BIOGRAPHY: Peleg Easterbrook, was a son of Dr. William and Patience (Salisbury) Easterbrook, and was born about 1750 at Pomfret, Conn. He married Rebecca Salisbury of Pomfret (probably a cousin), daughter of William Salisbury of Warren, R.I., 6 March 1770 when he was twenty. They were married by Rev. James Manning (a prominent church and civic leader, and Pres. of Brown Univ.)
For many years Peleg was a ship's carpenter. He would have been a highly skilled artisan, who helped maintain a ship, or possibly more than one with a small team, during peace time and war.
Peleg served as a Private during the Revolutionary War and was in Capt. Ezra Ormsbee's Militia Company of Warren in 1776. Six of his Easterbrook kin also served in the same company.
He and Rebecca had at least eight children.
Members of Peleg's family settled in Orwell, Penn. And in later years he and his wife joined them.
Peleg died in the autumn of 1828, and his wife in Feb. 1838. Both are buried at Wysox, Penn., where they had gone to live with their son William S. Both Peleg and his wife eventually became blind, but he regained his sight a few days before his death.
SOURCES: Genealogy of the Estabrook Family by William Estabrook, 1891, pages 256, 261-262, free online at: https://archive.org/details/genealogyestabr00estagoog ; The History of Warren, Rhode Island, in the War of the Revolution, 1776-1783, p. 38; Twigs from Family Trees (Easterbrooks section), Edward Coolbaugh Hoagland, p. 637; History of the Presbyterian Church of Wysox, Pennsylvania, 1791-1936, by Victor C. Detty, 1937, p. 196; Births, Marriages, Deaths 1730-1856 [Warren, Rhode Island] online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTGS-RXL
*For more on being a ships carpenter, see "Ship's Carpenters" article by Philip K Allan at:
https://www.philipkallan.com/single-post/ship-s-carpenters
For many years Peleg was a ship's carpenter. He would have been a highly skilled artisan, who helped maintain a ship, or possibly more than one with a small team, during peace time and war.
Peleg served as a Private during the Revolutionary War and was in Capt. Ezra Ormsbee's Militia Company of Warren in 1776. Six of his Easterbrook kin also served in the same company.
He and Rebecca had at least eight children.
Members of Peleg's family settled in Orwell, Penn. And in later years he and his wife joined them.
Peleg died in the autumn of 1828, and his wife in Feb. 1838. Both are buried at Wysox, Penn., where they had gone to live with their son William S. Both Peleg and his wife eventually became blind, but he regained his sight a few days before his death.
SOURCES: Genealogy of the Estabrook Family by William Estabrook, 1891, pages 256, 261-262, free online at: https://archive.org/details/genealogyestabr00estagoog ; The History of Warren, Rhode Island, in the War of the Revolution, 1776-1783, p. 38; Twigs from Family Trees (Easterbrooks section), Edward Coolbaugh Hoagland, p. 637; History of the Presbyterian Church of Wysox, Pennsylvania, 1791-1936, by Victor C. Detty, 1937, p. 196; Births, Marriages, Deaths 1730-1856 [Warren, Rhode Island] online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTGS-RXL
*For more on being a ships carpenter, see "Ship's Carpenters" article by Philip K Allan at:
https://www.philipkallan.com/single-post/ship-s-carpenters
BIOGRAPHY: Peleg Easterbrook, was a son of Dr. William and Patience (Salisbury) Easterbrook, and was born about 1750 at Pomfret, Conn. He married Rebecca Salisbury of Pomfret (probably a cousin), daughter of William Salisbury of Warren, R.I., 6 March 1770 when he was twenty. They were married by Rev. James Manning (a prominent church and civic leader, and Pres. of Brown Univ.)
For many years Peleg was a ship's carpenter. He would have been a highly skilled artisan, who helped maintain a ship, or possibly more than one with a small team, during peace time and war.
Peleg served as a Private during the Revolutionary War and was in Capt. Ezra Ormsbee's Militia Company of Warren in 1776. Six of his Easterbrook kin also served in the same company.
He and Rebecca had at least eight children.
Members of Peleg's family settled in Orwell, Penn. And in later years he and his wife joined them.
Peleg died in the autumn of 1828, and his wife in Feb. 1838. Both are buried at Wysox, Penn., where they had gone to live with their son William S. Both Peleg and his wife eventually became blind, but he regained his sight a few days before his death.
SOURCES: Genealogy of the Estabrook Family by William Estabrook, 1891, pages 256, 261-262, free online at: https://archive.org/details/genealogyestabr00estagoog ; The History of Warren, Rhode Island, in the War of the Revolution, 1776-1783, p. 38; Twigs from Family Trees (Easterbrooks section), Edward Coolbaugh Hoagland, p. 637; History of the Presbyterian Church of Wysox, Pennsylvania, 1791-1936, by Victor C. Detty, 1937, p. 196; Births, Marriages, Deaths 1730-1856 [Warren, Rhode Island] online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTGS-RXL
*For more on being a ships carpenter, see "Ship's Carpenters" article by Philip K Allan at:
https://www.philipkallan.com/single-post/ship-s-carpenters
For many years Peleg was a ship's carpenter. He would have been a highly skilled artisan, who helped maintain a ship, or possibly more than one with a small team, during peace time and war.
Peleg served as a Private during the Revolutionary War and was in Capt. Ezra Ormsbee's Militia Company of Warren in 1776. Six of his Easterbrook kin also served in the same company.
He and Rebecca had at least eight children.
Members of Peleg's family settled in Orwell, Penn. And in later years he and his wife joined them.
Peleg died in the autumn of 1828, and his wife in Feb. 1838. Both are buried at Wysox, Penn., where they had gone to live with their son William S. Both Peleg and his wife eventually became blind, but he regained his sight a few days before his death.
SOURCES: Genealogy of the Estabrook Family by William Estabrook, 1891, pages 256, 261-262, free online at: https://archive.org/details/genealogyestabr00estagoog ; The History of Warren, Rhode Island, in the War of the Revolution, 1776-1783, p. 38; Twigs from Family Trees (Easterbrooks section), Edward Coolbaugh Hoagland, p. 637; History of the Presbyterian Church of Wysox, Pennsylvania, 1791-1936, by Victor C. Detty, 1937, p. 196; Births, Marriages, Deaths 1730-1856 [Warren, Rhode Island] online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTGS-RXL
*For more on being a ships carpenter, see "Ship's Carpenters" article by Philip K Allan at:
https://www.philipkallan.com/single-post/ship-s-carpenters
Gravesite Details
Source - "Wysox Church Cemetery", by Victor Charles Detty, Copyright 1939
Family Members
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