Peaslee Family

Robert Peaslee was at one time the owner of two slaves. Amos Peaslee, Amos Davis, John Sanders, John Swett, Joseph Greele and William Morse were also slave-owners in the East Parish, between the years 1754 and 1776. (Peaslee)

Joseph, Dr. (1646 – 1734/5) marries 1) Ruth Barnard (1651 – 1723) in 1672, 2) Mary (Tucker) Davis (widow of Stephen Davis (~1663 – ~1719 s of Ephraim, Newphew of James) (1665 – aft 1723) in ~1723. Built Peaslee Garrison House at 790 East Broadway. Was Quaker and doctor.

Mary Peaslee (daughter of Joseph and Ruth Barnard) was born 6 months after her parents were married She married Joseph Whittier, The great grandparents of John Greenleaf Whittier (lineage: John/Abigail Hussey, Joseph/Sarah Greenleaf, Joseph/Mary Peaslee.

  1. Joseph (1600 England – 1660 Salisbury/Amesbury) marries 1) Jane Severance ~ 1600, 2) Mary Johnson (1620 Wales – 1694 Haverhill) in ~1627 (1646). d. of John Johnson and Mary Throckmorton. One of the original 32 landholders in Haverhill. Mary’s probate #: 21071
    1. Elizabeth (1625
    2. Jane (1627 Oyster River, Dover -1694) marries Ens. John Davis (1621 Thornbury England-1675) in 1646. [these are the direct ancestors of Ruth Elizabeth “Bette” Davis, the actress] Genealogy of Greenwich, NJ.
      1. Mary (1647 -x) marries a Heath
      2. Sarah (1648 – ) marries a smith
      3. John (1654 -x)
      4. Hannah marries a Dalton
      5. Moses
      6. Joseph
      7. James
      8. Jane
      9. Jemima
      10. Judith marries an Emerson
    3. Mary (1629
    4. Sarah (1642)
    5. Joseph, Dr. (1646 – 1734/5) marries 1) Ruth Barnard (1651 – 1723) in 1672, 2) Mary (Tucker) Davis (widow of Stephen Davis (~1663 – ~1719 s of Ephraim, Nephew of James) (1665 – aft 1723) in ~1723. Built Peaslee Garrison House at 790 East Broadway. Was Quaker and doctor.
      2. Mary (1672 – 1717) marries Joseph Whittier (1669 – 1739) in May 24, 1694. (d. of Joseph and Ruth (Barnard) Peaslee. Joseph is buried in Pentucket cemetery in Haverhill: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20512221. His gravestone states that he was born in 1663. Mary was born out of wedlock.
        1. Green Whittier (13 Mar 1696/7 Haverhill – Dec 1764) marries Hannah Chase  (Moses, Aquila) (September 13, 1699 in Newbury – ). She married before 1720. Hannah was living when her father made his will in 1740.
        2. Joseph Whittier (1716 -1796) marries Sarah Greenleaf (1721 -1807) in 1739.
        3. Ruth Whittier (1701 – 1745) marries Benjamin Greeley (1699 – 1785) in 1722, he marries 2) Hannah Poor (xxx- 1802, age 89)
      3. Joseph (1674-1750) marries Elizabeth Hastings (1674-xx) in 1699. d. of Robert Hastings, Mason of his father’s garrison house who lived 595 E. Broadway.
        1. Daniel (1700 – x) marries Rebecca Kelley (1705 -x) in 1724
          1. Joseph (1725-1744)
          2. Rebecca (1728 – 1757) marries Daniel Dow (1728 -x) in 1749
          3. Sarah (1730
          4. Nathaniel (1732 -1755)
          5. Abigail (1734 – 1772 Salem, NH)
          6. Elizabeth (1736 – 1759)
          7. Daniel (1740 -1757)
          8. Joshua (1740 – 1740)
          9. Hannah (1745
        2. Elizabeth (1704 – 1720)
        3. Joseph (1702
        4. Joshua (1707 – xx) marries Abiah Page (1715-x) of Methuen in 1737
        5. Ruth (1710
        6. Jerusha (1712 – xx) marries Lt. Oliver Sanders (1715 – 1833) 1736 in Methuen
        7. Esther (1715 – xx) marries William Sanders (1712 – 1782) in 1732 Salem, NH
        8. Sarah (1718 -xx) married Samuel Sanders (1716 – xx) in 1738 Methuen
      4. Robert (1677 – 1742) marries Alice Currier (1678 – xx) in 1701. d. of Samuel and Mary Currier. Maybe Ann Sargent second in 1725. Probate 21073 dated 1742. https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1638-1881/image?pageName=21073:4&volumeId=13789&rId=30393498
        1. Ann (1702
        2. Mary (1703
        3. Samuel (1704 -1757) marries Hannah Purenton (1708-x) in 1740 in Salisbury. Probate #: 21074
        4. Abigail (1706 Haverhill -x) marries Elijah Collins (x-x) in 1727
          1. Peaslee Collins
        5. Ruth (1706 -x) marries Benjamin Borden
          1. Hope Borden (x-x) marries Henry Stanton (x-x)
        6. Amos (1708 – 1787) marries 1) Elizabeth Sargent (1712 – x) in 1731, 2) Elizabeth Tibbets Austin (~1712-x) in 1760
          1. Content (1733 – x) marries John Durant
          2. Robert (1735 – x) marries Anne Hazzen (1735-1817) in 1751.
            1. Moses 1756?
            2. Elizabeth (1758 -x) marries Jonathan Horne in 1782
            3. Abigail (1760 – 1827) marries William Brown (1751/2 – x) in 1779.
            4. Amos (1762 Haverhill – 1823 VT) marries 1) Sarah Hadlock (1765 – x) in 1788.
              1. John Hazen
              2. Lydia
              3. Samuel Ham
              4. Amos
              5. Sylvester
              6. Sarah W.
            5. Zaccheus (1765 -1810) marries Sallie Stanton (x-x) in 1798 VT
            6. Moses (1774 – 1845 NH) marries Elizabeth Gale (1775 – x) in 1798.
            7. William (1767 -1851) marries Hannah Folsom (1781 – 1868) in 1799. https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=harlancgriffin&id=I072067
              1. Charles Hazen Peaslee
            8. Anna Nancy marries Stevens
            9. Robert (1769 – 1853 VT) marries Amanda Loomis (1780-x) in
          3. Anne (1740 marries Titcomb
          4. Zacheus (1743
          5. Alice (1745 Haverhill -x)
          6. Nicholas (1770 Dover -1826) marries Hannah Titcomb
          7. Joseph T.
          8. Benjamin T.
          9. John N.
          10. Elizabeth A.
          11. Mary N.
        7. Robert (1710
        8. Alice (1712 -1783) marries Thomas Blaney of Salem Mass in 1742. Inherits Samuel Peaslee’s house from wife Hannah in 1770. Sells to Gideon George.
        9. Ann (1714 (9) -x) marries Benjamin Bagnall Jr. (clockmaker of Boston) 1742.
      5. John Peaslee (1678/9 – 1752) marries Mary Martin (1678-after 1710) in 1705. daughter of John & Mary (Weed) Martin, and a granddaughter of George & Susanna North Martin was born 1678 in Amesbury, Essex County, MA. J G Whittier wrote “the Witch’s Daughter” which imagines what happened to a daughter of Susanna North. Susanna Martin was hanged as a witch in Salem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susannah_Martin
        1. Joseph (1706 -x) marries Martha Hoag (1708 – 1775) in 1729 Newbury
          1. John (1735 – 1807) marries Mary Huntington (1739 – 1814) in 1757 Amesbury
            1. Mary (1771 – 1815) marries Nehemiah Heath (1763 – 1831) in 1792 North Hampton, NH
              1. Sarah Folsom (1796 – 1883) marris Daniel Goodwin (1786 – 1875) in 1816 Plaistow (for full list see Ramsey page)
                1. Hannah (1824 – 1900) marrries Charles C. Ramsey (1804 – 1867) in 1843 Haverhill
                2. William P. (1837 – 1903) marries Martha Ann Elliot (1841 – 1922)
        2. John Jr. (1707-1789) marries Lydia (1709 – xx)
          1. Sarah (1734 – 1785)
          2. Timothy (1735 – 1807)
          3. John, III (1736 – 1797) marries Susannah Huntington (1743 – 1823) in 1763.
            1. Abigail (1768 – 1854) marries Johnson
            2. John (1774 – 1831)
            3. Mary “Polly” Peaslee (1777 – 1850) marries Ayer
            4. Micajah (1783 – 1853) marries Judith Choate (1783 – 1852) in 1805
              1. William
              2. Asa Dearborn
              3. Susannah
              4. Lydia
              5. Simeon Ayres (1815 Weare NH – 1877 Nashua, NH) marries Margaret A. Temple (1820 – 1900)
              6. Rhoda (1815 – 1894) marries Dodge
              7. Elijah
              8. Mary Jane (1819 – 1893) marries Bartlett
              9. Elizabeth
              10. Caroline Elizabeth
              11. Burnham
              12. Stephen Bean
              13. Julia Ann
              14. Charles Dennett Boyd
              15. Oliver Micajah
          4. Ruth (1738 – 1779)
          5. Philip (1740 – xx)
          6. Silas (1742 – 1825)
          7. Mary
          8. Paul
          9. Simeon (1750 Newton, NH – xx) marries Hannah Brown (1735 – xx) on 1776 in Amesbury, MA. Potentially the Simeon Peaslee that bought land of heirs of Phineas Nichols (309/113)
            1. John
            2. Paul
            3. Elizabeth
            4. Simeon (1783 – 1871)
            5. Justus (1786 – x)
          10. Issiah
          11. Jedediah (1762 -1817)
        3. Sarah (1709 – 1780)
        4. Jacob (1710 – 1744)
        5. Nathan (1711 – 1768)
        6. Moses (1713 – 1784)
        7. David (1713 – 1800)
        8. James (1715 Amesbury-1770) marries Abigail Johnson (1720 Haverhill – x) in 1742 in Amesbury. Abby could be d. of William Johnson and Abigail ladd born in 1726 in Haverhill)
          1. Caleb (1744 Newton, NH – x) marries Mary Gove (1749-1842) in 1779 Weare NH
          2. James (1747 Amesbury
          3. William H. (1749-1794) marries Hannah Merrill (1747-1843) in xx
            1. James (1773
            2. Aaron Merrill (1775 Newton, NH-1837 Dayton, OH) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Peasley) Owned a 14′ x 25′ piece of land on River Road before 1808 (204/167) sold to John Brown. Owned small piece of land on upper East Main 64′ by 6 rods (196/47) sold in 1808 to Enoch Foot.
            3. Mark (1777
            4. William (1779
          4. Abigail (1752 – 1788) marries William George (1749-x) in 1771 in Kingston
          5. Sarah (1756 – x) marries Stephen Stewert (1745-1817) in1775
          6. Edmund (1759 – 1815) marries Abigail White (1761 – x) in 1778 Newton, NH
          7. Amos (1763 Newton, NH-1815) marries 1) Lydia Ham (1764-x) in 1785 in Dover, NH, 2) Anna Hadlock (1768 – x)
            1. Amos (1780-1866) marries Sarah Allen (x-x) in 1799
              1. Kezia D. (1800 – 1869)
              2. Anna (1802 – 1834)
              3. Elijah (1804 – 1831)
              4. Esther (1804
              5. Amos (1813 – 1889)
            2. John (1784 – x)
            3. Samuel (1786 – x)
            4. Sarah W. (1788 – 1868)
            5. Lydia (1788 – 1872)
            6. Samuel Ham (1789 – 1871)
            7. Sylvester (1792 – 1820)
            8. Betsey (1780
            9. James (1788
            10. Sarah (1792
            11. Abigail (1797
            12. Hannah (1803-1890)
        9. Ebenezer (1710 – 1788)
        10. Mary (1719 – 1781)
      6. Nathaniel (1682 – 1775) married 1)Judith Kimball (1682 – 1741) in 1699 Haverhill, 2) Abiah Swan (1712 – 1743) in 1742 Methuen, 3) Martha Greeley (1706 – 1775) in 1745 Methuen.
        1. Hannah
        2. Mehetable
        3. Judith
        4. Nathaniel Jr (1707 – 1730) married Lydia White (1711 – 1741) m. in 1727 Haverhill, she marries 2nd Edward Flint (1705 – 1768) in 1733 Haverhill
          1. Abigail Peaslee (1728-1729)
        5. Abigail (1709 – 1730) married James White Sr. (1705 – 1788) in 1728 Haverhill. James White marries Sarah Bailey (1718 – 1798) 2nd in 1740.
          1. James White Jr. (1729 – 1729)
          2. Elizabeth
          3. Sarah
          4. Abigail
        6. Susanna
        7. Mary
        8. Jonathan (1720 – 1721)
        9. Abigail (1743 – 1825) married Amos Peasless (1743 – x)
        10. Hannah (1746 – 1803)
        11. Ruth (1749 – 1827)
      7. Ruth (1684 – 1759)
      8. Ebenezer (1688 – 1689)
      9. Sarah (1690 – 1744)

Peter Ayer, born 1 October 1696, married Lydia Perley (sometimes written as Peasley) of Boxford on 17 January 1720-1, she was the daughter of Jacob and Lediah Perley. Lydia died on 29 September 1750, in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Peter married on 22 January 1750-1 (second) Elizabeth Carleton. Peter died in 1774. He was a Deacon.

References: https://www.geni.com/people/Dr-Joseph-Peaslee/6000000009215947031

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58812366/benjamin-carleton-chase

http://www.nj.searchroots.com/EG/peaslee.htm (History and Genealogy of Greenwich, NJ)

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Joseph_Peaslee_%282%29

https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=harlancgriffin&id=I072067

https://boombridgegenealogy.com

Aaron Peasley: https://www.revolvy.com/page/Aaron-Peasley

Portraits of Moses Flint and Sarah: https://www.deborahmchild.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/146-153_child_jordan.pdf

Moses Flint Jr. in Poorhouse: https://books.google.com/books?id=rRZvAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=moses+flint+peaslee&source=bl&ots=TtHf2CrBof&sig=ACfU3U2W1R1QllOymSZ2BXbi915gF9rABg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl3q3xxp7mAhUriOAKHZrSB-QQ6AEwCHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=moses%20flint%20peaslee&f=false

In April and May of 1804 Aaron Merrill Peasley was arrested in Newburyport, MA and convicted in Ipswich, MA for counterfeiting banknotes. For the possession of counterfeit bank note plates made for Beverly Bank notes and the possession of tools to make counterfeit plates, he was sentenced to 5 years in jail and hard labor, but as a follow on sentence he could serve another 5 years if he did not pay restitution for his crime… Peasley submitted multiple petitions for an early release because of his reformation in jail and being ‘seduced to be an instrument’ to make the counterfeit plates. Peasley was pardoned in October of 1808.” (http://newbostonhistoricalsociety.com/counterfeit-p2.html)