Individual Details
(Bet 1 Aug 1694 and 1695 - 29 Jul 1780)
This is the John that purchased Peabody's Patent (Gilead, ME) while on one of his trips to the mountains. He is also the person for which Peabody River, Gorham, New Hampshire, is named for. From the: HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF ANDOVER. PEABODY is another name formerly of note in town. John Peabody, whose name is on the list, was father of Lieut. Oliver Peabody, Capt. John Peabody, and Rev. Stephen Pea- body. The homestead was in the extreme northeast part of the town, on the Boxford line, and near the Bradford line. It is one of the most beautiful locations in that part of the town. The ground is high, commanding a near view of the farms and woodlands of the adjoining towns, and a more dis- tant outlook to the heights of Haverhill and Lawrence and other towns, while on the horizon Mts. Monadnock and Wachusett and other hills rise among the clouds. The estate was sold in i7gi by the heirs of John Peabody, Sen., to Mr. Nathaniel Gage. The house and buildings were in excellent condition, and the place was one having a good deal of style and rural elegance. This homestead is one of ex- ceptional interest among those of the outskirts, as having been the birth-place of three men, all eminent in the t ' own history, and having a line of eminent descendants in other towns. Lieut. Oliver Peabody was an active patriot, on the Com- mittee of Correspondence in the Revolution, and respected for his prudence and discretion. His son, the Hon. Oliver Peabody, born at. North Andover, 1752, graduated at Har- vard College, 1773, settled in practice of law at Exeter, N. H., was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, President of the Senate, and in other important offices. The twin sons of judge Peabody were Oliver William Bourne Peabody, Esq., and Rev. William Bourne Oliver Peabody. Capt. John Peabody commanded a company in the Revolu- tion, and was also adjutant to the colonel of a regiment near Boston, 1776. His son, Augustus Peabody, Esq., born at North Andover, was a graduate of Dartmouth, 1803, and counsellor at law, Boston. Rev. Stephen Peabody, the third son of John Peabody, Sen., was the first minister of Atkinson, N. H., a man of eminence among the clergy of New Hampshire at that time. His life and character are sketched in subsequent chapters of this history. Some writers speak of him as a native of Boxford, some of North Andover. The homestead is on the North Andover side of the line. In 1746 John Peabody petitioned to be set off to Andover, which seems to have been done. The Rev. Stephen Peabody was born 1741. The Peabody homestead was also the home of another minister, the Rev. Nathaniel Gage, settled at Nashua, N. H., 1822. His brother, Mr. Daniel K. Gaie, lived on the farm. It is now owned by his son, Mr. Nathaniel Gage, and other heirs. A beautiful house has recently been built on a part of the estate by Mr. George Edmund Davis, who married a daughter of Mr. D. K. Gage. The Peabody family in several branches has been resident in the town, or connected with the North Parish. A son of David Peabody, Thomas Peabody, baptized soon after his birth, 1762, in the North Meeting-house, by Dr. Symmes, was the father of the banker and philanthropist, George Pea- body. Samuel Peabody, Esq., a native of Boxford, was a much respected citizen of Andover from 1842 till his death, in 1859. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College, 1803, and practised law at Sandwich, Epsom, and Tamworth, N. H. Of his sons, still identified with Andover interests, is judge Charles A. Peabody, counsellor at law, New York. In respect to the foregoing memorials and relics, the re- mark may here be repeated that they claim neither to be biographical nor genealogical in any strict sense of the word, but simply to collect such scattered memoranda as have been found of the first settlers and early residents, and to indicate the comparative influence of the several families. This has been a work of some difficulty, and its imperfections will, it is hoped, be charitably received.
Events
| Birth | Bet 1 Aug 1694 and 1695 | | | | |
| Marriage | Bet 24 Nov 1720 and 1721 | Sarah Head | | | |
| Death | 29 Jul 1780 | | | | |
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