WIFE

1st Jean Arey

2nd Abiah Vincent b. 1692 Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, MA

CHILDREN with Jean Arey

1. Thankful Pease
    bapt. 08 Oct 1698
    m. 16 Mar 1714 Samuel Trapp
    d. named as deceased in the distribution of her father's estate on 21 May 1748

2. Silas Pease
    b. 1700
    d. 4 Jan 1712 not named in distribution of father's estate on 21 May 1748

3. Bethia Pease
    bapt. 06 May 1703
    named in distribution of father's estate on 21 May 1748

4. Benjamin Pease
    bapt. 01 Jun 1705
    m. 5 Dec 1725 Rebecca Dunham
    d. Jan 1788

5. John Pease
   b. 06 Jun 1707 
   bapt. 26 Jul 1707 
   m. 20 Jun 1725 Hespibah Ripley
   m. 21 Mar 1765 Abigail Norton
   m. 19 Feb 1767 Sarah Norton
   m. 1768 Mary Norton
   d. 29 Sep 1786

6. Malatiah Pease
   bapt. 19 Jul 1710
   m. 1 Dec 1732 Hannah Jenkins
   d. 18 Jul 1791 

7. Paul Pease
   b. Abt. 1712
   m. 8 Aug 1737 Elizabeth Folger
   d. lost at sea 1755

8. Mary Pease
   b. Abt. 1714
   m. 10 Aug 1737 Cornelius Marchant
   d. Abt. 1750

9. Lemuel (Samuel) Pease
   b. Abt. 1716
   m. 1 Jan 1761 Lydia Smith
   d. not named in distribution of father's estate 21 May 1748  

10. Job Pease
   b. 1718
   bapt. 13 June 1731
   m. 1st Abt. 1741 Unknown
   m. 2nd 4 Feb 1743/4 Eunice Phelps
   m. 3rd 5 Apr 1792 Abigail Hancock
   d. 3rd  11 Oct 1793

11. Noah Pease
   b. Abt. 1720
   bapt. 13 Jun 1731
   d. not named in distribution of father's estate 21 May 1748

12. Ephraim Pease
   b. Abt. 1723
   bapt. 13 Jun 1731
   d. not named in distribution of father's estate 21 May 1748

Children with Abiah Vincent

1. Abiah Pease
   b. Abt. 1728
   bapt. d. Benjamin  13 Jun 1731
   m. 27 Oct 1748 Benjamin Sanford

2. Seth Pease
   b. 23 Aug 1730
   bapt. s, Benjamin 13 Jun 1731
   m. 1 Oct 1753 Sarah Chase
   d. Dec 1802

3. Jane Pease
   bapt. d. Benjamin 30 Apr 1732
   m. Samuel Vincent
   d. 18 Feb 1820

4. Thankful Pease
   bapt. d. Benjamin 6 Apr 1735
   m. Cornelius Ripley
   d. 16 May 1817

5. L:ydia Pease
   b. 24 Mar 1736
   bapt. d. Benjamin 9 Oct 1737
   m. 15 May 1753 Thomas Pease, Jr.
   d. June 1762

Benjamin Pease
by Susan Brooke
Jan 2023

Benjamin Pease was born about 1767. (1) He married Jean Arey, daughter of Richard Arey on 17 Jun 1697 in Edgartown, Dukes, MA. (2)  By 1713 he had started purchasing many plots of land in Edgartown.  There were at least 16 transactions from 1713 to 1748.  The only time he sold any land was in 1733.  He had purchased the same land from Thomas Pease, Jr. in 1730 for £20 but was selling this land back to Thomas Pease, Jr. in 1733 for only £17.  However, he must have been doing fairly well as, all in all, he was acquiring land.  (3) Benjamin Pease was named as a "yeoman" as early as 1724.  Yet when he sold his land in 1733, he signed with his mark.  He and his wife, Jean Arey, had 12 children. Then she must have died around 1726 when her youngest child was about 3 years old.  Benjamin Pease remarried to Abiah Vincent and had 5 more children with her. In 1731 Benjamin and his wife had their five then youngest children baptized in Edgartown. (4) Some of the children were named in the land transactions.  (5) 
Benjamin Pease was still purchasing land as late as 3 Jan 1748.  He must have died shortly after that purchase since his estate was in probate court in February of that year. On 11 May 1748 the court ruled that the widow, Abiah, would receive 1/3rd of the estate valued at £677 9 4..  There were 13 children, but the land holdings of Benjamin Pease would only accommodate four people.  Thus Benjamin Pease, the eldest son would receive 2/5th of the land.  The other sons, John, Malatiah and Seth, would each receive 1/5 of the lands.  These sons would then pay the other heirs £81 13 3.  Seth Pease was younger than Job Pease, but he still was one of the sons who received land.  Job had moved to CT by the time of his father's death.  A daughter, Thankful Pease, wife of Samuel Trapp, was deceased.  Her share was distributed to her children.  All this was recorded in a court appearance on 24 May 1748. ((6)

Sources

(1) Dukes, MA Deed BK 6 page 401 
FHL film 911713
28 Oct 1742 Gave testimony on changes in water course 
Deposition states his age as 66.

(2) Edgartown Marriages on Ancestry.com
Pease, Benjamin and Jean Arey, d. Richard, June 17, 1697

(3) Land Transactions

(4) Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 Edgartown

Peas, Abiah, ch. Benjamin Baptized: 13 Jun 1731 C.R. I.
Peas, Ephraim, ch. Benjamin  Baptized: 13 Jun 1731 C.R. I.
Peas, Jane, d. Benjamin Baptized 30 Apr 1732 C. R. I.
Peas, Job, ch. Benjamin  Baptized: 13 Jun 1731 C.R. I.
Peas, Lydia, d. Benjamin, Baptized 9 Oct 1737 C. R. I.
Peas, Noah, ch. Benjamin  Baptized 13 June 1731 C. R. I.
Peas, Seth, ch. Benjamin  Baptized: 13 Jun 1731 C.R. I.
Peas, Thankfull, d. Benjamin  Baptized 6 Apr 1735 C. R. I.

Pease, Benjamin Jr. s. of Benjamin and Jaen  Baptized 1 Jun 1705 C. R. I.
Pease, Bethia d. Benjamin & Jeon  Baptized 6 May 1703 C. R. I.
Pease, John s. Benjamin and Jean  Baptized 26 Jul 1707 C. R. I.
Pease, Malitiah s. Benjamin and Joan  Baptized 19 Jul 1710 C. R. I.
Pease, Thankfull d. Benjamin and Jeon  Baptized 8 Oct 1698 C. R. I.
 

(5) Land Transactions of Abiah Vincent Pease indicating her maiden name was Vincent and that she was the widow of Benjamin Pease

1 Jan 1748 Dukes County Deed BK 7 pg 430-431. Joseph Vinson, Husbandman, Jethro Donham, Mariner,  Abigail Pease, Spinster,  Mary Cleavland, Spinster, Sarah Pease, Spinster, Abiah Pease, Spinster,  and Mehitable Donham, Spinster, wife of Jethro Donahm, are selling land that belonged to their father, Thomas Vinson, deceased, for £54.

27 May 1748 Dukes County MA Deed BK 7 pg 539 Abiah Pease widow of Benjamin and guardian of Seth Pease was selling 9 1/2 acres with dwelling house to Benjamin Pease, yeoman, John Pease, cordwinder, and Malatiah Pease, Miller. Pond Lott 

27 May 1748 Dukes County Deed BK 7 pg 486   Benjamin Pease, yeoman, John Pease, cord winder and Malatiah Pease, miller are transferring 9 1/2 acres called Pond Lott with dwelling house "which I now live in" to their "mother" Abiah Pease and brother, a minor, Seth Pease      Land valued at 15 pounds.

(6) Estate Distribution of Benjamin Pease
Series II Deeds 1700-1749 Box 2 Folder 39

Know ye that upon the day of the date hereof at a Court of Probate held at February in the County aforesaid, the following Division, Settlement, Sentence & Decree was made and published touching and concerning the Intestate Estate of Mr. Benjamin Pease, late of Edgartown in said County, deceased.
1st As to the Real Estate I have ordered the 1/3 part thereof to be divided and set off to Mrs. Abiah Pease the widow as her right of dower and power of thirds.  And the other 2/3 being represented as not being capable of being divided to and among the whole number of the deceased's children there being thirteen in number, but that it would accommodate four of them; and being appraised at the value of £ 677 s. 9 p. 4 as set for in a return under the hands of three freeholders bearing date the Eleventh day of May A. D. 1748.
Wherefore I hereby Sentence and decree that Benjamin Pease the eldest son shall have hold enjoy & possess 2/5 parts in quantity & quality of real estate priced as abovesaid.
And that John Pease another son shall have hold & possess in like manner 1/5 part thereof.
And that Malatiah Pease another of the sons shall have hold and possess in like manner 1/5 thereof.
And that Seth Pease another of the sons shall have hold enjoy and possess in like manner 1/5 and the last part thereof.
They the said Benjamin Pease, John Pease, Malatiah Pease and Seth Pease paying out to the other of the deceased's children such sum or sums of money as shall be over and above (if any be) than what their shares or proportion shall be in their sd deceased father's estate, both real and personal.
And as to the whole both real and personal estate after the widows thirds, debts, charges and some allowance out the same to said widdow being subtracted there remains the sum of £----Which being divided into fourteen parts is £ 83 -13-3 to a single share and there being thirteen children of sd deceased. Viz. Benjamin, John, Malatiah, Paul, Job and Seth Pease the sons of said deceased; and Thankful, Bethia, Mary, Abiah, Jane, Thankful & Lydia the daughters of said deceased, which is the sd Benamin Pease the eldest son his double portion the sum of £ 163 - 6- 6, and to each of the other children the sum of £ 81 - 13 -3, and the said four sons having given bonds to pay unto the other children which ? said 2/3 of real estate by then to be held, comes to over and above their own shares in the whole unto ye administratrix with the interest.
I therefore herby order Sentence & decree and publish that the aforesaid Abiah Pease as Admin'x proceed and divide unto the aforesaid Paul, & Job two of the sons, and Bethia, Mary, Abiah, Jane, Thankfull & Lydia ye daughters of said deceased to each of them the sum of £ 81 - 13- 3 at or before the first day of October next ensuing.  And as to the other daughters of sd deceased named Thankful, being deceased, leaving four children Viz. Samuel Trapp, Jane, Thankfull & Ephrain Trapp.  Wherefore I order the said Adm' to pay the said £ 81 - 13 - 3 their deceased mothers part or portion. 2/5 thereof to Samuel the eldest as his double portion, and the other 3/5 to divide by equal thirds between Jane, Thankfull and Ephraim at or before the aforesaid 1st of October all to be in ye old Tenar.
In Confirmation wherof I have herunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court of Probate this 24 day of May A. D, 1748.
By order of ye Judge of Probate, Zacheus Mayhew
Jabez Athearn, Reg.

Thirteen children named in the estate distribution;  Sons: Benjamin, John, Malatiah, Paul, Job and Seth.  Daughters: Thankful, Bethia, Mary, Abiah, Jane, Thankful and Lydia

Not named: Silas Pease b. 1700, Lemuel Pease b. 1716, Noah Pease b. 1720, Ephraim Pease b. 1723