Person Info
- Name: Francis PAYBODY
- Sex: M
- Birth: Abt 1612 in St Albans, Co Herts, England b
- Death: 19 Feb 1697/8 in Topsfield, Massachusetts d
Parents:
- Father:
- John PAYBODY
Birth: Abt 1590 in Nosely, Leicestershire, England
Death: Abt 1667 in Duxbrook, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Mother:
- Isabell (PAYBODY)
Death: After 1667
Family:
Marriage:
Children:
- Lydia PAYBODY Birth: 30 Aug 1640 in Hampton, New Hampshire
Death: 30 Apr 1715 in Boxford, Massachusetts
- John PAYBODY Birth: 1643 in Hampton
Death: 5 Jul 1720 in Boxford, Massachusetts
- Joseph PAYBODY Birth: 1644 in Hampton, New Hampshire
Death: Abt 1721
- William PAYBODY Birth: 1646 in Hampton, New Hampshire
Death: 6 Mar 1699/1700 in Boxford, Massachusetts
- Isaac PEABODY Birth: 1648 in Hampton, Massachusetts
Death: Abt 1726 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
Marriage:
- Mary FOSTER on Abt 1650 at Hampton, New Hampshire .m2
- Mary FOSTER
Birth: Abt 1618 in England
Death: 9 Apr 1705 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
Children:
- Mary PAYBODY Birth: Abt 1650 in Hampton, New Hampshire
- Sarah PAYBODY Birth: Abt 1654 in Hampton, New Hampshire
- Hepsibah PAYBODY Birth: Abt 1656 in Hampton, New Hampshire
- Ruth PAYBODY Birth: 22 May 1658 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
Death: Before 1695
- Damaris PAYBODY Birth: 21 Jun 1660 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
Death: 19 Dec 1660 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
- Samuel PAYBODY Birth: 4 Jan 1662 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
Death: 13 Sep 1677 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
- Jacob PAYBODY Birth: 28 Jul 1664 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
Death: 24 Nov 1689 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
- Hannah PAYBODY Birth: 8 May 1668 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
Death: Before 1698
- Nathaniel PEABODY Birth: 29 Jul 1669 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
Death: 1715
Bibliography
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Brownyard, Goldie Peabody, Ancestors and Descendants of Charles Elmer Peabody. Silver Springs, MD: author, 1980. FHL 929.372 P311b. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Brownyard PEABODY p[0-9]*].
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Davis, Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine: Anthoensen Press, 1959. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/33853 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis WILDES p[0-9]*].
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Hanson, Erik, Lois Georgiana Peabody. Private email 2/16/2009. Author address: emhanson at purdue dot edu Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Erik Hanson 2/16/2009].
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Forster, Edward Jacob, Genealogy of the Fo(r)ster Family Descendants of Reginald Fo(r)ster, of Ipswich, Mass. NEHGR v30 (Jan 1876) pp83-102. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ForsterEJ FORSTER p[0-9]*].
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Hammatt, Abraham, The Hammatt Papers, Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Ipswich: Antiquarian Papers, 1880. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/253245. Also available at http://archive.org/details/earlyinhabitants13hamm. Reprinted Baltimore: Gen Pub Co, 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hammatt Ipswich p[0-9]*].
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Jacobus, Donald Lines, The Granberry Family. Hartford, CT: Edgar F Watering, 1945. G3978. Available at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005694852. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Jacobus GRANBERRY p[0-9]*].
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Kilham, Austin D, Notes on the Descendants of John and Joan Chadwick and Related Families. Charlottesville, VA: Bailey Printing, Dec 31 1966. LDS Film#0896935#1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/202331. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Kilham CHADWICK p[A-Z][0-9]*].
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Linzee, John William, The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. Boston: author, 1913. G1638. Available at http://archive.org/details/historyofpeterpa00linz Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES p[0-9]*].
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Kelley, Mike, Daniel Wood and Mary Foster, private email 8/20/2004. Author address: mike_kelley at hotmail dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mike Kelley 8/20/2004].
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Noyes, Sybil, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1972. M-LH. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/84933. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Noyes [a-zA-Z ]*].
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Peabody, Selim Hobart, Peabody Genealogy. Boston, MA: Charles Pope, 1909. UMI #G350. Available at http://archive.org/details/peabodypaybodypa00peab. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/8295. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p[0-9]*].
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Perley, Mary Ellen, Genealogy of the Descendants of Moses and Hannah (Foster) Peabody. Salem, MA: Newcomb & Causs, 1904. FHL 929.273 P312p. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00perl Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Perley PEABODY-Moses p[0-9]*].
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Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Foster Genealogy being the record of the Posterity of Reginald Foster. Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1899. UMI #G964. Available at http://books.google.com/?id=aohMAAAAMAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pierce FOSTER p[0-9]*].
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Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston, MA: author, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1400537. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, 1986. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p[0-9][0-9a]*].
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Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
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Vital Records of Topsfield, Mass. Topsfield MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1916. M-LH #P186. Printed Newcomb & Gauss, Salem Mass. Available at http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Topsfield/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: TopsfieldMA vitals p[0-9]*].
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Valentine, Mrs. Abram B, Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, vol 468: Haseltine Papers, Robert Haseltine Genealogy vol 1. 1921. LDS Film#0517001#3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008107782 images 059-488, 008095092 images 001-598, 008095093 images 001-678, and 008095094 images 001-517. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Valentine HASELTINE v[0-9]*p[0-9]*].
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Wight, Denman Bartlett, Ancestry of Thomas Wight and wife Alice Ruth Peabody. Author, 1964. FHL 929.273 A1#2118. Also Film#1036037#8. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/207659. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wight WIGHT-PEABODY p[0-9]*].
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Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, Little Compton Families. Little Compton, RI: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967. M-LH 974.56 Wil. LDS Film#844901#1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007809530 images 6-455. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wilbour ComptonRI p[0-9]*].
Sources for birth and parent Information
- date:
- 1612/14 [Ref: Brownyard PEABODY p1]
- 1614 [Ref: Brownyard PEABODY p2, Perley PEABODY-Moses p3, Pierce FOSTER
p121, Wight WIGHT-PEABODY p1]
- 1614, ca 1612 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p565]
- abt 1612 or 1614 [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p7]
- abt 1613, age 21 on 2 Apr 1635 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p407]
- second son [Ref: Bowman PlymouthWills v17p23, PeabodySH PEABODY p2],
- place:
- [Ref: Perley PEABODY-Moses p3, Pierce FOSTER p121, Pope PioneersMA
p348]
- England [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p7],
- parents:
- John PAYBODY & Isabell ___ [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p2, Perley
PEABODY-Moses p3],
- father:
- [Ref: Bowman PlymouthWills v17p23, Wilbour ComptonRI p436]
- perhaps John [Ref: Sav-age PEABODY Francis],
- mother:
- Isabel HARPER [Ref: Wilbour ComptonRI p436]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
- place:
- England, perhaps Leicestershire [Ref: Brownyard PEABODY p2]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p407, BoxfordMA vitals p252, PeabodySH
PEABODY p11, Perley PEABODY-Moses p3, Pierce FOSTER p121, Pope PioneersMA
p348, TopsfieldMA vitals p236]
- 1697/8 [Ref: Brownyard PEABODY p1]
- 1698 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p565]
- 19 Feb 1698 [Ref: Sav-age PEABODY Francis],
- place:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p407, Brownyard PEABODY p3,
TopsfieldMA vitals p236]
- of Topsfield [Ref: BoxfordMA vitals p252]
Sources with Information about marriage to Lydia (PAYBODY)
- date:
- before 1640 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p407, Torrey NE<1700 p565]
- first marriage of Francis [Ref: Jacobus GRANBERRY p290, Noyes PEABODY
Francis],
- place:
- [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p565],
- names:
- Francis PAYBODY & Lydia ___ [Ref: Brownyard PEABODY p1, Brownyard
PEABODY p3, Davis WILDES p55, Jacobus GRANBERRY p258, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES
p298, PeabodySH PEABODY p9, Wight WIGHT-PEABODY p1]
- Francis PEABODY & Lydia ___ [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p407,
Jacobus GRANBERRY p290, Noyes PEABODY Francis, Torrey NE<1700 p565],
- child:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p407, Brownyard PEABODY p1, Brownyard
PEABODY p3, Davis WILDES p55, Jacobus GRANBERRY p258, Linzee PARKER-RUGGLES
p298, Noyes PEABODY Francis, PeabodySH PEABODY p9, Wight WIGHT-PEABODY p1]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary FOSTER
- date:
- abt 1650 [Ref: Jacobus GRANBERRY p290]
- after 1649 [Ref: Brownyard PEABODY p3, PeabodySH PEABODY p9]
- after 1650 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p565]
- by abt 1650 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p407]
- second marriage of Mary [Ref: Davis WILDES p181, Hammatt Ipswich p105,
Mike Kelley 8/20/2004, Torrey NE<1700 p833]
- second marriage of both [Ref: Noyes PEABODY Francis],
- place:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p407, Torrey NE<1700 p565],
- names:
- [Ref: ForsterEJ FORSTER p84, Pope PioneersMA p173, Pope PioneersMA
p348, Sav-age FOSTER Reginald],
- child:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p407, Anderson GreatMigrationII
v5p408, Davis TOWNE p8, PeabodySH PEABODY p17, PeabodySH PEABODY p9, Perley
PEABODY-Moses p3, Pierce FOSTER p121, Sav-age PEABODY Francis, Wight
WIGHT-PEABODY p1]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
- child:
- Isaac (#25541) [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p408, Perley
PEABODY-Moses p3, Pierce FOSTER p121, Sav-age PEABODY Francis, Wight
WIGHT-PEABODY p1]
- John (#1040) [Ref: Kilham CHADWICK pC13, Perley PEABODY-Moses p3,
Pierce FOSTER p121, Sav-age PEABODY Francis]
- Joseph (#25539) [Ref: Perley PEABODY-Moses p3, Pierce FOSTER p121,
Sav-age PEABODY Francis]
- Lydia (#25536) [Ref: Perley PEABODY-Moses p3, Pierce FOSTER p121,
Sav-age PEABODY Francis]
- William (#25540) [Ref: Perley PEABODY-Moses p3, Pierce FOSTER p121,
Sav-age PEABODY Francis]
Research Notes:
Savage suggested that this immigrant was "perhaps son of John", who did
name a son Francis in his will. No records show any connection between
the two men in New England. Banks proposed Francis Peabody was from
Nosely, Leicestershire, citing only "Banks Mss" as his authority (usually
indicating only that the surname has been found in that parish) and
linking Francis with John and his son William (Topo Dict). No reliance
should be placed on this proposal [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p408]
came to New England in spring of 1635, on the Planter, settled at Ipswich
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400, PeabodySH PEABODY p7, Pierce FOSTER
p121]
Arrived Apr 2 1635, ship Planter [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p348]
immigrated from St. Albans, Hertfordshire, on Planter, to Hampton, NH [Ref:
Banks Topo p69]
1635: came in Planter, aged 21 [Ref: Noyes PEABODY Francis, Pope PioneersMA
p348, Sav-age PEABODY Francis]
immigrated with certificate from minister at St. Albans, co Herts. [Ref: Noyes
PEABODY Francis]
1636: first town record of Francis, in describing the lands of Samuel Hall.
Eight acres of planting ground, by an act of the Towne as in the old book Anno
1636, lying near the highway going to Labour in vaine meadowe, butting to ye
East upon ye planting ground of John Seaborn and on ye North planting ground
of Francis Pebody [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p7]
1638: of Hampton [Ref: Sav-age PEABODY Francis]
1639: Hampton [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
c1640: on list of First-Comers to Hampton, not on list of married men [Ref:
Noyes PEABODY Francis]
1640: one of the inhabitants of Hampton, recorded as a proprietor [Ref:
PeabodySH PEABODY p8]
Jun 30 1640: on list of early town grants of Hampton NH [Ref: Noyes PEABODY
Francis]
30 Jun 1640: Hampton; granted 10 acres for a houselot, 4 acres of fresh
meadow, 15 acres of planting ground in the North Field [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p401]
18 May 1642: admission to Hapton church prior to 18 May 1642 implied by
freemanship [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
May 18 1642: freeman, at Hampton [Ref: Brownyard PEABODY p3, Noyes PEABODY
Francis, PeabodySH PEABODY p7, Sav-age PEABODY Francis]
13 Jul 1642: Hampton; granted 13 acres of salt marsh [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p401]
24 May 1643: Hampton; granted 12 acres of upland [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p401]
8 Jul 1644: Hampton; granted 4 acres of ground more to his 6 acres of
ground which lay by his meadow [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p401]
1644: in Hampton, appointed with two others to do the finishing of the
meeting house [Ref: Wight WIGHT-PEABODY p1]
1645: share in the common lands of Hampton, and was also acting as a member of
the committee who saw to the finishing of the meetinghouse. residence was
near that of Isaac Perkins and that of William Cole. [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY
p8]
Nov 4 1645: Eunice Cole made first entry into court records "Eunice Cole is to
sit in the stocks at Hampton and to make acknowledgement of her snanderous
speech concerning Susan Parkings & lidia pebodye and to pay to the witnes
Isaac Perkings 7d and the feas of the court" [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p8]
Feb 23 1645/6: on list of those with Cow Common rights [Ref: Noyes PEABODY
Francis]
26 Sep 1648: petit jury at Norfolk [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
1649: member of trial jury [Ref: Noyes PEABODY Francis]
24 Apr 1649: grand jury [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
2 Oct 1649: grand jury [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
1649: grand jury [Ref: Noyes PEABODY Francis]
2 Oct 1649: Hampton commissioner to end small causes [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p400]
1649: com.t.c.s.c [sic] [Ref: Noyes PEABODY Francis]
1649: appointed by the court of Norfolk counth to be one of the commissioners
to try cases involving small amounts of money, a position equivalent to that
of justice of the peace. [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p10]
Mar 4 1649/50: Seating in the Meeting House, assigned First Seat on the
south side against the desk [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400, Noyes
PEABODY Francis]
15 Mar 1649/50: "Robert Drake entered his caution about a house and lands
bought of Francis Peboddie lying & being within the bounds of the town of
Hampton." On 25 Mar 1650 Francis sold to Robert Drake "my dwelling house &
houselot situate & lying in Hampton ... which houselot containeth ten acres
... together with my barn & all other outhouses, yards or gardens, fence or
fences unto the said houselot belonging, and six acres of fresh meadow...lying
net adjoining unto Jeferie Mingay his meadow beyone the mill brook, and all my
part of a small island of upland adjoining unto the said meadow, and three
acres more of fresh meadow to be laid out which was sometimes Isaak Perkins"
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p401]
1650: Topsfield [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
Mar 25 1650: sold his Hampton property to Robert Drake and moved to Topesfield
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p10]
Mar 1649-50: sold property to Robert Drake [Ref: Noyes PEABODY Francis]
15 Mar 1649/50: last certain date in Hampton, recorded in his sale to
Robet Drake [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p409]
move to Topsfield was probably consequent to his second marriage to the
widow Mary (Foster) Wood [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p409]
in Topsfield one of the selectmen, lieutenant of the lical military
company, and honored member of the church and community [Ref: PeabodySH
PEABODY p10]
Oct 7 1651: sued Thomas Bradbury for "issuing an illegal execution, for
or in behalf of Mr. Batcheller, against the town of Hampton" Oct 14 1651 the
Mass Bay General Court ordered that "in answer to a petition preferred by
several of the inhabitants of Hampton, for relief in respect of unjust
molestation from some persons there pretending power for what they do from Mr.
Batchelor, it is ordered, that whatsoever goods or lands have been taken away
from the inhabitants of Hampton, aforesaid, by Edward Calcord or John
Sanbourne, upon pretense of being authorized by Mr. Batchelor, either with or
without execution, shall be returned to them from whom it was taken, and no
more to be granted until there appear sufficient power from Mr. Batchelor to
recover the same, to the County Courts, either of Salisbury or Hampton"
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p67]
18 Jan 1653/4: Joseph Jewett of Rowley sold to Francis Paybody of
Topsfield (and others) land in Rowley, twenty-fourth part of village land,
confirmed 30 May 1661 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p402]
30 Sep 1656: Ipswich petit jury [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
secondary sources state that Francis Peabody moved from Hampton to
Topsfield in or about 1657. Part of the reason for choosing this date was
probably that the first record for a child born in Topsfield was his
daughter Ruth on 22 May 1658. This was, however, merely a reflection of
the loss of earlier Topsfield town records to fire in 1658, and not the
date of the family's move [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p409]
29 Sep 1657: Ipswich petit jury [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
May 29 1658: took inventory of estate of George Buncker [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationI p1028]
26 Mar 1661: Ipswich petit jury [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
1661: Topsfield selectman. also in 1668, 1673, 1679, 1680, 1681, 1682 [Ref:
Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
Jun 24 1662: made a deposition in an Essex Co court proceeding, in which
he gave his age as 50 years [Ref: Brownyard PEABODY p3]
27 Sep 1664: grand jury [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
20 Apr 1666: purchaed from William Evans one acre, sometimes a cowpen [Ref:
Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p402]
27 May 1668: Massachusetts Bay General Court "doth allow & approve of
Francis Pebody to be lieutenant of themilitary company at Topsfield" [Ref:
Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p401]
18 Nov 1668: assessor [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
27 Jan 1668/9: assessor [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
1669: Topsfield town clerk. also in 1676, 1677, 1678, 1679, 1680, 1681 [Ref:
Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
29 Jun 1669: Salem petit jury [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
28 Sep 1669: grand jury [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
May 1670: purchased from John How of Topsfield 10 acres of upland and
swamp. Sold 24 Oct 1672 to Michael Doniell [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII
v5p403]
24 May 1672: purchased from John Tod of Rowley half of a parcel of 700
acres of upland and meadow. John Tod received it in a judgement against
Anthony Crosby [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p403]
24 Sep 1672: Ipswich petit jury [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
14 Jul 1673: purchased from Daniel Borman 30 acres in Topsfield [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p403]
1 Jan 1674/5: purchased from John How of Topsfield 10 acres in Topsfield [Ref:
Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p403]
24 Jan 1674/5: purchased from Thomas Perkins Sr 30 acres in Topsfield, in
the furthermost division lots [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p403]
1680: Sealer of weights and measurers. also 1681 [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p400]
7 Mar 1681/2: Topsfield "Lt Pebody & John Gould are chosen to transcribe all
the old town book into the new town book as is needful to be done" [Ref:
Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
17 Jul 1683: John Storke sold to Francis Peabody (and others) his village
land of 2000 acres with 80 acres meadow [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII
v5p404]
1684: when Joseph Capen was ordained minister at Topsfield, he compiled a
list of men and women already in full communion at that time, and
"Francis Peabody" was first in that list; his wife was not listed as a
member [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p400]
1687: tax list shows him with 3 other men in his family, 2 sons and a servant,
1 house, 62 acres of land, 6 oxen, 8 cows, 26 sheep, 5 hogs, and 3 horses.
tax was 18 shillings and 4 pence [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p11]
20 Jan 1695/6: deeded to "my loving son Daniel Wood of Boxford" 100 acres
in Boxford [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p404]
24 Sep 1697: deeded to "my loving son Isack Peabody of Topsfield" three
parcels & meadow, about 70 acres of upland, meadow, and swamp [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p405]
will dated Jan 20 1695/6, proved Aug 7 1698 [Ref: Brownyard PEABODY p3,
PeabodySH PEABODY p16]
will dated 30 Jan 1695/6, proved 7 Aug 1698, summarized in [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p405]
20 May 1698: inventory of estate totalled 1327 pounds 5s6d, of which 1030
pounds was real estate [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p406]
The Last Will & Testamant of Lieut. Francis Pebody of Topsfield in ye county
of Essex in New England.
I Francis Pebody taking into consideration the uncertaity of my life and
certainty of my death being of perfect understanding & memory have seen good
to make such a disposall of the temporall estate which God of his grace hath
given me in this world as followeth.
I committ my immortall soul into the hands of God and my body to a decent
buriall when God shall take me out of this world.
I give to by son John Pebody & Joseph Pebody all that tract of land which I
bought of merchant Joseph Juett of Rowly which land lyeth in Boxford.
I give to my son J(ohn) two thirds of the aforesaid tract of land & to my
son Joseph the other third which I give to them and to their heirs for ever &
morever I do give to them both in c(urrent) pay (not mony) five pounds to each
of them, that is five pounds apiece besides what I have already given to them.
I do give to my son William Pebody, all that land which I bought of John Tod
Senr. of Rowly and of John Perley (excepting one hundred acres) which land I
do give to him & his heirs for ever, moreover I do give to him five pounds
besides what he hath.....me already, which I do the rather on consideration of
his being (by the providence of God) deprived of ye use of one of his arms,
which five pounds is to be paid as is above specified.
I give unto my son in law Daniell Wood that hundred acres of land which is
above excepted to my son William & is already in part possessed by my son in
law Daniel Wood which said land I do give to him & to his heirs for ever it
being in consideration of what I was obliged to do for him when come to age &
propose he shall be satisfied therewith on that account & give a discharge
thereof to such...shall concern Which land I gave already promised & do
propose forthwith to give him a deed of in a way of firm conveyance in which
deed I shall bound and Limit the abovesaid hundred acres accordingly.
Item I do give to my son Isaac Pebody all the land that I do now live upon
which I bought of Mr Simmons & my will is that my son Isaac shall have all the
said land which lyeth on the south side of the brook running through the said
farm both upland & meadow so bounded. I give to my son Isaac Pebody together
with my dwelling house & housing, orchard, mill, & millyard with all that I
bought of William Evans & moreover I give to my son Isaac from the bridge all
the meadow downward on the north east side of the brook which runneth through
Thomas Borman's meadow; and also I do give to my son Isaac a Rod & half of
upland at the aforesaid meadow all along for the bringing of his hay from time
to time which aforesaid land I do give to my son Isaac & to his Heirs forever,
together with seventy acres of land on the south side of the River, near to
the dwelling of Joseph Town, Jun. Also I give to my son the bed with the
furniture thereunto belonging which he now hath & improvements of & this I
would have noted, That I have given the more to my son Isaac on consideration
of the providence of God disenabling him by the loss of one of his leggs.
I give to my Grandchild, Jacob Pebody ( the son of my son Jacob deceased)
the house which his father dwelt in together with all the upland on the side
of the brook that is on the north side of the abovesaid brook, as also the
meadow on the same side of the brook to the bridge & so upward, my will is
that in case my said Grandchild Jacob Pebody do live to the age of twenty one
years that then he shall have all the abovesaid to injoy himself and his heirs
forever, but in case the said Jacob Pebody live not to that age then any of my
other (heirs) shall have liberty to have that land & house abovesaid provided
that he or they shall give to my Grandchildren Kezia & Mercy Pebody the
children of my son Jacob deceased ...hundred and twenty pounds in common
currant pay (not silver) notwithstanding the abovesaid in case the said Jacob
should have issue before he should arrive at the aforesaid age then the said
land shall be at the dispose of the abovesaid Jacob Pebody
together.....aforesaid.
Also I do give to my granchildren Kezia & Mercy Pebody the children of Jacob
deceased, I do give to each of them thirty acres of land apiece provided that
they live to the age of eighteen years, which threescore acres of land lyeth
on the south side of the the River in the south-west division beyond Mr.
Endicott's farm in the place called the Stick (Slick?) meadow which land
abovesaid I bought part of Deacon Tho. Perkins about thirty (acres) & about
thirty more which I bought of Daniell Borman, but in case neither of the
children Kezia & Mercy shall live to the age of eighteen that then the
abovesaid thirty acres apiece shall return to my next immediate children and
be equally divided amongst them and in case one of the said grandchildren live
to the age & not the other that then the whole threescore acres shall fall to
the survivor of them.
I give to my son Nathaniell Pebody together with my Grandchild Samson How
all that four hundred acres which I bought of Mr. Stephen Sewall lying in
Rowly village now called Boxford, which land lyeth near Bradford & was
formerly Mr. Nelson's of Rowly.
My will is my son Nathaniell shall have three hundred & Samson How the other
hundred acres which for quantity and quality ye aforesaid Samson How shall
have the said hundred acres provided that the Samson How shall be at my
dispose til the age of twenty one. But in case my son Nathaneill shall dye
without Lawfull Issue that then the said three hundred acres shall fall to my
other children by equall devision, his widdow nothwithstanding injoying the
benefit thereof during life & as to his moveables which he is already in
possession of, I leave it all to be at his, that is my son Nathaniell here is
to be understood, that what shall be left undisposed of by my son Nathaniell
at his death of his three hundred acres shall be for the use of his widdow
during her life as abovesaid That is the life of her widdowhood.
I do reserve for Mary my wife the South End of my house for her use to live
in as also the New Cellar as also the use of two milch cowes which she shall
choose out of my milch kine. Also my will is that my son Isaac shall pay to my
wife Mary yearly twenty bushels of Indian corn, four bushells of wheat, four
of rye & six of malt. Also that my wife have liberty to keep two or three
swine, and also yearly a half a dozen pounds of wool, also my will is that my
wife have pasture for her cowes with my son Isaacs as also my son Isaac shall
provide fodder for them in the winter. As also my wife shall have Liberty for
an horse to ride on as she shall have occasion. Also my will is that in case
my wife shall marry again that then all the privileges above shall cease, but
during her widdowhood she shall also have (as benefit by my orchard) yearly a
barrell of Cider as also som apples as her occasions either summer or winter
shall require. Moreover my wife shall have the use & despose of two beds
together with needful firewood provided her for which end she shall have the
use of such of my oxen as shall be needful. Also I do order that Samson How
live with my wife til he shall come to the age of twenty one years & be at her
Command to be helpfull to her on all accounts as she shall have occasion & in
case Samson How shall be taken away by his father before he shall have served
as above that then my wife shall have that huindred acres of land abovesaid
(given Conditionaly to the said Samson) to provide for herself such help as
shall be necessary. In case my wife shall dy before the said Samson How shall
arrive at the aforesaid term of years then he shall be at my wives despose to
whom she shall see good & in case the said Samson will not comply with such
despose that then the said hundred acres of land intended for him shall be at
my wives despose.
I give to my Daughter Lydia Perley five pounds besides what she hath already
had of me.
I do give to my Daughter Mary Death five pounds besides what she hath had
already.
I give to my Daughter Sarah How five pounds besides what she hath had
already.
I give to my Daughter Hephzibah Ray five pounds besides what she hath had
already, all which Legacies ordered to my Children I do appoint to be paid in
common currant pay as is before specified to others of my children.
Note that what Legacies I do here give in my will shall be paid by my
executors out of my etate which I do leave in my son Isaacs hands & to my
wives, as corn or Cattell & my debts & funerall expences being discharged.
And finally I do appoint, constitute & ordain my wife Mary to be executrix
together with my son John Pebody & Isaac Pebody executors of this my last will
& testament & in case after Legacies paid there be any Estate left to be
divided that it shall be desposed of in away of devision as my executrix
together with executors shall see good.
That what is here above written is my last will & testament of the abovesaid
Francis Pebody appears by his own hand & seal this day & date here mentioned
as also by the testimony of the witnesses hereunto subscribed.
It is to be noted that notwithstanding what is abovesaid concerning my son
Nathaniels three hundred acres returning to his brethren in Case of his dying
without lawfull Issue, It is to be understood by (sic) the three hundred acres
what he shall not see cause to despose of before his death I hereby
nothwithstanding what hath been said giving him full power in case he see good
to despose of it either in part or whole not knowing but divine providence may
necessitate him thereunto, otherwise what is above written to be of full force
as is expressed.
ffrancis Pabody
The above said Premises were signed sealed & declared to be the last will and
testament of the said Francis Pebody this twentieth day of January in the year
of our Lord one thousand six hundred Ninety & five or six, in presence of us.
Joseph Capen
Thomas Baker
Ephriam Dorman, Sen. [Ref: Erik Hanson 2/16/2009, PeabodySH PEABODY p16]
Pedigree of Francis PAYBODY
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John PAYBODY
Francis PAYBODY
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Isabell (PAYBODY)
Descendants of Francis PAYBODY
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