Charles Holmes Peters Sr. (abt. 1846 - abt. 1924)

Born about 1846 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Cordelia B. (Amos) Peters — married 26 Sep 1865 (to 1880) in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Husband of Georgianna (Palmer) Peters — married 17 Apr 1882 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1924 at about age 78 in Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Cheri Ryals-Hallisey [send private message], Carleton Procter [send private message], and Kerry Fisher [send private message]

Biography

Charles was Mashpee Wampanoag.

Charles Peters was a Native American born about 1845 and passed away in 1924. Father: Asa Peters, b. Tisbury.^[1] Mother: Aurilla Johnson, b. Tisbury. Husband of Cordelia Amos and Georgiana Palmer.

Native American:

Charles Peters and his family were members of the Christiantown Wampanoag Tribe on Martha’s Vineyard. Sometime after his first marriage in 1865, he moved to Mashpee until he passed away in 1924. His death record states that he was a resident of Mashpee for 60 years. He most likely participated in the tribal events and affairs of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.

• In 1849, Charles Peters is 3yo and a member of the Christiantown Wampanoag Tribe: Peters, Charles 3 M Christiantown.^[2]
• In 1861, Charles Peters is recorded as a member of the Christiantown Wampanoag Tribe and living in Christiantown: Peters, Charles 14 M Tribe: Christiantown. Res: Christiantown.^[3]

Marriages:

1. 26 Sep 1865: Cordelia Amos. Event Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[4]
2. 17 Apr 1882: Georgiana P. Palmer. Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.^[5]

Residences:

• 1865: Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts.^[6]
• 1870: Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts.^[7]
• 1880: Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[8]
• 1900: Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[9]
• 1910: Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[10]
• 1920: Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[11]

Death:

• 1846-1924: Charles H. Peters was 79y. 3m. 8d. when he passed. He was laid to rest with his second wife, Georgiana Palmer. Mashpee Town Cemetery, Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Race: American Indian. Res. of Mashpee, 60y. Father: Asa Peters, b.Tisbury.^{[1] [12]}

Research Notes

1. 25 Sept 1910: Death record (photo) of daughter Amelia Peters: Father: Charles Peters. b. Mashpee. Mother: Cordelia Amos. b. Mashpee.^[13]
2. Briggs Report of 1849, possible family members. Relationships unknown at this time. I grouped them by tribe and age:

Christiantown:

1. Peters, Francis 67 M Christiantown
2. Peters, Hepzibeth 60 F Christiantown
3. Peters, Martha 37 F Christiantown
4. Peters, Asa 34 M Christiantown (Father)
5. Peters, Aurilla 30 F Christiantown (Mother)
6. Peters, Almira 23 F Christiantown
7. Peters, Leander 9 M Christiantown
8. Peters, Charles 3 M Christiantown

Gay Head:

1. Peters, Johnson 66 F Gay Head
2. Peters, Mary 65 F Gay Head
3. Peters, Samuel 38 M Gay Head
4. Peters, Sarah 36 F Gay Head
5. Peters, Samuel Jr 8 M Gay Head
6. Peters, Jesse 6 M Gay Head
7. Peters, Johnson 4 M Gay Head
8. Peters, Amos 2 M Gay Head

Chappequiddic

1. Peters, Margaret 59 F Chappequiddic
2. Peters, Aurilla 26 F Chappequiddic^[2]

• excerpt Mashpee Wampanoag Final Determination:

Although the Peters-Palmer and Peters-DeGrasse families became socially and politically part of the petitioner over time, this evaluation does not treat them as descendants of the historical Mashpee tribe enumerated in the 1861 Earle Report. The reasons are as follows. First, Charles H. Peters (1846-1924) first appeared in the town of Mashpee in 1865, after Earle’s enumeration of the Mashpee Indians. Second, Leander Peters (1840-aft. 1876) and his son Lyman (1876-aft. 1920) never lived in Mashpee. Third, some of the grandsons of Leander Peters first appeared in Mashpee in the middle 1930’s. 22 Fourth, Earle identified Charles H. and Leander Peters as Christiantown Indians living in Christiantow n, Massachusetts. Finally, their documented ancestors did not appear on any of the Mashpee lists between 1776 and 1861. 23

33 The current record shows the petitioner’s ancestors who were the descendants of Leander Peters began to marry into the Mashpee community by the 1930’s, and were active participants in the political and social community by the 1950’s. In the 1930’s, two of his grandsons (Chester A. and Ellsworth F. Peters) married two of Charle s H. Peters’ granddaughters at Mashpee, and a third grandson, Frederick Putnam Peters, married a Mashpee Indian living in Barnstable. Ellsworth F. Peters was a forest deputy at Mashpee in 1949 and held various other tribally appointed or elected offices, such as fire chief and constable throughout the 1950’s. Chester A. Peters held various political offices in Mashpee throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s, including firefighter, fire chief, forest fire warden, and deputy shellfish warden. Frederick Putnam Peters was a member of board of directors at Mashpee in the 1970’s and 1980’s. See the Individual Reports from FAIR for additional details. Thus, the evidence shows that the Peters- Palmer and Peters-DeGrasse descendants had become part of the Mashpee community over a period of several decades after the 1861 date used for calculating descent from the historical Indian tribe, and that many were a part of the Mashpee tribal community as it existed in the early 1900’s. By the mid-20th century, both branches of the Peters families were part of the Mashpee community. ^[14]bia.gov/cs/groups/xofa/documents/text/idc-001338.pdf p31-33^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZXD-29PR : 16 November 2022), Charles Holmes Peters, 1924.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usnatttp/wampanoag/briggsrpt1849.htm
3. ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usnatttp/wampanoag/earlerpt1861.htm
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4S2-TNS : 9 November 2022), Charles A. Peters and Cordelia Amos, 1865.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXM-24W : 28 December 2022), Charles H. Peters, 1882.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQHL-X9H : Thu Oct 05 05:54:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Asa L Peters and Sarah Peters, 1865.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDSP-PSV : Fri Oct 06 15:25:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Asa Peters and Sameuel Peters, 1870.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDT-XJ1 : Fri Oct 06 17:51:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles H. Peaters and Cordelia B. Peaters, 1880.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M95D-X6Z : Fri Oct 06 16:55:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles H Peters and Georgiana F Peters, 1900.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2N6-BVH : Fri Oct 06 21:19:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles H Peters and Georgiana F Peters, 1910.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXTN-281 : Thu Dec 07 23:51:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles H Peters and Georganna F Peters, 1920.
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180422757/charles-h-peters: accessed 19 September 2022), memorial page for Charles H. Peters (1846–1924), Find A Grave: Memorial #180422757, citing Mashpee Town Cemetery, Mashpee, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Elaine (contributor 47932173).
13. ↑ Photo|https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2019/69/197440002_91acc5b1-5bb8-43fb-9904-55fa87f4db5e.jpeg
14. ↑ Entered by Kerry Fisher.
15. ↑ https://www.bia.gov/guide/tracing-american-indian-and-alaska-native-aian-ancestry

Acknowledgments

1. Thanks to Kerry Fisher for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Kerry and others.
2. Thank you to David Pells for creating this profile. Please see changes tab for information add by other members.