Pelham family genealogical notes. Compiled in 1984.

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Pelham family genealogical notes. Compiled in 1984.

Concerns the descendants of Peter Pelham Jr. (1721-1805), of Williamsburg and Richmond, Virginia. Pelham had been a well-known organist of the Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7311476

Library of Virginia

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Pelham family

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Pelham, Peter, 1721-1805

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Born, London, 1721; emigrated to Boston in 1726. Married Anne Creese, 1746; fourteen children. Moved to Williamsburg, Virginia in 1749. Served as organist at Bruton Parish Church; gaoler; and clerk to the House of Burgesses. Died, Richmond, 1805. From the description of Receipt, 1777 November 22, Williamsburg, Va., to Sheriff of Louisa County, Va. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 18921489 Peter Pelham (9 December 1721 – 28 April 1805) was an English-bo...

Stanton, Lloyd,

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