John
Peterson
III
Born about in of , Prince George, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of John Peterson II
and Mary Herbert
Brother of
Judith (Peterson) Thweatt [half], Batte Peterson [half], Mary (Peterson) Spain [half] and Anne (Peterson) Thweatt [half]
Husband of
Martha (Thweatt) Peterson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Betty Peterson, John Peterson, Kinchen Peterson, Patience Peterson, Thomas Peterson, Peter Peterson, Martha Peterson, Mary (Peterson) Poythress, Rebecca (Peterson) Thweatt and Rebecca Peterson
Died
at about age 73
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
John Peterson "intermarried with Martha Thweatt, the sister of the Grand Father of Jno. James, Archibald, Richd N. & Thos. Thweatt who were born at Palestine in Prince George County.... John Peterson died in the Year 1773 Octr. leaving three Sons and three Daughters..." (account of his family by John Herbert Peterson, grandson of John and Martha, published in The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 2, No. 1).
- Following are some of the descendants of John and Martha (Thweatt) Peterson (as recounted by their grandson in 1829):[1]
- Peter Peterson, m Lucy Osborn
- two daughters, elder m James Thweatt of Dinwiddie; they had two daughters:
- Lucy, m Herbert Gregory
- Sally, m Thomas Thweatt ("above named" - meaning grandson of Martha's brother)
- second daughter of Peter & Lucy: Elizabeth, m Colo. Peterson Goodwyn of Dinwiddie ("they left many Sons & Daughters who married very respectably")
- two daughters, elder m James Thweatt of Dinwiddie; they had two daughters:
- John Peterson (died single, age 24)
- Thomas Peterson, m Elizabeth Claiborne (parents of the author)
- John Herbert Peterson
- Thomas Peterson, m Sarah Epes (daughter of Colo. Peter Epes of Prince George), died about 5 months after marriage in 1809; no issue
- Augustine Peterson, died 1803 ("a single man under age by about two or three months")
- Ann Peterson, died an infant in 1794[2]
- Martha Peterson, m Robert Batte of Prince George, Virginia
- three sons and two daughters: John, Robert (died young), Frederick, Mary, and Martha
- Mary, m Francis Poythress of Amelia County
- Francis Poythress (Horsemain [sic] in revolution, in the troop of Capt. William Parsons; died single, about 24 years old)
- Mary Poythress, m Mr. Randolph of Amelia County
- Frances, m James Parsons (brother of above named Capt. William Parsons); she died soon after marriage; no issue
Source
- ↑ Torrence article, pp 3-4, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1921480
- ↑ "infant" at the time could mean "not adult," and since the father died in 1788, Ann was at least 6 years old in 1794
- Clayton Torrence, "The Petersons, Claibornes, and Harrisons, and Some of Their Connections," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan., 1922), pp. 1-19 (Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; Article DOI: 10.2307/1921480). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1921480
- Google book (link for comment posted 1/17/2015)
Acknowledgements
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"John, son of John and Fanny Peterson, baptized Jan. 19, 1720." This John, who is regarded as the third in name and generation in Virginia, d. 1773. He m Martha, sister of the well-known brothers John, James, Archie, Richard and Thomas Thweatt of "Palestine," near Petersburg, and had issue:
i. Peter, m Lucy Osborne
ii. Thomas, m Eliz'h, dau. of Augustine Claiborne of "Windsor, Sussex Co.
iii. Martha, m Robert Batte of Prince George Co.
iv. Mary, m Francis Poythress of Amelia.
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Notes and Queries The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr., 1920), pp. 161-175 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243767