Ephraim Peet

Brief Life History of Ephraim

When Ephraim Peet was born on 23 July 1729, in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Dea. Thomas B. Peet, was 31 and his mother, Phebe Nichols, was 26. He married Bathsheba Nichols on 18 December 1749, in Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died after 1766, in his hometown.

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Family Time Line

Ephraim Peet
1729–1766
Bathsheba Nichols
1731–1824
Marriage: 18 December 1749
Isaac Peet
6 September 1750–
Anna Peat
1754–
Peet
1756–
Mehitable Peet
1757–
Peet
1759–
Peet
1760–
Bathsheba Peat
1762–1824

Sources (7)

  • Ephraim Peat, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ephraim Peet - Published information: Marriage record or certificate: married-name: Ephraim Peet
  • Ephriam Peet in entry for Isaac Peet, "Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955"

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Children (7)

  1. Isaac Peet
  2. Anna Peat
  3. Peet
  4. Mehitable Peet
  5. Peet

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Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): from a pet form of the personal name Peter .

Dutch: relationship name or nickname from Middle Dutch pete ‘godfather, godmother’, or ‘godchild’.

Altered form of French Pitre .

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

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