BAPTISM: 13 Nov 1757, Newington Church Records, Page # 4-109.
Fern Galle's records show he was baptized on 1759 in Newington.

He signed a document on 3 Sep 1776 in support of The Declaration of Independance from England along with his brother's James and Joseph

John Peavey Sr. who married Mrs. Lois Colbath has been a difficult person to track because of his common name and the lack of information regarding his children. We do know from the history of the Town of Barrington that John and his brother Joseph were among the founding fathers of the town. The only confirmed record on the LDS site was his marriage to Mrs. Lois Colbath. There was a John Peavey Senior listed as a pensioner of the Revolutionary War living in a household that was headed by a John Peavey Junior on June 1, 1840. This was in Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire. The only John Peavey listed in the 1840 census in Strafford showed a male and female with birth dates between 1750-1760 had moved into that household after the 1830 Census for the same family. We also had a burial location for John Sr. and Lois in Center Strafford Cemetery (Lisa has Ridge Cemetery) located in Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire. The birth dates lined up as well as the location. The Census confirms the likelihood that John Jr. would have taken in his parents after they were over 80 years old. Since this was the only possible John living in the area at the time they had to be connected. John Jr. was married to Mary Caverly with essentially the correct number of children in the household that fit with the rest of our records for him. We now have the first confirmed child for John Sr. and Lois as well as the military records, burial records, marriage records, and locations that fit together.

We now have additional information on the Peavey family from a different source from the LDS Records. The book "Newington Families" was compiled by Henry Winthrop Hardon from several sources. His main source was the journals and records of Rev. Joseph Adams. He used the additional sources to confirm and expand the information from Joseph Adams notes. Joseph Adams was an uncle to President John Quincy Adams and ministered in the Rockingham/Strafford area from 1725 to 1760. He married several of the Peavey's and there is a possibility that Rachel who was married to the first Edward Peavey and the mother of the New Hampshire Peavey's may have been an Adams. In addition Joseph Adams' notes might contain information that would be of great help in connecting the family. I will be quoting from this source for Peavey's and others who were originally in the Newington area. Records from this source clearly state that Lois' maiden name was Coolbath and she was not a widow as listed in the LDS records. Joseph Adams was very careful to identify who were widows and who weren't on his marriage records.

MILITARY SERVICE:
He served as a Private and then a Corporal in the Revolutionary War in the New Hampshire Militia. He later received a pension of $81.11 per year.

John applied for a military pension for his service in the Revolutionary War on May 23, 1833. In that affidavit he stated that he had enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Shackford in June of 1775. He served as a private at Fort Sullivan, Sevey's Island (Great Island), near Portsmouth until September 1777. During the course of that two years and two months the company was under the command of Captain Shackford of Newington, then Captain Salter of Portsmouth and then Captain Parsons of Rye as well as several other Captains. On September 17, 1777 he enlisted in a company commanded by Captain Rollins in the Regiment of the New Hampshire Militia under the command of Colonel Drake for a period of three months. During this time he served at Bennington, Stillwater and other locations. He was discharged December 9, 1777 at a place called Murderer's Creek, on the North River in New York State. He was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, as was Peter Peavey.

In the same pension file there is an affidavit submitted by John Nutter (brother to Mary Nutter, wife of Joseph Peavey, brother of John Peavey). According to that affidavit John Nutter enlisted and served with his brother-in-law John Peavey on the same dates and in the same company's. They were close friends who served their country together. He states that John Peavey was promoted to Corporal during their service in Captain Rollins Company. (Note that Deborah Peavey, daughter of Edward and Rachel married James Rollins in Dover in 1717. It is very likely that both John peavey and John Nutter were related in some fashion to Captain Rollins.) There was an additional affidavit in the file with the testimony of Rev. Enoch Place as to his knowledge of John Peavey.

There was a letter in the file from Mrs. George B. Leighton (Lena Waldren) of Bow Lake, Strafford County, New Hampshire, written November 21, 1937, requesting information on John Peavey. She was under the mistaken impression that he might be the John Peavey who was placed on the pension rolls October 10, 1833 (Age 78) in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. A corresponding letter from the State Department responded with the information that there were no relatives mentioned in the file and therefore they could not ascertain if this was a certain John Peavey. We were able to make a positive identification based on the affidavits of John Nutter and Enoch Place. It would be interesting to find out who Mrs. George Leighton was and what information she was able to acquire in 1937.

LAND RECORDS show connection between Joseph, John, Eliphalet and Dudley, near each other in Strafford NH LOT 150-4th range-LOT 153-4th range.

BURIAL:
June 14, 1845, Center Strafford Cemetery Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire.
Lois Colbath Peavey is buried with her husband John at Ridge Cemetery, Center Strafford County, New Hampshire.

John and Lois were both buried in plot 24 in Center Strafford Cemetery along with their son Esquire John Peavey and his wife Mary C. Caverly, their grandson Robert B. Peavey and his wife Emily and their infant granddaughter Ann Josephine. Both Joseph Peavey's who were the sons of Captain John Peavey are also buried in plot 24 although Captain John and his wife Deborah Merserve were not found in this cemetery.

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Accordcing to census - they had 11 children, who are they?? Currently researching and trying to prove that Dudley, Eliphalet and William are 3 out of the 4 missing sons.