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Re: Josiah and Anna (Marchant) Pease of Edgartown
Posted by: Richard Bart (ID *****5394) Date: June 16, 2009 at 10:16:43
In Reply to: Josiah and Anna (Marchant) Pease of Edgartown by Patti J. Marchant of 3046

I can't find them in the census. Most of this is from Massachusetts Vital Records and census records in their children's families.

2.4.1.14.2.3 Josiah, son of Francis (Seth, Benjamin, David, John) and Mary (Butler) Pease; b. 1787 in Edgartown, MA; d. Sep 12, 1846 from cancer in the stomach in Edgartown; m. Feb 18, 1808, Anna Marchant; b. Aug 18, 1789 in Edgartown; d. Nov 13, 1846 in Edgartown. She was the daughter of Peter Marchant [2.4.1.8.2], a master mariner; b. about 1746, and Elizabeth Dunham; b. about 1765. Peter and Elizabeth were married May 04, 1786. Josiah Pease was a farmer. Children of Josiah and Anna (Marchant) Pease born in Edgartown, MA:

2.4.1.14.2.3.1 Rufus F.              b. Sep       24,       1809              d. Aug       17,       1893       Edgartown, MA
2.4.1.14.2.3.2 Charles Worthington              b. Jul       19,       1812              d. Jun       05,       1887       Edgartown, MA
2.4.1.14.2.3.3 Francis              b. Jan       29,       1815              d. Aug       24,       1872       Edgartown, MA
2.4.1.14.2.3.4 Benjamin Hazelton       b. Jul       06,       1817              d.                     1866       at sea
2.4.1.14.2.3.5 Josiah Chase       b. Jun       29,       1824              d. Jan       12,       1903       Edgartown, MA
2.4.1.14.2.3.6 Peter M.              b. Jun       17,       1826              d.
2.4.1.14.2.3.7 William Bowen       b. Jun       20,       1828              d. Mar       30,       1909       Falmouth, MA
2.4.1.14.2.3.8 George Washington       b. May       26,       1833              d. Jan       30,       1924       Edgartown, MA

NEXT GENERATION
2.4.1.14.2.3.1 Rufus F. Pease; b. Sep 24, 1809; d. Aug 17, 1893 from senile dibility in Edgartown; m. Apr 23, 1835 in Edgartown, Hepsibah Ripley; b. May 27, 1816 in Edgartown; d. Jul 06, 1885 in Edgartown. See Valentine Pease Jr. [2.4.1.6.2.5.5] for other relationships of Hepsibah. Rufus was a mate on the ship Iris on one of its voyages Apr 28, 1828, the Brighton, Nov 25, 1831, and master of the ship Awashonks of Falmouth in two successful whaling voyages. He owned a home on the corner of South Water and Dunham Streets in Edgartown, which he bought in 1840 for $1650. In 1865, Captain Pease was appointed Commissioner of Wrecks and Shipwrecked goods by Governor John Andrew.

2.4.1.14.2.3.2 Charles Worthington Pease; b. Jul 19, 1812; d. Jun 05, 1887 from cancer in Edgartown; m. Mar 01, 1849 in Edgartown, Mary A. Marchant; b. May 15, 1830 in Templeton, ME; d. Nov 30, 1903 in Edgartown. She was a dressmaker, and the daughter of Peter Marchant; b. Mar 15, 1806 in Edgartown, and Hannah K. Thomas; b. in Maine. Peter and Hannah were married Mar 06, 1827. He was the son of Peter Marchant [2.4.1.8.2] and Elizabeth Dunham. In 1860, Charles and his family were living in Weld, Franklin Co, ME. He was a farmer. According to that census, all of his children were born in Maine.

2.4.1.14.2.3.3 Francis Pease; b. Jan 29, 1815; d. Aug 24, 1872 in Edgartown; m. Susan R. Ripley; b. May 03, 1819 in Edgartown; d. Feb 06, 1907 from valvular heart disease. See Valentine Pease Jr. [2.4.1.6.2.5.5] for other relationships of Susan. Francis Pease was on the ship Falcon on its voyage from Aug 17, 1830 to Apr 25, 1832.

2.4.1.14.2.3.4 Benjamin Hazelton Pease; b. Jul 06, 1817; d. 1866 at sea; m. (int. Jan 04, 1840 in Edgartown, Mary Pease (Vincent) [2.7.2.3.1.11]; b. Jan 09, 1817 in Edgartown; d. Jun 03, 1905 from valvular heart disease in Edgartown. She was the daughter of Samuel Vincent; b. Sep 01, 1768; d. Jan 29, 1846, and Betsey Pease [2.7.2.3.1]; b. Oct 08, 1751; d. Oct 22, 1855. Samuel and Betsey were married Nov 10, 1793.

2.4.1.14.2.3.5 Josiah Chase Pease; b. Jun 29, 1824; d. Jan 12, 1903 from heart disease in Edgartown; m. (1) Apr 12, 1846, Hannah Butler; b. May 1826; d. Jun 10, 1876 from cancer in Edgartown. She was the daughter of Freeman Butler; b. May 27, 1785; d. Oct 11, 1861 from stomach cancer in Edgartown and Abiah Vincent [2.7.2.3.1.2]; b. Nov 21, 1796 in Edgartown; d. Jul 20, 1875 in Edgartown. Freeman and Abiah were married Oct 11, 1818. Josiah was at sea on a whaling boat at age eleven, and by twenty, he was captain of the barque Enterprise. He was also commander of the whalers Robert Morrison and St. George, both of New England. Captain Josiah retired just before the outbreak of the Civil War, and at the time of his death, was survived by his second wife, two sons, and one daughter. Josiah Chase Pease m. (2) Sep 30, 1876 in Edgartown, Mary Dexter Forbush; b. Feb 22, 1854 in Tisbury, MA; d. Jun 10, 1924 from arteriosclerosis in Edgartown. She was the daughter of Alpha Forbush; b. Aug 23, 1825 in Peterboro, NH; d. Jun 15, 1865 and Emily B. Dexter; b. in Tisbury.

2.4.1.14.2.3.6 Peter M. Pease (Not proven as being a son of Josiah); b. Jun 17, 1826; m. Aug 10, 1843 in Tisbury, MA, Rebecca S. Dunham; b. Apr 17, 1828 in Tisbury, MA. Neither his nor her parents are listed on the marriage record. Peter (a mariner) and his family are living in Tisbury during the 1850 Census, and then he disappears for awhile. In the 1855 Massachusetts Census, the Peter M. Sr. family is in Tisbury, MA. In the Massachusetts 1860 census, Rebecca and the children, are in Chilmark, MA, in the household of William Aiken. In 1860, Rebecca and her children are living with William Aiken in Edgartown. William is 55; b. in Massachusetts. In 1880, Rebecca is living in Tisbury with her son Peter. Her parents were born in Massachusetts and Peter Junior’s father‘s birth place is listed as Massachusetts. In 1900, there is a Peter M. Pease widower, listed as an inmate in the County Hospital located in Suisun, Solano County, California. In this census record, his parents are recorded as being born in Ireland.

2.4.1.14.2.3.7 William Bowen Pease; b. Jun 20, 1828; d. Mar 30, 1909 from valvular heart disease in Falmouth, MA; m. (1) Sep 04, 1854 in Edgartown by Reverend Lewis Holmes of the Baptist Church, to Sarah J. Lawrence; b. Mar 13, 1836 in Falmouth; d. May 23, 1879 of consumption in Falmouth. She was the daughter of Henry and Eunice H. (Green) Lawrence, who were married Dec 30, 1832 in Falmouth. William Pease was on the ship Corinthian Nov 06, 1866. The ship was lost on the Blossom Shoals Aug 30, 1868. William m. (2) Mar 16, 1885 in Falmouth, Emma (Ede) Powell; b. Mar 15, 1859 in Shalford, England; d. Dec 30, 1939 from arteriosclerosis in Falmouth. She was the daughter of James and Catherine (Miles) Ede.

2.4.1.14.2.3.8 George Washington Pease; b. May 26, 1833; d. 5 AM, Jan 30, 1924 from arteriosclerosis at his home on South Summer Street in Edgartown; m. May 26, 1856 in Edgartown, Lydia N. Lewis; b. Aug 08, 1839 in Newport, RI; d. Nov 15, 1910 from breast cancer in Edgartown. She was the daughter of George Lewis; b. in Osterville, MA, and Catherine Peck Lau; b. in Newport. George Pease was a mariner, Naval Officer in the Civil War, and a whaling captain, also known as George W. 2nd. After his sea career, he operated a concrete business, which laid many of the sidewalks in the town. When he died, he was the oldest man in Edgartown. Lydia was a dressmaker.

Each of these children had their own families.

Rick in Taunton, MA



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