John PETERSON

1745 - 1823  (78 years)

• Name	John PETERSON
  Born	3 Jan 1745	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Jun 1823	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
  Notes	“He was a Revolutionary soldier. In 1784 he removed to Brunswick, Me., where the Census of 1790 gives him as the head of a family of twenty-five [sic] males of 16 years and upwards, four males under 16 years, and five females. In Brunswick he was a storekeeper, a miller, and a leading citizen. In 1798 he was at Bath, Me., where he was interested in shipbuilding. He was himself a shipmaster, and also owned some 200 acres of land in Bath. Finally he went to Newport, R.I.” From George Augustus Wheeler’s History of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell, Maine: including the ancient territory known as Pejepscot. Boston: A. Mudge & Son, printers, 1878: “The name of the first American ancestor of this family has not been ascertained. The earliest known was Joseph Peterson, of Duxbury, Mass., whose son Jonathan d. in 1756. John Peterson, grandson of Jonathan above named, and the ancestor of all of the name in this vicinity, came to Brunswick about 1783, and settled at New Meadows. His wife’s name was Sarah. They lived in the house now occupied by Bartlett Adams. He kept a store in the building opposite, and also in a building near the river. He built vessels, had a mill, and was one of the most enterprising citizens of the time. All of his children but the last three were b. in Duxbury. Ch. were:--John, b. July 30, 1767; Levi, b. Nov. 7, 1769; James, born Dec. 30, 1771; Nancy, b. Mch. 20, 1774; Charles, b. Aug. 20, 1776; Hewett, b. Sept. 19, 1778; Sarah, b. Jan. 20, 1781; Daniel, b. Oct. 28, 1783; Abigail, b. in Brunswick, Sept. 17, 1786; William, b. Mch. 4, 1789; Lucy, b. April 27, 1791.”«s24»
  Person ID	I6063	Lowell&Block

  
  

  Father	Jonathan PETERSON,   b. 20 Sep 1706, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 5 May 1765, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Jael DILLINGHAM,   b. Abt 1708,   d. 30 Apr 1765  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Married	21 Jun 1744	Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F2280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah HEWETT,   b. 6 Sep 1749, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  Married	30 Sep 1765	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. John PETERSON,   b. 30 Jul 1767, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   2. Levi PETERSON,   b. 7 Nov 1769, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   3. Lieutenant James PETERSON,   b. 30 Dec 1771, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   4. Nancy PETERSON,   b. 20 Mar 1774, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   5. Charles PETERSON,   b. 20 Aug 1776, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   6. Hewitt PETERSON,   b. 19 Sep 1778, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   7. Sarah PETERSON,   b. 20 Jan 1781, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1851  (Age 69 years)   8. Daniel PETERSON,   b. 28 Oct 1783, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   9. Abigail PETERSON,   b. 17 Sep 1786, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, USA   10. William PETERSON,   b. 4 Mar 1789, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, USA   11. Lucy PETERSON,   b. 27 Apr 1791, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, USA
  Family ID	F2286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 3 Jan 1745 - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Married - 30 Sep 1765 - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Died - 25 Jun 1823 - Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA  = Link to Google Earth