Peter Beverley (bef. 1663 - 1728)

Born before 7 May 1663 in Hull, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Peyton) Beverley — married 1689 in Middlesex, Virginia

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1728 after age 65 in Beverley Hundred, Gloucester, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Peter Beverley is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

Peter Beverley was a Virginia colonist.

Peter Beverley^[1]

Son of Robert Beverley and his wife Elizabeth Unknown:^[2]

Robert Beverley married before 1662 at the parish of Saint Mary Lowgate, Hull, as his first, to Elizabeth (unknown). She died May 9, 1663, two days after the christening of their only child, Peter.^[2]

Colonel Peter Beverley was the eldest son of Major Robert Beverley from Yorkshire England.[1]

In 1719 Spotswood, when appointing an auditor for the colony recommended to the lords of trade, who recommended to the King "Peter Beverley, a gentleman of good estate and abilities, of fair character and well affected to his majesty's person and government" [2]

Peter Beverley died in 1728 and was buried in the Jamestown Church Cemetery, James City County, Virginia.^[3]

Marriage and Children

Peter married to Elizabeth Peyton, daughter of Maj. Robert Peyton of "Isleham."^[4]

Children of Peter and Elizabeth:^[4]

1. Elizabeth Beverley (born January 1, 1691; "married June 22, 1709, Col. William Randolph, Jr., of 'Turkey Island,' Henrico county, member of the Council"; died December 26, 1723^[5])
2. Susanna Beverely ("married Sir John Randolph of Williamsburg, speaker of the House of Burgesses and Treasurer of Virginia"^[5])

Positions and Property

Colonel Peter Beverley, planter and politician of Gloucester County, Virginia [3]

1691-1699 Clerk of the House of Burgesses

1699 Major of the Militia for Gloucester County

1700-1714 Speaker of the House of Burgesses

1702-1714 Clerk of Gloucester county

1719-1723 Treasurer for Virginia Colony

1719-1728 Surveyor General (auditor) and Member of the Council of Virginia Colony

Research Notes

Estimated date: Birth of May 7, 1663 in Hull, Yorkshire, England is based on an article in the Encyclopedia Virginia that cites "Saint Mary Lowgate Parish Record". Birth information in the datafields for Beverly-14 had been 1668 in Elmington, Gloucester County, Virginia, but had no text in bio to support it. Birth was changed to 1667 based on Find a Grave, but the memorial for Peter (since deleted) did not include a picture of the tombstone or sources, and noted "Burial: Unknown." Original birth info for Beverley-80 was 1668 in Jamestown, James, Virginia and marriage as 1689, Gloucester Co., Virginia (citing Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members). Wikidata had 1668 with no citation as of August 27, 2017.

Sources

1. ↑ ​Beverley, Peter - A809; Middlesex Co.: 1691-97 (Clerk of House of Burgesses); 1698 (Clerk of General Court). accessed 9 September 2021
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} According to Emory G. Evans, writing in an article posted by Encyclopedia Virginia, the newly found Saint Mary Lowgate Parish Record at Hull, Yorkshire, reveals that Robert had a brief first marriage in England.
3. ↑ From a Find a Grave memorial that is no longer posted (#76586049) for Peter Beverley, but which had no sources; no pictures (access attempt failed 24 Dec. 2019).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Stanard, W. G., Major Robert Beverley and His Descendants (Concluded). (Vol. 3, No. 2 (Oct., 1895), pp. 169-170) The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed 28 January 2016.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "The Randolph Manuscript. Virginia Seventeenth Century Records (Continued)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr., 1912), pp. 113-126 (Published by: Virginia Historical Society). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243189 Page Count: 14 (see footnote on p 116)

• Americans of Royal Descent by Charles Henry Browning p:168 [4]
• The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Randolph Manuscript, page 116.
• http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Beverley_Robert_bap_1635-1687
• Collections of the Virginia Historical Society [5]
• Militia Officers in Virginia; June 1699 [6]
• Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members), source cited for Beverley-80 created by Jason Panick through the import of Panick Family Tree 2.ged on Dec 2, 2014.
• http://vagenweb.org/tylers_bios/vol4-12.htm#drjohnclayton