Peleg Taber (abt. 1733 - 1802)

Born about 1733 in Tiverton, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Taber — married 8 Apr 1759 in Tiverton, Rhode Island

Husband of Mary (Wordell) Taber — married about 1780 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1802 at about age 69 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States

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Biography

According to a Taber family genealogy^[1], Peleg was born to Philip and Phebe (Brownell) Taber in 1725 in Tiverton, Rhode Island. However, his gravestone (from Find a Grave) lists his age at death in 1802 to be 68-69 years, indicating his year of birth would have been 1733.

He married Meribah Taber, his 1st cousin (her father was his uncle William in 1752. He married his second wife Hannah in 1752 and after her untimely death in 1777 he married Mary Nancy Wordell after 1777 and before the before the birth of their first child in 1781.^[1]

They moved first to Quaker Hill, New York, then Crum Elbow, Dutchess County, New York and, in 1788, were in Washington, Dutchess, New York.^[1]

Peleg was a housepainter.^[1]

Peleg died in Troy, New York on 2 June 1802 and is buried at Clarks Chapel Cemetery in East Schodack, New York.^[2]

His will mentions 'dear and loving wife' 1/3, Left 7sons, 8 daus, Gershom and William exec. Daus, Elizabeth, Ruth, Meribah, Roba Susanna, Phebe, 63 cents each and son Philip 63 cents if they demand it. Daus. Mary and Hannah, the interest their mother had at her decease. Sons Gershom, William, John, George, Peleg, Silas, remainder of real and personal estate. Noah Shaw to have charge of his sons until of age. Sons Gershom and William Exec. to keep estate till younger bros are 21.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Taber genealogy : descendants of Joseph and Philip, sons of Philip Taber, Part 2. Anna Allen Wright, 1917
2. ↑ Find a Grave Find A Grave: Memorial #251392941 Memorial page for Peleg Tabor (1733-2 Jun 1802), citing Sand Lake Union Cemetery, Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York, USA; Maintained by Wilma Boyce (contributor 51089201).

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQJ-F9P : accessed 21 November 2021), entry for Peleg Taber, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Ralph V. Wood, Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, The First Five Generations (Vol. 12) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996 (Revised Edition) Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1999)
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251392941/peleg-tabor: accessed 22 June 2023), memorial page for Peleg Tabor (1733–2 Jun 1802), Find a Grave Memorial ID 251392941, citing Sand Lake Union Cemetery, Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York, USA; Maintained by Wilma Boyce (contributor 51089201).