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| It will be remembered that Abel [2] Peavey had
three sons, Hudson [3], Thomas [3] and Abel, Jr. [3]. Hudson's [3] line
has already been touched upon. Nothing much seems available concerning
Abel, Jr. [3] Peavey. The Newington church records say there was an Exekial
[ ] Peavey, son of Abel [ ], baptized in 1734. It hardly seems that this
is the son of Abel [3] Peavey, Jr., born in 1716, but rather the son of
his father and the second wife, Mary.
Thomas [3], (Abel [2] - Edward [1]) according to the Adams' Diary, married Mary Stevens of Newington in 1740, and a child, Oliver [4] Peavey, was baptized at Newington in 1742. The church records show Mary to have joined it in 1742. Thomas [3] in 1749, according to the Concord archives, deeded some Rochester, New Hampshire land, and in 1749 the same archives say he received some Rochester land from Edward and Elizabeth Rawlings. Rochester adjoined Dover on the North. In 1753 we find him living in Rochester, according to the Registry of deeds. Baptismal records show his son, William [4] Peavey, baptized there in 1755. In 1762 the Concord archives say he granted his rights in estate of John Stevens, late of Newington, and the Registry of Deeds show his deeding land to his son, Daniel [4] Peavey, on various dates — as late as 1789. Thomas [3] in 1776 signed the colonial defense document. I have not followed this branch as completely as is doubtless possible, but the descendants of Thomas [3] spread through Farmington, New Durham, and towns bordering on Lake Winnipesaukee, mingling with the Peaveys from Barrington who also spread around the Lake. In 1766 to 1768 Thomas [3] held a minor office in Rochester. Doubtless it was he and his son, Durgin [4] Peavey, mentioned in Dover war papers in 1778. In 1787 he deeded land to Anthony [ ] Peavey of Rochester and the same year to his daughter, |