Elizabeth (Edgerton) Peele (abt. 1712 - 1749)

Born about 1712 in Nansemond County, Virginia

Wife of Robert Peele IV — married about 1735 in Nansemond, Va.

Descendants

Died 26 Apr 1749 at about age 37 in Rich Square, Northampton County, North Carolina [uncertain]

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Biography

Edgerton Family Notes

I follow the Edgerton surname because I have Edgerton ancestors. My Edgertons are the descendants of Thomas and Sarah (Stephens) Edgerton of Haddonfield, New Jersey. There is a second Edgerton family which was prominent in the Connecticut area in American colonial times. The parents of Thomas Edgerton of Haddonfield are thus far unknown. I have seen nothing to connect Thomas of Haddonfield with the Connecticut Edgertons.

This seems to be a third colonial Edgerton family. There may be connections between two, or all three of these Edgerton families, but I can't document such a connection.

There is a website (Thomson) that gives rather detailed information on Elizabeth's parents and ancestors farther back, but it unfortunately doesn't cite sources for its data.

The page linked above gives the following for Elizabeth:

b. 1712, Nanesmond Co, VA/Northhampton, NC

d. 26 Apr 1749, Rich Square Monthly Meeting, Northampton Co., North Carolina

Father: William Patrick Edgerton (~1684 - 1770)

Mother: Mary Unknown (Possibly Williams) (1688 - )

Northampton County was formed in 1741 from Bertie County, so it did not exist at the time of her birth.

I have not yet learned how long the name "Rich Square" has been in use, but have the following from the website of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) of the Religious Society of Friends:

"It was in 1760 that a group of Friends from Hertford, Edgecombe, and Northampton counties, who had been meeting in the homes of Friends, was granted a request from the Quarterly Meeting in Perquimans County to settle a Monthly Meeting at Rich Square."

- FR

Sources

• Source: S91 Family Cards. - L. L. Thomson. Personal individual genealogy website.

• Source: S-2135091431 Ancestry Family Trees. User submitted. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Edgerton-80 created through the import of Dulaney, Kelley Family Tree.ged on Aug 1, 2011. See the Changes page for details of edits.

• Added source and Notes by Fred Remus, 12 Jun 2014.