Hudson [3] Peavey was evidently a substantial and respected citizen. He had at least ten children, four of them being boys — Joseph [4], born 1740; James [4], born 1749; John [4], born 1755, and Daniel [4], born about 1743, who died in childhood. His daughters were Mercy who married Edward Gotham; Elizabeth who married Isachel Wiggin; Sarah who married Mr. Hodgdon; Mary who married Mr. Neal; Eleanor who married Christopher Rimes and Temperance. In passing, we may pause a moment to say that Eleanor Peavey (Rimes or Rymes) had a son, Christopher whose daughter, Eliza, married Thomas B. Laighton, light keeper at the Isles of Shoals, and became the mother of — Celia Laighton (Thaxter), the poetess. The graves of Eleanor Peavey Rymes and her son Christopher are marked in the Newington church yard with stones, a rare event for so early residents of Newington.

In 1744 Hudson [3] Peavey joined the church in full (G.R.) and the sketch of the seating plan in the old church shows the Peavey pew next to the rear church wall on the right. This plan is shown in the "History of Newington" above referred to. Hudson [3] in 1755 is mentioned in the town records as one of a group who got timber for the meeting house steeple. The town records in 1755 report a curious vote of the town meeting "to let Hudson [3] Peavey cut a window in the rear wall for his pew, and in case he cuts a brace, etc., he shall make it as strong as before and keep the window in good order". In 1755 the Concord archives say he was licensed as an inn keeper — the old homestead