 2, 1677, in Salem, son of Daniel and Sarah (Porter) Andrew; lived
Salem Village; she d. before Feb. 12, 1698, and he m. (2) Feb. 12, 1701/2, Elizabeth Peabody [#4]; he d. Feb. 6, 1717/8;
children born to Daniel and Elizabeth: Hannah Andrew, Daniel Andrew, Mary Andrew, Thomas Andrew, Israel Andrew,
Israel Andrew, John Andrew, Samuel Andrew.

1. 9 xiv. Nathaniel, b. July 20, 1669.

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