Robert Peter, merchant

ROBERT PETER

merchant of Cabin Point in Virginia

is the son of John Peter, and his wife, Elizabeth Cocke t [John Bennett Boddie, Southside Virginia Families, Volume I (Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003), pp. 148-49] https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yruvKfanqvAC&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148...

The George Town Hundred, 1776

Robert Peter is noticed in the same Household as his uncle, Robert Peter, when the census of the George Town Hundred was enumerated on 22 August 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...

Goodmans Fields, London, Middlesex, England, 1778

Robert Peter in noticed at Goodmans Fields in London, England, on 8 July 1788 t [John Bennett Boddie, Southside Virginia Families, Volume I (Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003), pp. 148-49] https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yruvKfanqvAC&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148...

His Daughter

In a disposition and settlement dated 6 September 1803, Alexander Peter, merchant burgess of Glasgow in Scotland, made provision for: "Miss Peter, only child of Robert Peter, merchant, James River, Virginia, my nephew, son of the said John Peter, or the heirs of her body, one hundred and fifty pounds Sterling, but in case of her decease without issue at the term of payment.....the said one hundred and fifty pounds..... shall be paid to John Peter in Maryland, my nephew, 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

Robert Peter was alive on 8 July 1788, when he executed his last will and testament at Goodmas Fields in London, England, but died before 31 July 1789., when his will was probated at Surry in Virginia, in the United States of America t [John Bennett Boddie, Southside Virginia Families, Volume I (Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003), pp. 148-49] https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yruvKfanqvAC&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148...

Marriage

Robert Peter married Claramond Holt [John Bennett Boddie, Southside Virginia Families, Volume I (Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003), pp. 148-49] https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yruvKfanqvAC&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148...

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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...