Son of John Peaslee and Mary Martin. Husband of Lydia Weed. Member of the Oblong Meeting of Friends. According to a County History, "Ebenezer Peaslee, youngest child of John and Mary (Martin) Peaslee, was born about 1717. He settled first in Newton, New Hampshire, later removing to New York state, settling near Quaker Hill, Dutchess county, about four miles east of Pawling station on the Harlem railroad. Here, in the large Quaker burying ground, he is buried with his wife. His removal from the Hampton, New Hampshire, (Newton) meeting is shown by his removal certificate, dated January 16, 1749, to the Oblong meeting at Quaker Hill, New York, He was a large landowner and a man of strict principles. He was an intensely religious and devout member of the Society of Friends, successful as a farmer, and was a level-headed business man.
Son of John Peaslee and Mary Martin. Husband of Lydia Weed. Member of the Oblong Meeting of Friends. According to a County History, "Ebenezer Peaslee, youngest child of John and Mary (Martin) Peaslee, was born about 1717. He settled first in Newton, New Hampshire, later removing to New York state, settling near Quaker Hill, Dutchess county, about four miles east of Pawling station on the Harlem railroad. Here, in the large Quaker burying ground, he is buried with his wife. His removal from the Hampton, New Hampshire, (Newton) meeting is shown by his removal certificate, dated January 16, 1749, to the Oblong meeting at Quaker Hill, New York, He was a large landowner and a man of strict principles. He was an intensely religious and devout member of the Society of Friends, successful as a farmer, and was a level-headed business man.
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