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Peter /Wickwire/ PETER WICKWIRE 1695-1744 The Second Generation Peter was born 12 March 1695 and was raised in New London's North Parish (now, Montville), where he married 29 September 1720 Patience Chapel at the First Congregational Church of New London. They both joined the church 21 November 1722. Primarily a farmer, Peter served in various town positions: one of two leather sealer in 1722, one of six permitted to build a stable for the horses of church goers, in the southwest corner of the meeting house lot in 1728; the one chosen to arrange for the Rev. William Adams to serve as an interim pastor also in 1736; and one of the group elected to negotiate with the Naragansetts for the right to build a new town meeting house in 1737, probably for Rev. Adams' church services. These last two appointments occurred during a contentious church battle in New London, during which most of the church members withdrew and started a new congregation with Rev. Adams. As a result, Peter was among those named in the first minister's law suit in 1735, dealing with back pay, and which continued to 1740. The first minister was Rev. James Hillhouse, who had married Peter and Patience Wickware in 1720. Peter was involved in a number of land transfers. On 23 March 1715, he received 33 acres in Montville from his mother, which may have been land left him by his father. On 27 March 1734, Peter sold those 33 acres and another 37 acres to a Jonathan Harris for £500. On 21 April 1732, Peter and his brother, Jonathan, sold land in Norwich to a John Colver. On 21 May 1733, Peter received land in Norwich from Jonathan. On 12 April 1736, Peter sold 225 acres in Montville to John Nobles. The next day, Peter and Jonathan sold more land to Nobles. And, on 1 June 1739, Peter bought 25 acres in Montville from his brother Christopher, upon the latter's move to Lyme, CT. Peter died 10 August 1744 leaving an estate worth over 2634 pounds value. Among its inventory: "one Beever hat," one great coat, and two pair of shoe buckles. In Peter's will, each daughter was left 100 pounds and a "milch cow", son Peter was left a particular farm, and the others sons received the balance of the estate in equal shares "when they shall come of full age, and to be bound to some trade as soon as they come of the age of 14 years, at the discretion of my executors." The executors were his wife Patience and eldest son Peter. Many genealogies and historians list Sara as a daughter of Peter: Sara Wickwire This Sara was the creation of Arthur Wickwire, based on another writer's confusion with Sarah Story who married Joseph Rudd. Peter died in 1744, the year before Sara was born. Sara applied for a pension based on Joseph Rudd's Revolutionary service and she identified herself as Sara Story. |