Sixth Generation

40. John PABODY¹¹³ was born on 14 March 1733 in Little Compton, RI. He was born on 14 March 1733. He died on 8 May 1812 at the age of 79 in Prudence Island, RI. John Pabody's death 8 May 1812 at age 77 on Prudence Island, town of Portsmouth, RI, is noted in Elder Wight's Deaths. Death is said to have been registered in Providence in Peabody Genealogy. Rhode Island deaths lists John Peabody with 8 May 1812, 77 years, kin 1 Providence Peabody, kin 2 Stonington, CT Palmer, the same for Deborah Peabody, his widow, who d. 3 or 8 Feb 1821, 77 years. Death was in Gazette of September 23, 1809. Check also Phenix newspaper (not done). Where was John buried?

A John Pabody was admitted as a freeman of Massachusetts, May 1759. He is said to have resided in Providence in "Little Compton Families."

Peabody Genealogy, p. 440, and Little Compton Families, p. 440 state that John married Mary Stoddard, but Little Compton Families, p. 640, states that Mary Stoddard, daughter of Israel and Elizabeth Brownell Stoddard, born 30 July 1737 in Little Compton (RIVR, 4:6:171), married John Palmer, not John Pabodie. The intention of marriage of Mary Stoddar of Little Compton and John Palmer, Jr., of Dartmouth, was filed in Dartmouth November 7, 1767 (VR 2:479). This is according to Mayflower Families, Vol 16, Part 2, p. 279. The latter states that John Pabody/Peabody married before 25 October 1771 (when they signed a deed) Deborah ---, born about 1744, died at Bristol, as a widow, 3 February 1821, age 77, also 75, Deborah Peabody, late of this town (Bristol Deaths, 3:25, 4:168; Newport Mercury, 17 February 1821, 3; RIVR, 6:1:154), also of Newport. He was a weaver at the time he and Deborah signed the deed. He was named administrator of his father's estate 5 February 1767 in Little Compton. He and his mother, Rebecca, sold half a pew in the Congregational Meeting House on 13 March 1767.

RIVR is quite definite that Mary Stoddard married John Peabodie (Arnold, NEHGS Web Site).

John Paybody/Peabody is #615 in Mayflower Families, Vol. 16, Part 2, p. 279. That reference does not list Mary Stoddard as his wife, only Deborah, and lists Polly, William G., and Jeremiah as possible children. A footnote indicates that Mary Stoddard married John Palmer in 1767.

In the Richard Warren Family, Generation 5, John's father is listed as #414 (p. 111). There's mention of John the son: "On 5 Oct 1771, ack. 23 Oct 1772, John Pabody, weaver, of Little Compton, sold land to Capt. David Hillard. The deed was also signed by John's wife Deborah and mother Rebecca Pabody." On 5 Feb 1767 Rebeckah Pabody relinquished her right to administer the estate of John Pabody of Little Compton, yeoman, in favor of son John Pabody.

I wonder if John was first married to Mary Stoddard, that they parted some time before or after she bore a bastard child of John Palmer, and that John later married Deborah. Mary Stoddard of Little Compton delivered a male bastard child b. July 19, 1765 and said John Palmer Jr. of Little Compton was the father (Nov 1765 Court Record). She married John Palmer in 1767 (int. November 7, 1767 in Dartmouth).

I can't find a record of a Deborah Peabody (Peabodie, Pabodie, Pabody) dying in 1821 in R.I. Cemetery records nor Providence probate records. One would suspect she was buried in Bristol or Providence.

A Peabody will in fragments has a John Peabody of Newport, Yeoman, wife Sarah, son John, daughters Rachel and Elizabeth, in 1731. There was a John Peabody who married Dorcas Sweet and had a son Joseph born November 9, 1735. Joseph and Barbara had Caleb Oct 25, 1756, John May 19, 1758, Benjamin, Mary, Benjamin, and Dorcas. I believe this is another Peabody family, not derivative of the Pabodie-Pabody clan.

The 1810 Census lists a John Pabody in Portsmouth, over 45, wife over 45, no children listed. In the 1800 Census, he's listed in the Portsmouth Census as over 45, wife over 45, one female child between 10 and 15. In the 1790 Census, John Pabodie is listed with a household of 4 near the end of the 4 page census of Portsmouth, 2 males, 1 over 16, two females. There's a John Pabodie listed in the 1774 RI Census, p. 24, b. 1760 in Portsmouth, household of 7, 1 M 16+, 3 M 16-, 1 F 16+, 2 F 16-. On page 27, the same census lists a John Peabodie b. 1760 Portsmouth with a household of 3, all 16+, 1 M, 2 F. As noted above, Prudence Island is part of the town of Portsmouth, but there is no indication in the censuses whether any were residents of Prudence Island.

Thomas Huddy Peabodie's death record (RIVR) lists his parents as John and Abigail, not Jeremiah. Did John and Deborah have another son, John, b. 1760?

Check NEHGS Register, Apr 1963, p. 96, for possible further info on John Pabody family.

41. Mary STODDARD¹¹⁴ was born on 30 July 1737 in Little Compton, RI.¹¹⁵ She died in 1822 at the age of 85. Checking RIVR on NEHGS web site, Mary Stoddard's birth was listed as July 30, 1737, of Israel and Elizabeth, with a note that she married John Peabodie. (4-14-03)

Her father's will, dtd 18 July 1781, gave her one old-fashioned chest.

There are several Mary Stoddards in RI records in 1700's: Mary Stoddard Palmer, b. July 30, 1737, dau. of Israel of Little Compton will dtd. 18 July 1780; Mary b. ca. 1746 m. (3) James Porter, Newport d. Feb. 16, 1829; Mary granddau. of Elizabeth Wyatt will dtd 9 July 1763; Mary wills dtd. 1779 (Little Compton), 1808 (Newport); Mary, b. June 1739, m. in LC 1760 Thomas Crandall.

Mary Stoddard of Little Compton delivered a male bastard child b. July 19, 1765 and said John Palmer Jr. of Little Compton was the father (Nov 1765 Court Record). She married John Palmer in 1767 (int. November 7, 1767 in Dartmouth).

In her father Israel's will dtd. 3 Dec 1781, she is listed as daughter Mary Palmer.

Capt. William Stoddard 1720-1778 wife Mary 1719-1776, dau. Mary m. James Potter; Capt. Robert Stoddard 1720-1776 m. Mary Pease dau of Simon 1738-1761 dau. Judah b. 1757.

A Mary Stoddard is listed in RI Cemetery Records as being born abt. 1738, died October 18, 1822, buried in LC012. Another Mary Pease Stoddard was born ca. 1738, died June 6, 1764, buried in NT003.

Another theory: daughter of one of the sons of Sgt. Samuel Stoddard of Hingham, b. June 14, 1640, d. September 16, 1731, resided at corner of Main St. and Elm., Hingham. Wife: Elizabeth Gill, dau. of Thomas and Hannah Otis Gill, b. in Hingham bef. June 1647, d. May 8, 1693. Sons whose children are not known: Samuel, b. August 11, 1670 (resided in Scituate); Stephen, b. September 18, 1674; Simon, b. February 17, 1679; Jeremiah, b. November 3, 1683; or David, b. March 19, 1693. Samuel was the son of John Stoddard, b. in Hull, England, died in Hingham, MA, December 19, 1661, wife Hannah. They had two sons whose descendants are unknown: John, b. December 10, 1608, m. Hannah Bryant, dau. of John and Mary Lewis Bryant, December 13, 1665; and Daniel, b. 1633, m. Abigail Lane, dau of Andrew and Triphany Lane, December 27, 1665.

See The Stoddard Book (1912) for possible assistance. Quoted in Little Compton Families.

The Mayflower Society "Silver Book," Vol. 16, denies that Mary Stoddard married John Pabodie and lists only the marriage to John Palmer, with what justification I don't know.

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