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Other Peacock families in West Essex (1600-1900)
Apart from the Peacock family based in Matching from the 1750s there are many Peacock families in the villages and small towns within 10 miles of Matching. The table below shows where there were large settlements of Peacock families and the approximate dates that they were in those places.
| Village | Dates | Comments |
| Matching | 1740 - 2000 | in 1881 more Peacocks than any other surname. |
| Stanstead Mountfitchet | 1600 - 1850 | Many branches of one original family |
| Abbots Roothing | 1780 - 1900 | Migration from Stanstead in 1780s |
| Chipping Ongar | 1600 - 1750 | One family group |
| Chelmsford | 1600 - 1750 | |
| Fyfield | 1650 - 1750 | This was one family group. |
| Waltham Cross | 1600 - ? | Initially a large family. |
| Other Roothings** | Families occur for short periods in all Roothings. |
** The other Roothings include Berners Roothing, White Roothing, etc.
However, what are referred to as the Roothing villages are now known as the Rodings.
See explanation of the change of name and names of the Roothing villages.
We have data on many of these Peacock families and will gradually enter them into the web-site.