Rear Admiral Peter Puget was an officer in the Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of Puget Sound.
Peter Puget married Hannah Elrington on 6 February 1797. They had seven sons and four daughters.
Their eldest son, Peter Richard Puget, went to America and became an actor. Other sons served in the British Army or Navy, one of whom (William David) retired as a captain. The daughters all married and it is throught one of them, Eleanor Catherine, became the only known descendant of Peter and Hannah Puget.
Hannah Puget never remarried. She died on 14 September 1849, and is buried next to Peter, in the church yard of Woolley, near Bath. The original sarcophagus is heavily weather-worn, and has been supplemented by a bronze plaque donated by the Seattle Historical Society.
Peter Puget married Hannah Elrington on 6 February 1797. They had seven sons and four daughters.
Their eldest son, Peter Richard Puget, went to America and became an actor. Other sons served in the British Army or Navy, one of whom (William David) retired as a captain. The daughters all married and it is throught one of them, Eleanor Catherine, became the only known descendant of Peter and Hannah Puget.
Hannah Puget never remarried. She died on 14 September 1849, and is buried next to Peter, in the church yard of Woolley, near Bath. The original sarcophagus is heavily weather-worn, and has been supplemented by a bronze plaque donated by the Seattle Historical Society.
Rear Admiral Peter Puget was an officer in the Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of Puget Sound.
Peter Puget married Hannah Elrington on 6 February 1797. They had seven sons and four daughters.
Their eldest son, Peter Richard Puget, went to America and became an actor. Other sons served in the British Army or Navy, one of whom (William David) retired as a captain. The daughters all married and it is throught one of them, Eleanor Catherine, became the only known descendant of Peter and Hannah Puget.
Hannah Puget never remarried. She died on 14 September 1849, and is buried next to Peter, in the church yard of Woolley, near Bath. The original sarcophagus is heavily weather-worn, and has been supplemented by a bronze plaque donated by the Seattle Historical Society.
Peter Puget married Hannah Elrington on 6 February 1797. They had seven sons and four daughters.
Their eldest son, Peter Richard Puget, went to America and became an actor. Other sons served in the British Army or Navy, one of whom (William David) retired as a captain. The daughters all married and it is throught one of them, Eleanor Catherine, became the only known descendant of Peter and Hannah Puget.
Hannah Puget never remarried. She died on 14 September 1849, and is buried next to Peter, in the church yard of Woolley, near Bath. The original sarcophagus is heavily weather-worn, and has been supplemented by a bronze plaque donated by the Seattle Historical Society.
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