Benjamin Peachey (1756 - bef. 1835)

Born 26 Dec 1756 in Pittsgrove, Salem, New Jersey

Husband of Anna (Abbott) Peachee — married 1782 in New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died before Sep 1835 before age 78 in Washington Township, Daviess, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Private Benjamin Peachey served with 2nd New Jersey Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Peachey is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A086851.

Benjamin's origin and parentage is unknown.

He is first known through Revoluationary War rolls, which have him enlisting in 1777 and serving in the 2nd Regiment of the New Jersey Line, Continental Army.

Benjamin died seemingly sometime between March 1835 and September 1835, as the final recorded payment for his Revoluationary War pension was in that March.^[1]

Military Service

Benjamin Peachy enlisted in the Second New Jersey Regiment, Continental Line, in 1777, 1778, and 1779, serving in the artillery.

Service: Enlisted 24 May 1778. Served 9 months as Pvt in Capt John C. Cumming's Cumberland co'y, 2nd NJ Regt, Col Isreal Shreve Discharged 1 May 1779. Proof: Pension Claim S. 35552

From http://www.fairfaxresolvessar.org/content/ffx_patriotic_patriotgravemarking/benjamin_peachee_marking.html

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Benjamin Peachee Grave Marking

The Fairfax Resolves Chapter place bronze SAR markers at the grave of Pvt. Benjamin Peachee, an soldier in the American Revolution, on May 29, 2008. Pvt. Peachee is buried at Bethany Church Cemetery, Daviess Co., Indiana.

Benjamin Peache, Peachee, or Peachy made his mark with an "X" record keepers spelled his name many different ways. He was born 26 Dec. 1756 in New Jersey. He enlisted in the Second New Jersey Regiment, Continental Line, in 1777, 1778, and 1779, serving in the artillery. Although he served under several different officers, the captain whose rolls are still persevered today in the National Archives was John N. Cummings. Peachy also served 4 or 5 tours of duty ranging from a week to over a month in the New Jersey Militia. He testified that he was present as a guard at the hanging of Major Andre. Benjamin Peachee moved to Daviess County to be with children. He married a second time in 1828 when he was 71 years old and fathered two children by his second wife. One of those two children pursued membership in the California Society, SR in the 1890's. Benjamin Peachee died about 1835.

Family 1

• Anna Abbit/Abbott

Children

1. Benjamin Franklin

(m) Rebecca Rigdon

1. James

(m1) Mary Rigdon (2) Elizabeth W. McCracken

1. Elizabeth

(m) James E. Rigdon

1. Sarah

(m) Nathaniel Green

1. Martha "Polly"

(m) Abner McElfresh

1. Alice "Alsie"

(m) Richard Hughbanks

1. Susan

(m) Matthew Maury

Family 2

• Elizabeth Brandus/Broadus

Children

1. George Washington 1829 Kentucky - 1910 California
2. James b. 1784 d. 1867

Research Notes

Spurious Information

Most trees state that he was born in Pittsgrove, New Jersey, although if so, then it is strange no person named Peachey appears in the rateables for 1773 or 1774 anywhere in Salem County.

Most online trees, some applications to the Sons of the American Revolution, etc. ascribe the middle name "Franklin". There is no record contemporaneous with Benjamin's life that gives a middle name or initial, and it was extremely uncommon for someone in America and born in the mid-1700s to use a middle name.

The same kinds of sources also mostly indicate that he died in August 1837. This is the date of a probate order from Daviess County, Indiana assigning a guardian to his son George W. Peachee. So while it is not incorrect to indicate that he died "before" this date, the terminus ante quem of September 1835 is probably better, as stated in the biography.

The large monument in Bethany Cemetery erected long after his death by descendants has serious errors. "Mathew Maury married Susan Peachy Fry They came from VA. She was Not a Peachy by birth. The Sarah Peachy who married Nathaniel Green was Not the couple in Martin Co. IN. A War of 1812 application by Sarah Green proves that she was Sarah Peachy and appears to be the Sarah Green buried in Boone Co., KY next to her son Nathaniel."

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-2R75 : accessed 24 November 2023), Benjamin Peachy, ; citing Indiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 5; FHL microfilm 1,319,385.

• Revolutionary War Rolls

Name: Benjamin Peachy Gender: Male Military Date: 19 Oct 1775 Military Place: New Jersey, USA State or Army Served: New Jersey Regiment: 2d Regiment Rank: Private Source Information Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #6317258

• DAR Record

Name: Benjamin Peachey Gender: Male Birth Date: 1756 Birth Place: New Jersey Death Date: 1835 Death Place: Indiana Spouse: Anna Abbot Child: Benjamin Peachey Source Citation Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 113 : 1914

• DAR Record

Name: Benjamin Peachy Gender: Male Birth Date: 1756 Birth Place: New Jersey Death Date: 1835 Death Place: Indiana Spouse: Elizabeth Broadus Child: Martha Jane Peachy Source Citation Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 106 : 1913

Acknowledgment

Thank you to John Clark for correcting information on this profile, including the summary of errors on the family grave monument.