Peabody, Nathaniel, 1741-1823

<p>Nathaniel Peabody (March 1, 1741 – June 27, 1823) was an American physician from Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780.</p>

<p>Nathaniel was born to Jacob Peabody in Topsfield, Massachusetts. He attended local common schools and the studied medicine with his father. In 1761, he removed to Plaistow, New Hampshire and began the practice of medicine. He was to remain a resident of Rockingham County for the rest of his life, but in 1761 he moved his practice to the larger town of Exeter.</p>

<p>Dr. Peabody became active in county affairs and the New Hampshire Militia. He was made a Lt. Colonel in the militia and participated in the early stages of the Revolution including the raid on Fort William and Mary in December 1774. After this event, he resigned his commission, since it came from the crown through the royal government.</p>

PEABODY, Nathaniel, a Delegate from New Hampshire; born in Topsfield, Essex County, Mass., March 1, 1741; tutored by his father; studied medicine; commenced practice in Plaistow, N.H., in 1761; moved to Atkinson, N.H., in 1770; resigned a royal commission to enter the Revolutionary Army; elected a member of the committee of safety January 10, 1776, and was its chairman; member of the state house of representatives 1776-1779, 1781-1785, 1787-1790, and 1793-1796, serving as speaker in 1793; adjutant general of the New Hampshire Militia July 19, 1777, and commanded a brigade in Rhode Island in 1779; Member of the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780; delegate to the state constitutional conventions of 1782 and 1783; again elected a Member of the Continental Congress in 1785 but did not take his seat; member of the state senate in 1785, 1786, and 1790-1793; chosen from the house in 1784 and from the senate in 1785 to serve as councilor; major general of militia 1793-1798; because of pecuniary embarrassment was confined within the limits of a debtor's prison for about twenty years; died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., on June 27, 1823; interment probably in the Old Cemetery.

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>08/29/1796 NH At-Large Lost 2.32% (-22.64%)</li>
<li>11/03/1792 NH US Senate Lost 8.99% (-49.44%)</li>
<li>08/27/1792 NH At-Large Lost 7.09% (-15.18%)</li>
<li>08/30/1790 NH At-Large Lost 7.02% (-18.09%)</li>
<li>03/09/1790 NH Governor Lost 3.79% (-17.80%)</li>
<li>06/22/1789 NH At-Large - Special Lost 2.83% (-56.44%)</li>
<li>12/15/1788 NH At-Large - Initial Election Lost 5.22% (-10.73%)</li>
<li>12/31/1779 NH Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1778 NH Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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