Margery Peacock

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Margery Peacock (Sandys)

Also Known As: "Margery Peacocke", "Dame Margaret Sandys"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Leigh, Surrey, England
Death: April 17, 1680 (74)
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry Sandy
Wife of Rev. Edward Shove and Richard Peacock
Mother of Mary Elizabeth Mills (Shove) and Rev. George Shove
Sister of Henry Sandy

Managed by: Scott David Hibbard
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About Margery Peacock

With her husband having died on the voyage over, Margery and her children landed in Boston, MA in 1638. She later settled in Rowley, MA. She lived the last years of her life in Taunton, MA at the home of her son, George [Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 5, p. 657].

Children of Margery Sandy and Edward Shove, Jr.:

  1. Elizabeth Shove, Born about 1630 in Leigh, Surrey, England. Married John Mills.
  2. George Shove, born before 1634 and baptized 20 May 1634 in Elsham, Lincolnshire, England. Married 1) Hopestill Newman 2) Hannah Bacon

THE FIRST THREE GENERATIONS OF SHOVES IN AMERICA

1) REV. EDWAR0(1) SHOVE JR.(610-01-02,610-13-04) & (210-13-04.)

Edward(1J was born in March, 1606, at Leigh, Surrey, England, ..the .son .of. Rev. Edward Shove and his wife, Margaret • He received his BA and MA degrees from Kings College, Cambridge in 1629. An associate of the Rev. Ezekiel Rogers of York­shire, Edward Shove and his family emigrated to New Eng­land on the ship, The Welcome,in 1638. A deadly disease befe,ll this ship and Rev. Edward(1 )shove was among its victims. He was buried at sea in May of 1638. He had married, ca. 1629, Dame Margaret Sandys, sister of Henry Sandys,the owner of The Welcome • His widow raised her two children at Rowley, Mass., the settlement organiz~d *on 6/17/1654 by Rev. Rogers, and she later married Richard Peacock~f Boston, in 1654. Born around 1606, Margery Sandys Shove Peacock outlived her second spouse a~ct)died 4/17/1680 at the home of her son, the Rev. George\ 2 Shove, in Taunton, Mass. Their two children were both born in Surrey,England: a. Elizabeth Shove, b. 1630, d. 8/8/1711,at Braintree, Mass. She m. 5/26/1653 John Mills Jr., of Braintree. They left descendants. ( 2) + #2 b. GEORGE SHOVE, b. ca., 1634. FAM,STR,SHO 2) REV. GEORGE( 2 )SHOVE (610-01-01,610-13-02,210-13-02) Born around 1634 in England,*he completed his studies at Harvard College in 1650. He became the third minister of the church in Taunton, Mass. He was well regarded and acquired large land holdings in Bristol County, interests in Taunton iron making and other undertakings. His death occurred in Taunton on 4/21/1687. He married three times:

  • on 7/12/
  • (1) To Hopestill Newman, d. of the Rev. Samuel Newman of 166~ Rehobeth, Mass., author of the Concordance of the Bible. George Shove may have helped Rev. Newman in writing the Concordance. Hopestill was b. 11/29/1641, Weymouth,Mass. and d. 3/7/1673-4. (2) To widow Hannah Bacon Walley, the wife of Thomas Walley, Jr., who died 1672, the s. of Thom­as Walley Sr., the pastor of the church at Barnstable. Hannah was the d. of Nathaniel Bacon and Hannah Mayo, b. 9/4/1643, Barnstable,Mass. She d. in Sept. 1685. Her m. date to Rev. George Shove was 2/18/1674-5. (3) Widow Sarah Farwell, former wife of Thomas, one of the original settlers of Taunton. She m. George Shove 12/8/1686, so his death the following April only gave them a few months to­gether. Children by Hopestill a. Edward Shove, b.4/28/1665;bu. 8/7/1665
b. 	 Elizabeth Shove, b.8/10/1666. She m. Malachi Halloway, s. of William H. Hallo­way of Taunton. They left descendants. 

+ #3 c. SETH(3)sHOVE, b. 12/10/1667 ( 9)


  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sandy-130
  • Winsor, Justin. The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880. Boston: J.R. Osgood and Company, 1880, p. 572. < GoogleBooks > Margery Shove, widow, was admitted into the First Church in Boston on the 30th of the 10th month [1638]. Also, her name was next to Henry Sandys, a Merchant, and Sibill his wife.
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Margery Peacock's Timeline

1606
January 1, 1606
Leigh, Surrey, England
1631
1631
Horley, Surrey, , England
1634
May 20, 1634
Gatton, Surrey, England
1680
April 17, 1680
Age 74
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
April 17, 1680
Age 74