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| Temperance (Peavey) Durgin of Rochester.
Anthony [4], (Thomas [3] - Abel [2] - Edward [1]) is on a list of petitioners from Dover in 1786, according to the New Hampshire State Papers. His will, probated from Farmington in 1818, mentioned his wife, Betsey, and children Anthony [5] Peavey, Edward [5] Peavey, Martha, Abigail, Mary, Hannah. John L. [5] Peavey, Samuel [5] Peavey, Benjamin [5] Peavey, Paul [5] Peavey and Abel [5] Peavey. Anthony [4] was taxed in Rochester in 1790 and is said to have been in Captain Sinclair's company in the Revolution. In 1787 he received land from Thomas [3] Peavey. By 1793 he was in charge of a town district and was designated Lieutenant. (T.R.) In 1796 he was a Rochester assessor, and for a few years was taxed in that town. when Farmington was set off from Rochester he was taxed be Farmington from 1799 to 1818. By 1815 he was designated Captain Anthony [4] Peavey, and in 1817 Colonel Anthony [4] Peavey. At times he was a selectman and moderator of Farmington. (T.R.) Oliver [4] Peavey. son of Thomas [3], baptized on Newington in 1742, first lived in Rochester, and later in the portion set off and called Milton. (T.R.) He received New Durham land in 1778, and deeded Milton land in 1793 to Chandler [4] Peavey (probably William Chandler Peavey, his brother). Oliver [ ] was taxed by Middleton, as his house in Milton was near the Middleton town line. (T.R.) William [4] Peavey, (Thomas [3] - Abel [2] - Edward [1]) was baptized in 1755, and the History of Rochester says William C. [4] Peavey was on the Revolutionary War rolls in 1782. In 1790 the estate of Edward [ ] Peavey deeded land to William Chandler [4] Peavey, and in 1793, Oliver [ ] Peavey of Milton, deeded land to "Chandler" [4] Peavey. "Chandler" [4] also conveyed |