Samuel [son of David & Rachel (Bean) Peaslee], b. June 5, 1746.
Samuel Peaslee, 2d child of David, m. March 13, 1768, Sarah Bean, of Sandown, dau. of Samuel and Mary ( ) Bean. [...] Samuel Peaslee d. Sept. 12, 1821, in Sutton, His wife d. July 11, 1820, in Sutton. This couple, with one child, moved to Perrystown in the spring of 1770, settling at what is now the South village, in which he built the first house, and kept the first tavern in this town. Mr. Peaslee was a very important and useful man in the new township, as the early records show.
Samuel Peaslee was a man who had cleared more land, made more bridges and roads, built more log
houses, carried more grain on his back to Hopkinton to be ground, and endured more hardship, than any other man who lived in town. His eldest daughter was the first female born in town (1771 ), married Samuel Andrew, Jr., and died here in 1839, leaving descendants.
