Thomas
Peter
Born in George Town, Frederick, Province of Maryland
Son of Robert Peter
and Elizabeth (Scott) Peter
Brother of
George Peter
Husband of
Martha Parke (Custis) Peter
— married
1795 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Martha Eliza Eleanor Peter, Columbia Washington Peter, John Parke Peter, George Washington Peter Esq, America Pinckney (Peter) Williams, Martha Custis Castania Peter and Britannia Wellington (Peter) Kennon
Died
at age 65
in Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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| Created 2 Jan 2011
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Biography
Thomas Peter, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Scott) Peter, was born 4 January 1769[1][2] in George Town, Frederick, Maryland.[3]
Thomas married Martha (Patty) Parke Custis, daughter of John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert, on 6 January 1795 at Hope Park in Fairfax, Virginia, the Stuart estate, her mother having married David Stuart after her father's death.[4]
Thomas died 16 April 1834 in Georgetown. His grave site is at Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland.[2]
Note: Somehow his grave was marked with a birth year of 1776, but the 1776 census show the error. While the census would make him born in 1768, 4 January 1769 is the generally accepted date. 1769 is the year given by Wendy Kail, probably the world's foremost authority on Thomas Peter.
Tudor Place, their estate in Georgetown, is a museum today, and the namesake of the Tudor Place Foundation, which manages and maintains it. A page on Thomas and Martha Peter has reproductions of their portraits.
Sources
- ↑ Brumbaugh, Gaius M. Maryland Records, Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church: From Original Sources. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins, 1915, 1:193.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Find A Grave, database and images accessed 07 June 2018), memorial page for Thomas Peter (4 Jan 1769–16 Apr 1834), Find A Grave Memorial no. 50635460, citing Montevideo Cemetery, Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Fred Sanford (contributor 46577478).
- ↑ "Brickyard Hill House," citing Eberlein, Harold D, Cortlandt V. D. Hubbard, and Richard H. Howland. Historic Houses of George-Town & Washington City, 1958. Robert Peter was commissioner of George-Town by 1757.
- ↑ Kail, "Martha Parke Custis Peter," citing Tudor Place Archives, Britannia’s Gleanings, MS 7, Box 8.
- "Brickyard Hill House, Washington DC," Historic Structures.
- Kail, Wendy, "Land for Sale: Inquire Within," Tudor Place Foundation, 2015.
- Kail, Wendy, "Martha Parke Custis Peter," Washington Papers, University of Virginia, Richmond, 2018.
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Joel Bridgham
This family has several pairs of children of the same names, but with quite different birth and death dates. Probably not correct.
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by Joel Bridgham
Rick Pierpont
Peter-1086 and Peter-892 appear to represent the same person because: Same wife and children.
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by Rick Pierpont
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