Thomas Peacock (1754 - abt. 1811)

Born 6 Mar 1754 in Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England

Husband of Mary (Jones) Peacock — married 21 Nov 1795 in St Olave's, Bermondsey, Surrey, England

Descendants

Died about 27 Jan 1811 at about age 56 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Thomas Peacock was born in Middlesex, England.

Birth, Christening

Thomas Peacock was christened 24 MAR 1754 aged 18 days at St Matthew's, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England, a son of William Peacock, laborer, and wife Ann.^[1]

Marriage

Samuel Peacock, bachelor, married after banns 21 November 1795 at St Olave's, Bermondsey to widow Mary Cave, both signed longhand. Wit. Joseph Robinson and Isaac Parker. ^[2]

Death, Burial

Thomas Peacock was buried 27 JAN 1811 at St Matthew's, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England. ^[3]

Military Service

BET. 1798 - 1803 Thomas Peacock was a soldier during Napoleonic Wars on the 1799, 1800, 1803 christening records of their sons Samuel and Edward and daughter Maria Ann. He had recently enlisted as two years earlier in 1796 at daughter Sarah's christening his occupation was listed as "laborer". Again in Feb 1805 Thomas's occupation is given as laborer at the christening of daughter Mary Ann.

Notes: Thomas Peacock was probably a volunteer soldier doing home guard duties as were one and a half million other men by 1804. In 1805 the enlistment bounty was raised from 7 pounds 6d to 12 guineas. Volunteers received pocket money while in training and uniforms were free to volunteers. A private's uniform in a fashionable London volunteer corps would cost 50 pounds per annum. Recruitment parties were held with music from the military bands present - at this time the music would have been a great entertainment of the laboring man! The first census was taken to determine the numbers of men available, and each county had to provide details of the number of able bodied men between 15-60 years of age, details of what service if any each man was prepared to offer the state, details of what weapons he possessed, details of the amount of life-stock, carts, mills, boats, barges and grain available, details of the number of elderly people, how many alien and infirm. This was compiled by constables or schoolteachers and checked by clergymen and deputy lieutenants, these returns were repeated in 1803. For a list of extant returns see IFW Beckett (Ed.) The Buckinghamshire Posse Comitatus 1798, Aylesbury 1985 pp363-6. No exhaustive list exists because the research necessary has never been done. See also "Sussex Militia List, Pevensey Rape 1803, Northern Division" (Eastbourne 1988) under Great Grinstead.

Sources

1. ↑ GS film 855938 St Matthew's Bethnal Green
2. ↑ Bishops Transcript 375313 and Parish Register Film 1238662
3. ↑ St Matthew's Bethnal Green, London Parish Register

Acknowledgements

15 Aug 2016 Beryl Meehan Meehan-411 imported the data for Thomas Peacock from DirectEnglish.GED