Sarah Peaslee (1745)

Born 10 Jun 1745 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

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Biography

Sarah was a Friend (Quaker)

This profile is part of the Peasley Name Study.

Sarah was born on 10d 4m 1745 [10 Jun 1745] in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1][2] She was the daughter of Ebenezer Peaslee and Lydia (Weed) Peaslee.^[1]

Birth records for her siblings were not found in Amesbury, suggesting that the family moved to Dutchess County, New York sometime before 1747.^[3]

Birth and Siblings

Children of Ebenezer and Lydia Peaslee:^[2]

• Sarah Peaslee b. 10 of 4m, 1745.
• Anne Peaslee b. 9 of 2m, 1747; d. ? of 9m, 1748.
• Ebenezer Peaslee b. 9 of 6m, 1749; d. ? of 1m, 1750.
• Isaac Peaslee b. 18 of 2m, 1751.
• John Peaslee b. 25 of 12m, 1753.
• Mary Peaslee b. 6 of 6m, 1756.
• Jephthah Peaslee b. 3 of 1m, 1760.

Research Notes

• Quaker Calendar - There has been much confusion over the dates in Quaker records. Friends used numbered months and days rather than what they considered pagan names for them (i.e. "Thursday" coming from "Thor's Day"). Thus, when the secular calendar was changed in 1752, making January the first month instead of March, Friends began calling January "First Month".

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-QCK2 : 22 October 2020), Sarah Peasley, 1745.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Quaker Births from Oblong Monthly Meeting, Dutchess County, New York LDS Film # 873511, Pages 13 - 16, Records of Josephine Frost Transcribed by Debbie Axtman, Pages 13 -16.
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.surname=peasly&q.filmNumber=7578655&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on

• FamilySearch profile.