Thomas William Peery

1715 - 1762  (47 years)

• Name	Thomas William Peery  [1]
  Birth	1715	Staunton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Mar 1762	Back Creek, Augusta, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I48459	Master
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	William Peery,   b. 1692, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1764, Staunton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary Katherine Jameson,   b. 1692, Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland d. 1763, , , Virginia, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1713	, , Virginia, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F10998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Margaret Oakes,   b. 1720, Staunton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA d. 1779, Staunton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1738	, Augusta, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Children	1. William Peery,   b. 6 Feb 1755, , Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 28 Jul 1830, , Tazewell, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)   2. Thomas Peery, II,   b. 12 Jul 1756, Back Creek, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 8 Jun 1820, , Tazewell, Virginia, USA (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F10988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1715 - Staunton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1738 - , Augusta, Virginia, USA Death - 28 Mar 1762 - Back Creek, Augusta, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Thomas Peery •Sex: M •Birth: 1715-1720 •Death: 1762 in Augusta Co., Virginia •Note: (Utah Genealogy and Historical Magazine -, 1917-1918) Thomas Peery was a planter and resided near Staunton. He died in 1762 in Augusta Co. Thomas was killed in the summer of 1762 by a band of about 60 Shawnee Indians near Back Creek, Augusta Co, VA. He was a member of Captain John Wilson's Co. of Agusta Militia in 1742. He married Mary Oakes, who after his death married William McPheeters. Children: 1. John 2. James 3. Elizabeth 4. Margaret 5. Agnes 6. Thomas d. June 1820 7. George b. 12 July 1755, d. 9 Nov 1830 8. William d. August, 1830 9. Robert 10. Mary THOMAS PEERY was a planter and also resided near Staunton, Virginia in an area known as the Beverley Patent. His land joined James Peery's land. He died in 1762 in Augusta County. He was a member of Captain John Wilson's Company of Augusta County Militia in 1742. His wife's name was "Mary" and after his death she married William McFetters. A "Thomas Peery" landed a the Port of Philadelphia, October 8, 1737 on the ship "Charming Nancy" from Plymouth, England but came by the way of Rotterdam. He was from England since he did not sign the Oath of Allegiance to the King of England when he landed. Those that came from Rotterdam had to take the Oath. Augusta County, Virginia, February 28, 1749, William Beverley conveyed 375 acres to Thomas Peerie in Beverley Manor (Patent), Shannadore. (See plot of Beverley Patent following) Waddels History--"Thomas Perry, Joseph Dennis and his child were killed and his wife Hannah Dennis was made prisoner in the summer of 1761 by about 60 Shawnees." "In the summer of 1761 about 60 Shawnee Warriors penetrated the settlements on the James River. To avoid the fort at the Looney's Creek on this river, they passed through Bowen Gap in Purgatory Mountain in the night. Ascending Purgatory Creek they killed Thomas Perry, Joseph Dennis and his child. They took Hannah Dennis, his wife, prisoner. Then they proceeded to the house of Robert Renix, where they captured Mrs. Renix and her five children, William, Robert, Thomas, Joshua and Betsy. Mr. Renix was not home. Then went to the house of Thomas Smith were Mr. Renix was and shot and scalped Mr. Renix and Mr. Smith. Then they took Mrs. Smith and a white servant girl name Sally, Jr. The will of Thomas Perrie is posted in the Augusta County Order Book VII, November 17, 1762. The will, as recorded, was written by or for Thomas Perrie, March 20, 1763 and probated February 15, 1763. (Did the Clerk mean March 20, 1762?) Father: William Peery b: ABT 1700 in Alloway, New Jersey "THOMAS PEERY - One of the first settlers of that name in America. Planter: Resided in Augusta Co., Va. near Staunton, Va. on one of the branches of the Middle River of Shenandoah. Parentage and date and place of birth unknown. He died in 1762 and his will was probated in Augusta Co. He wife's name was Mary _______, birth and parentage unknown. After her husband's death, she remarried William McFeeters. Children by Thomas were: John, married Sarah Jamison James, married Jane Farris George, married Martha Davidson William, married Sarah Evans, he died in Aug. 1830 Robert Thomas, who married Margaret Dennis, he died in June 1820 Elizabeth Margaret Agnes Mary, married David Logan The name of this Thomas Peery first appears in the records on the list of Captain John Wilson's Company of Augusta County Militia, raised for the defense of the frontier in the late summer or early fall of 1742. This was only about 10 years after the first settlement of white people in the county, which at the time comprised all of Virginia lying west of the Blue Ridge Mountains southerly of the County of Frederick. This Company was one of twelve raised at about the same time, the rolls of only nine of which have been found. These rolls are supposed to have born the names of practically all the arms bearing population at that time, from youth to extreme old age. The fact that no other Peery name appears upon any of these nine rolls, which have been preserved, would indicate that Thomas was the only one in the settlement. On these rolls appear the names of many families to that section and to Southwest Virginia. Thomas Gillespie was a member of Captain Jo Smith's Company. John Buchanan was Captain of a Company, and Will Evans, was his Lieutenant. David Logan was a member of Captain J---- Cathey Company. John Christian was Captain of a Company, and William Christian was his Lieutenant. Alex Morris and John Thompson, and George, Alex, Robert and James Breckenridge belonged to this Company. In Captain John Wilson's Company, with Thomas Peery were George Davidson, John William and James Hunter. Alexander and Robert Crockett, John and James Trimble, Robert, John, James and Hugh Young. Jacob Lockhart, Thomas Kirkpatrick, David and William Campbell, William Legerwood and others more or less familiar. On August 20, 1746, the County Court of Augusta Co. appointed John Brown to be oversear of a road from Kings to the Courthouse, with certain "tithables" to work it, among them Thomas Peery. Order Book No. 1, page 20. On November 21, 1752, The Court appointed Thomas Peery, James Peery and others, to work the road from the top of North Mountain to the Courthouse, under Samuel Wallace. Order Book, No. 3, page 406. March 21st, 1753, George Peery, Thomas Peery and James Peery with others, were appointed to keep the road formerly layed off from James Young's Mill to Buchanan Mill. Then some of their fellow workers were much the same as those found upon the rolls of Captain John Smith's Company. Order Book No. 3, page 414. In 1753, we also find Thomas Peery mentioned in connection with James, George and John Peery, as one of the persons appointed to keep a certain road in repair. On Feb. 27th, 1749, William Beverly of Plainfield, Essex County, Va. the owner of Beverly Manor a tract of 120,000 acres surrounding Staunton, Va. , conveyed to Thomas Peerie, of the County of Augusta, Planter, a tract of 375 acres in the County of Augusta, Shenadore, part of the tract called and known as "Beverly Manor." This land was joined on the east by a tract conveyed on the same date by said Beverly to James Peery. It was bounded on the North by lands of Robert Young, on the northwest by William McClintock and on the south by John Campbell. On this same date, Beverly conveyed lands to George Peery and Thomas Kirkpatrick, and on the 26th of the same month, conveyed lands to William McClintock. On March 20th, 1762, Thomas Peery made his will which was produced in the Court, November 16, 1762. Order Book No. 7, page 101, so that he died between these two dates. His widow Mary Peery, qualified as Executrix at the Augusta County Court, Feb. 15, 1763. All the children mentioned above were named in the will, except James, whose relationship appears on later Deeds. The Will gave his wife, all the movable effects on the plantation, a his son, John, 100 acres "of the nearest end of my plantation." The rest of his estate he directed to be put on sale and divided equally amongst his children named except Elizabeth, as sufficiently provided for, or possibly for some reason not meriting special provision. His son, Thomas was a minor at the time of his death, as on August 20, 1765, he came to Court and chose John Peery to be his guardian, being 16 years of age. Order Book No. 9, page 439 Descendents of all male children can be traced, except Robert, about whom I have found nothing. I find no records of the families of his daughters, except Mary, who married David Logan and moved to Kentucky, where she raised a family. The widow of Thomas Peery married William McFeeters after the death of her former husband, and she, with her husband, on August 20, 1765 conveyed to John Peery a tract of land in pursuance of the power contained in the Will of Thomas Peery, and also, on the same date, she and her husband conveyed the balance of the original tract sold by Beverly to Thomas Peery, to Samuel McNabb, John Peery wife, Sarah Peery, released to his brother James, 150 acres of the original tract of 375 acres, deeded to his father Thomas, described as "on a branch of the Shenadore". On March 1, 1770, James Peery conveyed this land to John Archenbright. The members of the family seemed to have left the local city about this time, which corresponds very nearly with the date when George, William and Thomas together with John, settled in what is now Tazewell Co., Va. It is probable that they stopped for a while in the present limits of Botetourt County, where John seems to have invested in land, for we find him and his wife, selling land located in the forks of the James River in said County, under date of Oct. 7, 1777. James, first settler, seems also to have settled about this time in Botetourt County." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Submitted by S. Paul Peery (Orlando, Florida). < On my last trip to Tazewell, Va., I stopped in at the library and found a book called "Colonial America and Pioneer Days 1742-1973: A Saga of the Peery Family," by T.L. Peery. I made some copies of various pages in it and when I returned, filed them away with my other research. Today, while looking through some of my papers, I came upon them and having studied them, found them to be most interesting. The papers are a long account of the First Generation of Peerys, beginning with Thomas. The author did a lot of research and I would like to pass this information on to the members of PCO that are following Generations, to be put with their material. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: S. Paul Peery (Orlando, Florida) - Thu, 23 Jan 1997. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=gregvdw&id=I1230 12. Thomas PEERY was born ABT 1715 in (County Donegal, Northern Ireland), and died 1762 in Near Back Creek, Augusta County, Virginia. He was the son of 24. Unknown PEERY and 25. Unknown. 13. Mary Margaret (OAKES) was born ABT 1717 in King William County, Virginia, and died 1779 in Augusta County, Virginia. She was the daughter of 26. John OAKES and 27. Rachel UNKNOWN. Children of Mary Margaret (OAKES) and Thomas PEERY are: i. John PEERY was born ABT 1739, and died in (Tazewell County, Virginia). He married Sarah JAMESON, daughter of John JAMESON and Unknown. ii. Elizabeth PEERY was born ABT 1741. She married Ebenezer BREWSTER. iii. Margaret PEERY was born ABT 1743. iv. James PEERY was born ABT 1745. He married Eleanor DENNIS 1771. He married Jane FARRIS. She died 1802. v. Agness PEERY was born ABT 1747. She married Thomas GIBSON. vi. Thomas PEERY was born 1748 or 1749 in Back Creek, Augusta County, Virginia, and died JUN 1820 in Tazewell County, Virginia. He married Margaret DENNIS 1781 in Botetourt County, Virginia. She was born 175 vii. George PEERY was born ABT 1751 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died 9 NOV 1830 in Tazewell County, Virginia. He married Martha DAVIDSO viii. William PEERY was born ABT 1753, and died 1830 in Tazewell County, Virginia. He married Sarah EVANS. 6. ix. Robert PEERY was born ABT 1755 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died aft Jul 1799 bef Dec 1799 in (Bourbon County, Kentucky). He married Isabella HUTSON ABT 1774, daughter of Thomas HUTSON and Jean RUTHERFORD. She was born ABT 1757 in (Virginia), and died AFT 1805 in (Bourbon County, Kentucky). x. Mary PEERY was born ABT 1757 in Augusta County, Virginia. She married David LOGAN. http://www.geocities.com/oegreen2001/pafn07.htm 96. Thomas PEERY-96 The PEERY families are probably, descendants of four brothers who came from Scotland or the north of Ireland. The first four PEERY settlerswere John, Thomas, James and George, all lived and died in AugustaCo., VA, with the exception of James, whose place of death is not known. John and James were brothers and it is probable that the other two were also brothers. Thomas PEERY I, landed on the Charming Nancy at the Port of Philadelphia with, I believe several family members, on 8 Oct 1737 from Scotland by way of Rotterdam and Plymouth. The family came from France several centuries earlier. (from the Tazewell County Heritage, submitter by Ashley Kay Nuckols, 104 Fincastle, Tazewell VA 24651) The name of Thomas Peery first appears in the records on the list of Cap tain John Wilson's Company of Augusta County Militia, raised for the defense of the frontier in the late summer or early fall of 1742. This was about 10 years after the first settlement of white people in the county, which at the time comprised all of Virginia lying west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. On November 21, 1752, the court appointed Thomas Peery, James Peery, and others to work the road from the top of North Mountain to the Courthouse. On March 21, 1753, Thomas Peery, George Peery and James Peery were appointed to keep the road formerly layed off from James Young's Mill to Buchanan Mill. In 1753 Thomas Peery was mentioned in connection with James, George and John as one of the persons appointed to keep a road in repair. On February 27, 1749 William Beverly of Plainfield, Essex County, Virginia, the owner of Beverly Manor a tract of 120,000 acres surrounding Staunton, Virginia conveyed to Thomas of the County of Augusta, Planter, a tract of 375 acres. This land was joined on the east by a tract conveyed on the same date by said Beverly to James Peery. It was bounded on the North by lands of Robert Young, on the northwest by William McClintock and on the south by John Campbell. On this same date, Beverly conveyed lands to George Peery and Thomas Kirkpatrick. Thomas Peery was in Capt. John Wilson's company Augusta County Militia, 1742--Virginia Magazine of History and Biography volume 8 page 281 He helped raise the militia for the defense of the frontier in the late summer or early fall of 1742. This was only about 10 years after the first settlement of white people in the county , which at the time comprised all of Virginia lying west of the Blue Ridge Mo untains southerly of the County of Frederick. The fact that no other Peery name appears upon any of these nine rolls, which have been preserved, would in dicate tht Thomas was the only one in the settlement. On these rolls appear the names of many families to that secion and to Southwest Virginia. Thomas Gillespie was a member of Captain John Smith's Company. John Buchanan was Captain of a Company, and Will Evans, was his Lieutenant. David Logan was a member of Captain J_____ Cathey Company. John Christian was Captain of a Company, and William Christian was his Lieutenant. Alex Morris and John Thompson and George, Alex, Robert and James Breckenridge belonged to this Company. In Captain John Wilson's Company with Thomas Peery were George Davidson, John Williams and James Hunter. Alexander and Robert Crockett, John and James Trimble, Robert, John, James and Hugh Young. Jacob Lockhart, Thomas Kirkpatrick, David and William Campbell, William Legerwood and others more or less familiar. [edit]▼ Will of Thomas Peery On March 20, 1762, Thomas Peery made his will which was produced in the Court, November 16, 1762. His widow, Mary Peery, qualified as Executrix at the Augusta County Court on February 15, 1763. All the children mentioned above were named in the will except James, whose relationship appears on later Deeds. The will gave his wife, all movable effects on the plantation, and to his son, John, 100 acres "of the nearest end of my plantation." The rest of his estate he directed to be put on sale and divided equally amongst his children named ex cept Elizabeth, as sufficiently provided for, or possibly for some reason not meriting special provision. His son Thomas was a minor at the time of his death, as on August 20, 1765, he came to court and chose John Peery to be his guardian, being 16 years of age. The widow of Thomas Peery married William McFeeters after the death of her former husband and she, with her husband, on August 20, 1765 conveyed to John Peery a tract of land in pu rsuance of the power contained in the will of Thomas. The early history of the PEERY's is from data obtained by E.H.PEERYand Joseph S. PEERY as arranged by Miss Annie LYNCH and taken from the archives in The Family History Department, Salt Lake City UT. 97. Mary Oakes-97 Ashly Kay Nickols, in the book Tazewell County Heritage offered the following theory: "We know that Thomas married a lady named "Mary," who after his death by 60 Shawnee Indians, married again. In recent months in speaking to my cousin, Reese Gillespie Baily of Furay Varina, North Carolina, he told me his search for information had led him to the information that Mary was an Indian maiden and that Mary must have been her Christian name. My thoughts on the subject about his dying at the hands of the Shawnees, may have been simply that his wife may have been a Shawnee and the Indian warriors attacked those who had taken Indian maidens for wives. It is just a theory. In an uprising, there may have been much anger towards white men, those who had taken their land and their women. Four Peery brothers- John, Thomas, James, and George- immigrated from Ireland and settled in Augusta Co. , Virginia about 1740. No record back of this. Their families were a part of the great Scotch-Irish immigration from Ulster by way of PA about 1735. History of Thomas Peery #1 Resided near Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "THOMAS PEERY - One of the first settlers of that name in America. Planter: Resided in Augusta Co., Va. near Staunton, Va. on one of the branches of the Middle River of Shenandoah. Parentage and date and place of birth unknown. He died in 1762 and his will was probated in Augusta Co. He wife's name was Mary _______, birth and parentage unknown. After her husband's death, she remarried William McFeeters. Children by Thomas were: John, married Sarah Jamison James, married Jane Farris George, married Martha Davidson William, married Sarah Evans, he died in Aug. 1830 Robert Thomas, who married Margaret Dennis, he died in June 1820 Elizabeth Margaret Agnes Mary, married David Logan The name of this Thomas Peery first appears in the records on the list of Captain John Wilson's Company of Augusta County Militia, raised for the defense of the frontier in the late summer or early fall of 1742. This was only about 10 years after the first settlement of white people in the county, which at the time comprised all of Virginia lying west of the Blue Ridge Mountains southerly of the County of Frederick. This Company was one of twelve raised at about the same time, the rolls of only nine of which have been found. These rolls are supposed to have born the names of practically all the arms bearing population at that time, from youth to extreme old age. The fact that no other Peery name appears upon any of these nine rolls, which have been preserved, would indicate that Thomas was the only one in the settlement. On these rolls appear the names of many families to that section and to Southwest Virginia. Thomas Gillespie was a member of Captain John Smith's Company. John Buchanan was Captain of a Company, and Will Evans, was his Lieutenant. David Logan was a member of Captain J---- Cathey Company. John Christian was Captain of a Company, and William Christian was his Lieutenant. Alex Morris and John Thompson, and George, Alex, Robert and James Breckenridge belonged to this Company. In Captain John Wilson's Company, with Thomas Peery were George Davidson, John William and James Hunter. Alexander and Robert Crockett, John and James Trimble, Robert, John, James and Hugh Young. Jacob Lockhart, Thomas Kirkpatrick, David and William Campbell, William Legerwood and others more or less familiar. On August 20, 1746, the County Court of Augusta Co. appointed John Brown to be oversear of a road from Kings to the Courthouse, with certain "tithables" to work it, among them Thomas Peery. Order Book No. 1, page 2 On November 21, 1752, The Court appointed Thomas Peery, James Peery and others, to work the road from the top of North Mountain to the Courthouse, under Samuel Wallace. Order Book, No. 3, page 406. March 21st, 1753, George Peery, Thomas Peery and James Peery with others, were appointed to keep the road formerly layed off from James Young's Mill to Buchanan Mill. Then some of their fellow workers were much the same as those found upon the rolls of Captain John Smith's Company. Order Book No. 3, page 414. In 1753, we also find Thomas Peery mentioned in connection with James, George and John Peery, as one of the persons appointed to keep a certain road in repair. On Feb. 27th, 1749, William Beverly of Plainfield, Essex County, Va. the owner of Beverly Manor a tract of 120,000 acres surrounding Staunton, Va. , conveyed to Thomas Peerie, of the County of Augusta, Planter, a tract of 375 acres in the County of Augusta, Shenadore, part of the tract called and known as "Beverly Manor." This land was joined on the east by a tract conveyed on the same date by said Beverly to James Peery. It was bounded on the North by lands of Robert Young, on the northwest by William McClintock and on the south by John Campbell. On this same date, Beverly conveyed lands to George Peery and Thomas Kirkpatrick, and on the 26th of the same month, conveyed lands to William McClintock. On March 20th, 1762, Thomas Peery made his will which was produced in the Court, November 16, 1762. Order Book No. 7, page 101, so that he died between these two dates. His widow Mary Peery, qualified as Executrix at the Augusta County Court, Feb. 15, 1763. All the children mentioned above were named in the will, except James, whose relationship appears on later Deeds. The Will gave his wife, all the movable effects on the plantation, and to his son, John, 100 acres "of the nearest end of my plantation." The rest of his estate he directed to be put on sale and divided equally amongst his children named except Elizabeth, as sufficiently provided for, or possibly for some reason not meriting special provision. His son, Thomas was a minor at the time of his death, as on August 20, 1765, he came to Court and chose John Peery to be his guardian, being 16 years of age. Order Book No. 9, page 439 Descendents of all male children can be traced, except Robert, about whom I have found nothing. I find no records of the families of his daughters, except Mary, who married David Logan and moved to Kentucky, where she raised a family. The widow of Thomas Peery married William McFeeters after the death of her former husband, and she, with her husband, on August 20, 1765 conveyed to John Peery a tract of land in pursuance of the power contained in the Will of Thomas Peery, and also, on the same date, she and her husband conveyed the balance of the original tract sold by Beverly to Thomas Peery, to Samuel McNabb, John Peery wife, Sarah Peery, released to his brother James, 150 acres of the original tract of 375 acres, deeded to his father Thomas, described as "on a branch of the Shenadore". On March 1, 1770, James Peery conveyed this land to John Archenbright. The members of the family seemed to have left the local city about this time, which corresponds very nearly with the date when George, William and Thomas together with John, settled in what is now Tazewell Co., Va. It is probable that they stopped for a while in the present limits of Botetourt County, where John seems to have invested in land, for we find him and his wife, selling land located in the forks of the James River in said County, under date of Oct. 7, 1777. James, first settler, seems also to have settled about this time in Botetourt County." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Submitted by S. Paul Peery (Orlando, Florida). < On my last trip to Tazewell, Va., I stopped in at the library and found a book called "Colonial America and Pioneer Days 1742-1973: A Saga of the Peery Family," by T.L. Peery. I made some copies of various pages in it and when I returned, filed them away with my other research. Today, while looking through some of my papers, I came upon them and having studied them, found them to be most interesting. The papers are a long account of the First Generation of Peerys, beginning with Thomas. The author did a lot of research and I would like to pass this information on to the members of PCO that are following Generations, to be put with their material. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: S. Paul Peery (Orlando, Florida) - Thu, 23 Jan 1997. ---------------------------------------

  
  

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