John Peach Jr. (bef. 1613 - abt. 1692)

Born before 22 Jul 1613 in Symondsbury, Dorset, England [uncertain]

Husband of Alice (Unknown) Peach — married about 1645 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 11 Apr 1692 after about age 78 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts

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John Peach Jr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 257) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disputed Origins

A 2009 book claims, without sources, that the parents of John Peach Jr. were John Peach and Joanne Mynsson.^[1] Unfortunately, this work does not provide sources or discussion of evidence for how John and Joanne were parents of the immigrant to Marblehead. Until that can be confirmed, they have been detached as his parents. They have been detached with appropriate notes in their biographies.

Biography

John PEACH -- who, post immigration, appears in the records as "John Peach Jr" to distinguish him from another, slightly older John Peach "Sr" of the same town (who referred to the younger John as "cousin") -- was born between April 26 and July 22, 1613, based on his own testimonies.

Both men likely came from the Dorset region of England. The elder John came in 1630 (and is profiled by Anderson)^[2]; this younger John came later-- possibly about 1638 (and therefore was not profiled by Anderson).

A 1909 article in the New England Historical & Genealogical Register does an excellent job of documenting the distinctions between both men and correcting previously published error.^[3]

The elder John Peach (who was born between 1604-1612) was a fisherman and neither married nor had children. This younger John Peach married Alice _____ by whom he had one son (William) and several daughters.

Previously published research has claimed that the two cousins emigrated together, some going so far as to say that they travelled on the "Mary and John" in 1630 (because this ship contained mostly passengers from the west country of England-- likely origins of both Peaches). Anderson, in his 1993 compilation of a new synthetic passenger list for this ship, excludes the Peaches perhaps because there is no evidence they were first at Dorchester (one of Anderson's criteria).^[4] See the Category: Mary and John sailed March 20 1630 for more information.

John Peach Jr was in Marblehead by 1642 when the first appearance of John Peach "Sr " appears. (We know the older John Peach was in Marblehead as early as 1636, but is not referred to as "Sr" until 1642.)

The last record of John Peach Jr in Marblehead was 11 Apr 1692 when he was elected to a committee.

He recorded a will and estate inventory.^[5].

Children

1. William Peach, called "cousin" in the 1685 will of John Peach Sr.; m Emme, daughter of John Devereaux; children:^[6]
   1. John ; m Sarah Stacey
   2. Thomas; m Mary Coes
   3. William [Jr], not named in the wills of either John Sr or John Jr.; m Sarah Elkins
   4. Hannah, m 1711 John Calley
2. Hannah; m. William Waters
3. Mary, m William Woods
4. Elizabeth, married John Legg

Research Notes

There does not yet appear to be a WikiTree profile for the elder cousin, John Peach Sr; when there is, the following should be moved there. Smith-32867 11:25, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

His cousin also a John Peach, Sr. (Various spellings, Pech, Peche) Served for ten years on the Board of Selectmen: 1648, 1649, 1656, 1657, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1671, 1677, and 1681. He was born in Dorset, England between 1604 and 1612 and died in Marblehead 20 August 1684. He was literate and unmarried. He was a fisherman and a landowner. He first came to Marblehead around 1630. He was named with Merritt for illegally fencing in land of "Marblehead Necke" and with Merritt was a collector. He was a prominent member of the community and one of "the two Peaches," with his cousin John Peach, Jr. Places named for him and his family: Peaches Point and Peach Highlands. ^[7]

The relatives named in the will of John Peach Sr were (all of Marblehead):^[8]

• John Squire, sister's son, in Barbados
• his brother Thomas' widow
• his sister Margerie's children
• John Minson, his cousin
• his cousin William's sons John and Thomas
• his cousin John Legg
• his cousin William Hine, wife Abigail and their son John Hine
• his cousin Peter Dalliwar, and daughter Margaret
• his cousin Joseph Dalliwar

Sources

1. ↑ Peach, John Harding. The Peach Heroes. Author House. Bloomington, IN. 2009 Page 548. Digital version may be checked out here.
2. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). pp 1408 - 1412. Featured Sketch of John Peach [Sr].subscribers$
3. ↑ Robert Wesley Peach, " 'The Two Peaches' of Marblehead," in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 54, pp. 276 - 279. subscribers$
4. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, “The Mary & John: Developing Objective Criteria for a Synthetic Passenger List,” in NEHG Register, 147:148-61.
5. ↑ Essex Probate Records, ccciii, 214
6. ↑ For descendants, see Frederic P Wells, History of Newbury, Vermont, From the Discovery of the Coos Country to Present time, The Caledonia Company, St. Johnsbury, VT., 1902. pp 650 - 657. link
7. ↑ Bill Purdin, The First Board of Selectmen 1648, in Marblehead Magazine, (undated)
8. ↑ Robert Wesley Peach (1909), op cit.

See also:

• Marblehead Early Settlers (US GenWeb now on web.archive) lists some mentions of both John Peach Sr and Jr, and of "William Peach successors" in Marblehead.
• Carin Gordon, [ http://www.legendinc.com/Pages/MarbleheadNet/MM/FirstFamilyFolder/Peaches.html The Peaches], in "The First Families Chronicles," in Marblehead Magazine, undated.
• Lee Weigand, John Peach - Alice (Unknown Surname) Family Group (personal research)