POMFRETT PEAVEY, SR.



BIRTH: 14 Mar 1775 in Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire
DEATH:
FATHER: William PEAVEY III - Birth: 5 Feb 1743 in Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire
MOTHER: Anna MITCHELL - Birth: 19 Dec 1742 in Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire

MARRIAGE: Lydia 'SMITH' on Abt 1800

CHILDREN:

1. Smith PEAVEY, ESQ. - Birth: 1801 in Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire

2. William PEAVEY - Birth: 1810 in Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire

3. Pomfrett PEAVEY, JR. - Birth: 1815 in Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire

4. Hannah PEAVEY - Birth: 1821 in Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire

5. Sarah PEAVEY - Birth: 1822 in Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire



The 1850 Census for Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire shows Promfret Sr. was listed with his family.
Pomphrett (75)
wife Lydia (74)
and their children William (40)
Pomphrett (35)
Beah (29).
They are living on a farm next door to his son Smith. Apparently the children weren't fond of marriage as all of them were over 28 years old and still unmarried except for Smith.

According to Leroy's notes Pomfret was the son of William Peavey who wrote his will in 1800 in Barrington. The will mentions his wife Anna who was Pomfret's mother. His father William also mentions his daughters Hannah (Peavey) Hall, Elizabeth Peavey, Susannah (Peavey) Page and Mary (Peavey) Fernald as well as William's grandchildren Anna and John who were the children of his son William Jr. who was Deceased before 1800. The best fit for William Jr. is that he married Sarah Neal 1788 in Barrington. The will was proved in 1819.



Peavey_Family.GED by Genealogist Mark Kulow

CENSUS 1850: Barrington, Strafford Co., NH Page 251.

WILL of William Peavey




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