Jephthah Peaslee (1760 - abt. 1853)

Born 3 Jan 1760 in Dutchess, New York

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Died about 1853 at about age 92 in Columbia, New York, United States

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Biography

Jeptha was a Friend (Quaker)

This profile is part of the Peasley Name Study.

Jephthah Was born 3d 1m 1760 [3 Jan 1760] in Dutchess County, New York.^[1][2] He was the son of Ebenezer Peaslee and Lydia (Weed) Peaslee.^[1]

He was disowned by the Oblong monthly meeting on 14d 2m 1781 [14 Feb 1781] for marrying out of unity.^[3]

The family was in Chatham, at least by the time of the 1820 Census.^[4]

He passed away after 1840.^[5]

The following is from Franklin Ellis' History of Columbia County, New York:^[2]

"Jephthah Peaslee, the father of Horace White Peaslee, was the first of the family who settled in Columbia county. He was born in Dutchess county, and removed thence to Chatham, at what date we are not informed. He married for his first wife Lois Weed, by whom he had nine children, all born in the town of Chatham. Of this large family Orra, now residing at Medina, Orleans Co., eighty-six years of age, is the only surviving member.

Mr. Peaslee married for his second wife Anna Patrick, and by this marriage had ten children, several of whom died young. William, Robert, and Horace W. are all of this family now living."

Birth and Siblings

Children of Ebenezer and Lydia Peaslee:^[1]

• Sarah Peaslee b. 10 of 4m, 1745.
• Anne Peaslee b. 9 of 2m, 1747; d. ? of 9m, 1748.
• Ebenezer Peaslee b. 9 of 6m, 1749; d. ? of 1m, 1750.
• Isaac Peaslee b. 18 of 2m, 1751.
• John Peaslee b. 25 of 12m, 1753.
• Mary Peaslee b. 6 of 6m, 1756.
• Jephthah Peaslee b. 3 of 1m, 1760.

Notes

• Quaker Calendar - There has been much confusion over the dates in Quaker records. Friends used numbered months and days rather than what they considered pagan names for them (i.e. "Thursday" coming from "Thor's Day"). Thus, when the secular calendar was changed in 1752, making January the first month instead of March, Friends began calling January "First Month".

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Quaker Births from Oblong Monthly Meeting, Dutchess County, New York LDS Film # 873511, Pages 13 - 16, Records of Josephine Frost Transcribed by Debbie Axtman, Pages 13 -16.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ellis, Franklin. History of Columbia County, New York’’ (Everts & Ensign. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1878). Pg 296-7.
3. ↑ James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number O 373; Volume 1.7; Page 2; ID 2658 .
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGF-KLG : accessed 17 May 2021), Jephtha Peasley, Chatham, Columbia, New York, United States; citing p. 130, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 70; FHL microfilm 193,725.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBS-JW3 : 7 September 2017), Jeptha Peasley, Canaan, Columbia, New York, United States; citing p. 49, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 277; FHL microfilm 17,184.

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