George
Peabody
Born in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Peabody
and Judith (Dodge) Peabody
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 74
in London, England, United Kingdom
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| Created 27 Jun 2015
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Biography
George Peabody is Notable.
He was a banker and philanthropist who died unmarried. He was the son of Thomas Peabody and his wife, Judith Dodge.[1]
In 1862, he set up The Peabody Donation Fund and the first dwellings for the “artisans and labouring poor of London” were opened in Commercial Street, Spitalfields in February 1864. [2]
The city of Massachusetts was named after him.
Sources
- ↑ Burke, Sir John Bernard. Burke's American Families with British Ancestry [database online]. Ancestry.com. ND. Digital Images, Ancestry.com (Web). 27 June 2015
Note: Reprinted from Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (16th Ed). Burke's Peerage: London, 1939. - ↑ George Peabody Fund
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