John Peters

Brief Life History of John

When John Peters was born in 1796, his father, Edward Peters, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Parry, was 21. He died on 14 June 1797, at the age of 1, and was buried in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Edward Peters
1773–1839
Elizabeth Parry
1776–1837
Ann Peters
1795–1795
John Peters
1805–1805
John Peters
1796–1797
Mary Ann Peters
1797–1864
Elizabeth Peters
1798–
Edward Peters
1800–1800
Catherine Peters
1802–1805
Edward Peters
1804–
Catherine Ann Peters
1807–1807
Henry Landen Peters
1809–1810
Emma Peters
1812–1838
Mary Peters
1814–
Elizabeth Peters
1816–
Robert Peters
1819–1887

Sources (2)

  • John Peters, "Wales, Flintshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
  • John Peters, "Wales, Flintshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter . This surname (mainly of German origin) is also found in Sweden, Denmark, France (Alsace and Lorraine), and some other European countries. In North America it has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages, such as Albanian Pjetraj and Pjetrushi, patronymics from the personal name Pjetër ‘Peter’ and its pet form Pjetrush; see also below and also examples at Peterson .

Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Mac Pheadair ‘son of Peter’.

Americanized form of Dutch and North German Pieters .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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