Pepperrell, William (1696-1759)

Name:

Pepperrell, William (1696-1759)

Title:

Knighted for his services
Baronet (hereditary title)

Other Names:

Pepperell / Sir William / Baronet

Born:

06/27/1696

Birthplace:

Kittery, ME

Died:

07/06/1759

Death Location:

Portsmouth, NH (probably)

Residence:

Kittery, ME

Occupation:

Led 1745 expedition to capture Fortress of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

Father:

Pepperell, William (Sir) (1651-1734)

Mother:

Pepperell, Margarey Bray (1660-1737)

Relations:

Siblings:
Pepperell, Andrew (1681-1731; b. Kittery, ME; m. Jane Elliot 1707; their daughter Margery married Capt. William Wentworth, son of Lt.-Gov. John Wentworth; res., d. ME)
Pepperell, Mary (1685-1766; b. Kittery, ME; m. John Frost 1702; m. Benjamin Colman)
Pepperell, William (c.1687-; d.young)
Pepperell, Margery (1689-; b. Kittery, ME; m1. Pelatiah Whittlemore 1706; m2. Capt. Elihu Gunnison 1730; children by first marriage)
Pepperell, Joanna (1692-1726; b. Kittery, ME; m. Dr. George Jackson, 1711; children; res. Durham, NH)
Pepperell, Miriam (1694-; b. Kittery, ME; m. Andrew Tyler 1715 of Boston)
Pepperell, Dorothy (1698-1763; m1. John Watkins 1719; m2. Joseph Newmarch; children)
Pepperell, Jane (1701-; b. Kittery, ME; m1. Benjamin Clark 1720; m2. Rev. Ebenezer Turell of Medford, MA)
Grandparents: Jane/Joan Pierce (c.1634, England) and John Bray (1624-1689; b. England, d. Kittery, ME).

Spouse:

Hirst, Mary (-1789). Married 1723. Mary was the daughter of Elizabeth Sewall.

Children:

Pepperrell, Elizabeth (1723-; m. 1742 Col. Nathaniel Sparhawk; children, including William, who would later in 1751 be adopted by his grandfather and be renamed Sir William Pepperell, become heir to his grandfather's estate)
Pepperrell, Andrew (1725/6-1751; d. Kittery, ME)
Pepperrell, William (1729-1730)
Pepperrell, Margery (1732-; d. young)

Notes:

Biography written by Dr. Parsons.
NOTE: Name, death date, and age engraved on salver owned by Theodore Atkinson IV.
SEE ALSO (sister): Newmarch, Dorothy Pepperell
SEE ALSO (sister-in-law): Frost, Jane Elliot
SEE ALSO (grandson): Pepperell, William (1746-1816)
SEE ALSO (distantly related through marriage -- brother's daughter married to Theodore Atkinson's brother-in-law): Atkinson, Theodore IV