Person:Joseph Peden (1)

He was one the executors of his father-in-law's (James Driver) will. Joseph's parents were Samuel Paden (b: 1730 in County Antrim, Ireland) and Lydia Potter (b: 1728 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania). Samuel Peden in turn was a son of Joseph Peden (b. England 1700 as son of the chief baker to London's royal family).

Joseph witnessed the will of an East Finley neighbor, John Templeton, circa 1801.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 112, page 43

Mrs. Minnie I. Larsen Loudon. DAR ID Number: 111128 Born in Tillamook, Ore. Wife of J. A. Loudon. Descendant of John McCracken and of Joseph Peden, as follows

1. John H. Larsen (1838-1908) m. 1868 Hettie E. Tilton (b. 1844). 2. Joseph Peden Samuel Driver Tilton (1812-90) m. 2nd 1845 Margaret Caldwell (1823-75). 3. James Caldwell (1794-1836) m. 1818 Esther McCracken (1794-1873); John Tilton (1782-1856) m. 1809 Elizabeth Peden (1790-1875). 4. John McCracken m. Esther - Joseph Peden m. 2nd Rebecca Driver. John McCracken (1755-1817) was a private in the 5th Pennsylvania [p.43] regiment under Col. Francis Johnson. He was born in Donegal; died in Washington County, PA.

Joseph Peden (1758-1850) served as an artificer, 1776-81, under Capt. Peregrine Jones, Colonel Smyser's regiment. He was born in Lancaster County; died in East Finley, PA.

Rebecca put in for a military pension #R8071. The National Archives was unable to find a record of his military service, but record was found of a refused pension request for a Joseph Peden residing in Washington. His service was found not to be of a military capacity.

From Letters of Daniel Alonzo Nash

But when the clash of war came, what a change over our Country! The call for soldiers was heard by the young. "Believe it or not," school scholars from the ages of ten to eighteen left school in the North. About a million left home and school, up to my age, near eighteen. Government rolls tell the story.

In the 1790 census, his numbers were 1-2-3-0-0 In the 1800 census, his numbers were 1-1-0-1-0-1-0-0-1-1 In the 1810 census, his numbers were 3-2-1-1-0-0-2-0-0-1-0-0-0

From Mark Amanns

The earliest-known Peden ancestor was JOSEPH PEDEN who was Presbyterian, chief baker for a royal family in London, and from Ayrshire which is 40 miles from Glasgow in western Scotland.

His son JOSEPH PEDEN was born about 1700 in northern Ireland.

His son SAMUEL PEDEN was born 1730 county Antrim in Ireland and is the progenitor of the Peden/Pedan/Paden families in America. He came to America by 1850, married LYDIA POTTER in 1751, had 6 children, lived in Lancaster, York & Washington Counties in Pennsylvania, and died after 1710, perhaps by 1830. He was admitted to the Society of Friends (Quakers) 13 Oct 1770 and disowned in 1771.

C. W. Peden wrote this in a letter in 1982: "Samuel PEDEN (1730-1830) arrived in York County, PA in 1750 as indicated, but he had been in America since about 1743 or 1744. His father, Joseph (b.1700) gave Samuel Permission to serve an apprenticeship with a Ship Captain with the promise that Samuel would be made a Captain in return. The unscrupulous Captain sold Samuel to Robert Smith, a market gardener, as an apprentice upon the ship's arrival in Baltimore. Thus we estimate that Samuel first reached America c. 1743-1744, at age 13 or 14. We do know that having served his apprenticeship, Samuel received a horse, saddle and cash, rode from Baltimore to York County, PA in 1750 (age 20). There he married Lyida POTTER in 1751, settled in Lancaster County, PA where all 6 of their children were born. In later years they returned to York County, then to Washington County. Samuel last returned to York County where he died in 1830, age 100."

The following dates are birth or birth/death dates except for wives which dates are marriage dates and some may be approximate:

1. 1 Obadiah Peden (1752 - 1822)

m.#1 ______ c. Samuel (1776) & Peggy ___ c. Rebecca (1778) & James Woods c. Isaac (1780) m.#2 Esther Dunne c. Lydia (1785) & Thomas Ankrom c. Obadiah H. Jr. (1788) c. James (1790) & Elizabeth Elson c. William (1795) & Fanny ___ c. Jesse (1799) & Jane Dunne c. Esther (1802) & Jesse Frazure (Frazier?) c. Joseph (1804) & Mary C. ___

1. 2 Samuel Peden (1754/55 - before 1827)

m.#1 Mary Elliot by 13 Jan 1781 c. Joseph (1781) & Margaret Ann Burroughs/Rollins? c. Mary "Polly" (1783) & James Draper c. Lydia (1785-87) & ___ Clark c. Samuel (1787-89) & Mary Lewis c. Abraham (1790/91) m.#2 Anna Wall 1 Aug 1824

1. 3 Lydia Peden (single; died 1840s)
2. 4 Joseph Paden (1758 - 1850)

m.#1 Rebecca Driver c. Margaret (1784) c. James (1786) & Margaret Love c. Jesse (1788) c. Elizabeth (1790) & John Tilton c. Joseph (1793) & hannah Tilton c. Daniel Leet Henry (1796) & (1) Martha Curry c. David Wiley (1798) & Matilda Enlow c. Isaiah (1800) & Margaret Clark c. Samuel (1802) & Rachel ___ c. Abner William (1804) & Sarah Yeager m.#2 Christinea McDonald c. Catherine (1825) & Martin Davidson c. Charles (?) c. (possibly more?)

1. 5 Isaac Peden/Paden (1757-60 - 1809)

m. Rebecca Garwood 9 May 1778 c. Hannah & (Samuel?) Burwell c. Rebecca & ___ Canada c. Susannah & ___ Gilliland c. Rachel & Harvey ___ c. Ruth & William Hill c. Jacob c. Isaac & Celia Fish

1. 6 Alexander Peden (1762 - 1825)

m.#1 Lydia Thomas 23 Dec 1790 m.#2 Abigail Walton 5 Jan 1797 c. Thomas c. Joseph c. Alexander c. Lydia c. Rachel c. Margaret c. Ann c. Darius c. Obadiah (?)

1. ↑ Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints. LDS Ancestral File.
2. ↑ Bob and Mary Closson, compilers. Abstracts of Washington County, Pennsylvania Willbooks 1 - 5 (1776-1841). (Closson Press, 1935 Sampson Dr., Appollo, PA 15613-9209 January, 1995).