View Genealogy for Samuel Peacock (12/11/1667-12/29/1741)

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Samuel Peacock

	Parents
	William Peacock 12/5/1641 - 12/24/1721	Catherine M. Andrews 12/7/1651 - 12/28/1737

About Samuel Peacock

Samuel Peacock
12/11/1667 - 12/29/1741

Samuel Peacock was born on 12/11/1667 in Surry County, VA and died on 12/29/1741 in Albemarle County, NC. He was 74 years old.

He lived in the Chowan Precinct in Albemarle and Bertie Counties. Albemarle County is present day Northampton County.

While documentation has been found to authenticate Samuel and his descendants, no such documentation exists to verify his parents. The parents and siblings shown on this website are currently a 'best guess' and not necessarily correct. A reward is currently being offered to anyone who can prove the identity of Samuel's father. To learn more about the reward, visit the Peacock Association of the South�s website.

	Census	12/23/1720	NC (Chowan County)	53 yrs old
	Early tax list records show two Samuel Peacocks (father and son?)

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3	1670	In March, the first permanent settlement in South Carolina is established at Albemarle Point (Charles Town, SC).
3	1670	Hudson Bay Company formed (English)
5	1672	The laws of gravity are defined by Isaac Newton; France invades Rhine as Dutch open dikes to flood Amsterdam to keep it from falling under French rule.
6	1673	England's Test Act excludes Roman Catholics from holding office
14	1681	Pennsylvania is founded after William Penn, a Quaker, receives a Royal charter and land grant from King Charles II.
22	1689	England's Bill of Rights created. European Nine Year's War begin and grows into a world-wide event. It ends in 1697.
23	1690	Ireland's Battle of Boyne
26	1693	National debt begins in England
31	1698	Tsar Peter the Great begins traveling Europe
33	1700	By the early 1700's, Virginia and Maryland have established a strong economic and social structure. The planters of the tidewater region, with abundant slave labor, have large houses, an aristocratic way of life, and a desire to follow the art and culture of Europe. Less wealthy German and Scots-Irish immigrants settle inland, populating the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia as well as the Appalachian Mountains. Those on the frontier build small cabins and cultivate corn and wheat.
34	1701	England's Act of Settlement created; War of Spanish Succession begins
37	1704	First town, Bath, is established in North Carolina by the arrival of the French Huguenots.
40	1707	Scotland and England unite to form "Great Britain"
44	1711	The Tuscarora War begins between the local Indians and colonists. After two years of fighting, the Tuscarora Indians move west.
48	1715	War of Spanish Succession ends
51	1718	Blackbeard, the pirate is killed off the North Carolina coast.
52	1719	By 1719, North Carolina and South Carolina have separated into two colonies.
53	1720	The population of American colonists reaches 475,000. Boston (pop. 12,000) is the largest city, followed by Philadelphia (pop. 10,000) and New York (pop. 7000)
63	1730	Map of US Colonies
65	1732	James Oglethorpe establishes the Georgia Colony in the new world. The new settlers form friendships with the Creek Indian Nation towns in this area. Georgia is the thirteen English colony to be settled.
71	1738	System of forced labor to build roads in France is devised by Jean Orry
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Marriages

Mary Stringfellow
Born on 12/13/1674 and died on 12/23/1718.
They were married on 12/19/1699.

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The Children of Samuel Peacock

Abraham Peacock
Born somewhere in VA on 12/16/1688 and died somewhere in NC about 1782. He was 94 years old.

Actual birth and death dates are not known.

IMPORTANT NOTE: While records exist to prove this person existed, it is not clear at this time as to the exact relationship of this ...

Samuel Peacock
Born in Surry Co,, VA on 12/19/1704 and died in Johnston, near Wayne County Line, NC about 1793. He was 89 years old.

Actual birth and death date are not known.

He grew up in Maherrin, NC. He and his brother John, received land grants in the Nahunta Swamp (now Fremont), NC in Wayne Co. He returned to Mahe...

Andrew Peacock
Born somewhere in NC on 12/20/1705 and died in an unknown location about 1795. He was 90 years old.

Actual birth and death dates are not known.

IMPORTANT NOTE: While records exist to prove this person existed, it is not clear at this time as to the exact relationship of this ...

William Peacock
Born somewhere in VA on 12/20/1706 and died in an unknown location about 1791. He was 85 years old.

Actual birth and death date are not known....

John Peacock
Born in Wayne County, NC on 12/21/1711 and died in Wayne County, NC about 1791. He was 80 years old.

Actual birth and death date are not known.

He and his brother Samuel, had land grants in the Nahunta Swamp (now Fremont) NC in Wayne Co. It is believed that John Peacock lived in a Quaker c...

Issac Peacock
Born in Albermarte County, NC on 12/23/1719 and died in an unknown location about 1795. He was 76 years old.

Actual birth and death dates are not known.

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Rachel Peacock
Born somewhere in VA on 12/26/1731 and died somewhere in NC about 1805. She was 74 years old.

Actual birth and death dates are not known.

She married John Thompson.

IMPORTANT NOTE: While records exist to prove this person existed, it is not clear at this time as to the e...

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