Rev
Josiah
Wheelock
Peet
Born in Benson, Rutland, Vermont, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Wheelock Peet
and Elsie (Hickox) Peet
Brother of
Austin Hickox Peet, Lusten Peet, Lucy (Peet) Richards, Sarah F. (Peet) Meacham and Eunice K. (Peet) Naramore
Husband of
Louise Caroline (Rich) Peet
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Louise (Peet) Heizer, Caroline Thurston (Peet) Hemphill, Elizabeth Hartwell (Peet) Kilburn and George Rich Peet
Died
at about age 83
in Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States
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Biography
Josiah Wheelock Peet was born in 1808 in Benson, Vermont.
Josiah graduated from Middlebury College, Vermont. He became a Congregational minister; in 1864, he relocated to Adair County, Iowa.[1] He lived in Richland in 1880.[2]
Josiah preached, built churches, was county superintendent of schools one term. He moved to Prescott, and then to Monticello, where he died in 1892.
Sources
- ↑ History of Adair County, Iowa by Lucian M Kilburn, pp. 149, 151 (See photo between pp. 148/149.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK2-XS2 : 19 August 2017), Josiah W Peet in household of George R Peet, Richland, Adair, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 4, sheet 46D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0325; FHL microfilm 1,254,325.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #16355922: Oak Hill Cemetery, Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois
- Yellow Spring and Huron. A local history containing sketches of all the people, institutions and events, from the earliest settlement to date of publication by Merrill, J. W. (James Warren), 1833-1908. cn Page 230
- Joyce, Janey Eaves. The Parents of Lucy P. Barber (1778-1861) Wife of William Barber of Enosburg, Vermont, The Genealogist (American Society of Genealogists, 2013) Vol. 27, Page 21.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
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~3.12%
Jenifer (Peet) Stubblefield
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~1.56%
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M Cole
Connected Josiah to the Rev Ralph Wheelock line.
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