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Margaret Margaret (Carper) Peck (1751 - 1824)

Margaret [uncertain] Margaret "Mary" Peck formerly Carper
Born in Sharpsburg, Washington, Marylandmap
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Daughter of and
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Wife of — married 1769 in Sinking Creek, Craig, Virginiamap
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Died at age 72 in Giles, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

She passed away in 1824. Margaret, the daughter of Nicholas Carper and Anna Margaretha Marsteller, was born in about 1751, possibly on December 27th, however, no record has been found to confirm this birthdate. Margaret married Benjamin Peck during 1769 in Sinking Creek, Virginia which is now called Craig County, Virginia.[1]

She is sometimes identified as Mary Margaret, but records that have been found for her today identify her only as "Margaret".

At the time of her birth Margaret's family was living in the Muddy (Modern) Creek watershed, in Cocalico township in Lancaster County, PA. Her father owned land in that area by 1753 (Mayhill, 1973). In 1758 his son was in possession of that parcel, having apparently inherited the property as eldest son. No death record has been found for Nicholas, but he is presumed to have died between 1753 and 1758.

We have no further information about Margaret's mother, Margaretha Marsteller. She may have died, or perhaps remarried after her husband's death. Margaret Carper may have been living with her mother, or with one of her older siblings. We have no information to confirm that one way or another.

Sometime after Nicholas' death Margaret Carper's extended family moved south to settle near the Potomac River. At least one of her brothers, Phillip, settled on Opequon Creek near Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia. They lived within a few miles of where Margarets future husband, Benjamin Peck, would be born about 1744. Other family members may have settled further north, either near New Mecklenburg (now Shepherdstown) in what was then Frederick County, Virginia (now Jefferson County, West Virginia), or immediately across the Potomac near Sharpsburg, in what was then Frederick County Maryland, now Washington County, Maryland.

Benjamin Peck, the eldest son of Jacob Beck and Lydia Borden, was born in Frederick County, Virginia near the town of Winchester about 1744. Jacob and Lydia moved north within a few years of their marriage and would settled near Sharpsburg as attested to in a letter from one of Jacob's cousins in Ebingen, in what is now Baden-Wuertemberg, Germany, written in 1769. The "Ebingen Letter" is no longer extant, but was described in Valentine.

Benjamin and Margaret are believed to have married 1769, based on the 1770 date of birth of their eldest son, Jacob. That marriage probably occurred in either the Sharpsburg area or in New Mecklenburg. Valentine states that the marriage occurred near Sharpsburg where they lived until 1772 when they removed to New Mecklenburg where they purchased a town lot from Thomas Shepherd. The town would later be renamed for Shepherd, a Revolutionary War patriot.

Margaret and Benjamin did not remain long in New Mecklenburg. By 1777 they, and other family members, had moved south to Botetourt County, Virginia. Their New Mecklenburg town lot was sold in 1778. Benjamin's father, Jacob Peck would settle in the town of Fincastle. Margaret's brother Jacob Carper would settle there as well. Benjamin and Margaret would eventually settle in Sinking Creek Valley in the area that would eventually become Giles County. They would live out their lives in this area. Benjamin wrote his will on the 27 of December 1820. Court records indicate that it was in probate by May of 1827, suggesting a date of death between 1820 and 1827. Margaret is mentioned in his will telling us only that she died after 27 December 1820.

Roberts tells us that Benjamin's "grave is marked by a huge sugar maple tree ten feet in circumference. His gravestone still bears the name BENJAMIN which is the only word legible on the stone."[2] Margaret's memorial on FindAGrave states that "she and Benjamin buried Miller Cemetery, his stone only marked with first name Benjamin.[1]

Name

Mary Margaret Carper.[3][4][5][6][7]

Birth

27 Dec 1751.[4] in Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland, United States.[6][7][3][2]

Marriage and Children

1769 in Sharpsburg, Maryland to Benjamin Peck.[8][2]
Natural born children:[9]
  1. Jacob (6 Nov 1770 - 17 June 1846) married Malinda Givens on 26 Feb 1801.
  2. John (10 Sep 1772 - 31 Oct 1848) married Elizabeth Snidow on 26 Feb 1801.
  3. Elizabeth (20 Dec 1774 - 21 Jan 1845) married Elijah DePew on 23 May 1794.
  4. Adam (About 1777 - After 1850) married Catherine Stebar on 18 Dec 1805. Note: Two marriage records used the name Stever. McGhan was the only record found using maiden name of Stebar. Chose to use Stever as LNAB. Fuller-5853 20:07, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
  5. Mary (1779 - 29 Jul 1836) married Jacob DePew during 1796.
  6. Margaret married James DePew during 1800.
  7. Benjamin, Jr. (16 Sep 1783 - 23 Nov 1840) married Rebecca Snidow on 6 Aug 1812.
  8. Hester married Elisha Givens during 1802.
  9. Joseph married Elizabeth Chapman on 4 March 1810.
  10. Nancy S. (9 Oct 1794 - 8 Jul 1877) married David Johnston on 27 Oct 1812.

Residence

1769-1772 in Sharpsburg, Maryland.[2]
1772-1778 in New Mecklenburg, Berkeley, Virginia.[2]
after 17 Mar 1778 in Sinking Creek, Botetourt county. (After 1806 was Giles county, Virginia then later (1851) was set off as part of Craig county.)[2]
Relation To Head: Widow.
Kansas, USA.[3]
Alias: Maria Margaretha Carper.[5]

Land purchase

June 1772 purchase home across the Potomac from Sharpsburg to New Mecklenburg (now Shepherdstown).[2]

Giles County Tax Lists

1806: 433 acres.[2]
1807: 429 acres.[2]
1809: 433 acres.[2]
1810: 399 acres.[2]
1811: 433 acres.[2]
1812: 388 acres on Sinking Creek adjacent to John Ross.[2]
1814: 485 acres.[2]

Death

Still living in 1824.[2]
1 Jun 1824 in Giles, Virginia, United States.[6][3]

Burial

Mary & husband, Benjamin buried Miller Cemetery, Craig, Virginia.

File

DePew- Peck- Carper Marriages: Media

Research Notes

No sources to support this birth location:

Alt. Birth 27 Dec 1751 Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, PA.
This profile has not yet been checked with Jerry's Notes and is included in Category: Cox-5399 jcoxffGED until it has been checked.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Margaret Carper Peck on 'Find A Grave: Memorial #119004310 No marker has short bio:

    dau of Nicholas Carper and Margaretha Marsteller; wife of Benjamin Peck married 1769 Sinking Creek, Virginia (now Craig County, Virginia).

    she and Benjamin buried Miller Cemetery, his stone only marked with first name Benjamin."
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Roberts Wife of Benjamin Peck pages 15-22
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Pension Index The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; See Ancestry Record 4654 #14436309.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 US FAG Index Ancestry Record 60525 #118038654.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 CIvil War Pension The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, ca. 1949 - ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Grou Ancestry Record 4654 #14436309.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Global FAG Index Ancestry Record 60541 #982197.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 West Ancestry Record 5769 #779834.
  8. ↑ Family Data Collection Birth year: 1744; Birth city: Near Sharpsburg; Birth state: MD. Ancestry Record 4725 #4568062.
  9. ↑ McGhan Ancestry Record 48644 #435118.

See also:

  • CIvil War Pension U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 National Archives and Records Administration Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 4654
  • Family Data Collection Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.Ancestry Family Trees Ancestry Family Tree 36141749
  • Global FAG Index Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 60541
  • Leniton/Depew/Holland Family Tree; Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 152249047.
  • Mayhill, Thomas R. 1973. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Abstracts...Deed Books "A" through "M", 1729 through ca 1770.
  • McGhan, Judith, indexer; Genealogies of Virginia Families: Volume IV Nevelle - Terril from the WIlliam and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1982. Ancestry Record 48644 #435118 Search for Margaret Carper on page 77.
  • Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 National Archives and Records Administration Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 4654.
  • US FAG Index U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 60525
  • West, Edmund: Family Data Collection - Births Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 5769
  • Wright, E. Edward, 1994. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century, Vol 1.

Acknowledgements

  • Carper-47 was created through the import of wikitree.ged on Aug 1, 2011 by Abby Brown. It has been improved by the following merges:
  • Carper-193 was created by Lynn Vizdos through the import of BASHEIN_CARPER.ged on Aug 4, 2012.
  • Carper-258 was created by Jerry Cox through the import of jcoxff.ged on Oct 15, 2013. NOTE: Imported GEDCOM includes Jerry's notes containing parts of his years of family history research.
  • Carper-600 was created 25 Apr 2019 citing Family Search genealogy information by contributor, apeck3849519.
  • Thank you to all those who have made biography improvements including (but not limited to) Bill Willis, [Underwood-1531|Sherry Underwood]] and Pat Credit,




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Sarah Sharpless
Carper-600 and Carper-47 appear to represent the same person because: Same dates. Same husband.
posted by Sarah Sharpless
Downey-1809 Teresa Downey
Carper-576 and Carper-47 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, exact same spouse on both profiles with exact same marriage date. son Jacob on both profiles (in process of merge), same birth info, same death info

Thank you for reviewing. Teresa (WikiTree Arborist)

posted by Teresa Downey
Bill Willis
Margaret Carpers DOB, whether you use 28 Dec 1750 or 27 Dec 1751, is an exact date, suggesting that there is in fact an underlying original source for one or the other dates.

Margaret's baptismal record should appear in the records of either the Muddy (Modern) Creek Lutheran Congregation or the German Reformed Congregation. Both Congregations used the same building. Wright, 1994 gives the records of both Congregations, but does not include a baptismal record for Mary or Margaret in either Congregation. Another possible source is "Extracts of those published by the Penn German Society". One of their volumes I'm told covers these Congregations. It should have been picked up in Wright 1994, but perhaps not. I've not seen this work as yet, but it needs to be checked.

posted by Bill Willis
Bill Willis
Currently, 30 Oct 2018, Ancestry includes 7 Public Member Trees for Mary Margaret Carper=Benjamin Peck (including variations on the given name of Margaret and her husband Benjamin. Most use the 27 Dec. 1751 DOB, None use the 28 Dec 1750 DOB. I have found original source documentation for neither date, and use the 1751 date only because it seems to be preferred by most genealogists. We don't decide things in genealogy by "populartity vote", but sometimes that's all we have to decide between two choices.
posted by Bill Willis

Rejected matches › Maria Peck (Pierson) Case (abt.1800-) › Margaret (Unknown) Lister (abt.1750-)

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