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About John Peden, I
Father of 10 children. All seven sons fought in the American Revolution. His three daughters helped. Daughter Jane "was a True Heroine of the Revolution, one of only three women recognized with this title in the state of South Carolina. Jane and her sister were credited for saving the lives of a number of American soldiers during the battle of Old Ninety-Six. They went into the battlefield with their wagons and took the wounded soldiers into their homes to nurse them back to health."
DAR Ancestor # A087959
PEDEN, JOHN Ancestor #: A087959
Birth: 6-16-1709 BROUGHSHANE IRELAND
Death: 1792 CHESTERVILLE CHESTER CO PINCKNEY DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
Notice: FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE
1) NO SERVICE LOCATED IN ACCEPTABLE SOURCES. SEE DATACF. 4/2002.
"a patriot too old for active service, aided in loading rifles and guns for the soldiers during the battles. He was born in Ireland; died in Chester County, S. C."
RESIDENCE: 1) District: NINETY SIX DIST - State: SOUTH CAROLINA
DAR proved wife: 1) MARGARET MCDILL
DAR proved Children [Spouse #] Spouse
- WILLIAM [1] MARY ARCHER
- MARY [1] JAMES ALEXANDER
- JAMES [1] MARY HEMPHILL
- JANE JENNIE [1] DAVID MORTON [2] SAMUEL MORROW [HIS FIRST NAME IS UNPROVEN/ROBERT NOT SAMUEL]
- JOHN [1] ELIZA ANN BAKER
- DAVID [1] ELEANOR GOODGION [2] MARGARET HUGHES
- THOMAS [1] ELIZABETH WHITE
- SAMUEL [1] KATHERINE WHITE
- ALEXANDER [1] REBECCA MARTIN
Note: daughter Elizabeth married but had no children so she is missing from the DAR record.
10 children-- 7 sons and 3 daughters
John Peden, Sr. was born June 1709 in Ireland. Margaret McDill was born August 1715 in Ireland to John McDill and Janet Leslie. She was called Peggy by her family. John and Peggy were married in 1730 at Ballymena Parish, Ireland. The family lived in the County Antrim, Ireland, but emigrated to South Carolina.
The Peden, as they call themselves, were originally a Scottish clan from Ayrshire. They claim descent from Sir Alexander Pethein, The Laird Of Auchinlongford. They were a clan known for strong religious beliefs, willing to become martyrs, if necessary, for their faith. They were forced out of Scotland for their adherence to Presbyterianism, settling in County Antrim, Ireland.
John served as an Elder in his native country from his youth and was a decided advocate of the Presbyterian system of worship. He and his family were very disturbed over the persecution of the Church in Ireland and joined Reverend William Martin who lead a group of Scotch-Irish immigrants to the back country of South Carolina. They were given grants by the government to settle this wilderness area.
The first of the Pedens to come to South Carolina were John and Peggy's son Thomas and their daugher Jane and her husband John Morton who came in 1768 on the Snow Mary and James. They arrived from Larne, Ireland in Charleston and were administered the oath on 12 January 1768. Five years later the rest of the family arrived in October of 1772 on the same ship, the Snow Mary and James. They were forbidden to land because some of the people aboard had Small Pox. They were quarantined on the vessel for several week and a house on Sullivan's Island was provided for the sick. On 1 December 1772, an entry was made in the Council Journal that contains the names of those we know arrived on the Mary and James. As was the custom a letter was written to Ireland stating that the ship had safely arrived and thanking Captain Workman for his good delivery. This was published in the Belfast New Letter, 21 December 1772. John Peddan, James Peddan, and Thomas Madill signed the letter .
The first land described in the Plat Folder 1482, Pre-Revolutionary plats, was recorded 11 Dec 1772 to John Peden; in Craven Co. on a branch called Ferguson Creek, waters of Tiger River, adjoining land owned by James Pedan and Thomas Peden. This land was surveyed on 18 January 1773. This land later bacame Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
Most of the children settled around Fairview Presbyterian Church, on the waters of the Reedy River in the Greenville District although some had original grants in Fairfield or Chester Counties. During the Revolution, John, Peggy and some of their children went to Rocky Creek area of Chester County near Catholic Presbyterian Church where Rev. Martin was located.
Peggy died in 1788 and John in 1791. They are both buried in the McDill Family Cemetery, Chester Co, SC. In 1899 A memorial was put in the Fairview cemetery in honor of John and Margaret Peden. A new tombstone was erected by the Peden Clan in 1958.
The name is sometimes spelled Paden or Peddan. I have tried to use the spelling the person used whenever I could.
The children of John Peden and wife Peggy McDill:
- Mary, born 1731, Ireland; married James Alexander
- James, born 1734, Ireland; married Mary. He served as a Member of the SC Provincial Congress in 1775/76
- Jane, born 1738, Ireland; died AL; married (1) John Morton, Sr., (2) 1774 Chester Co., SC, Robert Morrow, born 1734 in Maryland.
- Thomas, born 1743, Ireland; died 6 Mar 1825, SC; buried Nazareth Church Cemetery, SC; married Elizabeth White, daughter of Moses White and Mary McConnell. Served in Revolutionary War
- William, born 1749, Ireland; died 23 Dec 1817; married Mary Archer. Served in Revolutionary War
- Elizabeth, born 24 Dec 1750, Ireland; died 19 Dec 1821, SC, buried Fairview Cemetery, Greenville Dist, SC; married William Gaston
- John, Jr, born in Ireland; married Ginny (?). Served in Revolutionary War
- Samuel, born 1754, Ireland; died 26 Dec 1835, Kemper Co, MS, buried Smyrna Cemetery, Kemper Co, MS; married (1) Katherine (Katie) White, daughter of Moses White and Mary McConnell; (2) Margaret (?) Served in Revolutionary War
- Alexander, born 1756, Ireland; died 21 Jan 1841, Greenville Dist, SC, buried Fairview Cemetery, Greenville Co, SC; married Rebecca Martin. Served in Revolutionary War
- David, born 1 Nov 1760, Ireland; died 6 Oct 1823; married (1) Eleanor Goodgion;, (2) Margaret Hughes. Served in Revolutionary War
Links to additional material:
- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marylove/Peden/Peden.html
- http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PEDEN/1999-01/0916754636
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13223870
- Alexander Pethein/Peden
- The Pedens of America, being a summary of the Peden, Alexander, Morton, Morrow reunion 1899, and an outline history of the ancestry and descendants of John Peden and Margaret McDill; Scotland, Ireland, America, 1768-1900; by Eleanor M. Hewell. Published 1900 [available for download at www.openlibrary.org}
- Inscription:
- Founders of Peden family in South Carolina.
- Erected by Peden Clan 1958
- Military service: Revolutionary War, Spartan Regiment, under Colonel John Thomas.
- Residence: Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, USA - 1779
- Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via daughter Jane Morton (born Peden) by SmartCopy: Mar 23 2015, 19:56:42 UTC
- Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via daughter Jane Morton (born Peden) by SmartCopy: Mar 23 2015, 19:56:42 UTC
According to McDills in America, John Peden and Margaret McDill had ten children, seven of whom were boys. All seven sons fought in the American Revolution along with their father, John Amos Peden.
https://archive.org/details/pedensofamericab00hewe/page/n19/mode/2up
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John Peden, I's Timeline
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June 16, 1709
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Ireland
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1732
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Broughshane, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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1734
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Ireland
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1740
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Ireland
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1743
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BROUGHSHANE, BALLYMENA, ANTRIM, IRELAND
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1749
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County Antrim, Ireland
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December 24, 1750
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Ireland
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1752
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Ireland
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November 10, 1754
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Ireland
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