John Peters Jr. (1717 - 1804)

Born 28 Dec 1717 in Hebron, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Phelps) Peters — married 22 Feb 1738 in Hebron, Tolland Co., Connecticut

Husband of Elizabeth (Phelps) Peters — married 6 Feb 1785 in Hebron, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1804 at age 86 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Col John Peters Jr. served with Civil Service, Connecticut during the American Revolution.

John Peters Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A089617.

John Peters Jr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 269068
Rank: Colonel

Name

Col. John Peters Jr. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7][8][9][10] [11]}

Birth

Birth: 28 DEC 1717^[12]

Hebron, Connecticut^{[13][14] [15]}

North Brookfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ^[16]

Vital Records show John Peters was born at Hebron, Connecticut. In Peters of New England, on page 154 it shows John Peters was born at North Brookfield, Massachusetts -- BUT on page 156 it states his birth, and his marriage, were recorded at both North Brookfield and at Hebron. Going by the state Vital Record, using Hebron, Connecticut

Marriage

Col. John Peters married twice. His first wife, Lydia, is the mother of all of his children. Col. Peters married second, Elizabeth Phelps, cousin to his first wife, and daughter of Jonathan Phelps. Col Peters was 67 and Elizabeth was 45 at the time of their marriage. There are no children from that marriage. ^[17]

Wife: Lydia Phelps

Child: Joseph Phelps Peters

Child: Mary Peters

Marriage: 22 FEB 1739, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut Colony

John and Lydia had fifteen children (seven sons and eight daughters), acknowledged in a letter written by Col John, circa 1783, to his cousin William Peters.^{[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]}

Military Service

Title: Col.^{[27] [28] [29] [30]}

Military Service:

1755commissioned Ensign, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA^[31]

Military Service:

1762 commissioned captain, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA^[32]

Military Service:

1758 commissioned lieutenant, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA^[33]

Death

Death: 09 NOV 1804, Age: 86; Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut^{[34][35] [36][37]}

Burial

1804 Inscription: "Peters, Col. John, died Nov. 9, 1804, age 86 yrs., 10 mos., 12 days". (Revolutionary War marker) Colonel Peters is buried at Gilead Cemetery, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA^{[38] [39] [40][41]}

Sources

1. ↑ American Genealogical-Biographical Index Vol 135, page 197
2. ↑ #S245 Volume: 186; SAR Membership Number: 37118
3. ↑ #S188 #-8910.523; type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents;
4. ↑ #S257 Find A Grave Memorial# 7560094 Birth: Dec. 28, 1717, Death: Nov. 9, 1804
5. ↑ Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934
6. ↑ #S16 page 156
7. ↑ #S23 page 225, John Peters: "He served in the Revolutionary War in the 6th Conn. Regiment, Pond's Co."
8. ↑ #S397 Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 3; Serial: 12356; Volume: 9
9. ↑ #S295 Vol 1, page 28
10. ↑ #S353 Vol 1, page 78, Text: "John, s. John, b. Dec. 28, 1717"
11. ↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
12. ↑ #S353 Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870, (Barbour Collection), Vol 1, page 78, Text: "John, s. John, b. Dec. 28, 1717"
13. ↑ #S353 Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870, (Barbour Collection), Vol 1, page 78, Text: "John, s. John, b. Dec. 28, 1717"
14. ↑ #S257 Find A Grave Memorial# 7560094 Birth: Dec. 28, 1717, Death: Nov. 9, 1804
15. ↑ #S16 Peters of New England page 156
16. ↑ #S16 Peters of New England page 154
17. ↑ Peters of New England page 159
18. ↑ #S188 Source #-8910.523; Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents;
19. ↑ #S295 Vol 1, page 28
20. ↑ #S16 page 157
21. ↑ #S257 Find A Grave Memorial# 7560273 Birth: Nov. 11, 1723, Death: Feb. 15, 1784, "In memory of Mrs. Lydia Peters, loving consort of Col. John Peters, and daughter of John Phelps"
22. ↑ #S23 page 225 - 226, Text: John and Lydia had six sons and seven daughters.
23. ↑ #S293 Vol 2, page 339, Text: "Lyda, d. Joseph and w. Col. John Peters 2d, d. Feb. 15, 1784, in the 61st y. of her age"
24. ↑ #S295 Vol 1, page 28
25. ↑ #S188 Source #-910.523; Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents
26. ↑ #S16 pages 157, 160-161
27. ↑ Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934
28. ↑ #S16 pages 156 - 157
29. ↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
30. ↑ #S23 page 225 Text: John Peters "He served in the Revolutionary War in the 6th Conn. Regiment, Pond's Co."
31. ↑ #S16 page 159
32. ↑ #S16 page 159
33. ↑ #S16 page 159
34. ↑ #S245 Volume: 186; SAR Membership Number: 37118
35. ↑ #S257 Find A Grave Memorial# 7560094 Birth: Dec. 28, 1717, Death: Nov. 9, 1804
36. ↑ Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934
37. ↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
38. ↑ #S257 Find A Grave Memorial# 7560094 Birth: Dec. 28, 1717 Death: Nov. 9, 1804
39. ↑ #S16 Peters of New England, page 160
40. ↑ Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934
41. ↑ "Patriot & Grave Index," Sons of the American Revolution, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution : viewed 25 December 2016), American Revolutionary War, Ancestor P-269068; 56th-77th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC,

see also:

• S16 Peters, Edmond Frank, Peters of New England, (New York, New York, Knickerbocker Press, 1919) 444 pages; as reproduced in facsimile by HeritageQuest.com. Also found at Internet Archive, page 156-161.

• S188 Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Online publication, (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004). Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.

• Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Online publication, (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999). Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, Connecticut, USA:

• S23 Phelps, Oliver Seymour and Servin, Andrew Tinkey, The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors: with copies of wills, deeds, letters, and other interesting papers, coats of arms and valuable records, (Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Eagle Pub. Co., 1899), Vol. 1 of 2, as reproduced in facsimile by HeritageQuest.com.

• S245 Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Online publication, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls

• S257 Find-A-Grave, database online, Publisher: Jim Tipton

• Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, Online publication, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Original data - "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010.

• S295 Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870, (Barbour Collection), Online publication, (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006). Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

• S353 Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870, (Barbour Collection), Online publication, (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006). Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

• Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934, database online: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; (Provo, Utah, USA; 2012)

• S397 Hatcher, Patricia Law Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Ancestry.com Operations Inc; (Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 1999)

• Connecticut Valley Historical Society, Papers and Proceedings (The Society, Springfield, Mass., 1881) Vol. 1, Page 92: He died in England in 1788.