Sixth Generation
716. Benjamin PEASE was born on 2 August 1743 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire.266 He died on 26 February 1802 at the age of 58 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 He is buried, with his second wife, in the Pease lot on Oak Hill, which was near his house. Benjamin PEASE and Anna SANBORN were married about 1764.266 Benjamin was the first of the Pease family to settle in Meredith, NH, doing so between 1777 and 1797. His name and his sons appeared Apr. 1797 on a petition of the Baptist Society to the legislature for incorporation of the town. Anna SANBORN266 was born (date unknown). Benjamin PEASE-25356 and Anna SANBORN-25384 had the following children: 1522 | i. | James PEASE was born on 15 October 1764 in Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire.266 He died in March 1804 at the age of 39 in Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire.266 | 1523 | ii. | Joseph PEASE was born on 25 October 1766 in Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire.266 He died about 1770 at the age of 4 in Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire.266 | 1524 | iii. | Sarah Dolly PEASE was born on 2 May 1770 in Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire.266 She died on 24 January 1844 at the age of 73 in Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont.266 |
Benjamin PEASE and Rebecca PIKE of Exeter were married on 25 April 1773.266 Rebecca PIKE of Exeter, daughter of William PIKE and Phoebe SMITH, was born on 29 January 1752.266 She died on 9 December 1837 at the age of 85.266 Rebecca's ancestor, Justice Pike, supposedly stopped the whipping of Quaker women in Exeter in 1662. The story in part, "with his flintlock cocked and aimed at the inflictors, he shouted strike another blow, and I will blow your head off." Benjamin PEASE-25356 and Rebecca PIKE of Exeter-25388 had the following children: 1525 | i. | Joseph PEASE was born on 10 March 1774 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 He died on 4 May 1862 at the age of 88 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 | 1526 | ii. | Benjamin PEASE was born on 17 December 1775 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 He died on 3 April 1831 at the age of 55 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 | 1527 | iii. | Simeon PEASE was born on 11 June 1778 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 He died on 30 July 1843 at the age of 65 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 | 1528 | iv. | Nancy PEASE was born on 20 October 1779 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 She died on 3 January 1858 at the age of 78 in New Hampton, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 | 1529 | v. | Robert PEASE was born on 24 December 1782 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 He died on 15 April 1813 at the age of 30.266 | 1530 | vi. | Rebecca PEASE was born on 28 November 1786 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 She died on 9 November 1842 at the age of 55.266 | 1531 | vii. | Nathaniel PEASE was born on 9 April 1789 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 He died on 24 July 1836 at the age of 47 in Quincy, Adams, Illinois.266 | 1532 | viii. | Mary PEASE was born on 6 January 1791 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire.266 She died on 16 February 1863 at the age of 72.266 |
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