Samuel Peacock, II

Samuel Peacock

• Birth: 1705 - <, Johnston, Nc>
• Death: 1793
• Parents: Samuel Peacock, Mary Taylor Stringfellow
• Wife: Tilsey

He grew up in Maherrin, NC. He and his brother John, received land grants in the Nahunta Swamp (now Fremont), NC in Wayne Co. He returned to Maherrin after his father died to sell land that belonged to his father in 1742. He later moved to Johnston Co., There he built a toll bridge over the Contentnea Creek. Know as Peacock Bridge, here Lt. Col. Tarleton's British dragoons and Colonel James Gorham's militia engaged in a Revolutionary skirmish on May 6, 1781.

Married Matilda "Tilsey" (or Cicily) and they had at least the following four children:

1. Samuel III (1730-1815) who married Amy Thomas and they are know to have had seven children: Levi (1756), Uriah (1758), Abraham (1761), Archibold (1762), Jonathan (1764), John (1766), and Samuel (1770).
2. Abraham (1732-1790's) who married twice and died in Barnwell County, SC. His second wife's name was Mary. He had 6 children: Levi (1755 NC-1832), Samuel (1760 NC-1819), Nancy (1768 NC), Martha Mary (1785 SC), Joseph (1780 NC-1835), and Silas.
3. Isham (1742-1850) who married Martha Easterling and later Lydra Bennett. He had four children: Sarah, Samuel, John and Lewis
4. John (1744-1829) Wayne, NC -married Priscilla Worrell

notes

From Peacock Family Association of the South

Samuel Peacock II, who died in 1793 and was probably born around 1705, had a wife whose name has been read from poorly written records in Johnston County, NC, as both “Tilsey” and “Cisley, ” but the latter seems more likely as the 1800 Wake County census includes a household headed by Cisly Peacock - most likely his widow. Samuel II’s will names sons Samuel III, John, Abraham and Isham, and there are also bequests to Moses Lee, Simon Branch and Nicholas Dickson, who may have been sons-in-law although no such relationship is stated. Among the sons of Samuel Peacock II, it is uncertain whether Samuel Peacock III or Abraham Peacock was born first, but for the sake of convenience we will assume Samuel III was born ca. 1730 and Abraham two years later. Certainly both must have been born in the early 1730’s, if not before.

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