John Pease came to America to Salem, Mass. with his family but after
his father who came in 1634. He is first really documented in the
settlement of his father's estate in 1644. He would appear to have
been a favorite of his grandmother, Margaret Pease, indicated by her
giving him in her will most of her property and there is some evidence
that he may have been adopted by his grandmother before his father's
death. After his father's death he was placed by his grandmother in
the care of Thomas Watson of Salem "to dispose of him as his own
child." He married first, Mary Goodell, who died in 1669, three days
after the birth of her fifth child. He married, second, Ann Cummings
who died in 1689 just before John. John settled as a "yeoman" in that
part of Salem known as "Northfields" which is now within the city
limits but was a farming district. His name is frequently found in
the Essex County and Salem Town records as grantee, grantor, or
witness to deeds, overseer of wills, constable, etc. He joined the
First Church at Salem on July 4, 1667 and was made a freeman on April
29, 1668. In the fall of 1681 he moved with his family, his two
eldest son's families and numerous neighbors to Fresh Water Brook,
then a part of Springfield, Mass. but which would become Enfield, Ct.
In 1682 he sold his land in Salem and listed his residence as now of
Enfield, Ct which is just south of Springfield. In the summer of 1689
disaster struck his family and John, his wife Ann and their daughter
Abigail all died within two weeks of each other.

1. 2. Robert PEASE   b. 14 May 1656, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1744, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
2. 3. John PEASE   b. 30 May 1654, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 29 Nov 1734, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
3. 4. Mary PEASE   b. 8 Oct 1658, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
4. 5. Abraham PEASE   b. 5 Jun 1662, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1735.
5. 6. Jonathan PEASE   b. 2 Jan 1668/1669, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1721.

1. 7. James PEASE   b. 23 Dec 1670, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1748.
2. 8. Isaac PEASE   b. 15 Jul 1672, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 9 Jul 1731, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
3. 9. Abigail PEASE   b. 15 Dec 1675, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 9 Jul 1689, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Robert Pease first settled at Salem in the "Northfields." In 1679 he
shared with his elder brother in the enterprise of leaving the sea
coast to seek out and make ready new homes for himself, his relatives
and neighbors, in the Connecticut Valley in what is now Enfield Ct.
They are said to have lived the first winter in an excavation in the
side of a hill near the site of the first meeting house. Two years
later, in 1681, he and John brought their father and their families to
Enfield. In 1685 Robert and John had extra land given them because
they had been the "first cummers." Robert and Abigail had four sons.
Robert died in 1744 at age 88 years.

1. 10. Samuel PEASE   b. 30 Dec 1686, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 1770, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
2. 11. Robert PEASE   b. 2 Feb 1684/1685, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 17 Nov 1766, Somers, Tolland Co., Connecticut.
3. 12. William PEASE   b. 26 Sep 1679, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1688, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
4. 13. Mary PEASE   b. 11 Mar 1680/1681, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
5. 14. Abigail PEASE   b. 1682, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
6. 15. Ephraim PEASE   b. 9 Apr 1689, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
7. 16. Daniel PEASE   b. 23 May 1692, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. Stafford, Tolland Co., Connecticut.
8. 17. Hannah PEASE   b. Jun 1694, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
9. 18. Margaret PEASE   b. Dec 1695, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
10. 19. Ebenezer PEASE   b. 1699, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 1743, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

This John Pease was married 30 Jan 1677 to Margaret Adams of Ipswich
Mass., daughter of James Adams and Francis Vassall found elsewhere in
this genealogy. He was apprenticed at Salem to a carpenter and joiner.
He is said to have to gone to Enfield Ct in 1679 with his brother
Robert, two years before they moved their families there. They had a
total of eight children. John was one of the most prominent men in
the history of the town of Enfield in its early days. He was
appointed "land measurer" by the town and was one of the first
Selectmen.

They had no children.

He married Elizabeth Booth.

They had seven sons and two daughters. Both parents died in 1731.

Samuel Pease also settled in Enfield Ct.

1. 20. Nathaniel PEASE   b. 29 Sep 1728, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 28 Mar 1818, Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.
2. 21. Samuel PEASE   b. 1718, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
3. 22. Aaron PEASE   b. 4 May 1726, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
4. 23. Mehitabel PEASE   b. 1712, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
5. 24. Samuel PEASE   b. 1715, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
6. 25. Elizabeth PEASE   b. 1716, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
7. 26. Ephraim PEASE   b. 1719, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 1801, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
8. 27. Joannah PEASE   b. 1722, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
9. 28. Mary PEASE   b. 1723, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

He was in Andover, Mass in 1711 but afterwards settled in that part of
Enfield which is now Somers.

She married Nathan Hayward.

He probably died as an infant.

He settled early in Somers, Ct. He was one of the earliest settlers
in Stafford, the town next east of Somers.

Nathaniel and Eunice Pease left Enfield, Ct. between 1760 and 1764,
soon after the birth of their third or fourth child and are said to be
amoung the first settlers of the town of Norfolk, Ct. where he died in
1818 at the age of 90. His wife died 21 Mar 1807 and is buried in
Norfolk.

1. 29. Phineas PEASE   b. 9 Jun 1756, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 11 Jul 1836, Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.
2. 30. Calvin PEASE   b. 14 Sep 1757, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.
3. 31. Louisa PEASE   b. Dec 1760, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 1835.
4. 32. Allen PEASE   b. 12 Oct 1762, Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 8 Apr 1843, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.
5. 33. Nathaniel PEASE   b. 22 Oct 1764, Goshen, Litchfield Co., Connecticut; d. 6 Nov 1815, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York.
6. 34. Obadiah PEASE   b. 21 Nov 1766, Goshen, Litchfield Co., Connecticut; d. 10 Nov 1809, Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.
7. 35. Dudley PEASE   b. Feb 1768, Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.
8. 36. Eunice PEASE   b. 29 Jun 1770, Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut; d. 3 Oct 1806.
9. 37. Electa PEASE   b. 20 Jul 1772, Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut; d. 3 Aug 1843.
10. 38. Betsy PEASE   b. 21 Jul 1774, Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut; d. 1819.
11. 39. Flavius PEASE   b. Oct 1776, Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.
12. 40. Earl P. PEASE   b. 30 Jul 1778, Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut; d. 11 Feb 1864, Brooklyn,, New York.
13. 41. Martha PEASE   b. 5 May 1781, Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut; d. 5 Mar 1784.

He married Zeruiah Chapin and lived and died in Enfield.

Aaron married 1) Ann Geer in 1751 and 2) Mary Terry on 6 Sep 1764. He
lived in Enfield where he was a blacksmith.

This first Samuel died in infancy.

She married John Allen.

He married Tabitha Abbe on 29 May 1740. He was a merchant and
contractor in the time of the French War, acquired a large estate, and
was a magistrate in the town before his death at age 82.

She married Benjamin Root.