Mary (Johnson) Peasley (1603 - 1684)

Born 13 Sep 1603 in Denbighshire, Wales

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Peasley — married before 1635 in Wales

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1684 at age 81 in Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Born in Trevor Issa, Denbigshire, Wales to John Johnson and Hannah Throckmarten. She was married about 1625 to Joseph Peaslee of Chipping-Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England. They were new Quakers as her brother John was one of the founders of Quakerism in Wales. Joseph and Mary are parents of two known children.

Arrival: 1630 Salem, Massachusetts^[1] Or BEF 1641 unknown ship, at Newbury, Ma 1641

Death

BEF 27 SEP 1694 Havervill, Essex, Massachusetts Alternate fact: BEF 1694 Salisbury, Essex Co, Ma Implied from date admin. granted to son (see probate footnote)

Probate

27 SEP 1694 Salisbury, Essex Co, Ma

Burial

Haverhill, Essex, Mass or Salisbury

Note

Mary Johnson was born in Trevor Issa, Wales and was the granddaughter of Edmund Johnson. He, along with six of his children, drowned while on a boating trip in Ponty Pool, Wales, in 1600. The only surviving child was Mary's father, John who was 12 years old when this happened. He had stayed home with his mother during this family outing. John Johnson was a successful farmer in Wales. He had at least three children, Edmund, Mary and John. Edmund settled in Hampton, New Hampshire in 1635. Mary married Joseph Peasley and settled in Haverhill, Mass, while John remained in England where he became a noted Quaker and a companion of George Fox.

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Sources

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Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S104
2. ↑ Vol. 2, Pg 1156, (Warden-Davis 169; Tripp (1948) 58; Pisslbury Anc. 531; GDMNH 536; Reg. 15:269; Salisbury Fam. 280, 998; Stickney Anc. #171-2; Essex Ant. 3:42, 9:123; Tracy (1936) 186-7)

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• Marilyn Scribner