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:
Bon Accord Plantation Charles City, Colony of Virginia
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2 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
↑ from "The Peebles Family", Chapter 15 (accessed Aug. 29, 2015)
↑ LDS Microfilm #928179 Author: Anne Bradbury Peebles
↑ 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.
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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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I'm almost certain that David Peebles did not have the middle name of Edward, nor any middle name at all. Middle names were extremely rare in the 1600's. The Virginia Settlers Project found only 5 people out of 33,000 pre 1660 settlers had true middle names. Due to the tortured handwriting and poor condition of so many early records, the name David was occasionally misread / mistranscribed as Edward, and indexed as such. To my knowledge there is never a David E. or a David Edward Peebles, just an occasional mistaken Edward Peebles. Even looking at the names side by side in typeface (David Edward) one can see the similarities. However a careful review of the original records where possible shows the relevant records all refer to David.
Can you post the text or an image of the patent? Let’s take a look! It likely refers to a different person with the same name; perhaps a cousin/nephew, etc. but it’s always worth a look. From the record here I don’t see a probate record, just a listed death so it’s *possible*. Although I’m the profile manager I haven’t actively researched this person so I can’t speak with authority.
Peebles-1493 and Peebles-1147 appear to represent the same person because: found this pair through a comment on Peebles-1147 & agree they should be merged
the duplicate profiles for his wife need to be merged also
Iirc, my research which is in depth gives the information that Captain David Peebles' middle name may have been Edward. If so, then Peebles-1493 needs to be merged with Peebles-1147. They definitely are not brothers. Thanks.
Peebles-1147 and Peebles-1255 appear to represent the same person because: These obviously are the same person. If your date of birth for him has a decent source, we should go with that....
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the duplicate profiles for his wife need to be merged also