Robert PEELE, III
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RESEARCH NOTES: There is a book on this family, The Robert Peel Family of Sleepy Creek, by Elizabeth Wooten Holmes, although we have not been able to locate a copy. Further information in NOTES. Robert PEELE III was born in 1681 in Nansemond Co., VA. He died about 1756 in Northampton Co., NC. He was educated ?. Robert was a ?. He was Quaker. Edited and Compiled by John and Verna Hollowell, Box 159 Ft. Benton, MT Records of Marvin Peele, R.R. Box 212. Monroe, VA 24574-9770 Grimes Abstract of Wills, 1690-1760 pg. 283 THE ROBERT PEEL FAMILY OF SLEEPY CREEK, by Elisabeth Wooten Holmes and Mary Holmes Borgognoni. He was a friend of Henry and Alice Hollowell. His will was dated 22 June 1756 and probated in the August Court of 1756. According to Marvin Peele, he married Judith Norsworthy and not Judith Edwards. Perhaps she married twice. He lived at Sleepy Hole Plantation, on Bennetts Creek, and ran a ferry across the Nansemond Riverr which ran from Coffield Point to Robert Peele. His land adjoined that of Thomas Hollowell Parents: Robert PEELE II and Sarah JARET. Spouse: Judith EDWARDS. Judith EDWARDS and Robert PEELE III were married about 1700 in Nansemond Co., VA. Children were: Robert PEELE IV, John Jellany PEELE, Joseph PEELE, Joshua PEELE, Sarah PEELE, Mary PEELE.
RESEARCH NOTE: This is commonly listed as Judith Edwards, although some researchers have determined that Judith Edwards was not the spouse of Robert Peele, and have suggested Judith Norsworthy.
He married Judith Edwards Abt 1707 at of Nansemond, Virginia . Judith Edwards was born at of Nansemond, Virginia Abt 1689 .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Robert Peele, IV
born 29 Jan 1709.
Edmund Peele
born 22 Nov 1712.
Sarah Peele
born 22 Nov 1712.
Joseph Peele
born 16 Apr 1715.
Joshua Peele
born 5 Apr 1719.
James Peele
born 5 Jun 1721.
Josiah Peele
born 20 Dec 1723.
John Jellany Peele
born 2 Aug 1729.
Mary Peele
born 16 Jan 1732.
John Peele
born 27 Mar 1717.
Robert Peele, III died Aft 22 Jun 1756 at of Northampton, North Carolina .
Judith Edwards died 29 Jun 1756 at Northampton, North Carolina .