Mary (Martin) Peaslee (1678)

Born 25 Mar 1678 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of John Peasley — married 1 May 1705 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Mary was a Friend (Quaker)

Descendant of Susannah (North) Martin - Accused Witch.

Mary Martin was the daughter of John Martin and Mary Weed, and a granddaughter of George Martin and Susanna North. The widow, Susanna Martin, was executed at Salem, MA, 19 Jul 1692, for witchcraft. She was the inspiration of Whittier's famous poem and some others by other authors. John Martin later moved to that part of Amesbury now called Newton, NH.

Name

Mary /Martin/^[1][2][3]

Birth

1678

Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States^[4]

Marriage

01 MAY 1705

Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States^[5][6][7]

Husband: John Peaslee

Wife: Mary Martin \ Martine

Child: David Peaslee

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joseph Peaslee

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: John* Peaslee-Peasley

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Sarah Peaslee

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jacob Peaslee

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Moses Peaslee

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James Peaslee

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ebenezer Peaslee

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Peaslee

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ruth Peaslee

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Nathan Peaslee \ Peasley

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 01 MAY 1705

Place: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA^[8][9][10]

Banns of Marriage:

Date: 22 MAR 1704/05^[11]

Hampton Friends Meeting

Located in Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH, the Hampton Monthly Meeting of Friends was set off in 1701 from Piscataqua Monthly Meeting (Dover, NH). It became Seabrook Monthly Meeting in 1792 and Amesbury Monthly Meeting in 1883. Weare Monthly Meeting was set off in 1795. Since 1799, the meeting house has been located in Amesbury. Quarterly Meetings were held by the New England Yearly Meeting from 1701-1705 and held by the Salem Quarterly Meeting from 1705 forward. Hampton held a Preparatory Meeting from 1701-1778, when it became Seabrook P.M. unti9l 1842.^[12][13]

The Friends were first persecuted in New England. April 14, 1674 at the Salisbury Court (MA) 13 people from Hampton were "convicted before this court for ye breach of ye law called Quakers meeting, and were all admonished & so upon paying ye fees of ye court are discharged for ye present." (Norfolk County Court Records) Although there isn't easy access to the Friends Meeting records, it appears Abraham must have been a Quaker. The History of Hampton records,

"The earliest record of the Friends' Society in Hampton, now Seabrook, begins in the year 1701. Their first "Meeting" was established, however, about 1699; and their "Quarterly Meeting," as early as 1697, perhaps earlier. At a meeting held at Hampton, in 1701, the Quakers decided to build a meeting-house. The sum of sixty-six pounds, four shillings was raised, mostly by subscription, to defray the expenses, one man paying thirty pounds.

"Thereupon, Thomas Chase, of Hampton, in consideration of love and good-will, conveyed to Joseph Chase, Abraham Green, John Stanyan and Joseph Dow, Sen., all of Hampton, aforesaid, in the name and behalf of all those christian people, called Quakers, living in Hampton, aforesaid, "to Seat a Meeting-house thereon." The deed was dated 21st 6 mo: 1701. And here, on these premises, in the autumn of that same year, the society built their meeting-house, which still exists, in a good state of preservation, though removed to another locality and for another purpose, in 1888. The frame, as originally constructed, was twenty-six and one half feet wide, thirty-two feet long, and eight feet stud."^[14]

During 1701, John Collins, Henry, Jeremiah and Joseph Dow Jr. were all known members of the Quaker Society, living in the part of Seabrook over which, at that time, the town of Salisbury exercised the right of jurisdiction and taxation. "And this year, Isaac Morrill, Jr., constable for the year 1700, took from Jeremiah Dow a quart pot, a pair of fire-tongs, a tray and a cake of tallow, to satisfy the Hireling Minister, Caleb Cushing, for preaching." The same day he took a gun from Richard Smith, "to pay the priest for preaching in Salisbury." A few years later they were exempted from paying the minister's rate.^[15]

The meeting house was used by Friends of Hampton, NH, Amesbury and Salisbury, MA for their weekly meetings until the Amesbury Meeting House was built in 1705. The monthly meetings were held there until May 18, 1710 when it was held at Amesbury. For the next 60 years it was held alternately at Amesbury and Hampton, the later going by the name Hampton Falls in 1719 and Seabrook in 1768. The first marriage recorded was in 1705, held at the home of Thomas Barnard, where the meeting was held for the occasion of joining John Peaslee and Mary Martin, witnessed by 47 Friends.^[14]

Death

BET 1744 AND 1745. Imported only 1744 from Death Date and marked as uncertain.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S47 Data: Text: Marriage date: 1 Mar 1705 CONT Marriage place: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
2. ↑ Source: #S46 Page: Birth year: 1678; Birth city: Amesbury; Birth state: MA. Data: Text: Birth date: 1678 CONT Birth place: Amesbury, MA CONT Marriage date: 1 May 1705 CONT Marriage place: Thomas Barnard S House In Amesbu, MA
3. ↑ Source: #S62 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
4. ↑ Source: #S46 Page: Birth year: 1678; Birth city: Amesbury; Birth state: MA. Data: Text: Birth date: 1678 CONT Birth place: Amesbury, MA CONT Marriage date: 1 May 1705 CONT Marriage place: Thomas Barnard S House In Amesbu, MA
5. ↑ Source: #S46 Page: Birth year: 1678; Birth city: Amesbury; Birth state: MA. Data: Text: Birth date: 1678 CONT Birth place: Amesbury, MA CONT Marriage date: 1 May 1705 CONT Marriage place: Thomas Barnard S House In Amesbu, MA
6. ↑ Source: #S46 Page: Birth year: 1679; Birth city: Haverhill; Birth state: MA. Data: Text: Birth date: 25 February 1679 CONT Birth place: Haverhill, Essex, MA CONT Death date: 1752 CONT Death place: Haverhill, Essex, MA CONT Marriage date: 1 May 1705 CONT Marriage place: Amesbury, Essex, MA
7. ↑ Source: #S47 Data: Text: Marriage date: 1 Mar 1705 CONT Marriage place: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
8. ↑ Source: #S369 Page: Haverhill MA - NEHGS database
9. ↑ Source: #S369 Page: Amesbury, MA - NEHGS database
10. ↑ Source: #S469
11. ↑ Source: #S258 Page: Flanders, pg 2
12. ↑ Friends Meeting
13. ↑ [https://neym.org/sites/default/files/2019-05/GuideToRecordsRSOF_1997.pdf Guide to the Records of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in New England], New England Quakers Pg 53.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire From its settlement in 1638, to the autumn of 1892. Dow, Joseph, 1807-1889. [from old catalog]; Dow, Lucy Ellen, [from old catalog] ed. 1893 Salem, Mass., Printed by the Salem Press Publishing and Printing Co. Pg. 393
15. ↑ Dow, Pg 394.

• Source: S258 Title: Child's Genealogy of Henniker, New Hampshire
• Source: S266 Title: Marilyn Scribner
• Source: S369 Title: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 transcription NEHGS
• Source: S469 Title: Massachusetts Marriages 1695-1910 Repository: #R3
• Repository: R3 Name: Family History Library Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S46 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.; Repository: #R1 Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S47 Author: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Title: Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Fam; Repository: #R1
• Source: S0075 NJ Searchroots 18 JAN 2017 Time: 08:31:42 http://www.nj.searchroots.com/EG/peaslee.htm

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Karen Munro for creating WikiTree profile Martin-13118 through the import of 02 16 02013.ged on Jul 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Karen and others.

Thank you to Karen Munro for creating WikiTree profile Martin-13119 through the import of 02 16 02013.ged on Jul 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Karen and others.