When Abraham Peay was born on 26 November 1858, in Cedar Creek Township, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States, his father, Nicholas Peay, was 22 and his mother, Adeline Izzard, was 21. He had at least 11 sons and 3 daughters with Eliza Carr. He lived in Cedar Creek Twp, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 March 1937, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 78.