Descendants of John  Peacock (about 1710 - 1742)


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Third Generation


John Peacock (1766 - 1829) - son of John Peacock (1738-?) - son of John Peacock (about 1710-1742)

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John Peacock  is a direct ancestor of Bill Burgar, author of this work. 

He was born in 1766 in Matching Green, Essex.222 He was baptized on 13 February 1766 in St Mary the Virgin, Matching, Essex.222 The Baptism Register of St Mary the Virgin, Matching, Essex has the entry:

John, son of John & Mary Peacock, was baptised 13.2.1766

He died in 1829 and was buried on 28 June 1829 in St Mary the Virgin, Matching, Essex.222 The Burial Register of St Mary the Virgin, Matching, Essex, has the entry:

John Peacock, aged 66, of Matching was buried 28.6.1829

John Peacock and Mary Little were married  in 1794 in Matching, Essex.  The Marriage Register for St May the Virgin, Matching, Essex, 222 has the entry:

John Peacock married Mary Little on 4.11.1794. Both signed X.
Witnesses: William & Hannah Little, both signed

William and Hannah Little are siblings of Mary Little. The three Little siblings and John Peacock shared a common grandmother, Mary (Church/Peacock) Little. 

See Tree of relationship of Mary Little and John Peacock. 


Their grandmother, Mary Church, firstly married John Peacock (about 1710-1742), and after being widowed, she married John Little (1712-1779).

Since John and Mary's fathers were half-brothers, John and Mary can be considered to be half-cousins (or half-first-cousins).

Normally it is considered to be unwise for genetic reasons for first cousins to marry.  Marriage between second cousins is more acceptable, but still can cause some genetic problems to the offspring. Half-first-cousins are somewhere in between first and second cousin relationships, so there is a possibility that the close relationship may lead to problems with the health of the offspring.

It is unclear exactly how many children John and Mary had, but compared to his brothers he had relatively few.

Mary Little was born in 1773 in Matching Green.

See details of Mary Little, her siblings and ancestors

We believe that John Peacock and Mary Little had the children described below.   There is some documentary evidence that these children belong to John and Mary, and much circumstantial evidence. 

See the evidence for John Peacock (1766-1829) and Mary Little (1873-1850) being the parents of John (1813-1896) and his four sisters.

See Tree of John Peacock's descendants.

i.

Hannah Peacock was born in 1795.4 She died Aged 22 in 1817 in Matching, Essex. The Burial Register of St Mary the Virgin, Matching, Essex, .222  has the entry:

Hannah Peacock, aged 22, of Matching, was buried 28.12.1817

ii.

Elizabeth Peacock

iii.

Ann Peacock was baptized on in 1805 in Matching, Essex. The Baptism Register of St Mary the Virgin, Matching, Essex 222 has the entry:

Ann, daughter of John & Mary Peacock, was baptised 13.9.1805

(This entry also appears In the Bishops Transcripts, but Ann is Hannah and the date is 15.9.1805)

She died in 1808 in Matching Green, Essex.  The Burial Register of St Mary the Virgin, Matching, Essex, 222 has the entry:

Anne Peacock was buried 16.2.1808

(In Bishops Transcripts the entry is for Anney Peacock being buried, maybe suggesting she is a young girl)


iv.

Mary Peacock was born in 1808 in Matching Green, Essex.222 The Bishops Transcripts of the Baptism Register of St Mary the Virgin, Matching, Essex has the entry:

Mary Peacock was baptised 8.3.1808

For the whole of 1808 the parents of the baptised person were not given.  However, there are no other parents that are likely to be her parents, so it has been assumed that she is the child of John and Mary.  The fact that her sister Ann died three weeks earlier adds some confirmation to this fact.

Mary died in 1808 in  Matching, Essex. The Burial Register of St Mary the Virgin, Matching, Essex222,  has the entry:

Mary Peacock was buried 24.3.1808

v.

John Peacock

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