Hudson [3], in the settlement of the town of Barrington, bought land there, and his sons evidently lived there. In 1776 the New Hampshire State Papers show that Hudson [3] of Newington and his sons James [4] and Joseph [4] of Barrington signed the usual document — "that the signers would at the risk of their lives and fortunes oppose proceedings of British fleets and arms against the United American Colonies".

The bound volumes of the early probate records show Hudson's [3] will to have been made in 1783 and probated in 1785. His sons James [4] and Joseph [4] were executors. He mentions all the children therein, and gives James [4] the homestead and divides his Barrington land between Joseph [4] and John [4]. Among the effects mentioned were his pew in the church, his Negro "King", and a cider mill.

Joseph [4] Peavey was born in 1740, and baptized, according to the Adams Diary, in 1741. the town records show him elected "field driver" or "hayward" in Newington, 1763-1764. In 1764 the Adams Diary states that he was married to Arabella Nutter of Newington. Arabella was a daughter of Captain Samuel Nutter, who according to the Adams Diary, married Sarah Hoyt. Samuel was descended through Henry Nutter, the famous Lieutenant Anthony Nutter, and the original Elder Hatevil Nutter of early Dover history.

In 1767 the Concord archive say Joseph [4] was licensed as a Newington Inn-Keeper, and in 1775 the probate records show him to have petitioned for his wife Arabella on her father's estate. (Captain Nutter).