David Edward Peebles (abt. 1593 - 1659)

Born about 1593 in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Husband of Elspeth Martine (Mackie) Peebles — married about 1633 in Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1659 at about age 66 in Burleigh, Charles City County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Birth

ca 1593, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland^[1]

Parents

Robert Peebles and Allison Burgess

Spouses

Elspet Mackie

Elizabeth Bishopp

Marriages

ca 1633, Fife, Scotland

ca1655, Charles City,Colony of Virginia^[1]

Bon Accord/Aberdeen

Life Story of Captain David Peebles

Captain David Peebles' plantation named Bon Accord later became known as Aberdeen. It is on the Bent of the James River, and may still exist in some form today.

David Peebles' plantation in Virginia was named Bon Accord. Lou Poole, in his article "Peebles Family", includes a passage that asks and answers "why?"^[2]

"Why was Capt. David Peebles’ plantation named Bon Accord? The Peebles name was in northeast Scotland well before 1660, so he may have been from Aberdeen, the ‘City of Bon Accord,’ famed in Britain and the Continent for culture and learning. Or his first wife may have been — Mackie is a Highland name. He seems to have been in commerce and moved from place to place — note that his children were baptized in several places in Fife." Son, William Peebles inherited Bon Accord.

David Peebles came to Virginia probably late 1649. The first record of him is on August 5, 1650, for a grant of 833 acres in the present Prince George County. As it took about six months to obtain a grant, or patent, this places his arrival late in 1649, when over 300 adherents of Charles I, condemned to the block by Cromwell, escaped to Virginia.

In a Court Order Book of Charles City County for the years 1655-1665 David Peebles appears as a Justice of the County Court, a vestryman of Westover Parish, the area in his charge lying between Powells and Wards Creeks, on the south side of James River. David Peebles was aCaptain in the militia,Search of Parish records in Scotland locates him in Fife, and gives names of wife Elspet Mackie, daughters Criston, Alison, Margret, sons William and John.^[3]

Birth record of David and Elspet Mackie Peebles' daughter Margaret:

Name: Margret Peiblis

Gender: Female

Christening Date: 09 Oct 1642

Christening Place: SAINT MONANCE, FIFE, SCOTLAND

Father's Name: David Peiblis^[4]

It would make sense for his children's being baptisms to occur in several places since he was an officer in the military.

In 1650 , David Peibles(Peebles) sponsored transport of Thomas Beggs and Alice Berry , to Charles City.^[5]

Death

bef 1 SEP 1659, VA^[1]

Bon Accord Plantation Charles City, Colony of Virginia

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Shauna Fairbanks Title: John Alexander Strang Ross and Margaret Caroline Provine Ancestors Abbreviation: Shauna Fairbanks Publication: RootsWeb / 14 Jan 2004 Note: Author cites International Genealogical Index and LDS Microfilm #928179 [Author: Anne Bradbury Peebles] for most data. Repository: #R30 Media: Electronic Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
2. ↑ from "The Peebles Family", Chapter 15 (accessed Aug. 29, 2015)
3. ↑ LDS Microfilm #928179 Author: Anne Bradbury Peebles
4. ↑ Citing this Record: "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBJ1-PF9 : 8 December 2014), David Peiblis in entry for Margret Peiblis, 09 Oct 1642; citing SAINT MONANCE,FIFE,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,181 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11454-2; System Origin: Scotland-ODM, GS Film number:1040181.
5. ↑ Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666 (from book published 1912 by George Cabell Greer, now copyright-free)

• Gray Family and Allied Lines by Jo Linn White (1976) p. 443-445
• Source: S500047 Lucile Evans Parker/Pate Web Site

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