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, 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.

Sources

• Esther Littleford Woolworth-Barnes, comp., Alicia Crane Williams, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 16, Part 1 of 5, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002), p. 211
• Esther Littleford Woolworth-Barnes, comp., Alicia Crane Williams, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 20, Part 2 of 5, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002), pp. 127-129, 185
• 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