Nehemiah Peterson (1736 - 1811)

Born 29 Jul 1736 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Princess (Dillingham) Peterson — married 13 Dec 1764 in Duxbury, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1811 at age 74 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Nehemiah Peterson was born on July 29, 1736 at Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay; son of Reuben Peterson and his wife Rebecca (Simmons) Peterson.^[1]

On December 13, 1764 at Pembroke^[2][3]or Duxbury, Nehemiah married Princess Dillingham of Pembroke. She died at age 75 years.^[1]

Nehemiah was a Revolutionary War soldier.^[1][4]

Nehemiah Peterson died January 23, 1811 at Duxbury.^[1]

Children: (all born at Duxbury)^[1]

1. Nehemiah b. 1765
2. Perez drowned "to the northriver Bridg" 2 Nov 1815 (see Pembroke Vital Records); m. Betsey.^[5]
3. Lydia m. ____ Edgecombe
4. Mary m. at Duxbury on 29 Oct 1801 to Stephen Churchill
5. Princess m. at Duxbury on 19 Nov 1800 to Joshua Bryant of Plympton, d. 9 Aug 1853 at Duxbury.^[6]
6. Elisha b. 1780; drowned 15 Aug 1798, aged 18 years, 4 months, 20 days. bur. Mayflower Cm.^[7]
7. Esaias b. 12 Dec 1782

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} The 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.) "The Peterson Family of Duxbury, Mass" William Bradford Browne. Vol. 70(1916) p. 168, 350.subscription
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-G9GN-T?cc=1928860 : 24 November 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCZ1-FMT : 9 February 2018), Nehemiah Peterson and Princes Dillingham, 13 Dec 1764; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873752 IT 1.
4. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3HB-Z?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RMN%3A1588791497 : 24 January 2018), Massachusetts, vol 12, Peabadey, Francis-Razey, Joseph > image 250 of 1022; citing various published state rosters, United States.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQR-N8H : 20 May 2022), Perez Peterson, 6 Jan 1791; citing Marriage, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009252.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7K5-SNG : 2 March 2021), Nehemiah Peterson in entry for Princes Bryant, 09 Aug 1853; citing Duxbury, Massachusetts, v 76 p 197, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,169.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #31307773

see also:

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Sixteen, Part 2, The Descendants of John Alden Through His Daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, 2002 Edition, Published 2002, Page 81

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Andrew White for creating WikiTree profile Peterson-2546 through the import of APW_2013-03-26.ged on Mar 26, 2013.