American Silversmiths

Asa Peabody
(1718-1788)
Mary Prentice
(1725-)
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John Tyng Peabody
(1756-1822)

 

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Spouses/Children:

1. Elizabeth Strange

2. Catherine Jessup

John Tyng Peabody
  • Born: 27 Oct 1756, Concord MA
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth Strange on 7 May 1778 in Norwich CT
  • Marriage (2): Catherine Jessup on 5 Jan 1789 in Wilmington NC
  • Died: Oct 1822, Wilmington NC

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

  • Advertised in 1779 (Enfield CT), as a silversmith. 3
  • Flynt & Fales:, . 3 After his wife's death in 1787, he moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, the first of three well-known Connecticut silversmiths to settle in North Carolina before 1790. On May 8, 1787, John Williams gave a power of attorney to "my trusty friend John Peabody of Wilmington, in the county aforesaid, gentleman."
  • He worked after 1787 as a silversmith in Wilmington NC 25
  • Advertised in the Hall's Wilmington Gazette (Wilmington NC), 15 Nov 1798, thanking the public for past favors and telling of a large supply of imports from Europe, among which were a few silver-mounted swords. 3

John married Elizabeth Strange on 7 May 1778 in Norwich CT. (Elizabeth Strange was born about 1760 in Norwich CT and died on 15 Oct 1787 in Norwich CT.)


John next married Catherine Jessup on 5 Jan 1789 in Wilmington NC. (Catherine Jessup was born about 1760 in Wilmington NC.)




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