John W Peterson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Sep 1824 - Truro, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death: 3 Oct 1841 - Lost At Sea
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Peterson (1800-1872)
Mother: Betsey Gross (1794-1873)
Notes
General:
John W Peterson was among the 57 men and boys from Truro, in 7 vessels, lost in the October Gale of 1841.
Jonathan Peterson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1674 - Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 30 Sep 1760 - Duxbury, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Peterson (Cir 1636-Between 1718/1720)
Mother: Mary Soule (Abt 1642-After 1720) 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Lydia Wadsworth (23 Feb 1679 - 26 May 1756)
Marriage: 23 Apr 1700 - Duxbury, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. John Peterson (1701-1761)
2. Hopestill Peterson (1703-1775)
3. Jonathan Peterson (1706-1765)
4. Alice Peterson (Cir 1711-Bef 1733)
5. Reuben Peterson (1710-1795)
6. Lydia Peterson (1713-1771)
Jonathan Peterson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Sep 1706 - Duxbury, Massachusetts 5
Baptism:
Death: 5 May 1765 - Duxbury, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Peterson (Cir 1674-1760) 3
Mother: Lydia Wadsworth (1679-1756)
Joseph Peterson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Apr 1668 - Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: Bef 10 Apr 1751
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Peterson (Cir 1636-Between 1718/1720)
Mother: Mary Soule (Abt 1642-After 1720) 4
Lillie N Peterson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Jan 1871 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 11 Nov 1872 - Truro, Massachusetts 6
Burial:
Cause of Death: membrane croup
Parents
Father:
Mother: Emily Elizabeth Peterson (1849-1913) 7
Notes
Medical:
age 1-9-24
illegitimate
b and res Truro
d/o Emily E Peterson
Lucas Peterson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Apr 1775 - Wilmington, Delaware
Baptism:
Death: 8 Jan 1859 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: palsy 8
Notes
Medical:
age 83-9
widower
mariner
buried with Miles Freeman family
Lydia Peterson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Apr 1713 - Duxbury, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 11 Nov 1771 - Pembroke, Massachusetts 9
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Peterson (Cir 1674-1760) 3
Mother: Lydia Wadsworth (1679-1756)
Spouses and Children
1. *Aaron Soule (Dec 1705 - 21 Jan 1783)
Marriage: 26 Dec 1733 - Pembroke, Massachusetts 10
Status:
Notes
Medical:
age 58-6-19
Martha Peterson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1672 - Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 1718
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Peterson (Cir 1636-Between 1718/1720)
Mother: Mary Soule (Abt 1642-After 1720) 4
Mary Peterson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1680 - Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: Bef 16 Jan 1755 - Duxbury, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Peterson (Cir 1636-Between 1718/1720)
Mother: Mary Soule (Abt 1642-After 1720) 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Joseph Soule (31 Jul 1679 - 11 Jul 1763)
Marriage: 1711 - Duxbury, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Joseph Soule)
Children, probably Duxbury
Mary Soule b: 18 DEC 1711
Alethea Soule b: 9 JAN 1713/14
Lydia Soule b: 9 MAR 1713/14
Hannah Soule b: 6 MAR 1716/17
Rebecca Soule b: 3 MAY 1722
Paul L Peterson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1892 - Stoneham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Blanche Eliza Chandler (1890 - )
Marriage: 30 Sep 1912 - Orleans, Massachusetts 11
Status:
Notes
General:
1912 fisherman, Orleans
s/o Arthur F Peterson & Elsa Snow Lewis
Rebecca Peterson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1682 - Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 4 Apr 1761 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Peterson (Cir 1636-Between 1718/1720)
Mother: Mary Soule (Abt 1642-After 1720) 4
Reuben Peterson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Apr 1710 - Duxbury, Massachusetts 5
Baptism:
Death: 1 Nov 1795 - Duxbury, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Peterson (Cir 1674-1760) 3
Mother: Lydia Wadsworth (1679-1756)
Sally C Peterson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Jun 1803 - (Duxbury, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death: 14 Jan 1866 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Zaccheus Atkins (19 Sep 1802 - 12 Jul 1848) 13
Marriage: 4 Oct 1836 - Duxbury, Massachusetts 14
Status:
Sarah B Peterson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1852 - Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Lombard Peterson (1822-1863)
Mother: Ruth Atkins Hughes (1828-1909) 15
Spouses and Children
1. *Samuel Sheldon Grove (31 Dec 1849 - After 1930)
Marriage: 24 Feb 1871 - Truro, Massachusetts 16
Status:
Children:
1. James Emlen Grove (1871-1904)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Samuel Sheldon Grove)
1880 US census, Truro
1910, 1920, 1930 US census, Boston
Thomas A Peterson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1855 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Lombard Peterson (1822-1863)
Mother: Ruth Atkins Hughes (1828-1909) 15
Spouses and Children
1. *Paulina Alba Anderson (10 Sep 1854 - ) 16
Marriage: 20 Apr 1876 - Truro, Massachusetts 16
Status:
Notes
General:
1876 mariner, Truro
1898 - employed by Produce Commission House of T.B. Prat & Co., North Market St, Boston
Barn Pat
Thomas Lombard Peterson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Aug 1822 - Truro, Massachusetts 17
Baptism:
Death: 28 Mar 1863 - gunboat Diana, on Atchafalaya River, Louisiana
Burial: near Brashear City, Louisiana
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Burial 7, , Snow cemetery, Truro in Snow cemetery, Truro
Parents
Father: John Peterson (1800-1872)
Mother: Betsey Gross (1794-1873)
Spouses and Children
1. *Ruth Atkins Hughes (24 Jun 1828 - 27 May 1909) 15
Marriage: 27 May 1847 - Truro, Massachusetts 18
Status:
Children:
1. Emily Elizabeth Peterson (1849-1913) 7
2. Sarah B Peterson (1852- )
3. Emma Isadore Peterson (1853-1889)
4. Thomas A Peterson (Cir 1855- )
5. Alice M Peterson (1862-1908)
Notes
General:
1849 seaman, TruroMarriage Notes (Ruth Atkins Hughes)
"Elopement. - The Banner says that Mr. Thomas L. Peterson of Truro, has eloped with Miss Huldah Atwood, of that place.-- Peterson is a married man, and leaves an estimable wife and four chiuldren in Truro. The girl is of respectable parents, and has hitherto borne character for extraordinary steadiness and sobriety. She is about 18 years of age and rather pretty. It is reported that Peterson recently raised some $500 on a note which he deposited in our Bank, having some of the 'solid men' of Truro as endorsers. It is said that he carried off about $1500 and left a small amount with his wife." Barnstable Patriot, 20 Jul 1858, p2
"In July of 1858, he left his wife and four children and "eloped" with a 19-year-old Huldah Atwood, of Truro. He fleeced some of the "good men" of Truro out of some money. The couple were discovered in Boston "bound to California." I don't think they ever went there, as he was back in Truro working as a sailmaker shortly thereafter. He and his wife also had a fifth child.
Peterson was appointed as an acting master in the Civil War. In 1862 he left the Brooklyn Navy Yard for Louisiana where he joined the HARTFORD, Adm. Farragut's flagship. In early 1863 he was acting master on the gunboat DIANA in the bayous of Louisiana. On March 28, 1863, he was ordered by Gen. Weitzel to reconnoiter a route to see what he could learn about rebel strongholds along the bayous. He was given a specific route to follow and specific orders which he chose to disobey. This resulted in the gunboat being attacked, Peterson being shot and killed, and a number of the crew also killed, wounded, or captured and sent to rebel prison camps. He has the distinction of being the only Cape Cod naval officer killed in the Civil War."
"U.S.S. Diana, Acting Master Thomas L. Peterson, reconnoitering the Atchafalaya River, Louisiana, with troops embarked, was attacked by Confederate sharpshooters and fieldpieces. In action that lasted almost 3 hours, casualties were heavy, Diana's ''tiller ropes were shot away, the engines disabled, and she finally drifted ashore when it was impossible to fight or defend her longer, and she ultimately surrendered to the enemy."" This Day in US Military History (tdiumh.blogspot.com)
"The U.S.S. Diana was captured by Captain Timothy D. Nettles and the Valverde Battery (12th Texas Field Battery) on March 28, 1863 on the Atchafalaya River. On April 11, 1863 the Diana was introduced into Confederate service and, along with Nettles' artillery, was instrumental in driving back Union forces at Bayou Teche. Capt. Nettles fell ill and Capt. Oliver Semmes assumed command on April 13. After engaging Union Forces at Bayou Tech and Camp Bisland the Diana made repairs and was ordered up river to Franklin, La. When the Confederate forces were forced to withdraw from Franklin, Captain Semmes and his crew abandoned and burned the Diana to prevent her recapture by the Federals.
The U.S. Diana was built in Brownsville, Pa., 1858. 239 tons. First home port, Galveston, Texas. She was captured by U.S. forces April 27, 1862, and used as a U.S. transport. Recaptured by the Confederates March 28, 1863, and was burned on Bayou Teche to prevent capture, April 12, 1863. Her boilers were long visable on shore there.
(Source: Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1994, Compiled by Frederick Way, Jr.)
A US Marine's diary that mentions the burial of the Diana's captain and senior officer near Brashear City in these words: "The bodies of her captain and executive officer had been recovered, and were to be buried that afternoon. It being a military funeral, the marines and sailors of the Clifton were invited, and for the first time in our life we took part in a soldier?s burial. The marines acted as guard of honor. We buried them in a beautiful orange grove, close by the town. May they rest in peace." " Brashear City is now Morgan City. (History-sites.com) 19
1880 US census, Truro
Ruth A Peterson, 52, keeping house
Alice M Peterson, 18, at home
Emily E Rice, 31, dau
Emily A Rice, 6, gdau
Athur S Rice, 4. gson
Harry A Rice, 1 gson
Mabel Miriam Petinen
Sex: F
AKA: Mabel Mirjam Pettinen 20
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Apr 1925 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 20
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Otto Pettinen (1887-1964) 21
Mother: Olga (1887-1958) 21
Spouses and Children
1. *Bernard Challen Webber (1928 - 25 Jan 2008)
Marriage: 16 Jul 1950 - Milton, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Bernard Challen Webber Jr (1953- ) 22
Rebecca Pette
Sex: F
AKA: Rebecca Petty
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1650
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *John Doane (Cir 1634 - 15 Mar 1708) 23
Marriage: 14 Jan 1684 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 24
Status:
Clara E Pettibone
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1854 - Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Earl Ingalls (1837 - )
Marriage: 24 Nov 1875 - Cheshire, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Ben Pettibone Prince Ingalls (1877-1883)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Earl Ingalls)
1880 US census, Wellfleet
Barnstable Patriot, 8 Jul 1884
"Mr. Earle Ingalls and family have moved to Cheshire, Mass., where he intends engaging in the hardware and provision business. Mr. Ingalls has taught our High School for seven years, and during that time has performed his duties efficiantly and faithfully. He was also Chorister of the M.E. Choir. His loss will be deeply felt, both by his many friends and by his pupils at school. We wish him every success in his new enterprise."
Aug 1891 - guests of Capt and Mrs John A Swett in Wellfleet
Pettigrew
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Dec 1853 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 25
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: George H Pettigrew (1825- )
Mother: Sarah (1828- )
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