The PEASE family is, as so many are in the Quaker world, quite extensive. They were prominent Quakers, bankers, investors in the railways and even involved as anti-abolitionists.
Margaret Valentine PEASE, know as ‘Val’, was David’s grandmother, but she died when David was quite young, so he has few memories of her. But it is nice to know she was well-educated, studying at the Slade School of Art in University College London, where she met her husband, John Arthur DODGSON.
Val PEASE is the 14th generation of PEASEs covered briefly on this page and more detail will be added in due course.
To the right is an ‘hourglass’ tree starting at the top with Thomas PEASE, who is the fourth generation from our starting point of John PEASE, and he would be Val’s 8x gt grandfather. John PEASE, who is the earliest we know of currently, would be her 11x gt grandfather,
Although they are alleged to emanate from Essex, most of the early PEASE history centres on Fishlake, near to Doncaster, then onto Felkirk and by the 1700s onto Darlington.
Below are brief details about Val’s 13 generations of direct ascent on the PEASE side itself.
Edward PEASE (1711-1785) and Elizabeth COATES (1715-1783) descendents include two grandsons [sons of Joseph (1737- 1808)]: Edward PEASE (1767-1858) and Joseph PEASE (1772- 1846). Edward was known as the ‘father of the railways” and Joseph was a great anti-slavery campaigner . They are considered in more detail on PEASE, Edward.
Click for homepage and index. FOX; LLOYD; all-HARVEY family page; RICHARDSON ; DODGSON;
The photos below are at FBG in Darlington, one showing Joseph Pease (1737-1808) and the other showing how lovely it looks in spring.
After the 13 generations, there is another tree showing descendents of Joseph PEASE (1737-1808) from whom two main branches of banking PEASEs emanate.
DIRECT LINE OF PEASES TO MARGARET VALENTINE PEASE
John Pease born in Essex, he had three sons Richard, John and Edward.
Edward PEASE (ca 1515- ) born in Essex. He was the family member who moved to Fishlake. Edward had six children: William Thomas, Richard, Robert, George and Arthur- as detailed below. For further details of the other five siblings, click here.
George PEASE (ca 1542- ) - his wife was Susanna and they had six children: Nicholas, Alicia, Francis, Elizabeth, Thomas and Robert.
Thomas PEASE (20 April 1572- 15 Jan 1643) married Anna BEAUMONT(xxxx- 1632) at Fishlake on 2nd Feb 1606 at Fishlake and they had seven children: William (1619- ), Thomas (1613-1666), John (1616-1672), George (1621-1680), Elizabeth, Nicholas (1609-1654) and Isabella.
Nicholas PEASE (1615-1647): we know little about who he married at the moment. However he had five children: Isabella, Nicholas, Nicholas, William and Elizabeth
William PEASE (1648-1693) in 1665 married Margaret (16xx- 1720). We dont know her maiden name as yet but we know she was buried on 11 May 1720. William and Margaret had three children : William , Nicholas and Joseph (1665-1719)
Joseph PEASE (1655-1719) on 3 Aug 1706 married Ann COLDWELL (1681-1725) and they had five children: Ann, Edward, Mary, Joseph and George.
Edward PEASE (1711-1785) on 2 Oct 1735 married Elizabeth COATES (1715-1783) and they had nine children: Joseph, Margaret, Michael, Thomas, Ann, Edward, Elizabeth, John, George.
Joseph PEASE (1737-1808) on 13 Oct 1763 married Mary RICHARDSON (1736-1821). They had five children: Mary, Joseph, Edwards, Elizabeth, Joseph.
Joseph PEASE (1772-1846) on 23 July 1801 married Elizabeth BEAUMONT (1779-1824) and they had two children: John Beaumont and Elizabeth.
John Beaumont PEASE (1803-1873) on 18 Aug 1825 married Sarah FOSSICK (1801-1877). They had six children: Joseph Beaumont, John William, Edwin Lucas, Walter, Anne Edith, Elizabeth Mary
John William PEASE (1836-1901) on 13 Sept 1860 married Helen Maria FOX (1838-1928) and they had six children: Sarah Helen Alice, Howard, Alice, Florence, John William Beaumont, Sophia Mabel.
Howard PEASE (1863-1928) on 27 Oct 1887 married Margaret KYNASTON (1866-1947). They had four children: Margaret Valentine, John William, Cuthbert and Evelyn Audrey.
Margaret Valentine [Val] PEASE (1889- 1952) married John Arthur DODGSON (1890- 1969) at St John’s, Westminster. They had three children: Ann Valentine, Sarah and Stephen.
Below is the tree based around Joseph PEASE (1737-1808) and Mary RICHARDSON (1736-1821). Joseph is the most recent generation shown on the tree at the start of this page, and he is also listed in the direct line above. From this couple come two important branches for this tree- Edward PEASE (1767-1858) who married Rachel WHITWELL (1736- 1821) ; Edward was known as “The father of the railways” and it was he who bankrolled George Stephenson. From this branch we eventually come to Charles PEASE who has a huge website at pennyghael showing ancestors and descendents. The other important branch is Joseph PEASE (1772-1846) who married Elizabeth BEAUMONT (1799-1824) and we get John Beaumont PEASE (1803-1873) who married Sarah FOSSICK (1801-1877) and thir son John William PEASE is Davids gt gt grandfather and was a successful banker.
In terms of the ancestry in this tree, note that the RICHARDSON family are in several places and although Richard RICHARDSON married Lydia RICHARDSON it is thought that these two were from different and unrelated families. Also note that the COATES line in this family creases in terms of descendents after Elizabeth, as Michael COATES and his wife Margaret WELFOOT had only daughters, which are addressed on the COATES pages of this website.
links to COATES; RICHARDSON.
