Joseph Peabody: Owings Stone Family Genealogy — 20,000+ ancestors and their relatives

Birth 12 Sep 1757 Middleton, Ma

Gender Male

Occupation Revolutionary privateersman, Salem shipowner [1]

Died 5 Jan 1844 Salem, Essex Co., Ma

Buried Peabody Tomb, 49 Harmony Grove, Salem

Person ID I2734 Owings Stone Genealogy, Ancestry & Heritage

Last Modified 02 Feb 2002 00:00:00

Father Francis Peabody, b. 21 Sep 1715, Topsfield, Essex Co., Mass.

Mother Ruth Knight, b. 30 Sep 1722, Topsfield, Essex Co., Mass.

Family ID F1866 Group Sheet

Family Elizabeth Smith, b. 2 Apr 1767, Middleton, Ma

Children

	1. Francis Peabody, b. 1801, Salem, Essex Co., Mass.
	2. George Peabody, b. 1804
	3. Catharine Elizabeth Peabody, b. 23 Jun 1808, Salem, Essex Co., Mass.

Family ID F1867 Group Sheet

Notes	Joseph Peabody was the son of a clergyman of Middleton, Massachsetts and a descendent of Francis Peabody, who came to New England in 1635. During the Independence War, he joined the private armed marine first on Elias Hasket Derby’s "Bunker Hill", then on the Cabots "Pilgrim". He distinguished himself for his courage and determination. After these early adventures, Joseph Peabody launched himself in the shipping trade, purchasing his first vessel, a schooner named “Three Friends”. In the eight years after the peace of 1783, Joseph Peabody was constantly at sea, on numerous voyages to Europe and the West Indies. By 1791, he had amassed a large fortune and settled in Salem. By the time of the war of 1812, Joseph Peabody had become Salem’s largest shipowner and merchant. He owned as many as 83 ships, which he sent to St.Petersburg and other ports in Northern Europe, the Mediterranean as well as Calcutta, Canton and Sumatra in the East Indies. He also operated a number of coastal ships, carrying the goods from the farther destinations to various American ports and the West Indies. He was the largest employer of Salem, with 6000 to 7000 men in his ranks, and also its largest tax payer. Joseph Peabody married and had several children by his second wife. [2]

Sources
[S86] Roberts, Gary Boyd, (Carl Boyer 3rd)

[S304] A Classification of American Wealth: History and genealogy of the wealthy families of America

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