When Tilly Peabody was born on 16 May 1814, in Mount Holly, Rutland, Vermont, United States, his father, Moses Peabody, was 25 and his mother, Betsy Hosmer, was 24. He married Caroline Pettit in May 1838. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Beaver Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Minnesota, United States in 1875. He died on 12 October 1887, in Alden, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 73.
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English: nickname ‘peacock-body’, from Middle English pe, pey, pay (Old English pēa) ‘peacock’ + body, perhaps for a vain person who dressed ostentatiously. Compare Pea , Peacock .
History: The prominent financier and philanthropist George Peabody was born 1795 in South Danvers, now Peabody, MA. His first ancestor in America was Francis Peabody, who emigrated from England in 1635 and settled at Topsfield, MA.
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