Person:William Peebles (12)

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Capt. William Peebles
b.Abt 1745 Scottish Borders
d.5 Sep 1776 Long Island, New York
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Name Capt. William Peebles
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1745 Scottish Borders
Marriage Abt 1767 to Elizabeth Finley
Death? 5 Sep 1776 Long Island, New YorkHe was a Captain, appointed from Cumberland County. He died in a Military Prison. Was present at the Battle of Long Island and was captured at Flatbush the 27th of August 1776.
References
  1.   Schaumann, Merri Lou Scribner. Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania 1750-1840. (Lewisberry, Pennsylvania: Cumberland County Historical Society, 1994)
    Pages 13, 77, 80, 228.
  2.   Hazard, Samuel. Pennsylvania Archives. 1896 Page 229.
  3.   The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 20
    page 55
    Mrs. Elise Wills Buckingham Darlington.
    DAR ID Number: 19147
    Born in Duncan Falls, Ohio.
    Wife of Frank Graef Darlington.
    Descendant of Capt. William Peebles.
    Daughter of James Buckingham and Jane Peebles Wills, his wife.
    Granddaughter of David Wills and Eliza Peebles, his wife.
    Gr.-granddaughter of Robert Peebles and Jane Kennedy, his wife.
    Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of William Peebles and Elizabeth Finley, his wife (m. 1767).
    William Peebles, (1745-1776), commanded a company in Miles' Pennsylvania rifle regiment; was wounded at Flatbush; died from the effects and was buried on Long Island. He was born in Scotland.
    Long Island Genealogy, DAR text
  4.   Capt. William Peebles Co., 2nd Battalion, Pa. Rifle Regt. Mar. 15, 1776, commanded by Colonel Samuel Miles
  5.   DAR Lineage Book. Vol. 32 1911. Pages 24, 25, 296.
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