PETERSON
Ancestry

Daniel’s Direct Line:

Daniel R. Earl ➤ Phyllis J. Webb ➤
Retha M. Bonner ➤ Clarice E. Winslow ➤
Mary A. Roberts ➤ Eliza C. Wells ➤ Rosanna Peterson ➤
Lemuel Peterson ➤ John Peterson ➤ Jonathan Peterson ➤ John Peterson

Source Documentation Available Upon Request

Rosanna Peterson – 4th great grandmother

Born: 1767 in Scituate, Providence County, Province of Rhode Island Providence Plantations, Kingdom of Great Britain (now Rhode Island, USA).

Death: Unknown date/place..

Father: Lemuel Peterson.

Mother: Dorcas Young.

Marriage: 18 February 1790 in Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA to Caleb Wells (abt. 1765-1767 – 1850).

Children:

  1. Philip Wells (abt. 1797 – ?) m1. Nancy Tanner (? – abt. 1886); m2. Matilda Miner (1811 – 1879).
  2. Caleb Wells (abt. 1802 – ?) m. Nancy Griffith (1805 – 1886).
  3. Warner Wells (abt. 1804 – ?) m. unknown.
  4. Eliphel “Ella” Wells (? – ?) m. Eber Norton (1786 – 1865).
  5. Nancy Wells (? – ?) m. Mr. Johnson (? – ?).
  6. Nelson Wells (abt. 1808 – 1889).
  7. Eliza C. Wells (abt. 1812 – 1885) m. Saxton Clark Roberts (abt. 1806 – 1878).

Lemuel Peterson – 5th great grandfather

Born: 1747 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Kingdom of Great Britain (now Massachusetts, USA).

Death: Unknown date/place..

Father: John Peterson.

Mother: Ruth Delano.

Marriage: 12 January 1767 in Situate, Providence County, Province of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Kingdom of Great Britain (now Rhode Island, USA) to Dorcas Young (abt. 1745 – ?).

Children:

  1. Rosanna Peterson (1767 – ?) m. Caleb Wells (abt. 1765-1767 – 1850).

John Peterson – 6th great grandfather

Born: 22 August 1701 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Kingdom of England, (now Massachusetts, USA).

Death: After 1765, unknown place.

Father: Jonathan Peterson.

Mother: Lydia Wadsworth.

Marriage: 12 August 1726 in unknown place to Ruth Delano (1707 – ?).

Children:

  1. Silvanus Peterson (abt. 1727 – ?).
  2. Hope Peterson (? – ?) m. Nehemiah Randall (? – ?).
  3. Lusa Peterson (? – ?) m. Peleg Hathaway (? – ?).
  4. Hannah Peterson (? – ?) m. Thomas Vaughn (? – ?).
  5. Content Peterson (? – ?) m. James Bass (? – ?)
  6. Lydia Peterson (? – ?) m. Peter Bennett (? – ?).
  7. Zilpha Peterson (? – ?) m. Isaac Bennett (? – ?).
  8. Nathan Peterson (? – ?).
  9. Ichabod Peterson (? – ?) m. Sarah Clark (? – ?).
  10. Patience Peterson (? – ?) m. Nathan Benett (? – ?).
  11. Lemuel Peterson (1747 – ?) m. Dorcas Young (1745 – ?).
  12. Rhoda Peterson (? – ?) m. Abiezer Edson, Jr. (? – ?).
  13. Ruth Peterson (? – aft. 1800).

Jonathan Peterson – 7th great grandfather

Born: Unknown date in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Kingdom of England, (now Massachusetts, USA).

Death: 1745, unknown place.

Father: John Peterson.

Mother: Mary Soule.

Marriage: After 23 April 1700 in unknown place to Lydia Wadsworth (abt. 1678/1679 – 1756).

Children:

  1. John Peterson (1701 – aft. 1765) m. Ruth Delano (1707 – ?).
  2. Hopestill Peterson (1703/1704 – ?) m. Joshua Delano (? – ?).
  3. Jonathan Peterson (1706 – ?).
  4. Reuben Peterson (1710 – ?).
  5. Alice Peterson (? – ?) m. Aaron Soule, Jr. (? – ?).
  6. Lydia Peterson (abt. 1713 – 1711) m. Aaron Soule, Jr. (? – ?).

John Peterson – 8th great grandfather

Born: Unknown date/place..

Death: About 1719 in Province of Massachusetts, Kingdom of Great Britain (now Massachusetts, USA).

Burial: About 1719 on the family farm in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Kingdom of Great Britain (now Massachusetts, USA).

Parents: Unknown.

Marriage: Unknown date or place to Mary Soule (bef. 1650 – ?).

Children:

  1. John Peterson (? – 1690).
  2. Joseph Peterson (bef. 1670 – 1751). m. Sarah Jones (1671 – ?).
  3. Benjamin Peterson (abt. 1669 – 1760) m. Hannah Wadsworth (? – 1732/1733).
  4. Martha Peterson (? – ?).
  5. Jonathan Peterson (? – 1745) m. Lydia Wadsworth (abt. 1678/1679 – 1756).
  6. David Peterson (1676 – 1760).
  7. Isaac Peterson (? – 1740) m. Mary Hobarrt (abt. 1689 – 1763).
  8. Mary Peterson (? – ?) m. Joseph Soule (? – ?).
  9. Rebecca Peterson (? – ?) m. John Weston (? – ?).

List of Daniel’s Maternal Surnames

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