Peleg Wadsworth (1715 - 1799)

Born 29 Aug 1715 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Lusanna (Samson) Wadsworth — married about 1741 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 28 Jul 1799 at age 83 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Peleg Wadsworth is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A119858.

Peleg Wadsworth is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-311461
Rank: Civil Servant

Deacon Peleg Wadsworth performed Patriotic Service in the American Revolution.

Peleg, son of John and Mercy (Wiswall) Wadsworth, was born in Duxbury, MA on August 29, 1715. About 1741 (not recorded) he married Lusanna Sampson, daughter of John and Priscilla (Bartlett) Sampson. They resided in Duxbury all their lives with eight of their thirteen children reaching adulthood. Peleg served in the Revolutionary War. He died in Duxbury on July 28, 1799 almost 11 years to the day of losing his wife. He is buried there at Mayflower Cemetery.

Name: Peleg C Wadsworth. Given Name: Peleg C. Surname: Wadsworth. ^{[1] [2] [3]} A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

Buried Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America. ^[3]

Probate

The will of Peleg Wadsworth, of Duxbury, yeoman was dated 3 June 1799 and proved on 5 August 1799 in Plymouth. He mentioned his children, Cephas Wadsworth, Lucia Smith, decd., Uriah Wadsworth, Peleg Wadsworth, Welthea, wife of Judah Alden, Ira Wadsworth, Dura Wadsworth, and his grandson Silvanus Smith (son of his daughter Lucia).^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: S1537784489 U.S., Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783 Record Ancestry Record 1309 #460957
2. ↑ Source: S1537787254 Ancestry Record 3718 #20712
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Source: S1535506249 Ancestry Record 60525 #118460654
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-XH26 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37 > image 392-393 of 636; State Archives, Boston.

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• Robert Moody Sherman, FASG, Ruth Wilder Sherman, FASG, comps., Robert S. Wakefield, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Henry Samson, Part 1 of 3, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 94-95
• Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, comp., John Bradley Arthaud, M.D., FASG, Jane Fletcher Fiske, FASG, Judith Haddock Swan, eds., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Richard Warren, Volume 18, Part 2 of 3, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2011), p. 4
• Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), p. 183 (birth); 432 (death)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #81619329 Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 December 2021), memorial page for Deacon Peleg Wadsworth (29 Aug 1715–28 Jul 1799), Find a Grave Memorial ID 81619329, citing Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Roger (contributor 46562712).
• 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 128
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• Source: S1537784489 U.S., Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2010 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 1309 Note: <p><a href="##SearchUrlPrefix##/search/dbextra.aspx?dbid=1309" target="_blank">View Sources</a>.</p>

• Source: S1537787254 Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2013 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 3718