Brief Life History of David
When David Peterson was born on 1 October 1676, in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Peterson, was 40 and his mother, Mary Soule, was 32. He died on 30 September 1760, in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- David Petterson, "BillionGraves Index"
- Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915
- David Peterson, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1636–1720 Male
1644–1718 Female
Siblings (12)
1665– Male
1666–1690 Male
1667–1719 Male
1668–1751 Male
1669–1690 Male
+7 More Children
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and German: patronymic from the personal name Peter . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages, e.g. Norwegian and Danish Pedersen and Pettersen and their Swedish cognates (see 2 below), Polish Piotrowicz , Slovenian Petrič, Petrovčič, and Petrovič (see Petric , Petrovic ).
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Petersson, a cognate of 1 above, and also of its variant Pettersson . Compare 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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